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May 27 2018

Hi {!firstname_fix},

We finished Ranch last Sunday with a party on the patio. David grilled salmon, and we added broccoli and brown rice. Our post Ranch dessert is fresh strawberries with whipped cream. It was wonderful to just sit in the evening and let the connection and joy wash over us. The theme of the weekend was about safety and emotional healing. We talked about how sugar addiction takes us away from the pain in life, and then creates its own turmoil and pain. After addiction comes healing.  The body gets steady and then we work on the heart healing..

We stayed in an amazing Inn. The roses were blooming, the grass was green, the birds were singing. Our birders identified a Phoebe, the new people got to see the roadrunner, and a hawk watched over us. The food was fabulous. We loved the mountain, the big skies and so much more. Ranch is always hard to convey. This one was deeper, quieter, richer. We were all glad to go.  

You will see down further some of the changes we got to through and after ranch. Changes in coaching, changes in the focus and style of Your Last Diet.  Maybe the changes in us are calling refinements and smoothing in other places.  I am sorry I missed last week's edition. My energy is lower than usual and I just couldn't get to it..

As promised, I had set up a new coaching group called Coaching - Directed. This is for people who would like more structured support in their process. We are shifting the focus and will make apprentice coaching more structured and hold the directed coaching room for special projects. Here is the link if you would like to join apprentice.

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I feel very strongly about offering you a way to work with me directly. I have set up a whole range of options for you to do that - going from private coaching to being involved in small groups. This link will show you all the choices. Please note that Coaching Apprentice is open to people starting or restarting. Aprentice coaching is more structured and skills oriented.  Coaching Skilled is for people who are settled with their steps and want to look at other issues more in-depth. Signature Coaching is for those who want to work individually with Kathleen in a 90-day process. Signature is the top of the line. All who have done it talk about their lives being changed.

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"Remember that you are literally learning a new language. You are going to have to practice to become fluent in body talk."

 
Testimonial of the Week

For example, my 6 1/2 year old's soccer game traditionally ends with different parents bringing snacks & drink. Even though 5 games ago, coach said it would probaby be best to bring some kind of chips and juice only..... there have been candy bars, lollipops and the worst kinds of drinks I have ever seen, like those horrible sports drinks made with splenda and also the colored bug juice in those barrel shaped bottles.


Every game, I tell Yuval it is your choice - I have an extra drink in the car for you and you can have a different snack at home. He gets very emotional and says it is his special day and he wants to eat the sweet snack because he never gets anything at home, ate a lot of protein at lunch, promises to behave, will have a shake after, a million good reasons. Agreed he would give up the drink if the snack has sugar too. Last game was doritos and I let him drink 1/3 of the bottle of sugary drink because I didn't want him to cry and he said the chips are not sweet. We ignored the lollipops.


There are only 3 more games this season, but this situation is bound to repeat itself. If it wasn't for the experiences of your families, I would be sure this could only get worse.


Sarit


Sarit - Here's what I have done. Just simply stated - we don't drink that and handed my child a fresh water bottle. They don't complain.. ever, about the drinking water. If Yuval doesn't like water, add a bit of juice to it. Then little by little cut back on the juice.


Or I sometimes make herbal iced tea, combination of red zinger, yellow zinger and some (not much) apple juice.


In the case of the food - I let the chips go, thank the parent any way for the candy and when it's my turn to bring a snack I bring something really spectacular and watch the kids devour it! I've been known to bring fresh strawberries, fruit kabobs, blue chips, cheese and crackers artfully displayed, for all. And I always bring iced water bottles.


My children get that the foods with chemical sweeteners are really awful for their brains. They have practically given my family members including their grandparents, aunts and uncles dissertations on what the chemicals do to their brains!


Show Yuval the pictures of the spider webs in LSA. I bet he will get it.


Of course, we parents always have to choose our battles - those are the ones I've chosen. They seem to be ingrained now. I wouldn't do it any different if I had to do it over again.


Gail
 
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I just want to lose weight. Is this the right place for me?
It is the best place in the world for you. You won't get this information anywhere else, I guarantee. Make sure to come to chat. I am going to expand what we are doing in chat and will outline it in the article section below.


I am just starting the steps. Does it make sense to join now?

Yes, it does.  We have found that the people who come to chats do the best with the steps. The connection in chat is awesome. You get a chance to talk with the old timers, you can ask questions and I am right there to guide you, It really is an incredible opportunity.


If you are not a member yet, come and join us. If you are a current member and want to join us in the new chat room, come to the landing page.  We will send you the pass words after you join.


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 From Your Last Diet to My Radiant Body
Kathleen DesMaisons, PhD 
   

We have been discussing the idea of shifting our focus from *diet* to *radiance* in the way we work with our bodies. It is taking the emphasis off of weight, and into whole body thinking which will include movement, flexibility, stamina, muscle tone as well as weight.


Members of the chat expressed wanting to have more structure to our chat format. They felt that it would be more useful to them to have a specific topic each week. I have spent some time thinking about the things that might be helpful for us to look at. I put together a schedule and thought it would be fun to share with you so you can see what we are planning.​​​​​​​


Topics for YLD Chat

 

Daytime chat: 1- 2 PM MT, Evening Chat 6:30 –7:30 MT (Adjusted to Daylight savings or regular). Make sure to check your local time to correspond.


MAY: Expectations and growth for chat


May 30: Continuing the discussion about shifting the awareness to My Radiant Body and

How it differs from the “diet” theme. We will also talk about expectations for chat, including your role in attending.


JUNE: The beginning steps to create Your Radiant Body


June 6: Healing addiction

June 13th: Creating Steady state

June 20: Learning helpful add on’s

June 27th: The role of veggies in this process


JULY: Looking at fitness for Your Radiant Body


July 4th: Daytime Chat: Aerobic exercise, No evening Chat

July 11th: How to use weights to build and tone muscles

July 18th: Setting Fitness Goals

July 25th: Choosing a trainer


AUGUST: Fat Terror  


August 1st:  Definition of Fat Terror

Aug 8th: How Fat Terror affects you

Aug 15th: Healing Fat Terror

August 22nd: Restriction and how it connects to Fat Terror

August 29th: Cellular Fat Terror


SEPTEMBER  Insulin Resistance


September 5th: Mechanisms and chemistry of insulin resistance

September 12th: Liver insulin resistance

September 19th: Blood insulin resistance

September 26th: Solutions for Insulin Resistance


OCTOBER: Obesity  Myth


October 3rd: Myths #1

October 10th: Myths #2

October 17th: Working with your doctor about myths

October 24th: Working with yourself about myths,

October 31st:  Day Chat: Talking with your family about myths, no evening chat


We shall see how it goes.
 

Here is the Annie Lane column that brought so many of you here.


Dear Annie: I read with interest the letter from "Weird, Stupid or Selfish?" – whose husband eats all the decorative candy she puts out. His inability to resist sugar resonated with me, as I have sugar sensitivity and have engaged in exactly the same behaviors. I simply could not resist sugar.


After years of struggling and dieting and sitting in work meetings obsessing about the doughnuts instead of the topic at hand, I discovered the book "Potatoes Not Prozac," by Kathleen DesMaisons. Her theory is that people who are sugar sensitive have brains that respond differently to sugar, alcohol and refined carbs and that what they eat and when they eat it have a huge effect on them. She shows how to rebalance blood sugar levels, serotonin and beta-endorphins through small lifestyle changes and offers the latest research, free online support and seven steps to change your life. It is not about willpower; it’s about biochemistry, which her program can slowly improve, just one tiny step at a time, with amazing results.


I have been sugar-free for six years now, lost 25 pounds and never gained any of it back. I can go to dinner with family and don’t even think twice when someone orders dessert. I don’t have cravings, and sugar is no longer on my radar. I am more focused and more tolerant, and the daily mood swings are gone. The woman who wrote to you could suggest to her husband that he check out http:// radiantrecovery.com to see whether he does have sugar sensitivity. At the very least, she would be better informed about this condition. – Happy Without Sugar


Dear Happy Without Sugar: I hadn’t considered that health issues might explain

her husband’s behavior. In fact, I hadn’t even heard of sugar sensitivity.

Thanks for opening my eyes to the condition! I’d like to encourage all readers to talk to their doctors if they find themselves compulsively eating sugary snacks.

—Email questions to dearannie@creators.com


ANNIE LANE

 
 
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