Motivation Makeover

Hello, Weight Watchers! Did last week's meeting help you determine the difference between physical hunger and other things that make you feel hungry? The gas bill, tempting billboard, grocery store display, or shouting boss may make you feel like eating, but if hunger isn't the problem, food isn't the solution!

The thrill is gone
I forget to track
I fear the pounds
Will soon come back

But every day
I wake with hope
When Hungry begs
I say, “Nope!”

I’ll count my Points
Write what I ate
Success is sure
To motivate

I'll recommit
And feel the thrill
When I'm a healthy me --
I can! I will!

JANUARY JOURNALING CHALLENGE - FINAL WEEK!
This week is your last chance to enter your completed journal - a drawing for a WW goodie bag will be held in this week's meeting. You must be present to win!

PANIC BUTTON
I don't want to come to the meeting this week. I think I gained!

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
--Zig Zigler

Ol' Zig might be on to something there. Weight Watchers members who attend weekly meetings lose three times as much weight as those who go it alone. Are Meetings members getting weekly secret weight-loss serum? Is it something in the air?

The real truth is that weekly meeting attenders get a special dose of motivation each week. Meetings attenders tend to stick with the program longer, follow the program more closely, and lose more weight.

If you're feeling low, now is the time to hit a meeting ASAP! WW meetings staff are all Lifetime members who have lost at least five pounds with the program. (And many have lost much more!) We've been there and know how it feels. Chances are that everyone in your meeting has felt that way sometime. Come and let us lift you up!

HEALTHY TIP FOR CHEAP OF THE WEEK
It's a popular myth that fresh produce is much more expensive than junky snacks. The truth is that you can have fresh produce every week, simply pay attention to sales, "manager's specials" (perfectly good food that is nearing its sell-by date and heavily discounted), and what's in season in your part of the country. Potatoes, cabbage, carrots, and greens tend to be especially good buys.

♫ ♪♫♪ ARTICLES OF NOTE ♫ ♪♫♪

• Don't Quit Now Challenge: Week One
• The Big 10 Percent
• When You're About to Quit
• The Reluctant Dieter

Our thoughts are key to our eventual successes. Come to the meeting this week to learn about behavior boosters that can help us tap into the inner strength we need to reach and maintain our weight goals. They're especially helpful when motivation wanes.

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

Cyndi

Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can.
--Author Unknown