I Am Not My Weight

Hello, Weight Watchers! Were any of you able to Feel the Heat this week and increase your Activity Points earnings? Sometimes we use the hot summer weather as an excuse not to exercise, but there are a myriad of ways we can keep the summer heat from diminishing our activity level. I encourage you to assess your activity level and gradually increase yourself by adding just two Activity Points per week.

BE AWARE AT THE FAIR

Fair season is upon us again, and for many people that means fair food. Fairs and festivals don’t have to send us off the Weight Watchers wagon, but we can make better choices is we’re armed with a little knowledge and plan ahead.

Some common fair foods POINTS values:

• Kebabs, 8 POINTS values for two small skewers
• Corn on the cob, 1 POINTS values per ear
• Corn on the cob with two tablespoons butter, 7 POINTS values
• Smoothie (2 cups), 4 POINTS values
• Grilled turkey leg (large, with skin), 27 POINTS values
• Funnel cake, 12 POINTS values
• French fries, 10 POINTS values
• Foot-long corn dog, 8 POINTS values
• Belgian waffle with whipped cream, 9 POINTS values
• Fudge (1 piece), 3 POINTS values

Nutrition information is available for a wide variety of fair foods at Calorie King. Just use your POINTSfinder or POINTS calculator to convert the nutrition information to POINTS values.

ARTICLES OF NOTE

• Shed Your Old Self-Image
• Kellie Learns about Determination
• The Day I Learned to Love My Body

LOOKING AHEAD

How you think affects how you behave – and how you think is completely within your control. When we let our extra weight negatively affect how we see ourselves, negative behaviors often appear. Positive Self-Talking and the support we receive in Weight Watchers meetings can build our feelings of self-worth – regardless of our weight – which in turn helps us behave in a manner consistent with our goals. I am not my weight!

Have a great week, everyone!

Cyndi

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

~Malcolm S. Forbes

Watermelon Pops

From WeightWatchers.com

POINTS® Value: 1 | Servings: 8

1/8 large watermelon

4 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 Tbsp sugar, or honey

Cut flesh from watermelon rind and remove seeds. Blend flesh until liquid (you should have approximately 4 cups of liquid). Stir in lemon juice and sugar. Pour into 5 fluid ounce paper cups, leaving space at the top so they don't overflow. Stick a wooden popsicle stick into each cup. Freeze for several hours. To eat, just peel off paper cup.

BBQ Chicken with Grilled Sweet Potatoes

From WeightWatchers.com

POINTS® Value: 5 | Servings: 4

2 Tbsp paprika

1 Tbsp chili powder

1/2 Tbsp ground cumin

1/2 Tbsp ground cinnamon

1/2 Tbsp garlic powder

1/2 Tbsp dry mustard

1 Tbsp sugar

1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, four 4-oz pieces

2 large sweet potatoes

1 sprays cooking spray

1/8 tsp table salt, or to taste

Mix ingredients from paprika through to sugar. A few hours before you plan to grill, rub chicken breasts with seasoning mixture. Cover and refrigerate until 15 minutes before you grill. Peel sweet potatoes and slice into 1/3-inch discs. Place in a pot with enough cold, salted water to cover, and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 3 to 4 minutes, then drain and cool. When it's time to grill, preheat grill, then spray potatoes with cooking spray or olive oil spray and salt them. Salt chicken breasts. Place potatoes and chicken on grill and cook until done. The seasoning mixture makes the chicken very reddish in color, so be careful not to cook the chicken too long.