"Okay, Now...That's Something I CAN DO!" (Setting Inspiring Goals)

Hello, Weight Watchers! Did last week's discussion give you some tools to determine your satisfaction level and deal with non-physical hunger? Sometimes you just need to HALT and say, "Am I hungry? If not, what am I really hungering for?"

SALES AND SPECIALS

• Has that $20 registration fee or having to pay missed week fees kept you from re-joining your traditional meeting? From now until March 14, all new and re-joining members get FREE REGISTRATION and NO MISSED WEEK FEES!
• Are you looking for new ways to Move More in 2009? From now until March 31, you can save $5 on our Get Moving Mix (five 10-20-min beginner segments, regularly $15) and Next Move (five 10-20-min intermediate segments, regularly $15) DVDs or our Walking Kit (audio CD, indoor walking DVD, Walking Guide booklet, and $10 coupon for a POINTS pedometer, regularly $25). What a great way to beat the winter blues and earn those Activity POINTS!

COOK ONCE, EAT TWICE
Make the best of your leftovers with the newest Weight Watchers cookbook, Now & Later. Priced at $10, it has 120 hearty recipes that will help cook one meal into two. Prepare one dish one night, and use the same ingredients to whip up another delicious meal the second night. You'll also find a variety of Filling Extra tips, a list of recipes that follow the Simply Filling technique, and a recipe index by POINTS value to make meal planning easy. Do double duty in your kitchen with these tasty Now & Later recipes!

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rolls-Royce and Duke Energy members - You have enough members to start your series this week! This week will be a Getting Started Session, which will introduce new members to the plan and provide a refresher for current members. If anyone is still interested but has not paid, come on in and join! Anyone can join any week of an At-Work series.

Cathedral High School members - Your Open House meeting will be held this Monday, Jan 26. Anyone who is not a current member, but is interested in WW may attend that meeting for free with no obligation to join! Payment for the new series will be expected that day, as well. Cathedral subsidizes half of your meeting fees, which reduces your weekly fee to $5.47 - don't miss out on this great opportunity!

FBI members - I received eight payments at the Info/Registration meeting last week. We must have 15 paid members to renew. Please give your payment to Kathy Guider if you plan to continue!

Covance Central Labs members - I received eight payments at our Open House meeting last week. The series must have 15 paid members to continue - please give your payment to Maxene Grounds if you plan to continue. We need YOU to keep the series going!

COMING TO YOUR MEETING ROOM!
Three new products will be appearing in a meeting room near you in March.

The POINTS Clicker is great for the on-the-go member who wants a quick and easy way to track POINTS values used throughout the day. For only $5, this keychain clicker is a handy way to stay on plan!

New Blueberry Harvest Oatmeal will be replacing our Strawberries and Cream flavor (available while supplies last). The new creamy oatmeal is packed with sweet blueberries with no added sugar and contains protein and fiber to help fill you up. A four-cup package will sell for $6.

Our best-selling Mint Cookie Crisp Just 2 POINTS bar will be replaced by a one-POINTS value Mint Cookie Crisp Mini Bar. The mini bar will have the same dark chocolate coating and delicious chocolate-mint crunchies that we love so much.

ARTICLES OF NOTE

• The Big Ten Percent
• Measure Your Success
  
• Danielle's Success - Slow and Steady

Sometimes we can have unrealistic goals and feel disappointed when we don't meet them. Learning to set and achieve realistic short-term goals can give us the confidence to "hang in there" and accomplish long-term success.

Have a great week, everyone! I'll see you at your meeting!

Cyndi

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

Indian-Flavored Edamame*
Makes 4 servings
POINTS value per serving: 1

◊5 1/3 oz frozen edamame, shelled
2 tsp curry powder
1 1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

1. Place a small saucepan filled with water over high heat. Add edamame to pan and bring to a boil; boil for 3 minutes and drain. Place edamame in a serving bowl and set aside.

2. To make seasoning, mix together curry powder, salt, ground coriander, ground cinnamon and cayenne pepper in a cup; toss with edamame until well-coated. Yields about 1/3 cup per serving.

Works with the Simply Filling technique
Recipe from Weight Watchers.com