Newsletter, week of December 31st

Last Week

Everything we needed to know we learned from the story of Noah's Ark. First and foremost, remember that we're all in the same boat!

This Week

Losing weight is not a quick fix. It requires ongoing self-discovery and making gradual changes that you can continue for a lifetime. We'll talk more about that and how to achieve it in this week's meeting.

Kudos

Rosie has lost 20 pounds, which means she met the year-end goal she wrote on her postcard! She was quite happy.

Thanks to all of you who came to a different meeting because of our holiday schedule. It was great to see so many familiar faces when I subbed different meetings.

WW Product of the Week

New electronic food scale - our newly designed food scale will not only weigh your food to ensure proper portion sizes, but it's got a Points database. That means it will tell you the Points value of what's on the scale! If you're sloppy about serving sizes and want to fix that, check this gadget out. $40.00

Non-WW Product of the Week

If you feel like you're stuck in a rut at mealtime, and you've already looked at our cookbooks in the meeting room, you might want to check out Cooking Light magazine. I just got the January/February issue yesterday, and as usual the recipes look divine! Each recipe gives complete nutrition information, so it's easy to figure out Points values.

Check them out on the web.

Recipe of the Week

South-of-the-Border Fruit Salad
Serves 6
1 Point and Core

1 tsp cumin seeds
1 medium cantaloupe, peeled, seeded, and chopped
1 mango, pitted, peeled, and chopped
1 small grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
1/2 pint raspberries
1 small shallot, minced
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1/4 tsp salt

Heat a small pan over low heat, and toast the cumin seeds. Shake the pan often, until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Let them cool for about 5 minutes.

Combine the fruit in a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and gently toss to coat.

-- from Simply Bueno cookbook

Tip of the Week

Be wary of negative language. It can sabotage your best efforts. When you say "I'll try," it leaves room for error. Say "I will" instead. When you say something is "off-limits" it might make you crave the "forbidden" food more. When you say that you've "cheated" it implies that you're out of control. (For more examples and ways to get out of this kind of thinking, check out the Jan/Feb issue of Weight Watchers magazine.)

Quote of the Week

"Goals are...absolutely necessary to motivate us." -- Robert H. Schuller