Hello, Weight Watchers! I learned this week what a hot button the word DIET can be! When you all shared your thoughts it was pretty clear that diets are restricting, frustrating and temporary. Thank goodness we're not dieting! We've banished the diet mindset from our thoughts – we're not cheating, not labeling foods as good or bad, won't be going "off" our program, nor are we feeling deprived or miserable.
The strategies to lose and maintain weight are essentially the same. Stop dieting and adopt a healthy eating lifestyle, doing only what you're willing to keep doing when the weight comes off. We're not on a DIET; we're on a LIVE-IT! So get out there and live it up this week!
BROWN BAGGIN' IT
Taking your own healthy meals several times a week can help you stay within both your monetary and POINTS budgets. Here are some quick tips:
-Make sandwiches ahead and freeze (add lettuce, tomato, etc. when it's time to eat)
-Use leftovers to prepare your own frozen meals
-Prepare extra French toast or pancakes for breakfast and freeze them for use on busy days
-Take yogurt, string cheese, and fruit for a quick, portable snack
-Try the Garden Vegetable Soup recipe from your Week 1 Eat Wisely booklet (page 31)
Here's a link to an article on more brown bagging suggestions. I could make some corny line about how "weight loss is in the bag" but that would just be too easy!!!
http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=15791
FRUTIE EXTRAVAGANZA
Now is a great time to try Fruities – buy two get one free. You can mix and match flavors to create your own “variety pack.”
JOIN OUR TEAM!
What's it like to work as a Weight Watchers Receptionist or Leader? Many of our staffers have full-time jobs but devote one evening, a Saturday morning, or lunchtime to Weight Watchers. If you are at or approaching your Lifetime goal weight, or interested in employment with WW when you get there, plan to attend an Information Meeting and learn more about the rewarding opportunities that are available. Tell them Cyndi sent you!
- Sat Oct 13 @ 11:30 am:
- Mon Oct 15 @ 1 & 7 pm:
- Thurs Oct 25 @ 7pm: Spencer (
- Mon Oct 29 @ 6:30 pm:
ARTICLES OF NOTE
· Victoria’s Weight-Loss Victory
Many members are unsure about the Core plan, especially the Comfort Zone. This week, I would like to really explore the ins and outs of the plan and try to answer any questions that you may have. I want each of you to choose the food plan that is the best fit for your life at the time, and Core is just another way we can achieve our Winning Outcomes! For members who are already following the Core plan, please come with your favorite Core plan tips to share.
Have a great week, everyone!
Cyndi
Success became the accomplishment of hundreds of intermediate steps rather than achieving a single, grandiose goal. My success at weight control became the healthy choice of food in front of me at a particular moment. I didn't have to control what I ate for the rest of my life; I only had to control what I was eating right now.
The ability to constantly redefine success is one of the surest means of becoming successful. Success is a habit. So is failing. A dynamic definition of success, on that takes into account the reality of the moment, is far more effective in establishing the habit of success than is an inflexible definition.
~John Bingham, The Courage to Start
Apple-Spiced Farina
From weightwatchers.com
POINTS® Value: 5
Servings: 2
Also Core!
- 2 cup fat-free skim milk
- 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg, plus extra for garnish
- 1/3 cup uncooked farina
- 1 small apple(s), Golden Delicious, peeled, cored and cut into small chunks
- 1 Tbsp McNeil Nutritionals SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener, or to taste
- 1/4 cup plain fat-free yogurt
In a small saucepan, combine milk, cinnamon and nutmeg and bring to a boil over high heat; sprinkle in farina, stirring constantly. Stir in apple; return to a boil.
Reduce heat to low and simmer until thickened, stirring often, about 2 minutes; remove from heat and stir in Splenda.
Spoon cooked cereal into 2 small bowls and top each with yogurt; garnish with a dusting of nutmeg. Yields about 1 1/3 cups of cereal and 2 tablespoons of yogurt per serving.
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