Thursday, June 23, 2011 The Gunnison Valley Gazette Page 3 Emotions and food the cycle can be broken Fayette memories: Hollyhock dolls bud for the head, attaching it with a Some Hollyhock ladies would be toothpick going up through the flower dressed in red, others in pink, lavender or blue. They all looked beautiful! Now these lovely ladies needed some furniture so we created our own out of mud. We would stir up a nice batch of soft brown Sometimes homemade toys are more mud and shape it into couches, chairs, fun than store bought ones and make lastbeds and tables. When the mud was dried ing memories, such as Hollyhock dolls it became hard and made comfortable furand mud furniture. niture for the Hollyhock ladies dressed in When I was a little girl I loved to their formal dresses. pick Hollyhock flowers which were I especially remember sitting on the growing west of the lawn by the listeps of the east porch and arranging lac bushes at our home in Fayette and the dolls and furniture on the top of the make dolls out of them. We would pick porch. What fun we had with our own a full flower and turn it up-side-down dress. Sometimes we would add stick creation of Hollyhock dolls and mud furfor the dress and use a nice flower arms. niture. The Town of Fayette is celebrating its Sesquicentennial this year. As part of the celebration Fayette residents and past residents have been asked to share some of their memories. The following story is shared by Judy Mellor Olsen. By BURKE LARSEN, DC GVHS English teacher travels Europe By Lyberty Peterson Artimesia Olsen, an English Teacher at Gunnison Valley High School, has been working through The Bread Loaf School of English to achieve her master's degree for the past two summers. She's traveled across the states, visiting Middlebury, Vermont and Santa Fe, New Mexico. However, this summer she's going to the "Literary Mecca" of the world — Oxford, England. "In Vermont I went to my first kegger, where people drank copious amounts of beer and read poetry... I only went back for the poetry portion," Olsen said when asked about her experience in Vermont. She laughed ashamedly and added, "If my students only knew." She went on to talk about her learning experience in Santa Fe. Olsen talked a lot about a class called the Rhetoric of Science. It's a class based on how silence can be used as a persuasive tool. She went on to explain, "Cheryl Glenn taught me how to look critically at my belief system. She made me examine my place as a women in my ourtesy oto Arti Olsen at Enchanted Mesa in New Mexico. Enchanted Mesa is rich in folklore and local culture. It's also the setting of one of her favorite fantasy novels, Fablehaven. church." The class she's taking is a rigorous Shakespeare class. In consequence she'll have the opportunity to see live performances of many plays scattered around the country. So even though she'll be extremely busy with the tasks of her class for the major portion FCZIENIDG AWD FA/WI-4-0 FACZ FIZOAN 1-10/1NE? * K5519 THEAN Ii4J To0CH WITH HoANEToWNJ HM19E141,4691 Gift Subscriptions $30 per year anywhere in the Continental U.S. Call 528-5178 to subscribe of the summer, all her fun and traveling will be wrapped up in there as well. There is one thing Olsen says she must do in addition to all her other plans, "I want to visit places I've only read about. The Harry Potter Castle, Pemberly, maybe even meet Mr. Darcy. I'll be my own Jane Austen novel!" She blushed at the thought of all the adventures she could have. Olsen will be leaving for England on the 30th of June, but her return has not been planned yet. All she knows is that she has to be back before school starts. "I'd like to travel when I get done with my classes, but I don't know where I'll be flying home from. I might be in Scotland. I could be in Ireland; Heck! I could be in Germany." We wish you the best of luck Arti! Keep us posted. As said by George Bernard Shaw, "There is no sincerer love than the love of food." Food is a part of life more primitive and fundamental than our most basic emotions. But for many of us, it so closely tied to emotions that it can easily turn from that which nourishes to that which causes harm. A major element in losing weight is to take control of the emotional challenges that are sabotaging our food choices. There is no secret potion, only simple, basic foods and the knowledge of how to overcome emotional roadblocks. Mentally, we all know that we should eat good proteins and fresh fruits and vegetables, but emotionally we have been conditioned to crave certain foods, such as grains and sugars — the very foods which cause insulin to spike and our bodies to store fat. Successful eating is often not a battle of acquiring the right knowledge, but a battle against our own emotions. Most people have tried a diet or two or twenty in their lifetime. What we may not be aware of is that perpetual dieting destabilizes our self-esteem and self-image. We briefly taste dietary success and then often fail, returning to our previous, or even heavier, weight. This leads many of us to believe that it's impossible for us to permanently lose that weight. What's more, on an emotional level, negative emotions or memories can prompt our taste buds to crave fattening grains and sugars to the point of addiction. 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Advertising rates available upon request. All articles and photographs submitted for publication are subject to editing and only will be used if the editor deems them newsworthy. The editor reserves the right to hold submitted news items for space reasons. Copyright Gunnison Valley Gazette, Gunnison, Utah 2005. All rights reserved. Reproduction, reuse or transmittal of all matter herein is prohibited without prior written permission by the publisher or editor. WEATHER Thursday 92/53 Sunny Friday 87/50 Sunny Saturday 85/51 Sunny Sunday 86/50 Sunny Gunnison's Weather is brought to you by Gunnison Telephone Co. Internet wireless access! Check it out at bookmobiles.utah.gov Now Playing at The Casino stagy CARS 2 GGUNNISONtAtEY aze e level, where our digestion and metabolism, overwhelmed by an excess of grains and sugars, tells our body to store fat. It's important to break this cycle so that we can return to a new normal, where we are at our ideal, healthy weight. Breaking the cycle is where most people encounter problems, because behind food cravings lurk emotions that have to be dealt with before the cravings will subside. Emotions are powerful! If we are feeling sad, lonely, anxious, or angry, or are in need of comfort, sex, compassion or calm, we are often tempted to eat unhealthy foods as a way to cope with these feelings. The feelings are so intense, and the desire to deal with them by succumbing to food cravings is so strong, because behind those emotions are beliefs, which may stern from as far back as childhood, telling us how to think, feel and act, often without us realizing it. These are the emotional roadblocks that we need to overcome. There are a variety of approaches that can be used to help us overcome these emotional barriers. In my clinic, I work with patients using a powerful method called Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) to clear the 'short-circuit' or emotional roadblock from the body's bio-energy system, thus restoring balance in the mind and body, which is essential for optimal health and the healing of physical disease. Once we identify and face the belief or emotion causing our food cravings, we will find that adhering to a weight loss plan is not only easy — it's natural. Then, when we give our bodies the foods they are meant to have, we will no longer be tempted by the unhealthy foods we once found irresistible, in fact, they may not even taste good anymore! Don't let negative emotions sabotage your efforts. Find a way to address the emotions that are keeping you from reaching your goals, and uncover a more vibrant and healthy you. 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