Hello, Weight Watchers! How are you doing with Monitoring Yourself this week? One of the most common complaints of members is that they are not losing as much weight as they think they should be for the amount of food that they think they’re cutting back. The main contributing factor is often underestimation.
Did last week’s discussion make you more aware of a few areas where you might be underestimating your portions sizes and POINTS? Did the discussion of the Comfort Zone and tips for tracking make you more aware of your true intake this week? Accurate tracking not only helps monitor our intake, but it makes it easy to go back and see what you did differently after a particularly successful week to duplicate that loss!
Make a pledge to monitor accurately and completely this week: Use your Quik Trak, count your 35 Weekly POINTS Allowance, check portion sizes, track Activity Points, check in with your Comfort Zone, and add up your daily good health habits. When you take the time to track accurately and completely, you will do better with your weight-loss efforts. Make some magic happen: put your pen to the paper and write it when you bite it, track it when you snack it, and scribble if you nibble!
$5 SMOOTHIE SPECIAL!
Now is a great time to try Weight Watchers Smoothies – usually $7.50, they're now on sale for just $5! Each box has 7 packets -- only 71 cents per smoothie! They come in French Vanilla, Strawberry Banana, and Chocolate (my favorite). Make them with milk and they count as 2 dairy servings. Each packet delivers 10 grams of protein, 5 grams of fiber and only 1.5 grams of fat. I make mine with milk, ice cubes, and PB2 (powdered peanut butter) – YUM!
As promised, here are links to two articles that I find to be particularly helpful for Weight Watchers. The first article, Why the Scale Lies, is not endorsed by Weight Watchers, but does raise some excellent thinking points regarding weigh-ins. The second article, The Skill of Flexible Restraint, discusses that having a little flexibility in our Weight Watchers habits is more likely to lead us to long-term success.
This week we will be discussing 10 Tools for Weight Loss – 10 Tools for Living. I think the Tools for Living are a great part of the Weight Watchers program, and you’ve heard me mention my favorites often. This meeting will provide an overview of all ten and a preview of which ones we will be reviewing in detail in the coming months. I hope you can join us to learn about them! This topic is perfectly timed for your At-Work series – you’ll be receiving your Week Five booklet, which contains the Tools for Living, this week!
Berries and Granola Snack (from www.weightwatchers.com)
POINTS® Value: 1
Servings: 2
Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 0 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy
This combo of sweet berries, crunchy granola, creamy yogurt and a rice cake makes for one terrific snack. It's also a great breakfast in a rush.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup light artificially sweetened vanilla yogurt
- 2 Quaker Multigrain Rice Cake(s)
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- 1/4 cups raspberries
- 1 Tbsp Quaker Oats Low-Fat 100% Natural Granola
Instructions
- Spread 2 tablespoons of yogurt over each Multigrain Cake, spreading almost to the edges.
- Top each with 2 tablespoons of blueberries and raspberries and sprinkle with 1/2 tablespoon of granola. Yields 1 topped cake per serving.
Cyndi
Never eat more than you can lift.
--Miss Piggy
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