Metaboilsm: What You Can Do About Yours

Hello, Weight Watchers! Did you note and celebrate your accomplishments this week with Positive Self-Talk? It's never too late to start! It's a fresh new time of year and a great time to adopt a fresh new mindset about your weight-loss efforts! :D

MOMENTUM WALK-IT CHALLENGE
Have you gone to www.teamweightwatchers.com and accessed the free walking or jogging training programs? We're learning more about the program all the time, and as I understand it right now, you must enter the confirmation number for the 5k you are participating in by June 6 to receive the free six-month subscription to WW magazine, regardless of when the 5k will be held. The official Team Weight Watchers 5k is the Unite 2 Fight Race Against Prostate Cancer on July 11 at 8am. You can register for the race through the Team Weight Watchers site.

DID YOU KNOW?

• You may qualify to use your Flexible Spending Account to pay your Weight Watchers meeting fees with tax-free dollars! See my website and click on "FSA Info Sheet" for details!
• Weight Watchers members who use eTools lose 50% more weight, on average, than those who do not. eTools includes a free subscription to WW Mobile, which brings eTools right to your Blackberry or iPhone!
• Weight Watchers At Work members may attend any traditional meeting by showing the sticker in your Pocket Guide with current paid-through dates. Members who attend weekly meetings lose three times more weight than those who go it alone - you CAN be "Results Not Typical"!
  

ARTICLES OF NOTE

• Science Center: Increasing Your Metabolism
• Beginner's Guide to Lifting Weights
• Mother, Wife, Teacher, Success Story

We all want to know how our metabolism works, how we can speed it up, and how aging affects it. Very, very few are truly doomed to a "slow metabolism," and everyone has some control over how theirs works. Come this week to find out how!

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

Cyndi

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
--Anthony Robbins

Avocado, Spinach, and Feta Wraps
Makes 2 servings (1/2 wrap)
POINTS value per serving: 5

◊1/2 avocado, halved, pitted, and peeled
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 (10-inch) spinach tortilla or wrap
◊1 cup lightly packed baby spinach
◊1 small zucchini, shredded
◊1/4 cup crumbled fat-free feta cheese
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp olive oil

1. Mash together the avocado, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Spread the mixture evenly on the tortilla. Top with the spinach, zucchini, and feta; drizzle with the vinegar and oil.

2. Roll up the tortilla to enclose the filling. Cut the wrap in half.

Recipe adapted from Weight Watchers Momentum™ Cookbook ©2008 Weight Watchers International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.