Fun Food Facts!

While we're in the action stage of change, I thought it would be a great time to look at some food facts!  We did that Thursday at The Healthy Weigh. We tackled restaurant eating, the healthy weigh :-), looked at some of the miracle foods of this century and learned some new concepts that will help us lose the weight and keep it off for life!

Restaurant eating can be difficult when you're trying to eat healthy. It seems that the menus at our favorite places don't cater to our low fat, low calorie lifestyles. The mantra to remember when eating out is this..."The food you need, is in the kitchen" (of the restaurant that is) You might not see your program foods on the menu, but the food is in the kitchen.  Our job is to get that food on our plate. It will be great to hear the feedback from our self-changers this week as one of their challenges for the week is to go out and eat!

We focused on some of the miracle foods that if abused can make us fat.  Even though these foods are "good for us" we've got to eat them responsibly. From avocado, to olive oil, the miracle foods will be added back into our diets when we meet our goal weight. And even then, we'll be eating them sparingly.

I shared some fun concepts that I hope will help my healthy weigh friends for life. "Sometimes foods," "Three to One" and the "Calorie Bank" ...had to be there :-)  These concepts have helped me over the years...and I know they'll help my Healthy Weigh clients as well.

Congratulations to Janean  and Becky for winning the $100 prize this week!  Congratulations to all of you who were entered into the drawing!  Awesome weight loss!

Our winning teams for the week were:
Noon "Skinny Genes" Val and Mindy with a weight loss % of 2.65 for the week!  Great job you two!!
6PM "Transformers" Becky and Debbie with a 3.74 % of weight loss for the week!  How amazing is that??  Congratulations!!

Your challenges for the week:
1. Go out to eat and stay on program, bring in your receipt for a ticket in the drawing.
2. Listen to week # 3 "What's in Your Back Pack ~ Controlling What You Can" and do the homework provided.

We've got 4 weeks to go and great weight loss ahead!  Keep up the great work in this action stage!

Always encouraging you,
Letha