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September 20, 2009
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Healthy Thoughts/Healthy Actions Weight Watchers Newsletter #48 |
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ATTENTION SONOMA WEIGHT WATCHER MEMBERS!!
Please be aware that for the next 3 weeks we will be meeting in a different location at the FAHA Center because they are refinishing the floors!
We will be in a small building adjacent to the pool, which has picnic tables outside. You will enter through the pool gate (there will be a sign right outside of the gate). Park in the dirt lot just as you pull into the main driveway, walk through the gate, and go out the gate straight ahead of you. We will attempt to make it as obvious as possible. | |
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Hi Everyone!
 I want to remind any of you who have not yet replied to this request to please email me if you would like to stay on my newsletter list. My mailing list for this is quite high (almost 800 people!) but I see a little more than half of you actually read it (this program shows me how many people open the email). The program I use has a certain limit for a specific price and once you go over it the price increases, so I am attempting to bring it down a bit. If you enjoy this bi-monthly newsletter please let me know, and if I have not heard from you by the next publication I will simply take you out of the database.
Thanks!
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MEETING TOPICS:
WEEKS OF
September 20 & September 27
The week of September 20 the topic is
Setting Goals
What are your goals for this journey? Do you have any and are they helping you get to where you want to go? Come find out how to make goal-setting work for you.
And the week of the September 27 we will be talking about Feeling our Feelings instead of Eating to Cover Them Up. Wow, I'll bet that will make some pretty lively conversations in the meeting rooms. See you there! |
RECIPES FOR THIS ISSUE It is the time of year when our gardens are doing overtime on production, so I thought a couple of recipes using the things we have too much of right now might be smart!
TOMATO SOUP
My friend made this for me and it was so delicious I asked him for the recipe. I am not sure exactly how many servings this makes but the only ingredient which has points is the oil, so count the servings and then divide the oil pts (1 pt a teaspoon) between them.
7 lbs tomatoes
4 Tbl olive oil
4 carrots, peeled and chopped very finely
9 cloves garlic
1 small bunch basil or marjoram, chopped finely
salt & pepper to taste
Slice tops of tomatoes and run through a food mill. Set aside.
Heat oil in large cooking pot and saute carrots and garlic until brown. Add tomatoes, and spices and cook down until it is 1/4 of the volume, stirring frequently, which can take several hours.
SUNDRIED TOMATOES
I use sundried tomatoes for salads, Italian dishes and soups. Here is a quick, easy way to do it without the sun. Of course you can do them in the sun as well, but they take several days or weeks.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 6 hours
Ingredients:
5 pounds tomatoes
Fine sea salt
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F, or the lowest setting possible. Remove the oven racks.
Trim and discard the stem ends of the tomatoes. Halve each tomato lengthwise. Arrange the tomatoes, cut side up, side by side and crosswise on cake racks set on the oven racks. Do not allow the tomatoes to touch one another. Sprinkle lightly with salt.
Place in the oven and bake until the tomatoes are shriveled and feel dry, anywhere from 6 to 12 hours. Check the tomatoes from time to time: They should remain rather flexible, not at all brittle. Once dried, remove the tomatoes from the oven and allow them to thoroughly cool on cake racks. (Smaller tomatoes will dry more quickly than larger ones. Remove each tomato from the oven as it is dried.)
Transfer the tomatoes to zipper-lock bags. The tomatoes will last indefinitely.
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PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION
Trader Joes does it again! This was being sampled last week and they sold me!
BBQ SHREDDED CHICKEN
This is a tub of 8 servings, fully cooked, of shredded BBQ chicken. It is really delicious, perfect for the coming home after a long day and not wanting to cook, and, best of all, it is slightly over 1 point per serving!! Incredible!
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BEFORE AND AFTERS!!
Two Weight Watcher members and their spouses, show that when one person in the marriage follows the plan, the other can benefit too! These couples are good friends and obviously working together towards a healthier, happier life!
Pictured are Debra and Dennis Key from the Cotati meeting and Nadya and Pres Clark/Kincaid from Sonoma.
Bravo to all of you!! |
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Weight Counseling!
Besides being a Weight Watcher leader I am a certified Lifecoach, specializing in weight management issues. If you are coming to meetings yet not really following the program and don't know why, or if you cannot seem to even get yourself back to the meeting room, maybe something deeper is going on which needs exploring. Conquer this demon for good! Contact me and let me give you a free sample session so you can understand how coaching works.
For more information about coaching or counseling check my website:
www.healthythoughtshealthyactions.com | |
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