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Hello Everyone!
As I write this there is a magnificent rainbow spanning the sky. It takes my breath away! I love intense weather, and then the magical aftermath, like this.
How does it pertain to our weight loss journey? Well I think of it as maybe a coming out of the clouds...getting new inspiration and new excitement. We have our grey, rainy days, and we have our glorious rainbows. I hope this is a time of renewed motivation and joy on your path to a better, healthier you!
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Meeting Topics / Later February
The week of February 10th is about the FUN of exercise. I know some of you will say it is not fun at all. Come and find out how it can be!
The week following is the beginning of a series on how to be successful in this realm. I won't tell you more than that...so if you want to know you'd better come to the meeting!
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Recipe of the Issue
Roasted Vegetables
 This isn't so much a recipe as a way of life. I began roasting vegetables on almost a weekly basis many years ago. I found they were a lot more appealing as a snack than raw veges, and they were useful to use making sandwiches, wraps, omelets and chopped into salads. You can use ANY vegetables you want, including broccoli, asparagus, corn (slice cobs up into rings), etc.
2 CARROTS, SLICED
2 ZUCHINNI, SLICED
2 POTATOES, CUT INTO CHUNKS
1 BEET, PEELED AND CUT IN CHUNKS
1 ONION, CUT IN CHUNKS
1 RED PEPPER, CORED AND SLICED IN 4-6 PIECES
2 PARSNIPS, PEELED AND SLICED
12 MUSHROOMS, CUT IN HALF
SPRAY OIL
LOTS OF ROSEMARY
SALT & PEPPER TO TASTE
HEAT THE OVER TO 450. SPRAY A LARGE ROASTING PAN OR COOKIE SHEET WITH OIL. SPREAD THE VEGETABLES OUT ONTO THE PAN IN A SINGLE LAYER. SPRAY WITH OIL, TOP WITH ROSEMARY, SALT & PEPPER, AND ROAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MINUTES, TURNING ONCE.
THIS IS A CORE RECIPE. MAKES 4 SERVINGS. EACH SERVING:2 PTS. ELIMINATE POTATOES AND PARSNIPS AND THIS IS ZERO POINTS.
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Product of the Week
Gelato Massimo
 Those of you who have been coming to my meetings for awhile will have heard me go on about my favorite ice cream. Here it is:
Gelato Massimo Dark Chocolate Fat Free Sorbet. So rich you could serve it to any ice cream lover without them having any idea it was fat free. And unlike other products which are fat free on the market, this contains very little sugar and no bad ingredients at all. And it is amazingly only 6 points for the whole pint container! Even the lowest point ice creams/sorbets, etc, are rarely less than 8 for a pint. Other flavors include fruit sorbets such as mango, lemoncello, and they have gelatos, which are 8 points for the container, include coconut, hazelnut and chocolate mint swirl. And it is a northern California (Watsonville) company!
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Lunch with Janet & Linda
After the Thursday noon meeting in Santa Rosa
 Linda and I (Linda being my receptionist in Santa Rosa) will be having our lunch outing, for all attending the noon Thursday meeting, on Thursday, Feb 21st. Put it in your calendar and come eat lunch with your Weight Watcher leader and learn some healthy ideas of eating out!
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Before and After Pictures!!!
Carol Bojarsky...from Sonoma Monday morning meeting...she has lost a whopping 59.1 pounds!!
  IN CAROL'S WORDS...This picture, taken on a trip to Italy in the fall of 2006, told me in an
unavoidable way that it was time to act on my unhappiness with my weight and
general health. After trying for 20 years to lose weight on my own I finally
accepted that I needed help. These past 13 months on Weight Watchers have been
a joy. I feel like I finally got my body back - the only difference is that in
my 20's and 30's, even though I weighed less than I do now, I was never happy
with my body - I saw only the flaws. Now I love my body and am basking in the
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Other Information
 As many of you know I am not only a Weight Watcher leader, but also a Life Coach, and weight counselor. I offer workshops in Weight Management (including a wonderful one on great foods for snacking, smart cooking tips, as well as expansive eating out ideas, which happens at the end of this month), as well as a support group and private work. Please contact me if you have any interest in these things.
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And our closing quote for this newsletter....
"If you ask me what I have come to do in this world I will reply: I'm here to live my life out loud" Emile Zola
Lots of love and good thoughts to all of you!
- Janet Ciel
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