Jane A. Thomas Health & Wellness

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

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10/09/2025

Why You Keep Craving Pie, Bread, and Muffins in Phase 1:

If you’re in Phase 1 and find yourself craving all the cozy comfort foods — pie, bread, muffins — you are absolutely not alone. Almost every client hits this point and wonders what’s wrong.

👀 Nothing is wrong.
In fact, it’s a sign your body is shifting and healing.

When we begin Phase 1, our metabolism is learning to use stored fat for energy instead of sugar and starch. That transition can make our brain call out for the foods that used to give us quick comfort or a burst of “feel good” energy. Those cravings aren’t about willpower — they’re messages.

Here’s what they might be saying and how to respond:

1️⃣ Your body remembers the dopamine hit.
Sweet and starchy foods light up the brain’s reward center. When you remove them, your brain protests a little.
→ Replace the experience, not the food. Warm cinnamon tea, baked apple, or even a comforting bowl of hot vegetables can satisfy that need for cozy and warm.

2️⃣ Your blood sugar is balancing.
As your system resets, temporary dips in blood sugar can make cravings stronger.
→ Eat your full protein and veggie portions, don’t skip meals, and keep water intake high. Hydration often quiets hunger.

3️⃣ Old emotional patterns are surfacing. Pie and muffins are “celebration foods.” Bread feels like home. You may realize you were eating for comfort, not hunger.
→ Pause and ask, What do I really need right now? Maybe it’s calm, rest, or reassurance. Choose an action that truly fills that need. Calling me is always an option. 🤗

4️⃣ Your microbiome is changing.
When yeast or gut imbalances begin to clear, those organisms actually send out signals for sugar and starch — their favorite food source.
→ Stay consistent. The cravings will pass as your gut environment rebalances.

👉🏻Cravings don’t mean you’re failing — they mean your body is communicating.

Phase 1 is about learning that language.
Within a couple of weeks, most clients are amazed at how those old “must-have-it” foods lose their pull entirely.

🧠 Remember: every craving is an invitation to listen, not to quit.
You’re not just avoiding pie — you’re breaking free from the hold it had on you.

💕 You’re healing from the inside out. 💛

For support or program information, DM me or text 417-252-0330. I can help. 💜

10/07/2025

🌏 🌲 My Next Choice 🌳 🌎
I watched this Sunday night. Most of us remember when Jane Goodall first came on the scene discussing her passion for Chimpanzees.
📺 The interviewer and executive producer is Brad Falchak of Gwyneth Paltrow fame.
🧠 This is touching and thought provoking and parallels with the theme of “🌲My Next Choice 🌳“
🌡️ Climate change is a divisive term and political weaponry. However, we humans are negatively impacting and trampling our natural environment every day. That is indisputable.
The final segment where she sits alone talking to us is worth your time. I am always asking how I can contribute in a positive way to preserving this beautiful planet God gave us. We all can do more within our own homes and communities.
🗺️ Maybe start with being conscious of unnecessary shopping trips or errand running and plan better and do this once a week.
🛒 Take reusable bags when shopping. I seem to forget them and am working on improving this. Those plastic bags will pile up at your house and then a landfill.
🍱 Can we quit already with low effort cooking made with prepared packaged foods resulting in a lot of trash and plastic and feeling like crap.
💧 Plastic water bottles, soda bottles, other soft drinks - bye bye.
🌎 What else can we do to protect Mother Earth?
🐆 For me, it is so much about the animals - all creatures. They deserve better.

🍿 Coming next is a subject I need to research - the 6th Extinction Period. More soon.

The documentary launches a new format for Netflix titled Famous Last Words.

10/06/2025

I can’t emphasize enough to purchase an inexpensive kitchen scale that weighs in grams and ounces. To follow my recipes successfully, this is step 1, non-negotiable. It’s the difference between success and flops and it’s faster, easier and uses less dishes.

10/06/2025

If you need drops, please order today or tomorrow!

10/06/2025

There’s a fine line between getting recipes tested so they are, hopefully, “no fail” and not overdoing it on eating gf grains/flours. My cooking style is sugar free, gluten free, oat free, peanut butter free, and zero alcohol. That’s the premise of every recipe I create and test. This was my final test for sourdough pancakes/waffles and, wow, they are fluffy, tasty, not gooey or doughy. It’s a culmination of getting an active gf starter ✅, a gf flour blend that isn’t gummy or gooey ✅ , and the right recipe that yields perfect results ✅
So, please in the comments, tell me, would you prefer a complete cookbook or smaller downloadable pdf booklets that have a theme - say gf cookies, gf sourdough recipes, gluten free muffins? Is gluten free baking and flour what you need to learn more about? Please respond in comments….ty!

10/05/2025

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10/05/2025

Make your habits automatic or as I call it, subconscious. Regular conscious consistency evolves into effortless subconscious consistency - you just do it without thinking. It works!! This is when it becomes so easy.