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Well you will hear all about my being Maine this week since I have devoted the main article to a travelogue.

Classes are continuing this week. Bless the town library and high speed internet. I can sit in the town commons and be connected.

Step 1: The Art of Breakfast is THE place for you if you are starting off or if you have done all the steps in a week and figure you might want to rethink step one. Or, if you have been playing with all the steps for two years. Come on back and regroup and go through a structured look at what step one really is.

Step 4: More Intriguing Than You Think is about the potato and the vitamins. I know, I know you have been playing Mr. Potato on the sly, But come find out how to really do it.

Step 5: Browning Your Family is one our most fun classes. We thought it would be functional and boring. Man, did we have fun with the first round. Come see why!!

We have posted a schedule of the classes for the rest of the month. So you can go ahead and sign up for what you want to join.

A number of you have asked me about how the classes work. Check the class list page for more information on this.

Please feel free to pass this week's newsletter on to your friends and family. Don't forget to let me know what you like and would like to see me cover.

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And be sure to visit our Radiant RecoveryŽ website and Community Forum regularly.

Warmly,
Kathleen

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June 27, 2005
** Quote From Kathleen **

The relationship between your food and your quality of life is powerful. You cannot imagine it until you experience it.

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** Testimonial for the Week**


So far in this thread you've talked about food and BE hits (lack of sleep). What was/is your program for gently raising BEs? Reason I ask is, it took me MONTHS of step 7 to realize there are TWO, count em two, parts to healing BE. One is to stop spiking (step 6). The other is to continuously raise BEs a drop at a time until your cup runneth over.

Over and over I see people saying "a life hit wobbled my BE." ESPECIALLY after detox. There's even a chapter about this in PnP where it talks about the special time between stopping spiking and really, truly filling one's BE cup. Check out the section on "Protecting Your Program."

Yes, life can throw some forces. But we don't have to be wobbled. The more our cup is full of BE, the less those hits affect us. I also see people post-detox, me included, doing things like staying up late, working too hard, flirting with enchiladas (cheese and corn!!!!) or other supposedly legal brown food, and not paying attention to BE raising "drops" added to our cup.

Why just last night I went to bed on time, and then my daughter asked for help with a spreadsheet graph before I was asleep, and I was so excited that she asked for help and that I could be a hero, that I got up. And the next morning was draggy. DOH!~

One time I caught myself at sloppy BE caretaking and decided for fun to write down how many times a day I laughed. It lasted about a day and a half and I kept forgetting! That's how out of practice I was at small BE raisers done to the same level of intention as protein/ browns/greens. I am talking about step 7 journal - mine got more "features" as the program went on and there were more things I wanted data on. Not saying everyone should journal laughing. But it was really funny on many levels.

Connie

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**Recipe of the Week**


Strawberry Soup

Combine first 8 ingredients in a blender (strawberries through cardamom). Process until smooth; you may need to work in batches. Chill at least 3 hours. Garnish with a dollop of yogurt or sour cream and dust with ground cinnamon. Serve cold. Makes 3 servings.

Notes: If you use frozen strawberries, be sure to purchase unsweetened brands. You may wish to slightly thaw berries to make processing easier. This soup can be served as a refreshing appetizer or as a light dessert. The addition of black pepper may seem odd to you, but it is an old culinary trick which greatly enhances the fruitiness of the strawberries. Do give it a try!

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**Your Last Diet: More Than What You Think**


Ok, we are back in gear with our class. Oh my what fun it is!! I bet you never would have thought a WEIGHT LOSS class would be fun, heh heh. Me either. But you guys are amazing. What a joy it is to work with you.

YLD is getting better and better every month. I do think the collective learning we are doing is enhancing the process (and the weight loss) for everyone.

For those of you who are not yet YLD members, Click here if you are ready to change your life or just plain ole have fun.
 


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**David's Corner **



     
This week, it makes sense to remind you of two incredible products that can support your program. We carry these incredible digestive enzymes. If you have any kind of digestive stuff going on (constipation, bloating, feeling hungry all the time, or allergies), you might be amazed at how much better you feel by taking the enzymes. The all round one is called Quadrazyme.

The second one we carry is Gammazyme, a specialized enzyme product for people who have ulcers or IBS . Digestive enzymes are great for sugar sensitive people, but one of them, protease can be a problem if your gut is inflamed and open. Gammazyme has no protease so it is safe for you and helps digest your food better. Means YOU get more nutrition.

I know that Kathleen spent a long time looking at different enzyme products before she chose these. And she uses them herself.

Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better.

Thanks
David

And of course, we have something for everybody in our store


 
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**Our Online Groups**


Hi, my name is Patti and I am the liaison of the Radiantdepression group. This group is all about support for the person who is depressed and trying to work Kathleen's 7 step program of recovery from sugar addiction. Many of us have struggled with severe depression for years without any hope of finding an end to it. But through doing the food we have found that hope returning and have found light where before there was only darkness.

Some of us are taking anti-depressants while doing the food, so we talk about how the two are compatible and we also share about getting through the tough spots together, with support from each other. If you are feeling depressed please come join us. There is hope.

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** Featured Topic**
Quiet Time in Maine
Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.


I have been talking about meditation for the last few weeks. We talked a lot about creating quiet time for your cells and your souls. My heart knew this, this week my soul is living it. I am in Northern Maine on a small island just south of Acadia. The house is made of pine. This morning I found a tiny ball of sap, a little marble of amber sitting on my pillow. The windows face west to Penobscot Bay. The island drops below the house so I am looking through the tops of old growth pine trees to the water. The sun is low and making the blue in the water turn silver with the reflection. There is no sound except the sounds of a bird calling. In the morning, the lobster boats go out at dawn - that is about 4:30 am. My cousin's sailboat is sitting in the water, its sails tied up, bobbing. The little rowboat for my use is on a line out in the water. The caretaker, a native Mainer with few words, said 'you know how to tie a bow knot?' I said 'No, but I can learn.' He showed me, and now I can do it. It is part of my summer task - learning how to tie knots. I will get a book from the town library.

The library has been here for 100 years. I think some of the books are the original books. The librarian gave me a 'summer' card, so I have a little plastic tag on my keyring next to the Gold's Gym one. They don't use the system though, they just take your name and use a supermarket tagger to put a little date tag on the back of the books. I got 4 books, including Moby Dick and a video of Geronimo. We know that life is different here.

The librarian looks like my mother. Same jaw line, same love of books. She told me to bring Ronan in. 'We are dog friendly,' she said. The books are sort of scattered, many on their sides because the shelves are 100 years old, and back then books were smaller. I found two Ellen Goodman books in the little bookstore up the street. I asked the woman in the green sweater if there was any place that had a fax machine. I have a legal document that I need to sign. She said 'We don't do that kind of thing her-ah, but I could ask at the paper store.' The paper store does have a fax, but its magazine collection includes craft magazines, no computer magazines. It carries the New York Times and the local newsletter produced on a copier. The island is not a tourist place. It is a working place of lobster fishermen and their families. Lobster traps are piled in almost every yard near the harbor, and the bay is dotted with hundreds and hundreds of pots.

I had chowder for lunch and read the paper, sort of. Really I was listening to the locals and the 7 visitors staying at the Tidewater motel across the street talk about the town. I was last here 50 years ago when I came for a summer with my cousins. The point is the same. Granite and trees do not change much and the sea is the same. We had no electricity then, it was very dark getting to the outhouse and the boys often threw wet seaweed on the path. Stepping on wet kelp in the dark with bare feet is an experience to be remembered if you are a city child.

It is still, so very still. Everything slows down. Life takes on a different meaning here. I will be writing more.

ŠKathleen DesMaisons 2005.

Here are the folks who are helping put the newsletter together:

Gretel, the liaison for the recovery list and the webmaster puts it all together
Naomi gathers the recipes
JoAnna, the liaison for Rolling Hills gathers the testimonials
Terri, the liaison for Ambassadors sends over the ambassadors quote
Marie, the liaison for diabetes gathers the info on the online lists
David, who runs the Radiant RecoveryŽ Store talks about what new products we have.