It's All in Your Mind: Managing Your Thoughts

Hello, Weight Watchers! Did last week's meeting help you understand how zero-point foods can affect your weight loss? We don't want to obsess, but if the scale isn't moving the way you'd like, the number of zero-point foods (and which ones) is just another part of the plan we can change. Also, if you're feeling hungry, that zero-point veggie list can be a lifesaver!

SHARE YOUR SUCCESS!
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FLEX MEMBERS
Have you re-taken the Personal Daily POINTS Target quiz on pages 18-19 of Eat Wisely lately?

LOSE FOR GOOD
Lose for Good is in full swing and, so far, a huge success! My members bought 75 pounds of food for the hungry this week alone! Keep up the good work!

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Danville members - Mary Williams from Sheltering Wings will be collecting our donations at the October 15 meeting. Please check out their Wish List and double the good for victims of domestic violence in our area!

ARTICLES OF NOTE

• Seven Key Steps for Losing Weight
• How to Be Your Own Best Friend
• Small Victories, Bigger Success

The "inside" of Weight Watchers, Think First, is a key part of the Weight Watchers program. How we think affects the way we act.

It's important to listen to our inner voices and learn from them. The words we use to speak to ourselves matter. This week, we will discuss the Manage Your Thoughts Helpful Habit and how to practice it.

Have a great week, everyone!

Cyndi

Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours.

--Anonymous

CHECK IT OUT!

I made this recipe from the new Best Eats cookbook this week and it was fabulous! Even my non-veggie-eating husband ate it! This can be prepared ahead of time and stored in the fridge before baking.

Roast Pork with Root Vegetable
8 servings | 5 POINTS values per serving
Core

• 2# boneless pork loin, trimmed
• 1 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 t black pepper
• 2 T Italian seasoning
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 16 pieces
• 1/2 butternut squash (I used a whole small squash to avoid leftovers), peeled, seeded, and cut into 16 pieces
• 2 turnips, peeled and cut into 8 wedges each
• 1 large onion, cut into 8 wedges
• 4 t olive oil
• 1/2 t cinnamon
• 1/2 t ground allspice

Preheat oven to 450. Spray a large jelly-roll pan with nonstick spray.

Sprinkle the pork with 3/4 t of the salt, 1/4 t of the pepper, and rub all over with the Italian seasoning.

Combine the vegetables, cinnamon, allspice, 1/4 t salt, and 1/4 t pepper in a large bowl. Toss to coat. Put the pork in the center of the pan and arrange the veggies around the pork.

Roast, stirring the veggies once after 30 min, until a meat thermometer reads 155 and veggies are browned (~45-50 min). Transfer the pork to a cutting board, cover loosely with foil, and let rest 10 min. Cut into slices and serve with the vegetables.