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COMMUNITY FORUM
Share with others, ask questions, explore everything and anything about your program. Yes, even topics like chocolate and Fritos. This is a great place to get started when you are new.
GROUPS
Work on your steps, get information on what to eat while running a marathon, ask about depression meds, learn how to do life. Groups are free and fun.
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CLASSES
We are having fun with the Beta Endorphin class. I love this class and glad you came over. I am in the process of upgrading our class offerings and upgrading my teaching so you will have a syllabus and a way to know the big picture of what you are learning.
Radiant Heart Care
This is an expanded version of the class we did last year. I have continued to learn many things about heart health and want to be able to share them with you. This class will help you understand your *heart* story and how it relates to your food. It will give you a safe place to talk about your diagnoses, your medications and your relationship to your care providers.
We will look at how to develop a healing plan that looks at your food, your exercise, supplements that might enhance your program and best ways of collaborating with the Health professionals. I am particularly interested in the role of grief and sorrow in our heart stories. This class is part of the new design of class that will go for a month at a time and will be defined and developed by the
needs of the people in the class.
I can honestly say this is the most sophisticated class I have put together - mostly because the information is so complex, I have had to work really, really hard to make it understandable. I have spent hours and hours doing this and am VERY pleased with the content.
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WORKING WITH KATHLEEN
Coaching is a special offering for people who are serious about enhancing their programs and would like to have ongoing coaching. We will do
individual assessments to sort out exactly where you are in the process. You will be guided in making your own individual plan. You can learn about journaling and adjusting your food for your own life needs – what to do when. You will be given tools and shown how to use them.
Apprentice coaching is geared for people who are on steps one – three.
Skilled Coaching is for people who are steady on step three and ready to move through
four-six. The small groups stay together as they learn skills.
Signature Coaching is intensive individual coaching geared to your specific situation. You may want to step out of the craziness of sugar addiction, return to steadiness and clarity after slipping away, slow down and focus on your recovery,
or deepen a steady rhythm of recovery.
This is a way to step out of feeling overwhelmed with where to start and what to do. Because it is so individualized, we can work on what is right for you at
this point in your journey. People tell me that coaching helps them feel safe and focused. We work with your style, your rhythm. We address your fear and let go of shame.
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"Imagine a life of being healed rather than swirling. Breakfast starts it. The steps will create it."
When I want a treat, I usually eat out. And I get steak or lobster...with a baked potato with all the fixings and a salad. Or I might grab one of my hamburger buns that are truly brown and get a great big juicy burger. Some places I will ask them to use my bun (they put it on the grill for a bit), and some places I just switch buns after the plate arrives.
Elaine
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Baked Tilapia, Broccoli and Potatoes
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- • 4 Potatoes, use your favorite type
- 2 T. olive oil
- 4 Tilapia fillets
- 16 oz. package of frozen broccoli florets
- 2 T. mayonaise
- 1 tsp. salt (optional)
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1-2 tsp. onion powder
- paprika or cayenne, as needed
Preheat oven to 350. Scrub potatoes well and cut potatoes into chunks. Place into a 9 x 13 baking dish (I use disposable aluminum pans) and and toss with olive oil. Bake for 70 minutes. Take dish out of oven and place broccoli over the potatoes. Mix mayonaise and spices (except paprika) and spread over the tilapia. Place on top of the broccoli. Sprinkle with paprika or cayenne. Cover and bake for 40 minutes
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David, the store manager, is always happy to help.
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Last week at Ranch, I had someone ask me why I don't just tell people what to eat in order to lose weight. It really pushed me to think about what it is we are doing in YLD. The key concept is about LAST - this means the whole point is to get you to realize that diets are not the story. Diets = restriction which
is simply one more way of taking away power. YLD is all about *empowerment* which means it is slow, thoughtful and transformative. It can be a little disorienting since it is so different from what you are used to.
Chats, chats, chats. We just keep talking, reflecting, learning. You will learn about fat terror, about the myths of obesity, how dieting fosters *restriction* and what that means for your long term success. We add new science to help you understand why you do what you do.
“I just want to thank Dr. DesMaisons for breaking me free of my sugar bingeing cycle. For years I ate self-destructively, eating, hating myself for eating, and then eating again because I hated myself, and so on. Then my mom told me about the book—she has lost 20 pounds without any trouble! This sugar sensitivity information and simple program has changed my life. I no longer feel the constant
gnawing hunger and have been able to take control of my eating and from there my self-esteem. I have lost 12 pounds and am feeling better than ever. Just in time for my wedding, too!”
—E. B., Ithaca, NY
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Why is there a mouse on this page?
We have a lot of new people who have come over and really don't yet have any context about what is different here and why. You may have read something somewhere. You may have googled sugar addiction. Your therapist may have sent you. But you don't know about the mice yet. You know that
you are addicted to sugar. Lots of people are talking about that, but honestly, the rest seems a little strange.
Let's do a little context. Sugar is a hot topic these days. It seems as if everyone has a plan to kick the habit, do a detox and be transformed. You come over here and it is totally confusing. We talk about eating breakfast and tell you to keep eating sugar for now, LOL. Talk about
disorienting!
Let's back up with some theory. In 1998, the first edition of Potatoes Not Prozac was published. It actually was about sugar addiction, but no-one believed in it then, so it was in code. It basically outlined 3 key ideas. Here is the official list. It is a wee bit formal, keep reading, I will
translate.
- There is an inherited biochemical condition called sugar sensitivity that has predictable and specific effects on the brain and on a person’s behavior. What foods a sugar-sensitive person eats and when they eat them will affect them profoundly.
- Sugar has the same painkilling and euphoria-stimulating effect in the human body as opioid drugs do. These drug effects of sugar are heightened in sugar-sensitive people. Sugar addiction, like drug addiction, is real and can open the gate to other addictions.
- Changing what a sugar-sensitive person eats and when they eat it can have a profound effect on their well-being and behavior.
#1 - you are not crazy. You inherited a brain that responds to sugars differently. Maybe your Dad was an alcoholic, or your granddad. Maybe your Mom was depressed. But you are drawn to sugar, carbs and such very differently than other people. There are some strains of mice like this - they are called the
C57BL6 and look like that mouse up there.
#2 - Sugar acts like an opioid drug in your brain. If you get one of the special brains, you get a bigger hit from it. This means you are vulnerable to getting addicted to sugar.
#3 What and when you eat has a huge impact on how you feel and how you act.
The book outlined 7 Steps to heal your Brain and change your life. You don't go off the sugar until AFTER you heal your brain. You learn to stop doing drama and to slow down and listen. We have lots of things that support you in that.
This process is not glamorous nor fancy. We don't make claims of a quick fix. We use Yahoo and have since the very early days when we started with an e-list and they got bought by yahoo. Our first group was Radiant Depression which started in Sep 24, 1999. There have been almost
100,000 posts there since. We have gone through many interactions, trials, turmoils in 20 years, but we have a history of your story. It may be a little slower that you like and a little clunky, but think of it as your grandmother's kitchen and she knows a lot and is kind :)
If you ask questions, and you listen, you will hear the voices of people who have been here all that time. They came feeling the way you do, and their lives are very, very different now. We can help you help. It really is that simple.
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