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The Script From Feelings Buried Alive Never Die

11/29/2014

This is another weight loss tool I use when I want to turn to food instead of dealing with my feelings. In fact even if I'm not craving I use this script to process all those overwhelming feelings that have come up as I go over my family pictures I'm currently cataloging. It's from Karol K Truman's " Feelings: Buried Alive Never Die." In this book you'll find out how our feelings effect us right down to our DNA. There you'll learn how to fill in those blanks above.

From Karol K Truman." The script is not a prayer. With this script you are addressing a part of your self--- your Spirit, Higher Self, Intelligence ( or whatever fits your belief system), only in so doing you are directing your conscious, undirected, mindless thoughts and words. When using the Script your intent is to take accountability for what you are feeling and thinking. Consider it a poem or the words to a song, or a tool to correct the faulty wiring...to reprogram the distorted cells. In actuality, the Script is a vehicle of transformational healing in all aspects of your life."

Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.

11/28/2014

        H.A.L.T is a little tool I picked up at OA meetings decades ago. I was enjoying a pleasant country drive to the grocery store today, happy that yesterday( Thanksgiving) had started with a 2 pound loss and been a wonderful, sugar and gluten free, on spot holiday for me when my son hit me with something that angered me just minutes before he let me off at the grocery store door. I had no time to tap it out. And then when I'd calmed a bit, the grilled chicken I'd looked forward to wasn't available. Shoot! And I was getting hungry.
      I went on shopping, finding all I needed, and yet for the first time all the food in the store just seemed to smell and look so inviting. The store had all holiday makings out everywhere you turned and I started thinking about how much I used to love shopping and how now it's just another chore to get through, that I couldn't shop for anything fun. Mind you, I had a list of supplies to bake different muffins up that I love, but the pity party had already started unknown to me. When I hit the next to last isle it just hit me. "What the heck is going on Ginger? You have never in these last 3 months felt this way, you liked going through fruits just last week."
Then all of a sudden I thought of HALT! I knew I still felt angry and hungry and by that time tired. I acknowledged this to myself and carried on. My son and I made peace when he picked me up and when I got home I had a quick, healthy lunch and a quick nap. I woke up refreshed and had a good day.
      So remember when you feel hungry, angry, lonely, or tired to address those issues ASAP so that you can have a good day as well.

Lemon Bars The Sugar Free Gluten Free Way

11/19/2014

        These Lemon Bars are so lemony and good I was satisfied with one square. They topped off a wonderful day yesterday. I hope you enjoy them. This is a review of a modified recipe from Elana Amsterdam's " The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook." In case you are wondering the rose is the English rose " Graham Thomas."

      Crust

     1& 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
     1/2 teaspoon sea salt
     2 tablespoons oil
     1 tablespoon honey ( I subbed this in for her agave nectar
     1 tablespoon vanilla extract

      Topping

      1/4 cup oil
      1/4 cup honey ( instead of agave)
      3 large eggs
      1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

      Preheat the oven to 325F ( 350 if you use Agave nectar)
Grease an 8 inch square baking dish with oil and dust with almond flour.
      To make the crust, combine the almond flour and salt in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, honey, and vanilla extract. Stir the wet ingredients into the almond flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Press the dough into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 15-17 minutes until lightly golden brown.
       While the crust bakes, prepare the topping. In a blender, combine the oil, honey, eggs, and lemon juice. Process on high until smooth. Remove the crust from the oven. Pour the topping evenly over the hot crust.
       bake for 15-20 minutes, the refrigerate for 2 hours to set. Cut into bars and serve.

Pleasant Surprise! 5 more Pounds Down-35 Total!

11/18/2014

OK, This picture was taken forty years ago, the first time I lost what I considered a lot of weight: 15 pounds. See what I'm eating and drinking. The beginning of the regain was that day as well. If only I had known the red color diet then. But Life had a whole lot of lessons to teach me. Today I'm having a cheeseburger for the first time in over 2 months. Only this time I'll have it on an Ezekiel sprouted grain burger bun with no sugar and a low glycemic load and instead of that coke can you will see a bottle of water. On my "after" eating plan I have red meat only once a week at most.
I was really surprised to see a 5 pound loss today. I feel full all the time and I felt "fat" this week- would have accepted a 1 pound loss with gratitude. Up till now I could see my loss as my belly got smaller. It turns out to be true about the "wheat belly." Not this last week-I couldn't see or feel the loss, but it was there. This red color balancing ( OK , also this GI Load awareness) really works.

Applesauce Gingerbread- Blah!

11/13/2014

          Today I cooked "Applesauce Gingerbread" from Rita DePoydt's              " Stevia" Cookbook. I strove for excellence and followed it to a tee. I even used the Whole wheat flour she list instead of a gluten free one. Took me all morning. I so wanted it to be really good because my hubby had gone to some trouble to find maple extract for me. Well- it came out Blah tasting. I don't know how else to describe it , the texture was fine-normal, but it just didn't taste the way I expected. I'm use to making gingerbread with a Betty Crocker mix. It always comes out a dark brown (this one was a beige color) and with sweet rich ginger taste. This one was sweet enough-just not ginger or spicy enough for me. It tasted more like a bran muffin and I just don't get that.
        I've come to the conclusion in this new way of cooking-eating I need to let go of expectations when trying recipes. I especially need to let go of the idea of "perfection" ( or my idea of recipe perfection-tasting the same as old recipes). This is the 1st sugar free recipe that I'm not copying here, the 1st dud, and that is OK. Lesson learned, and I had fun trying something new.
        I used the above picture because this also is a bed that turned out to be a dud by the next year. Half of it died-the other half grew to gigantic proportions overwhelming this bed in my fairy garden. This fall I had fun redoing it, trying something different taking into account what I'd learned about this spot-It already looks beautiful. I'll have fun trying a new recipe next time as well. Have a fun day.

Sugar Free Gluten Free Corn Bread

11/10/2014

      When I told my son how much I'd lost (and friends as well for that matter) he wanted to know what I was doing. But when I told him, he just walked away. My friend said I was asking for her to give up too many things. I've come to realize that If I truly want to help them I need to lead by example, loose the weight while at the same time showing that living without sugar has made my life so much better.
    "Your Having Cornbread with supper?!" But doesn't that have sugar in it? The original recipe does-mine doesn't. I searched through my gluten free cookbooks for a sugar free version but couldn't find one. Then I thought about how much I like Grandy's honey cornbread and thought Of Course! Honey and well as usual Stevia to taste.
      This recipe is from " Artisanal Gluten-Free Cooking." I only switched out honey for sugar. Be sure to bring ingredients to room temperature. I liked it. Enjoy.
      Ingredients:
    1cup Gluten Free Flour Mix ( I use America's Test Kitchen's Mix)
    1 tablespoon GF baking powder
    1 cup cornmeal
    3 Tablespoons Raw unfiltered honey
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 cup milk
    2 eggs
    4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) salted butter, melted.

1. Preheat the oven to 425F. Grease a 9 inch square baking pan.
2. Mix together the flour, baking powder, cornmeal and salt.
3. Add the eggs and milk and mix. Stir in the melted butter and honey and mix until all the dry ingredients are incorporated , I also added 1//2 teaspoon stevia but that is up to you, how sweet do you want it?
4. Pour the batter into prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Another 6 Pounds Down After The Red Color Diet

11/9/2014

      This picture was taken on the river walk in Savannah. A place where I used no intelligence choosing what to eat, though Savanna is a place where food can be a healthy, artful experience. After all it is a seaport where fresh seafood abounds. Next visit to my sisters I'll choose more intelligently. I won't lie, seeing that number on the scale go down another 6 pounds makes me feel like an artist carving out the "excess" marble fat to reveal the treasured art within like Michelangelo did.
       I also feel really good health wise. When I told my husband I'd lost 6 more pounds which brings the total up to 30 pounds in exactly 2 months he was a bit surprised," But you don't seem to be dieting at all! You eat really well." I get his surprise- he's seen me eat pancakes with butter and honey, eggs & Toast , all kinds of muffins, fried chicken fingers and catfish to name a few. I truly now believe that Linda Goodman is right-it's not about calories. It's about only eating when physically hungry, and for me the artful combination of foods that keeps my Glycemic load at an even keel. It's about moving my body more as well. All those things I listed above add up calorically, but they don't have sugar or refined flour in them. They are homemade in a way that is healthy for my body.
I'm still studying what those healthy ways are, how different foods effect me and my weight. If I feel like a nap as soon as I eat, then I know something in my meal has a higher glycemic load than I thought and I eliminate it. I've also come to realize that if I have really sudden "cold" symptoms it's really an allergy to something I just ate . My body is way smarter than I am and lets me know when it's not happy with my choices.
    Read past post and you'll understand how I am managing to eat only when I'm hungry, stop when I'm full. Leaving that last 3rd piece of toast or eggs on the plate is brand spanking new to me. For that matter, eating a healthy breakfast is new as well, breakfast use to be basically- well-sugar-even if it looked like a "healthy" cereal or breakfast bar.
    Another new thing is tapping the Saints game and heading out to work in the garden instead as I'm about to do right now. Have a joyful day-I know I will.

Lemon Bread The Sugar Free-Gluten Free Way

11/6/2014

       This lemon bread recipe is from Jean Duane's The Complete Idiots Guide to Gluten Free Cooking. This was my favorite "sweet" recipe I made so far. Once again I did a lot of substitutions. Honey and Stevia instead of sugar, lemon extract instead of lemon oil and The American Test Kitchens Gluten Free Flour Mix ( which I keep on hand) instead of Duane's Alternative Cook's Fabulous Foolproof Flour Mix. I suggest that you discover which of the flour mixes you like best and just use that-unless , of course money and fridge space is no problem for you. Personally I don't like mixes with bean flours in them. Also I left out the xanthan gum because it causes tummy problems for me. I read that The Gluten Free Girl has gone off it as well and that her recipes have worked fine without it. It is put in to prevent the cake-bread from crumbling. Mine held up fine. Perhaps from the honey? I used lemon extract because our store doesn't carry lemon oil. If I come across the oil I would use that.
       I lowered the temperature because of the honey, and used a pan a bit smaller because that is what I have. Duane says that you can use dried lemon peel and bottled juice instead.
       Ingredients:
     2 large eggs
     1/2 cup sunflower oil or melted ghee
     1&1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
     1/4 cup lemon juice
     1/2 cup almond, rice, soy, or cow's milk
     1 Tb. lemon zest, or 1 tsp dried lemon peel
     1/2 tsp lemon oil
      3/4 cup sugar ( I used 3/4 cup raw honey and 1/4 tsp of stevia powder because well-I like it sweet.)
      2 cups of a gluten free flour mix
      1 tsp baking powder
      1 tsp. baking soda
      3/4 tsp. salt
      1 tsp. xanthan gum if you wish

      You will find the Gluten free flour mix I use Under " Buttermilk Pancakes Sugar and gluten free" in my recipe section.

      1. Preheat oven to 350 ( 325 with honey). Lightly spray a 81/2x 41/4th inch loaf pan with cooking oil spray.
      2. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, sunflower oil, vanilla extract, lemon juice, milk, lemon zest, lemon oil and sugar ( or honey and stevia)
      3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour mix, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and if you wish the xanthan gum until well combined.
Stir gently into milk mixture until blended.
      4. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Let it sit for 5 minutes. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes (43 for mine) covering with parchment paper after 20 minutes to prevent overbrowning. Remove from the oven, and let cool on a wire rack before serving.
            Enjoy! Yum! Yum!

Trick Or Treat

11/2/2014

Well, it's been a weekend full of tapping for me. I have 4 grand children I hadn't seen sense August. My daughter, Mom of these 2 dragons, gave a family party and then trick or treating. I volunteered to be the one who stayed back to hand out treats as all my grandchildren, and well everyone at the party headed off. I almost cried I wanted so bad to go as well. I'm just not physically able to do so. I felt the same way the next day when I was unable to walk thru corn mazes and have fun all over Curry Farms. I spent a lot of time tapping out my feelings and yes by yesterday (at the farm) cravings before we headed out to eat. I made it through the weekend without sugar or wheat and only 3 small meals a day. When my grandson suggested just pulling the pizza toppings off the crust to eat when I couldn't have my favorite pizza I pulled one piece of hamburger off the top and let the rest go.
I am glad I was wearing my red dress and Red sunglasses at the farm and Pizza place . I never even craved candy at all. I usually buy my fav candy to give out so, of course, I get the leftovers. Not this year. Next year I am going along with the crowd. I am!!