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Keeping a journal is a vital step in the seven stages of healing sugar addiction. And it’s simple to do -- the more you are able to observe and note your food and your feelings, the easier it will be for you to make changes in the amount and kind of foods you eat and how your body reacts to them. The food journal translates the language of your own body -- its symptoms, moods, and cravings -- into words you can use to heal your sugar sensitivity.
With this convenient diary, getting started now is much easier! Designed by Kathleen DesMaisons and sugar-sensitive people in the Radiant Recovery Web community, Your Body Speaks features a daily, four-column format, with plenty of room to write for ninety days. Check boxes for water and vitamin intake, helpful hints, motivational quotes, inspirational stories, and guidance for expressing physical and emotional feelings will help keep you on track.
Give voice to your body and benefit from its wisdom and guidance. Discover new ways to feel radiant and energized when Your Body Speaks!
A Message from Kathleen
Welcome to the wonderful power of journaling! This is a key part of healing your sugar sensitivity. The rewards of bringing balance to your sugar-sensitive body are tremendous. They go far beyond the physical benefits of increased energy, sharper concentration, and the weight loss that comes with the freedom from cravings.
Living this way will give you confidence and awareness. Rather than being the victim of your inherited body chemistry, you will find joy and delight in your sensitive and complex system. Your inquiring brain will find that food becomes fun and a powerful tool for feeling better and better.
The ultimate goal of this program is what I call “radiance.” Radiance is a way of being in the world that reflects your core self. Radiance moves you to humor, tenderness, enjoyment, and delight. It urges you to meditate, laugh, dance, pray, sing, paint, read, and run; to seek good food, intimacy, and good company; and to find meaning in all you do.
As you step into your new way of being in the world, you will no longer settle for relief from pain or problems. You will want more than that. And your sugar sensitivity will no longer be in the way of getting it.
I send you my blessings on your journey to wholeness. Seven Easy Steps to Heal Sugar Sensitivity
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1. Eating breakfast with protein within an hour of getting up creates blood sugar stability, wakes up your brain, and sets the stage for healing.
2. Journaling teaches you how to read your body and adjust the rhythm and pace of your program to your own body and lifestyle.
3. Three meals a day with protein maintains blood sugarstability and helps increase your serotonin level.
4. Having your vitamins and a nightly potato increases your serotonin, the next step to help you “just say no.”
5. Shifting from white to brown foods gives your body the positive effects of carbohydrates without activating cravings.
6. Taking out the sugar reduces cravings by eliminating beta-endorphin priming. NO cravings means no addictive behavior.
7. Getting a life teaches you behaviors that will increase beta-endorphin in a healthy way and help you find radiance.
The steps work by creating balance in your body and brain. It is essential to do them in order and to do them slowly.
The seven steps are simple, but they are not easy. Going through them carefully and attentively can take six to eight months.
As you learn each step, you will learn more about an entirely new way of eating and thinking about your body. And you will feel better and be healthier.
You can do Step 7 from the first day of your program.
Keeping a journal is a key part of your program. I have included some tools and information to help you journal.
Balanced Physical Feelings
Able to concentrateHungry
AlertInvigorated
AwakeLight
Breathing freelyRelaxed
ComfortableRested
EnergizedSexy
EnthusedSharp
FitSteady
FlexibleStrong
FluidStretched
FocusedThin
Free of pain
Balanced Emotional Feelings
AbleCleanGladReal
AlertClearGroundedRefreshed
AnimatedCleverHappyResilient
BeautifulConfidentHonoredResponsible
BoldContentedHumorousResponsive
BlissfulDelightedImpressedSatisfied
BraveDesirableInspiredSecure
BrilliantDeterminedJoyousSerene
BubblyEagerLovingSettled
BuoyantEnchantedOpenSexy
CalmEnergeticPatientShining
CapableEnergizedPeacefulSpiritual
CarefreeExcitedPlayfulSpontaneous
CaringExhilaratedPleasantStable
CenteredFreePleasedTenacious
ChallengedFullPowerfulThrilled
CheerfulFunProudVital
CherishedGenerousRadiant
Unbalanced Physical Feelings
AchyJoint painShaky
BloatedLethargicSleepy
DehydratedListlessSlow
DisconnectedMuscle crampsStiff
DizzyMuscle sorenessStomach pain
Eyes stingNeed to eatStomach unsettled
FatigueNervous stomachStuffy nose
Foot painNot hungryTense
HeadachePallorTired
HeavyPoor concentrationWeak
InsomniaQueasy
ItchingRestlessness
Unbalanced Emotional Feelings
AfraidDistraughtImpatientSad
AmbivalentExasperatedImposed uponScared
AngryExhaustedInadequateSelfish
AnnoyedExplosiveJealousShocked
AnxiousFearfulJumpyShut down
BlueFlightyLonelySilent
BoredFoolishLongingSkeptical
BurdenedForgottenMadSleepy
CheatedFranticMiserableStrange
ChildishFrazzledNervousStupid
CombativeFrightenedObsessedTeary
ConfusedFrustratedOutragedTempted
DefeatedGrief-strickenOverwhelmedTense
DestructiveGuiltyPanickedTerrible
DisappointedHelplessPetrifiedUnclear
DiscontentedHighPressured
DisorganizedHorribleRejected
DistractedHurtRestless
Overview
Keeping a journal is a vital step in the seven stages of healing sugar addiction. And it’s simple to do -- the more you are able to observe and note your food and your feelings, the easier it will be for you to make changes in the amount and kind of foods you eat and how your body reacts to them. The food journal translates the language of your own body -- its symptoms, ...