Outsmart the Supermarket

The Weight-Loss Skill:  Shopping for weight-loss success at the supermarket

The Challenge:  The supermarket can be a source of inspiration or perspiration. The perspiration comes from temptations: shelves of cookies, chips, and ice cream, free samples; candy at the checkout. What’s worse, the store is laid out in such a way as to encourage shoppers to spend—not just their money but, for Weight Watchers® members, also their POINTS® values.

The Solution:  In this meeting, members will learn to find inspiration in the grocery store aisles—in the form of nutritious foods that make satisfying, enjoyable, healthy meals and snacks. They will share strategies for avoiding supermarket temptations and for stocking up on healthy, tasty foods that they can look forward to eating.

For More Info:

Weight Watchers® Weekly: “Put Smart In Your Cart”—a Lifetime Member offers tips for saving money and POINTS values at the supermarket.

eTools: “Supermarket Psychology”  and  “Smart Supermarket Shopping Guide: The Ideal Route”

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Program Materials: Pocket Guide, “Shopping Guide,” pp. 52–57

Tools of the Week: 

Complete Food Companion ®

One of the tips I love from a meeting is "Only track on the days you want to lose weight!"

Weight Watchers Happenings:

For Center and Traveler members:

Join for Free 9/5–10/23

Pay only the weekly fee to join. Pay-As-You-Go members need not pay a Registration Fee; you pay only the weekly fee. Monthly Pass and 17-Week Pass members continue to enjoy Free Registration during this period.

As always...guests can Check Out A Meeting For Free! Bring your spouse, friends, neighbors and colleagues to a meeting...let's keep our membership numbers up!

IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN...YOU PLAN TO FAIL!!!!

Ask For Help

The Weight-Loss Skill :  Asking for help from others to enhance your weight-loss efforts

The Challenge:  Although having the support of the people in our lives can make a big difference in our weight-loss success, members often find it difficult to ask for help. For starters, they may not realize that they need help. Even if they do, they may not know what type of help would be most beneficial or who’s the best person to provide it. They may also be concerned that they’re being selfish or fear that people will say no. It’s also possible that members have gotten the wrong kind of help in the past, making them hesitant to ask again.

The Solution:  In this meeting, members will explore the types of help that would be most beneficial, to whom they might turn for that help, and how to go about asking for it.

For more info: 

Weight Watchers® Weekly: “Team YOU”—How (and whom) to ask for help
eTools:    “Habit Guide: Ask for Help”
Program Materials: Book 4, Habits of Successful Members, “Ask for Help,”  pp. 10–13.

Tools of the Week: 

Weight Watchers Cookbooks

LAST WEEK!  SALE! From September 5 to 25, Mini Bars, Oatmeal, and Smoothies are only $5 per package!

Weight Watchers Happenings:

For Center and Traveler members:

Join for Free 9/5–10/23  

Pay only the weekly fee to join. Pay-As-You-Go members need not pay a Registration Fee; you pay only the weekly fee. Monthly Pass and 17-Week Pass members continue to enjoy Free Registration during this period.

Free Month of Monthly Pass 9/5–9/25  ENDS SATURDAY!!

 Joining and current members who are not already signed up for a Monthly Pass can get a Free Month of Monthly Pass. Members pay $39.95 for the first month and automatically get the second month free (an average of only $4.61 per week for the first 2 months!). Members will get the Free Month of Monthly Pass after they purchase and activate their Monthly Pass. Joining members who don’t wish to buy a Monthly Pass can still get Free Registration—a $20 value—and pay only the weekly fee.

Why a Monthly Pass?
 

• Unlimited meetings each month
• Free eTools, including Weight Watchers® Mobile
• Automatic monthly renewal

As always...guests can Check Out A Meeting For Free! Bring your spouse, friends, neighbors and colleagues to a meeting...let's keep our membership numbers up!

"I get by with a little help from my friends..."  ~John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Visualize Weight-Loss Success

The Weight Loss Skill:   Appreciating the significance of small weight losses to stay motivated and on track.

The Challenge:  We often get frustrated seeing only small weight losses week after week.   Feelings of frustration may trigger self-criticism and negative self-talk, which can limit success.

The Solution:  In this meeting, we will use visualization to appreciate the significance of even the smallest weight losses: They add up to spectacular weight loss over time! We will also recognize the power of Positive Self-Talking.  Speaking to ourselves kindly and offering ourselves positive messages about our continued weight-loss efforts keeps us motivated to continue toward our goals.

For More Info: 

Weight Watchers® Weekly: “Map Out Your Success”

eTools: Giving Laziness the Boot

Science Center: Seven Steps To Losing Weight

Program Materials: Book 4, Habits of Successful Members, “Positive Self-Talking,” p. 43

Tools of the Week:

3 Month Journal, Complete Food Companion®, Dining Out Companion®, and Member Kits

                                                                                 

SALE! From September 5 to 25, Mini Bars, Oatmeal, and Smoothies are only $5 per package!

Weight Watchers Happenings:

For Center and Traveler members:

Join for Free 9/5–10/23

 Pay only the weekly fee to join. Pay-As-You-Go members need not pay a Registration Fee; you pay only the weekly fee. Monthly Pass and 17-Week Pass members continue to enjoy Free Registration during this period.

Free Month of Monthly Pass 9/5–9/25

Joining and current members who are not already signed up for a Monthly Pass can get a Free Month of Monthly Pass. Members pay $39.95 for the first month and automatically get the second month free (an average of only $4.61 per week for the first 2 months!). Members will get the Free Month of Monthly Pass after they purchase and activate their Monthly Pass. Joining members who don’t wish to buy a Monthly Pass can still get Free Registration—a $20 value—and pay only the weekly fee.

 
Why a Monthly Pass?

• Unlimited meetings each month
• Free eTools, including Weight Watchers® Mobile
• Automatic monthly renewal

As always...guests can Check Out A Meeting For Free! Bring your spouse, friends, neighbors and colleagues to a meeting...let's keep our membership numbers up!

"You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance."  ~Lee Iacocca

Lose for Good

The Weight-Loss Skill: Recharging your weight-loss efforts by helping people in need

The Challenge:  Labor Day weekend may include barbecues, picnics, and/or vacations, with all the potential for indulgence that those occasions invite; the cooler weather of fall heralds a menu shift toward comfort food; and football season can mean parties with tempting snacks. Together, these events make it tough to stay motivated and on track. At the same time, there are millions of people in our country and around the world who don’t have enough food to feed their families.

The Solution:  In this meeting, we will get a new source of motivation with the kickoff of the third annual Lose For Good® campaign. Knowing that our weight-loss success can translate directly into help for others in our community and around the world may be just the motivation we need to refocus on the program and get back on track to our Weight Goal.

For more info:

Weight Watchers® Weekly: “Lose for You, Lose For Good”
Program Materials: Book 4, Habits of Successful Members, “Storyboarding,” p. 39

Tools of the Week: 

Electronics (scale, pedometer, POINTS® Clicker, calculator)

Keep your scale out!  Out of sight is out of mind!  Mine is right underneath the cupboard with my plates...the plate automatically goes on the scale when I take it out of the cabinet!  This scale weighs IN POINTS as well as ounces and grams...it's great to see that my chicken is 3 points...

Just the other day, I wore my pedometer to see how many steps were in the walk I was about to take.  At the end of the day, my total steps were 15, 944!  How motivating!  ...I want to see how many MORE I can do!

 
 
 
My clicker hangs on my keychain and is my "quick memory."  If I eat something when I am not around my tracker, I simply put the number of points I used into my clicker.  When I get home and can track, it helps jog my memory!  "Oh yeah...the ice cream cone..."
 

My favorite shopping companion!  All foods with unknown POINTS values are calculated with my POINTS Calculator before I decide to buy it!

SALE!  From September 5 to 25, Mini Bars, Oatmeal, and Smoothies are only $5 per package!

  

 

 
 

Also available are:  Chocolate Pretzel Blast Mini Bars, Caramel Latte Smoothies, Pomegranate-Blueberry Smoothies and Vanilla Almond Oatmeal!

Weight Watchers Happenings:

For Center and Traveler members: 

Join for Free 9/5–10/23

Pay only the weekly fee to join. Pay-As-You-Go members need not pay a Registration Fee; you pay only the weekly fee. Monthly Pass and 17-Week Pass members continue to enjoy Free Registration during this period.

Free Month of Monthly Pass 9/5–9/25

Joining and current members who are not already signed up for a Monthly Pass can get a Free Month of Monthly Pass. Members pay $39.95 for the first month and automatically get the second month free (an average of only $4.61 per week for the first 2 months!). Members will get the Free Month of Monthly Pass after they purchase and activate their Monthly Pass. Joining members who don’t wish to buy a Monthly Pass can still get Free Registration—a $20 value—and pay only the weekly fee.

Why a Monthly Pass?

• Unlimited meetings each month
• Free eTools, including Weight Watchers® Mobile
• Automatic monthly renewal

As always...guests can Check Out A Meeting For Free! Bring your spouse, friends, neighbors and colleagues to a meeting...let's keep our membership numbers up!

"The ones that give, get back in kind."  ~Pam Durban