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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.
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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.
We are just starting a new group called Return to Radiance Coaching for those who have done the steps in the past and then drifted. 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. And Special Coaching will be geared to people who have special considerations going on. Right now, we are working on moving out of restrictive eating. If you want to sign up for Special, put a note in the notes section so I have context.
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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"When you understand your sugar sensitivity, what has been an overwhelming mystery in your life becomes a fascinating journey in self-discovery."
When you understand your sugar sensitivity, what has been an overwhelming mystery in your life becomes a fascinating journey in self-discovery.
Doing the food can change things like the "cranky" and the "overwhelm" and the "guilty" and even "being plain old tired" too, I think.
Overwhelmed was a word that appeared in my journal so often as I worked from step 3 to 6. Now - on step 7 - doing the food has taken me to a place where I can problem solve rather than simply putting up with things that might not be working. Doing the food has given me the ability to see clearly and work solutions out.
This week for example, I've been feeling overwhelmed - but this time it is specific - I can clearly see what I am overwhelmed about and yesterday after mediating I sat quietly and came up with some solutions.
I can remember doing step 3 and thinking and sharing that I would have to give up a contract because it didn't work for me. What happened in fact was that I did the food and found the contract worked really well for me. I don't think I will keep it for good because it is a lot of work, but right now I need the money and I think I'm learning stuff too and so I am sticking with it.
For me, one of the fun parts has been working out how to remain really steady on my food given the work challenges. I have learnt it is doable - some of my solutions I've shared here. And the steadier I am with my food, the easier the work is too. So I am thinking - if we focus on the food - a lot to the other stuff will work better too.
Karen
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We will be introducing this product next week. Our professional supplier told Kathleen about it and she got excited because the configuration is very close to what she recommends. I have put in an o order for it so we will have it ready for you next week. I actually will get it up in the store so you can preorder if you
like. I am excited to offer it.
Come visit our STORE. Call 505-345-3737 and leave a message.
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We have been experimenting with how to make the nightly potato. This is the best way I have found:
Use a Russet potato about the size of that one to the left. Wash it and then rub it with olive oil. Kath says the oil keeps the pores open so the steam escapes and you don't get an explosion. It must be true since I have never had a potato blast open.
Cook potato in microwave on high for 3 min. If you are cooking more than one, adjust the time. We do 4 min for 2, and 5 min for 4. Play to see, I think it depends on the power of your microwave.
Then put the potato. into a preheated oven at 450 degrees for 30 min. Do it a little longer for more potatoes. Don't poke em or prick em.
The insides will be fluffy, the skin will be crispy. I use ready good butter LOL. The combination of this yummy potato and the really good butter means I EAT it before bed and have fabulous dreams and relaxed days.
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I am leaving this same information up here in the YLD section because if you are not a member yet, I want you to READ it and join :). Things are getting exciting.
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’m in my third year of recovery and THIS year is the worst roller coaster of trying to balance my protein/sugar/mood swings. Was at wit’s end, wondering where could I find a doctor who knew addiction recovery AND nutrition when my sis sent me a blurb on your book. Went to bookstore and the words leapt off the cover at me! I KNEW it was more than just blood sugar; I had been doing food combining, protein in the
a.m ., etc., for years, even before I quit drinking. You have saved my life and, more important, my peace of mind by filling in the blank spaces in my diet management. All I want is to feel normal after I eat! Even after I had the blood sugar thing down, I was still experiencing weird feelings, and there they were in the book: a column for beta-endorphin and one for serotonin! Thank you so much for giving me direction!! God bless you! I have been telling everyone about your
book.
—M. S.
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This article comes from an excerpt in Little Sugar Addicts. I originally wrote it for parents who are dealing with their children. However, as I am doing a lot of thinking about lunch, I thought it would be fun for all of us. I am actually going to post that list on my own refrigerator. I also am making bento boxes for myself. I wanted a Mother to make lunch for me. She never did. So now I am being what I wanted.
Before we talk about what to put in the other two meals of the day, let me share a little about the idea behind lunch and dinner for children. The most important rule is eating on time. Most sugar sensitive parents have trouble with regular meals on time. I mean this very kindly. You get distracted or involved or busy and you forget that it is 11:30 and your child needs to eat lunch. You figure the snack will tide her over and she will
be fine. You know that you can push yourself a little more and just finish up. That may be true for your grownup body; it is not true for your child.
So, step 4 means having to pay attention to time. I know, you thought I was going to say you have to pay attention to food. Yep, that too. But first, lets do time. Children really cannot go more than about 3 hours without eating. Your parent job is to make sure they have food on time. It is funny; most parents think the contents of the meals are the most crucial. They get very motivated and start thinking about what to feed their children and dont
really factor in when. The more I talk with sugar sensitive parents, the more aware I have become about when.
Lets start with this. Think about the children who eat at home with you. This will be little ones who are not in day care and most of them on the weekends. Do a quick review and see if time is an issue for you. What are your typical routines? Do you even know when your children eat lunch? Start with what is easiest in making a time change. It may be weekends or it may be the during the week routine. Spend a week and see if you can get all the lunch
times you have control over within the same 30-minute period every day. Just try this and talk with your children as you are. Get a sense of what supports this and what messes up your plan. Just as we have done with everything we are doing, knowing what gets in the way will give you choices about what you need to do to make this successful.
Marty always gets in trouble on Saturday. She takes the kids out to do Saturday errands. She has just one more thing to do and pushes the time edge until her kids are falling off the cliff. One boy starts getting wild at 3.5 hours. The other starts to whine at 3 hours. Her daughter gets pale and quiet.
Suzanne is fine with her kids on the weekend, but has a terrible time during the week. She works out of her home and gets on the phone - 11 becomes 12:30 in a flash. She has sweet kids; they are very cooperative and dont whine or create a problem. She just didnt notice that they got pale and lay down on the couch at 11:30. She just thought they were being good.
Many parents really have to work on this one. Be kind and gentle with yourself. Talk with your children and see if you all can identify ways to have everyone help remember time. Set an alarm clock. Give the 5 year old a digital watch so he can come remind you. Write out the schedule and put it on the refrigerator.
If every one goes off to school, plan for the weekends. Talk about lunch at breakfast time. What are the plans? Where? When? And then, of course, what?
Lunch needs to have the same amount of protein as for breakfast. By now, you and your kids know the protein drill. Sit down with your kids and talk about lunch options. Be very specific. If they have fast food choices at school, have THEM sort out which choices will work. They may discover that they need a supplemental protein package. Talk with them about what will work. Here are some ideas for wraps. Use whole grain tortillas, or corn tortilla or put
the stuff on a leftover baked potato.
- Grilled chicken, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion Fajita
- Flavor tofu (or meat), onion, peppers, salsa. Serve with brown rice .
- Scrambled eggs, potatoes, chili, cheese & beans
- Chicken Salad with grapes and pecans
- Grilled salmon and roasted red pepper dressing
- Roasted veggies with shrimp/chicken/pork
- Stir fry veggies with shrimp/chicken/pork
- Sandwich meats and cheeses piled high
- Sloppy Joes made from ground hamburger or turkey and Sloppy Joe Mix
- Navajo Taco ground beef, beans, lettuce, onion, tomato and salsa
- Peanut butter and apples and raisins
- Planned over meatloaf, cheese and sliced tomato
- Tuna salad with apples
- Egg salad with onion flakes and tomatoes
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