Newsletter - Dec 2012 for Norfolk and Bristol Counties

Quote for the Month:

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself;  I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.”  - Groucho Marx

With Groucho's comment, I choose to substitute the word Events with Weight.......

“EACH MORNING WHEN I OPEN MY EYES I SAY TO MYSELF;  I, NOT MY WEIGHT, HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE ME HAPPY OR UPHAPPY TODAY.'    - Gail Lewis

Hey Everyone.......
          I can't believe Christmas is 3 very short week's away.  Boy, does time fly.  What ever your holiday traditions are, may they be filled with fun, family and friends.  Here is your December newsletter.

INFORMATION

 

Fall Rally –  For anyone who attended, Fall Rally was both a blast and very inspirational.  Thank you Lee Allen for being a great Camp Councellor at CAMP YOUGOTTAWANNA.  A good time was had by all.  If you have any pictures you took at the Rally, pass them to me and I'll make sure we post them on the WEB site.

INSPIRATION WORKSHOP – A January workshop is being planned as I write this newsletter to you.  Here is what we know so far........
THEME:     A NEW YEAR – A NEW YOU
DATE:        Saturday, January 19, 2012
TIME:         9:30 AM to 1:30 PM (no lunch break – bring something along with you)
WHERE:    Faith Chapel Assembly Of God
                   340 Pleasant Street (Route 104)
                   Bridgewater, MA

Are you determined to meet your weight loss goals this year? If healthier habits and weight loss are among your new years resolutions, give yourself a pat on the back for making health a top priority.  Would you like 2013 to be the year you reach your goal, the year you change your lifestyle, the year you break away from old habits, the year you are in control? If you answered YES to any of these questions then join us and together we will begin to reshape our lives into what we really want to be. The hard part is actually sticking to it and making real changes!  Barbara and I are having an Inspiration Workshop on Saturday, January 19th. The cost will be $3.00. It will be held at the Faith Chapel Assemblies of God -340 Pleasant Street, Bridgewater. Exit 15 off route 24 9:30 AM -1:30 PM.   Coming to us again by popular demand, Nicole Cormier, RD LDN will be our guest speaker. She was the speaker we had at our “salad bar” workshop.
Stay tuned for more details in the January newsletter.

Resume Workshop

Barbara and I will be having resume workshops on the following dates: Saturday, Jan. 5th 10:00 AM at my house in East Bridgewater and Sunday, Jan. 6th 10:00 AM at Barbara's house in Bourne. Please let me know which one you will be attending. Barbara and I will be at both of them. Weight recorders and or leaders are welcome to come.  If you are not attending the resume workshop please be sure to mail your resume to Rosie Smith on or before January 8, 2013. If you do attend the workshop we will mail them for you.  If you have any questions or are unable to attend and need help, you may contact me at your convenience. We will be running the computer program at each workshop to double check your figures for the chapters again this year. A copy can be sent to your e-mail for your chapter.  Please plan on attending.

Massachusetts WEB site – I wanted to share this WEB site with everyone – www.matops.com – This is a WEB site that Dave Lavigne from Western MA has set up and is maintaining for the state of Massachusetts.  Please make the time to check it out – lots of good stuff out there (along with this news letter each month).

CHAPTER CHALLENGE – The chapter challenge that most chapters participated in will end with your weigh in the week of December 3^rd.  Please be sure to send me your chapter's total weight lost, total weight gained, how many members participated in the challenge and the weight loss per member.  I will be emailing to all chapters the winning chapter and how much total YOU were able to lose......stayed tuned.

CHAPTER IDEAS – Any chapter ideas to share?  Let me know and I will print them in the monthly newsletter.  Thanks!!!!

                                  INSPIRATION

Pass The Butter...Please.

This is interesting. ..

          Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.  It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings.

Do you know the difference between margarine and butter? Read on to the end...this gets very interesting!

ñ Both have the same amount of calories.

ñ Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to5 grams for margarine.

ñ Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

ñ Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

ñ Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they are added!

ñ Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.

ñ Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine........

ñ Very High in Trans fatty acids.

ñ Triples risk of coronaryheart disease...

ñ Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol) Increases the risk of cancers up to five times.

ñ Lowers quality of breast milk

ñ Decreases immune response. 

ñ Decreases insulin response. 

And here's the most disturbing fact...

ñ Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC... and shares 27 ingredients with PAINT.

These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

          Open a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:

1.     No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

2.     it does not rot or smell differently because it has no value; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny micro-organisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Chinese Proverb:

When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others. 

Pass the BUTTER PLEASE

 

That’s it for December.  Have a great month.

Link to Nov 2012 Newsletter!

Link to Oct 2012 Newsletter!