I hope you all were nice to
yourselves this past week!
Summer is coming (or here) and we really want to get serious about our health (and shorts)! Jacky Y. and Jim M. were our Biggest Losers for last week! Great job and I know all of us will have lost this week!
We’ll be talking about tips for portions control while dining out, so I know everyone will have input on this topic!
Look at the picture of the colorful foods I ate for dinner last week (see attached). The whole plate was 5PPV!
Can you believe the sale on the snack bars for one week only at $2.50? They are truly delicious and healthy (especially at that price)! Let me know if you want me to bring any!
See all of you at the meeting,
Renee
Summer is coming (or here) and we really want to get serious about our health (and shorts)! Jacky Y. and Jim M. were our Biggest Losers for last week! Great job and I know all of us will have lost this week!
We’ll be talking about tips for portions control while dining out, so I know everyone will have input on this topic!
Look at the picture of the colorful foods I ate for dinner last week (see attached). The whole plate was 5PPV!
Can you believe the sale on the snack bars for one week only at $2.50? They are truly delicious and healthy (especially at that price)! Let me know if you want me to bring any!
See all of you at the meeting,
Renee
What Food Can Do - –Author unknown
Food can fill our stomachs. It cannot fill our souls.
Food can nourish our bodies. It cannot nourish our hearts and minds.
Food can make our taste buds happy. It cannot make us happy.
Food can give momentary pleasure. It cannot give lasting pleasure.
Food can distract us from our pain. It cannot take away our pain.
Remember, nourish and nurture yourself!
Remember
the SALE we just had on 3 POINTS PLUS BARS????
Well,
they are being marked down to $2.50 a box!
The
same great features that make these Snack Bars "cleaner” and more
wholesome also gives
them
a slightly shorter shelf life than our past Snack Bars and current Mini Bars.
Without
all those artificial ingredients and preservatives, we need to take measures to
make sure the new Bars stay fresh!
NEW
LOW PRICE
From
Sunday April 29 through May 26
- Oh, So Nuts! Snack Bars
- Aloha! Almond Snack Bars
- Berry-licious Snack Bars
How to Be Your Own
Best Friend
Is
self-compassion the missing ingredient in your weight-loss plan?
Article
By: Megan Gressor
Whether positive or
negative-your thoughts can impact your results on the scale. Are you often too
critical of yourself? When you go off-Plan, how do you treat yourself? How do
you learn to like yourself more? The same way you befriend anyone else: Take
the time to get acquainted; look for the good; and be kind, supportive and
non-judgmental. Here are more ways you can give yourself the love you deserve
every day.
1. Make a list of your many positive qualities
Read your list often. It could include anything from being a good singer to a loving parent. List every attribute that makes you a worthwhile, likable individual.
2. Pay yourself a compliment every day
Focus on a different attribute — your clear complexion, pleasant voice, good fashion sense — and say out loud: "I love my ___." It may sound forced at first, but it's a useful counter to self-doubt.
3. Do things you know will help you feel better about yourself
This could be anything from getting a new hairstyle to losing that first 10 pounds. Tackle the easiest first, to build confidence in future efforts.
4. Give yourself regular treats
Buy yourself flowers, take spontaneous day trips. You'd do these things to make loved ones feel good; aren't you worth the same consideration?
5. Spend time with those who care about you
You'll soon share their good opinion of yourself! If there aren't as many supportive people in your social circle as you'd like, consider ways of expanding it to increase your chances of positive feedback. Ask yourself: "Who will help me feel good about myself?" Apart from your immediate circle, consider neutral outsiders.
6. Avoid situations that reinforce self-doubt
This could involve re-examining long-established relationships — perhaps with a critical relative or colleague who is continually reinforcing damaging self-perception. Are you forever seeking another's approval but never getting it? Rather than simply taking the criticism, you could:
1. Make a list of your many positive qualities
Read your list often. It could include anything from being a good singer to a loving parent. List every attribute that makes you a worthwhile, likable individual.
2. Pay yourself a compliment every day
Focus on a different attribute — your clear complexion, pleasant voice, good fashion sense — and say out loud: "I love my ___." It may sound forced at first, but it's a useful counter to self-doubt.
3. Do things you know will help you feel better about yourself
This could be anything from getting a new hairstyle to losing that first 10 pounds. Tackle the easiest first, to build confidence in future efforts.
4. Give yourself regular treats
Buy yourself flowers, take spontaneous day trips. You'd do these things to make loved ones feel good; aren't you worth the same consideration?
5. Spend time with those who care about you
You'll soon share their good opinion of yourself! If there aren't as many supportive people in your social circle as you'd like, consider ways of expanding it to increase your chances of positive feedback. Ask yourself: "Who will help me feel good about myself?" Apart from your immediate circle, consider neutral outsiders.
6. Avoid situations that reinforce self-doubt
This could involve re-examining long-established relationships — perhaps with a critical relative or colleague who is continually reinforcing damaging self-perception. Are you forever seeking another's approval but never getting it? Rather than simply taking the criticism, you could:
- Retreat from the relationship a bit.
- Stop hoping for approval.
- Respond more assertively to harsh remarks (Example: "I feel bad when you call me 'stupid.' I would prefer that you addressed me with more respect.")
7. Try a little kindness
Instead of beating yourself up whenever you goof up, give yourself the benefit of the doubt, same as you would anyone else. Focus on your achievements, not faults. Chances are, once you start looking, you'll be surprised at just how many there are!
Instead of beating yourself up whenever you goof up, give yourself the benefit of the doubt, same as you would anyone else. Focus on your achievements, not faults. Chances are, once you start looking, you'll be surprised at just how many there are!
In the most recent May/June
2012Weight Watchers magazine, our CEO, David Kirchhoff, writes about his own
weight loss and maintenance, in light of his first published book, Weight
Loss Boss: How to Finally Win at Losing and Take Charge in an Out-of-Control
Food World (Rodale, May 2012). In his column, “Lessons from Losing,” he
addresses his understanding of weight loss and maintenance, and I find his
thoughts worth retyping. Kirchhoff writes:
“I started writing the blog (Man Meets Scale), in April, 2009, shortly after becoming a Weight Watchers Lifetime member. Therefore, the blog has focused on what I have had to do to maintain my weight loss, and there is relatively little information on how I actually lost the weight in the first place. Oddly enough, drawing a conscious distinction between these two topics has been useful. Here’s why:
There is a natural tendency to think about losing and keeping weight off as two completely distinct processes and phases. What I have learned over the past 12 years through my personal experience is that this is actually not the case. In most studies of people who have successfully maintained weight loss for a long time, the conclusion is that most of the food and activity strategies that helped them lose are the same ones that help them keep the weight off. If we think about that statement, it makes perfect sense. If we lose weight by following one strategy, and then go back to our old habits, we will invariably regain the weight. So weight maintenance is actually about continuing these practices.” (~David Kirchhoff. “Lessons from Losing.” Weight Watchers magazine: May/June 2012.)
I echo Kirchhoff’s conclusion: “Most of the food and activity strategies that helped (me) lose are the same ones that help keep the weight off.” We all can have difficult days maintaining our weight. You know those days. However, I do “right” myself more easily than in the past, and once again, I quote from Kirchhoff: “One of the challenges of maintaining weight loss is this. We still live in a food-centric culture that constantly tempts us with occasions to eat. We live in a world that wants us to sit, not move around. . . . It makes dealing with weight a constant battle, not a short skirmish. After we lose the weight, we still have to live in the world and manage its many pitfalls.
Dealing with obesity is fully possible, but it requires a smarter strategy that starts with our minds. It requires effort and persistence, but there is not one of us who is not ultimately up to the challenge. We can all learn to master our environment and to take control over our relationship with food and activity. In short, we can each aspire to become our own weight-loss boss.”
We all continue to learn. I would love to get everyone back to goal in 2012. I’m here to help and will be reaching out to those of you who currently are not in compliance with the weight policy.
“I started writing the blog (Man Meets Scale), in April, 2009, shortly after becoming a Weight Watchers Lifetime member. Therefore, the blog has focused on what I have had to do to maintain my weight loss, and there is relatively little information on how I actually lost the weight in the first place. Oddly enough, drawing a conscious distinction between these two topics has been useful. Here’s why:
There is a natural tendency to think about losing and keeping weight off as two completely distinct processes and phases. What I have learned over the past 12 years through my personal experience is that this is actually not the case. In most studies of people who have successfully maintained weight loss for a long time, the conclusion is that most of the food and activity strategies that helped them lose are the same ones that help them keep the weight off. If we think about that statement, it makes perfect sense. If we lose weight by following one strategy, and then go back to our old habits, we will invariably regain the weight. So weight maintenance is actually about continuing these practices.” (~David Kirchhoff. “Lessons from Losing.” Weight Watchers magazine: May/June 2012.)
I echo Kirchhoff’s conclusion: “Most of the food and activity strategies that helped (me) lose are the same ones that help keep the weight off.” We all can have difficult days maintaining our weight. You know those days. However, I do “right” myself more easily than in the past, and once again, I quote from Kirchhoff: “One of the challenges of maintaining weight loss is this. We still live in a food-centric culture that constantly tempts us with occasions to eat. We live in a world that wants us to sit, not move around. . . . It makes dealing with weight a constant battle, not a short skirmish. After we lose the weight, we still have to live in the world and manage its many pitfalls.
Dealing with obesity is fully possible, but it requires a smarter strategy that starts with our minds. It requires effort and persistence, but there is not one of us who is not ultimately up to the challenge. We can all learn to master our environment and to take control over our relationship with food and activity. In short, we can each aspire to become our own weight-loss boss.”
We all continue to learn. I would love to get everyone back to goal in 2012. I’m here to help and will be reaching out to those of you who currently are not in compliance with the weight policy.
