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December 15, 2014 Hi {!firstname_fix} Well, last week I spoke to you about a plan for dealing with our classes. It provoked some interesting feedback which I am using to rethink the best way for us to plan for 2015. For now, we will do the Holy Night class as a gift to the community. It is a wonderful way to find quiet and peace this time of year. I am spending some time putting together our package for January. We also have negotiated dates and space for Radiant Ranch the first weekend in May. It is lovely in New Mexico that time of year. This year we will also offer a special rate for new people who would like to just come for Friday. We will focus on the foundation of the program and look at step 3 in depth. I also will share insider information on the brain chemistry of sugar sensitivity. Saturday will focus on Healing Insulin Resistance and the Biochemistry of Weight Loss. This will be the first time I have presented this at ranch. And even if weight loss is not part of your story, you will find it fascinating to discover that some slim people can have *fat* bodies - what an intriguing idea, yes? The corollary, of course, is that some fat people can have *slim* chemistry...come learn how this all fits together. This class will begin Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Please click on the name of the class and it will take you to the registration page:
I am spending some time putting together our class package for next year. Enjoy this time of quiet and let’s look forward to some exciting offerings for the New Year. A number of you have asked me how the classes work. Check the class list page for more information on this. And please go read the questions and answers before you write to me. If you have trouble getting through the process, write the tech forum. Be sure to visit our Radiant Recovery website and Community Forum regularly. Warmly, Kathleen **********************************************************************
**Quote From Kathleen ** Its clues may not be in words, but your body talks in a consistent and predictable way. You just have to learn its language. **********************************************************************
**Testimonial of the Week ** Hi, I didn't have pork loin for dinner yet - I'll roast one on Friday with my study group coming for dinner to celebrate all 4 of us getting A's on the crisis intervention class exam. There have been some changes with my food since I've been in school. One being it getting better. :) I've been working on healing some gut issues that whomped me in early August, and so things were pretty rough when I first started college. My food portions were small (soft and bland), and not enough to hold me feeling even-keeled. I was able to build up how much I could eat by focusing on my yes foods, ones that I found to work better for my tummy. A small list - mainstays being plain chicken, scrambled eggs, sweet potatoes, oats and applesauce. Sticking with what I knew worked, eating as much and often as I could and pulling back from as much stress as I could, I've been able to keep my wits about me and gradually built my amounts and some variety back up, and am able to eat some of my favorite raw veggies again now too. Yay! When I'm in school, breaks are usually 15 mins at 10:45, an hour for lunch at 12:30, and another 15 mins at 3:00, which works out great for snacks and lunch. Sometimes things run late depending on how excited the teacher or class is about a topic (This semester I have the same teacher for all of my classes)...and we do all get pretty excited. Heh! But I keep snacks in my backpack and just eat something whenever I need to. The neatest thing is that others have gotten so interested in my lunch that I offered to bring theirs too (for a fee, lol), and so I actually pack 5 lunches... fat sandwiches on Deland oat bread (yesterday we had roast beef and cheddar), raw veggies with little cups of dip, cheese sticks and *cookies* being yum cakes with chopped nuts, raisins and a mashed banana added to theirs. My snacks usually contain some combination of a hard boiled egg, cheese sticks, chicken nuggets, with oatcake/cashew butter *sandwiches* or yum cakes. I still want to call them crab cakes!!! LOL 3 nights a week I get home right at or a tad past dinner time, so I've gotten into the habit of setting up my little crock pot on a timer each morning so that dinner is ready and waiting for me. It is sooo nice to come home and smell dinner as I walk through the door! Next semester there will be 2 days a week that I am in school from 9am until 7:30pm, home around 8:30pm. Lonnnng day, while I've no doubt that I'll be able to figure the food out. One of my seat mates cracked up when I said, 'Looks like I'll be bringing my crock pot to school.' The other was laughing too, saying, 'Ohhh, I don't think she's kidding.' I wasn't. :) I am loving college, while still reeling a bit in that I didn't ever think it would be more than a dream. My doctors had said I wouldn't live another year as a result of complications of the diabetes and damage done with the sugar addiction - which they also said couldn't be reversed. Here it is more than 6 years later, going to college, thriving, excelling. I am sooo grateful for the program and the community! Now if my internet will stay connected (following an extended outage), I'll be all set! LOL. Diane **********************************************************************
**Radiant Ambassadors ** Oh my, we have been having so much fun on the ambassadors list over the last couple of weeks! Every day I receive several emails from a website requesting help with reporter's stories. There have been quite a few recently which are relevant to Radiant Recovery so the replies have been going out on a regular basis (grin). We are learning as we go along how best to tell our story to the reporter. And the best bit is that we’ve already had two positive responses from reporters who are keen to pursue an article which includes Radiant Recovery. Don’t forget to visit us on Facebook at Radiant Recovery®. There are some fun conversations happening. If you want to be part of the action then come on over and have a play too! Selena **********************************************************************
**Notes from the Forum ** In Response To: suggestions for snacks I condense JoEllen's egg snack and have egg and hummus mashed in a cup, though carrots is a good one. I just like licking the spoon. My old-faithful portable snack is almonds. Not a real brown-and-protein, but they are a great emergency thing to have in one's handbag, as they last for ages and don't go furry. Soy nuts as well, though I had forgotten about them 'til you said! Babybel cheese or those cheese string things are also a bit portable. At home a rummage in the fridge around my sandwich shelf will yield some leftover chicken or cold meat, always some sliced ham or delicatessen meat, bean salad or potato salad, and I have always got some sweet potato about, and a necessity of life is green and black olives. So little niblets of those things are good for me. Mosaic **********************************************************************
** Radiant Recovery® Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery® Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son. 
If you are thinking about giving someone a way to learn more about the program, think about the CD collection we have. It is truly a remarkable discussion Kathleen recorded live. It captures the essence of the steps, and what is woven into the process.
Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. **********************************************************************
**Radiant Kitchen ** The Famous YUM Cakes Colette called them yam cakes, but someone else dubbed them yum cakes, and the name stuck! You're reading my mind, Karen, as I'd just been thinking about them. They really are good cold or hot, so a nice lunchbox addition! I understand that, at Ranch, several people brought them in, and they had a wide variety - some were thin, some thick, there was different seasoning, and they were all good. A nice forgiving recipe. What Colette says is: Anyway, here's the recipe. I was just playing around with this, so I do apologize for not having specific amounts. I guess one of these times I should actually measure. It has become quite a favorite at our house. Cook up your sweet potatoes (yams are so much easier to say, but we don't get true yams), and mush them up. Add some oil (I use coconut oil), and about the same amount of rolled oats as you have of yams. I'll use a cup of yams as an example. So you take your cup of yams, cup of oats, blurp of oil, and about 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ginger, shredded coconut, and mix them all together. You want it to hold together, and be nice and sticky, so add water if you need to. I then use a scoop, and make little mounds, but flatten them with a fork. Bake at 400* for about 15 to 20 minutes. I freeze these, and take them out as needed...they are yummy cold and yummy hot, and they don't crumble, and don't get mushy, and travel well! Using peanut butter instead of the oil is yummy. And I bet you could experiment and use different spices...for variety. Enjoy! Colette I've used olive oil, though I'd like to try the peanut butter. And I've used pumpkin pie spice, instead of cinnamon and ginger. Anne For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store and visit our online Radiant Recipes site. **********************************************************************
**Radiant YLD ** The most intriguing ideas have been floating around YLD...like how you can be slim and have a *fat* biochemistry and how you can be fat and have a slim biochemistry inside a fat coat. It means that looking at the biochemistry is a wonderful thing for all of us, regardless of size. If you are just starting off, this is an incredible place to get to know people and work with me directly. If you would like to join, come find us here - $99 annually **********************************************************************
**Radiant Living ** We have a new portal for the Radiant Living program. Come check it out here. This chat is designed for people who are steady on the program and wanting to start living from a radiant place. We talk specifics and do problem solving. It is pretty exciting. If you would like to join us, you can do that directly below. Join Radiant Living Now: click here - $99 annually If you are not a member, come and join us if you want to be a part of the latest and greatest or just have some plain ol' fun! **********************************************************************
**Our Online Groups ** The Step 3 list is a great place to stop by for those who are finding this a challenging step, or who are starting out or who would just like some extra support. We talk a lot about things like: What is a meal, exactly? How do I get my body to cooperate with eating "just" three meals a day? What are some tips to help me with consistent timing? And all sorts of other aspects of this step. We try to make it fun, because... well why not make it fun?? It's a great place of support... come and join us! (And it matters not if you are new to the step, totally re-doing the step or just shoring up your Step 3 after being further along in the program.) **********************************************************************
**For Parents: Easing Your Family Into Change ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
Breakfast is a great place to start when you begin changing your family's eating habits. The first thing you may have to do is get everybody in your household to agree to eat breakfast, even if it is consumed on the way to school or the office. Sandwiches and shakes make meals portable. Try getting some George's Junior. If you have any question that your kids won't like it, put it in some chocolate almond milk with some baby oatmeal. They will LOVE it. Eggs are "the wonder food," and you can do so much with them: serve them as an omelet or simple boiled eggs, or hot in a scrambled- or fried-egg sandwich, or cold as sliced-egg or egg-salad sandwiches. If your family eats cereal, ease them into whole-grain choices served with fresh fruit instead of coated with sugar. Use apple juice when you are cooking oatmeal, and lace it with protein powder, cream and cut-up fruit or berries. For family members who 'don't have time' for breakfast, keep mozzarella sticks and boiled eggs in the refrigerator for them to grab on the way out the door. Get them to put together peanut butter sandwiches on whole grain bread the night before, or have George's Junior Shake ready in the blender. Agreement is key to getting this plan to work for your entire family. Talk to your spouse or partner and your kids about what kind of meals you'll have, to be sure you're including foods they like. For Kids: Loading Your Lunch Box What was in the last three lunches you took to school? Write down a list. Circle the things you traded to other kids. Write down what you got instead. Cross off the things you just threw out because nobody wanted to eat them. Did you eat half of what was in your lunch every day? More on some days, less on others? One way to make sure you have a lunch you like is to decide for yourself what you want to eat. Help your parents shop for food. Pack yourself a lunch that you will want to eat. Eating a good lunch will make your body and brain (and your parents!) a lot happier. You cannot take all cookies and candy and soda, so don't even try to talk your parents into that! They will think you aren't serious, and they won't let you help. Fill your lunch box with the different food groups: protein, fruit and vegetables, and grains. The list below combines foods into tasty meals. Read this list of food and choose the things you would like to eat. Monday peanut butter and sliced banana on whole grain bread (p,f,g), unsweetened applesauce (f), mozzarella cheese sticks (p) and carrot sticks (v) Tuesday two hard boiled eggs (p), a cheddar-cheese on whole-grain bread sandwich (p,g), apple slices rolled in protein powder and cinnamon (f,p), tomato juice (v) Wednesday tuna sandwich on whole grain bread (p,g), apple slices with mozzarella cheese sticks (f,p), dill pickle (v) Thursday peanut butter and sliced apple on whole grain bread (p,f,g), banana (f), bag of almonds (p), jicama slices or carrot sticks (v) Friday cold chicken leg (p), Triscuits with cottage cheese (g,p), apples rolled in protein powder and cinnamon (f,p), celery sticks with peanut butter (v,p) If you don't like unsweetened applesauce or bananas, pack a fruit you do like. Write down some other lunch ideas, including protein, fruit, vegetables and grains in each one. One important rule: when you eat fruit, make sure you eat some protein, too. Keep your list of lunch ideas on the refrigerator. It will be easy to see when you are making your lunch. And you parents can use it when they are making the grocery list. Thanks for reading! If you know someone who could benefit from this, feel free to forward it to them. Not a subscriber yet? Like what you have read? Sign up to get future issues delivered straight to you: http://www.radiantrecovery.com Until next time!
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Gretel, our webmaster, puts it all together. David runs the Radiant Recovery® Store. mosaic contributes to the Notes from the Forum column. ©2014 Kathleen DesMaisons. All rights reserved. You are free to use or transmit this article to your ezine or website as long as you leave the content unaltered, use this attribution: "By Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D. of Radiant Recovery®", and notify kathleen@radiantrecovery.com of the location. Please visit the Radiant Recovery® website at http://www.radiantrecovery.com for additional resources on sugar sensitivity and healing addiction. You are getting the weekly newsletter from Radiant Recovery® in response to your signup. A copy of this newsletter may also be found posted on the web at http://www. radiantrecovery.com/weeklynewsletter |
