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COMMUNITY FORUM Share with others, ask questions, explore everything and anything about your program without a charge. A great place for newcomers.
GROUPS Learn the steps, get fit safely, learn creative program cooking, learn about depression, learn with parents, share in local areas. There is no charge for groups.
CLASSES
We are resting this week. Continuing with the class that are ongoing, but not starting anything new. WORKING WITH KATHLEEN
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.
Coaching Apprentice is open to people on steps 1-3 who are starting their program. Coaching Skilled is for people who are on step 7 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.
Another option is setting up a one hour assessment and then making a decision based on that conversation. And you can always call 505-345-3737 and ask me about how each one works.
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"Learning to recognize the subtlety of what your body has to say may take some time."
It has probably been some time since I have shared my story, so I will do so again. It seems to be a bit different every time, so hopefully, those who have been around for a while will not be too critical, LOL.
I found RR 7 years ago when a friend of mine, who also has struggled with weight for many, many years, called and told me about a book she had found called "The Sugar Addict's Total Recovery Program". I immediately said that it sounded like me, as I knew that sugar was deadly when I had
it in my body. So, I ordered it from Amazon, devoured it the day it arrived and kept looking over my shoulder to see where Kathleen was that she could describe me and my life so well. Sound familiar? (smile)
My history of feeling (knowing) I was fat began at age 5, when my mother put me on my first diet. Looking back at photos, I was not fat, but compared to my very skinny, younger sister, I was BIG. And, my mother has always had a thing about "thunder thighs" and I had chubby thighs. On the other hand, my grandfather would take us for ice cream sundaes before dinner, and when my
mother complained that he would spoil our appetites, he always said that we would still eat - and we did. What a set up, LOL.
I reached my full height of 5'8" when I was 12 and in 6th grade. In spite of the fact that I was not fat, I was big all over, so I saw myself as fat. I wore a larger size than my friends. I have big feet and hands. All of that equated to not fitting the image of what a girl should look like.
I dieted on and off through high school and college by limiting carbs. After I married I gained a little weight, dieted it off and got pregnant. In those days, they did not want us to gain more than 20 pounds with our pregnancies, and I didn't. I ate so
little and dieted so well at the end of my pregnancy that I didn't gain anything the last 4 weeks. I was always worried about my weight. I found out I was pregnant with my second child because I was seeing a doctor to lose weight after my first. I was eating about 800 calories a day and exercising and started to gain weight! The doctor freaked and told me to start eating. And, so the cycle continued.
I have lost over 50 pounds in 3 months or less at least twice on diets. I've gained and lost more weight than I want to count! The problem was that every time I lost weight, I was unable to
maintain the loss. The first little bit of sugar in my system, and I would be out of control all over again. By the time I found SARP, I was 55 years old, was my heaviest weight ever and had given up on diets. I only gained more weight each time so I yo-yo'd higher and higher.
What attracted me so much about Kathleen's program was that she focused on healing the reason I had no control when it came to food - particularly sugars and carbs. So, I decided to give the program a year, forgot about losing weight and just focused on healing. What a relief! As I progressed through the steps,
and yes, I did do them one at a time, I could feel the changes. I was very involved with the online program and do not think I would have been able to stick with doing the steps one at a time without the help of those who had gone before me. The forum was my lifeline as was YLD and the chats. I held on tight to the hope that this would work for me. And, lo and behold, one day I realized that I had detoxed without even realizing it.
This program has helped me to lose weight slowly and healthily. It has allowed my inner self to be brave enough to step into the light. It has allowed me to
become the person I always wanted to be. Does that mean I have arrived at the end of my journey? Oh, no! This is a wonderful, exciting journey of new discoveries every day. I am so looking forward to finding out what lies ahead, as I know it will be a wonderful adventure.
Sorry this is so long. It is always fun to look back and see how far I have come. Vicki
This is David DesMaisons, your Radiant Recovery® Concierge
Come visit our STORE. Call 505-345-3737 if you have questions. David, the store manager, is always happy to help.
We have a couple of these CD sets. My own sense is that if you want to learn about the program, get the CDs, put them on your phone and listen in the car. the information is so incredible. I know you
will love it.
Buckwheat Pancakes are GREAT! |
I have three young adult males in my house this week. David brought bacon over, I made scrambled eggs. And these pancakes were an incredible. hit! They were so good. The guys
scarfed them down.
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Radiant Living is geared to looking at Step 7 issues. I am in the process of the revision of Potatoes not Prozac and am adding a fair amount of information on *radiant living* which
is really Step 7. This is where we are looking at a Step 7 life with all its quirks. This means feelings, healing old trauma and remodeling our bodies.
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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.
Here are the topics for YLD chat in August
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
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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Road Trips
Kathleen DesMaisons,
PhD
Any suggestions on what food to pack on a very long road trip? Will be driving from So Cal all the way to Maine. We will be staying in motels. I find if I eat more than one meal out in restaurants per day I don't do well. I will be taking things I can zap in the microwave as most rooms seem to have them these days. Like potatoes and sweet potatoes. Also I will be bringing
avocados and bananas. Cans of tuna and salmon. Have you ever done a long trip? What did you pack? Thanks!
I have taken several trips by car. One of the things I did was map out where the Whole Food Markets were and planned my stops aorund them. It made a HUGE difference because they have great delis and I could get real food that did well in the cooler. I also got a mini rice cooker that worked beautifully in motels. Cooked rice and veggies really
easily.
Kathleen
My husband and I go to Arizona every spring and stay for a week. It's a 6 hour drive, but we pack a lot of our own food for the trip so we won't have to eat every meal out. We usually freeze water bottles and start off with some frozen food in the cooler. When we get to the hotel, we put as many of the water bottles as we can in the freezer of the little hotel
fridge. We also bring big ziplock bags that we can fill with ice. We bring almonds, protein powder in individual servings in ziplock snack bags, yam cakes (see recipe section), grilled meat (yam cakes and grilled meat we usually freeze beforehand so they can help keep the cooler cold) cheese sticks.
Then we buy other things we need wherever we are staying. We will buy deli meat, rotisserie chicken (if you belong to Costco or Sam's Club they have good rotisserie chicken), cukes, carrots, celery etc. We only stay at places that have a refrigerator and a microwave in the room. I eat gluten free bread, so I usually pack my own bread. For breakfast, I do a combo of a simple shake and the complementary breakfast. We make and pack a lunch because we're often out hiking and want to be able to just
sit down somewhere outside and eat. Then we usually go out to dinner.
Allison
I find
that having a cooler in the car gives me some great options. I can keep foods like hard boiled eggs, hummus and veggies, greek yogurts, cheese sticks, or leftovers cool for snacks and meals that day. I also like to swing by grocery stores and pick up some ready made items like chicken salad or other prepared foods. Like Kathleen suggested Whole Foods is fantastic with their deli, I find health food stores and co-ops usually have some really fabulous foods that can be eaten there or packed for
later. Other handy travel foods are those brown rice packs that all you need to do is microwave them. Those are great with some store bought rotisserie chicken for a quick meal. Whole grain crackers like oatcakes are another travel staple for me, they are perfect for scooping up tuna or chicken
salad. And a blender bottle plus protein powder, vacuum packed almond milk for shake, and quick oats for my brown is my go to breakfast when traveling. Great ideas with the potatoes, canned meats and fruits and veggies! Angella
Adding on to Kathleen's wonderful suggestion-- I travel with my blender
everywhere I drive. I bring protein powder, almond milk, nut butter, instant oats (I cook them in the microwave the night before and store them in the fridge for the morning), and green bananas (I'm on step 7 and so don't want sweet ones).
That way my breakfast shake is always guaranteed. I also add ice from the hotel. At Subway I've gotten a salad with a double scoop of tuna fish. I bring oatcakes for a brown. I also carry individual packs of nut butter in my purse to put on them. Works great. Those foil packs of tuna are handy. I've added them to frozen dinners to buff up the
protein count and mixed in some frozen veggies like broccoli florets, top with avocado for an easy peasy microwave dinner. I bring a bowl to do this in. You can bring a bag of those mini potatoes and microwave one at night before bed. You could bring a small bottle of olive oil to use for
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