Interim Goals: Steps to Your Dream

Hello, Weight Watchers! Did last week's "blast from the past" help you to appreciate the current program? The beauty of the current program is that it is a real lifestyle when you work the plan to be the best possible fit for your life.

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SNACKILICIOUS SALE
Until August 23, you can save on some of your favorite treats. If you buy one Just 2 POINTS bar, Baked Snack, or Pretzel Thin, you will save $1 on a second box! This is a great time to stock up or combine forces with a friend to create your own "variety pack."

SUMMER STAY AND SUCCEED CONTEST
Every meeting you attend from now until September 6 gives you three chances to enter our new contest! When you stay for the meeting, bring a friend who joins, or purchase $20+ in a singles transaction, you will receive a ticket to enter in the drawing. The Grand Prize (one awarded for each center and four awarded to traveler meetings) is a Land's End soft-sided cooler filled with $100 in Weight Watchers products!

NEW PRODUCTS
Coming soon to a meeting room near you!
  • POINTS calculator and tracker - for only $10, the newly-redesigned POINTS calculator will calculate POINTS values in addition to tracking how you use your POINTS throughout the day. Core plan members - this is a great tool to track your WPA!
  • Best East cookbook - a collection of our easiest and best-loved recipes, as voted by YOU, our members. $10
  • Vanilla Chai smoothie - Meet our new fall flavor and get a touch of sugar, spice, and everything nice (while meeting your daily dairy requirement!). $7.50 for seven packets
  • Fruity Nutty Madness 2 POINTS snack bar - There may (*wink*) be a sample of this new dried-fruit-and-salty-nut snack in your future! $5 for four bars
  • WW Meal Sides - Finally, more whole-grain alternatives for our members! Tomato Parmesan whole grain pasta, Chicken Herb whole grain pasta, and Zesty Spanish rice (a new Core option!) sides will be coming to a meeting room near you soon. $3 for two servings
EVEN GREATER REWARDS
Log on to the Weight Watchers website to learn more about our "Delicious" new rewards program! You can earn points that add up to books, beauty products, or DVDs just for purchasing WW products in the meetings room or local store.

ARTICLES OF NOTE
This meeting is a reminder of the importance of setting realistic, attainable weight goals throughout of weight-loss journey. Five-pound stars, the 10% target, and other specific interim goals can help us stay focused and inspired. Come to the meeting to discuss your scale and non-scale goals and how to Storyboard your way to success!

Have a great week, everyone!

Cyndi

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals, and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

--Les Brown

Spice-Oat Muffins
3 POINTS each
September/October Weight Watchers magazine
  • 1 c whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 c cornmeal
  • 1/2 c quick-cooking oats
  • 1/4 c packed brown sugar
  • 3 t cinnamon sugar
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 1/2 baking soda
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1 1/4 c FF buttermilk
  • 1/2 c dried cherries or cranberries
  • 1/4 egg substitute
  • 2 T canola oil
  • 2T wheat germ
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.

Combine the first eight ingredients, reserving 2 t of the cinnamon sugar.

Combine the buttermilk, dried fruit, egg substitute, and oil in a small bowl, beating with a whisk until blended. Add the buttermilk mixture gradually to the flour mixture, folding with a rubber spatula just until flour mixture in moistened.

Fill the muffin cups evenly with the batter. Sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar and wheat germ.

Bake until an inserted toothpick comes out clean (15 minutes). Cool in the pan five min. Unmold the muffins and cool completely.

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