Newsletter, week of July 13th

Last Week

Having a visual image of what you want to achieve can help keep you motivated to do that one extra thing. Did you get inspired to kick it up a degree?

This Week

It's not just about what you eat, but about how you eat. This week we'll talk about eating patterns, and how yours works for you.

Kudos

We celebrated first five pound awards for Glenda and Kathryn, and gave Velma her 20 pound star. Vernay reached her ten percent target this week, too!

WW Product of the Week

Once again, this is a topic that fits well with all of our cookbooks - if you need to change your eating pattern, switch up the foods you're choosing, move from Flex to Core (or the other way) our cookbooks are great resources. You'll find something for every cooking ability.

Weekly Potpourri

Sometimes exercise feels like a battle, but a great song can really put pep in your step. I don't usually have newsletter posts open for comments, but I'm going to try a little interactive thing and see how it goes. I'd love to know what songs you listen to when you're working out. Are you sweatin' to the oldies? Shaking your groove thing? I may steal some of your ideas!

Here's a list of some of the songs on my workout playlist:

Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
It's Raining Men - Weather Girls
Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Recipe of the Week

Tequila-Lime Shrimp
POINTS® Value: 3
Servings: 6

1/3 cup fresh lime juice
1/2 Tbsp jalapeno pepper, minced (don't touch seeds with bare hands)
1/2 tsp chili powder, chipotle-variety
3/4 tsp sugar
3/4 fl oz tequila
1/4 cup cilantro, fresh, chopped, divided
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium garlic clove, minced
1/2 tsp sea salt, or to taste (plus some for garnish)
1 1/2 pound shrimp, jumbo-size, shelled and deveined (or leave tails on for a nicer presentation)

In a small bowl, combine lime juice, jalapeno, chili powder, sugar, tequila and 2 tablespoon of cilantro; set aside.

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and salt; cook, stirring, until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute. Add shrimp; sauté, until shrimp turn pink, about 4 minutes. Remove shrimp to a serving plate and cover to keep warm.

Add lime juice mixture to same skillet and place over high heat. Cook until alcohol burns off, stirring and scrapping sides of pan, about 2 minutes; pour over shrimp and garnish with remaining cilantro and more sea salt, if desired.

--courtesy of eTools

What's Hot at WW.com

Do you think that having knee pain means you can't exercise? It might not! Obviously it's best to go with a doctor's recommendation of what you should or shouldn't do, but check out what one expert has to say on the subject.

Quote of the Week

This week's quote comes courtesy of Marianne - when she said it on Monday, I knew I had to jot it down. Thanks!

"An excuse is the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie."