Our next meeting will be January 7, 2010.
See you all lighter in the new year!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Happy Holidays to all!
The chapter held it's annual Holiday Party!
We decided to try something different this year and went out to the Main Street Grille in Jonesville. All had a very nice evening.
For those who couldn't make it, we missed you.
Reminder: You need to weigh-in at least once in December!
See you on Next Thursday!
The chapter held it's annual Holiday Party!
We decided to try something different this year and went out to the Main Street Grille in Jonesville. All had a very nice evening.
For those who couldn't make it, we missed you.
Reminder: You need to weigh-in at least once in December!
See you on Next Thursday!
Holiday Party
This was in an email from Joanna:
Hi Everyone,
I just got a call back from Karen @ Main Street Grille in Elnora (just south of Jonesville). A room is set aside for us.
DATE: THURSDAY, DEC. 3
PLAN: WEIGH-IN 5:30-6 PM AT SCHUYLER RIDGE
PARTY: MAIN STREET GRILLE AT 6:30
BRING: $5 GRAB BAG GIFT
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR A GOOGLE MAP AND DIRECTIONS
$$$$$
This event is not covered by the chapter treasury.
Please plan to pay your own way.
$$$$$
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Greetings all! Hope your holiday goes well.
Best Loser: BARBARA
Wise: NOT cheating on diet
Unwise: Desserts (how cruel!)
The Best Loser for October was:
LINDA K!
Congratulations!!
Team Colors Update:
BLUE TEAM - WINNERS!!!! 44.75 lbs
Green - 34.50 lbs
Red - 31.75 lbs
We'll be looking forward to those programs by Green and Red!
Car wash coupons are still available for gifts!
IMPORTANT:
December 3rd Meeting is a
WEIGH-IN ONLY from 5:30p to 6pm.
Immediately following is the Christmas Party at a yet to be confirmed location.
This website will have the final location, info and directions.
Best Loser: BARBARA
Wise: NOT cheating on diet
Unwise: Desserts (how cruel!)
The Best Loser for October was:
LINDA K!
Congratulations!!
Team Colors Update:
BLUE TEAM - WINNERS!!!! 44.75 lbs
Green - 34.50 lbs
Red - 31.75 lbs
We'll be looking forward to those programs by Green and Red!
Car wash coupons are still available for gifts!
IMPORTANT:
December 3rd Meeting is a
WEIGH-IN ONLY from 5:30p to 6pm.
Immediately following is the Christmas Party at a yet to be confirmed location.
This website will have the final location, info and directions.
Thursday, November 12. 2009
This week I'm at a loss...
Because WE HAD A LOSS!!!
Best Loser: MARCIA
I don't think she will mind me telling you
that her loss was OVER 5 POUNDS!
Team Colors Update:
Green: 5.75
Blue: 3.25
Red: 1.75
This week's program can be described in one word
ZUMBA
Thursday, November 5, 2009
It was the best of weeks...
It was the better of weeks...
because we had a LOSS!
Best Loser: Carol
Wise: Avoiding Cheating
Unwise: Excess Candy
Team Colors Update:
Green: 5.75 lbs
Blue: 2.75 lbs
Red: 1.5 lbs
So far we have lost 95.25 lbs!
Full totals on the right of the screen.
Congratulations to Paulette. She was September's Best Loser!
Barbara got a travel gift. Lucky her.
Wilma and friends presented us the sketch:
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE AWFUL
It was about making better choices when snacking
Mary as: The Snacker
Linda as: The Bad Snacks
Wilma as: The Awful Snacks
Thanks to the Wilma Community Theatre
It was the better of weeks...
because we had a LOSS!
Best Loser: Carol
Wise: Avoiding Cheating
Unwise: Excess Candy
Team Colors Update:
Green: 5.75 lbs
Blue: 2.75 lbs
Red: 1.5 lbs
So far we have lost 95.25 lbs!
Full totals on the right of the screen.
Congratulations to Paulette. She was September's Best Loser!
Barbara got a travel gift. Lucky her.
Wilma and friends presented us the sketch:
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE AWFUL
It was about making better choices when snacking
The Cast
Carol as: The Narrator
Mary as: The Snacker
Lorraine as: The Good Snacks
Linda as: The Bad Snacks
Wilma as: The Awful Snacks
Thanks to the Wilma Community Theatre
for their production!
Finally, Cindy and Joanna gave us tips
Finally, Cindy and Joanna gave us tips
on how the eat healthy
when dining on fast food
Thursday, October 29, 2009
On Halloween we raised the dead and the scales.
But at least we dressed the part!
Best Loser: Linda L.
Wise: Exercise
Unwise: Too much Halloween candy
Lorraine got a travel gift!
She also provided some refreshments
Folks got alot of lo-cal and no-cal loot in their TOPS Halloween Bags.
We played Halloween Trivia and Bingo
Don't have too many leftovers!
But at least we dressed the part!
Best Loser: Linda L.
Wise: Exercise
Unwise: Too much Halloween candy
Lorraine got a travel gift!
She also provided some refreshments
Folks got alot of lo-cal and no-cal loot in their TOPS Halloween Bags.
We played Halloween Trivia and Bingo
Don't have too many leftovers!
Fall Rally 2009 Part 1
WOW! So much happened and so many were honored at this year's Fall Rally!
Joanna was honored as were all our fearless leaders
Mark was honored as a Century Club Medal Recipient
and as a Statewide Division Winner
Nellie was honored as our Chapter Queen 
Cindy was honored as one of two KOPS 10 Year Award Winners
Marcia was honored with a weight-recorder award, the Perfect Resume Award
Gigi won Prettiest Centerpiece
Check out these Cool Cats!
Better yet, watch this video!Check out part 2!
Fall Rally 2009 Part 2
There was so much at Fall Rally, here's part 2!
Regional Director Judy Pettit was honored
for 25 years of service
2007 International King
Fashion Consultant "Gert"
Thursday, October 22
ALLRIGHT! Losin' again!
Best Loser: Bonnie
Wise: Compensation (big lunch=small dinner)
Unwise: Desserts
Team Colors Update!
Blue: 12.25 (WOW!)
Red: 2
Green: 1.75
A full update is on the right side of the page
Mary and Bonnie got travel gifts
Fall Rally is Saturday!
There will NOT be Weigh-Ins or Meetings on:
Thanksgiving (Nov.26)
Christmas Eve (Dec. 24)
New Year's Eve (Dec. 31)
We have decided to make a holiday donation to Schuyler Ridge
Next week is HALLOWEEN!
Reminder: All Halloween items (bring at least 20-25) should be consistent with our mission.
Best Loser: Bonnie
Wise: Compensation (big lunch=small dinner)
Unwise: Desserts
Team Colors Update!
Blue: 12.25 (WOW!)
Red: 2
Green: 1.75
A full update is on the right side of the page
Mary and Bonnie got travel gifts
Fall Rally is Saturday!
There will NOT be Weigh-Ins or Meetings on:
Thanksgiving (Nov.26)
Christmas Eve (Dec. 24)
New Year's Eve (Dec. 31)
We have decided to make a holiday donation to Schuyler Ridge
Next week is HALLOWEEN!
Reminder: All Halloween items (bring at least 20-25) should be consistent with our mission.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
It's fall and we started the scales fallin'!
Our 'Best Loser' were Janet and Barbara
Janet's Wise: Count Calories
Janet's Unwise: Paulette's Shrimp Dip
Barbara's Wise: Water
Barbara's Unwise: ANY Dessert (ouch!)
Team Colors Contest UPDATE:
Blue: 5.5 lost
Red: 2.5 lost
Green: Turtled
Our Regional Director Judy Pettit
and Area Coordinator Debi Allen
were here to preside
Debi Allen sang about our KOPS
Our 'Best Loser' were Janet and Barbara
Janet's Wise: Count Calories
Janet's Unwise: Paulette's Shrimp Dip
Barbara's Wise: Water
Barbara's Unwise: ANY Dessert (ouch!)
Team Colors Contest UPDATE:
Blue: 5.5 lost
Red: 2.5 lost
Green: Turtled
Tonight was a special night.
Nellie and Ann officially
graduated to KOPS Status!
Our Regional Director Judy Pettitand Area Coordinator Debi Allen
were here to preside
Debi Allen sang about our KOPS "One Moment in Time"
Nellie
Ann
Our KOPS are Grads!
Ann's husband, daughter
Nellie's daughter and grandaughter
ALL OUR KOPS!!!
NellieAnn
Our KOPS are Grads! Ann's husband, daughterand grandchildren were there
Nellie's daughter and grandaughter
ALL OUR KOPS!!!Thursday, October 8, 2009
Oops. We had a slip. But we will be better this week.
Mary led the way as our 'Best Loser'.
Wise: Portion Control
Unwise: Eating After Dinner
Team Color Update!
The Red Team lost 3
The Green Team lost .5
The Blue Team lost 1
See the full update on the right side of the screen!
HOORAY FOR JOANNA!
Joanna was reinstated as a KOPS!
Just in time for...
KOPS APPRECIATION NIGHT
How lucky we are to have 4 great KOPS
Our KOPS had a dream and they followed it through
The song Mark perfomed is called Follow Through and was written by Michael Hedges
Follow Through
Make up a story when you go to sleep tonight
Wake up in the morning and hold it down deep inside
And you can be a dreamer
You can be your dreams come true
Let imagine lead, reality will follow through
Some of us dance to the sound of fortune and fame
Others want to march all around defending their domain
But you can be a dreamer
You can be your dreams come true
Let imagine lead, reality will follow through
If darkness and pressure try to turn your story down—
look back, think hard about how that story really sounds
Then you can be a dreamer
You can be your dreams come true
Let imagine lead, reality will follow through
It will follow you if you follow through
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Congratulation to Linda L. for being
the best loser of the week.
Our teams our going really great!
Congrats to Red = 19 pound loss to date.
Green and Blue are giving you some stiff competition-
17.25 and 16.75 pound losses respectively!
Joanna shared information about
the EXCHANGE SYSTEM.
To use the exchange system, you need to know which group a food belongs in, then fit that food into the exchange diet plan.
There are six exchange groups:
Starch/Bread
Meat
Fruits
Vegetables
Milk
Fat
Each meal of the day has a set amount of food that may be consumed, broken down by exchange. Here is an example of what you can eat on a 1,200-calorie diet. (For info on a 1,500 or 1,800 calorie plan, see http://www.tops.org/ExchangeSystem.aspx.)
For breakfast:
milk exchange
1 starch/bread exchange
1 fruit exchange
1 meat exchange
1 fat exchange
free food
For lunch:
1 starch/bread exchange
1 fruit exchange
2 meat exchanges
1 vegetable exchange
1 fat exchange
free food
For dinner:
2 starch/bread exchanges
1 fruit exchange
2 meat exchanges
1 vegetable exchange
1 fat exchange
free food
For snacks:
1 starch/bread exchange
1 milk exchange
free food
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Maybe it's the Team Colors Contest, but we are on the right track again! Way to go everyone!
Our 'Best Loser' was Paulette who emphasized self control and shunned over sized desserts.
This week in the Team Colors Contest:
GREEN: 9.5 pound loss
RED: 4.75 pound loss
BLUE: 4.5 pound loss
For a full update, see the right side of the screen!
Janet lost for the third week in a row and gets to open her Travel Gift.
Linda will lose this week as she drew the new one.
The chapter discussed attire and centerpieces for Fall Rally
Amanda presented a program called
"A New Script"
We were encouraged to write some negative thoughts we have about food and our diets and discussed how we could turn them into positive motivating thoughts.
Our 'Best Loser' was Paulette who emphasized self control and shunned over sized desserts.
This week in the Team Colors Contest:
GREEN: 9.5 pound loss
RED: 4.75 pound loss
BLUE: 4.5 pound loss
For a full update, see the right side of the screen!
Janet lost for the third week in a row and gets to open her Travel Gift.
Linda will lose this week as she drew the new one.
The chapter discussed attire and centerpieces for Fall Rally
Amanda presented a program called
"A New Script"
We were encouraged to write some negative thoughts we have about food and our diets and discussed how we could turn them into positive motivating thoughts.
Thursday, September 18, 2009
Yikes! Let's get the ball rolling DOWN the hill!
Lorraine was our 'Best Loser'
she reccommends
eating your fruits and veggies
skipping the baked goods
Wanda the yellow rose went to Paullette
WEAR YOUR TEAM COLORS!!!
UPDATE
BLUE: 5.25 POUNDS
RED 3.75 POUNDS
GREEN: .25 POUNDS
October 8th we will honor our KOPS
Cindy, Janet and Lorraine will organize our annual Halloween Party
Joanna brought us back to basics from "The Choice is Yours" the TOPS publication
We get our calories from three main groups: fats, carbs and proteins
So make good choices and watch those portion sizes!
So make good choices and watch those portion sizes!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
It was a tough week.
The scale was unkind!
Paulette was our best loser.
Wise Choice = Eat more salads
Unwise Choice = Too much pasta
Jo explained a chapter contest dividing the chapter into 3 teams with a KOPS heading each team. The winning team will enjoy programs given by the remaining 2 teams.
Captain of Red team is Ann.
Captain of green team is Cindy.
Captain of blue team is Nellie.
TOPS AWARDS Sept.2009
(based on Aug. 2009 stats.)
August was a challenging month!
Lorraine was our best loser for August.
Honorable mention goes to Renee.
Awards for perfect attendance in August:
Nellie
Cindy
Paulette
Mary
Janet
Linda
Barbara
Lorraine
Wilma
Joanna
and
Mark
Congratulations to all!
Upcoming Fall Rally 2009
TOPS FALL RALLY
25th Anniversary
October 24, 2009
Holiday Inn
232 Broadway
Saratoga Springs NY
Doors Open: 8:30 a.m.
Program Begins: 9:30 a.m
Theme
"TOPS Moments to Remember"
Events
KOPS Recognition
Reinstated KOPS
Before and After Parade (25+ pounds lost)
Century Club Medallion Recognition
2008 Chapter Royalty
2009 Summer BEST Loser
Executive Committee Contest
KOPS Recognition
Reinstated KOPS
Before and After Parade (25+ pounds lost)
Century Club Medallion Recognition
2008 Chapter Royalty
2009 Summer BEST Loser
Executive Committee Contest
Deadline for Reservations
October 9th
October 9th
Labor Day!
Hey TOPS Pals!
Let's not make the scale labor to weigh us on Thursday. Remember to make healthy choices at our picnics. A little indulgence is fine but moderation is the way to go!
Let's not make the scale labor to weigh us on Thursday. Remember to make healthy choices at our picnics. A little indulgence is fine but moderation is the way to go!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
We were SOOOOO close. We had a tiny gain. I'm sure we will do better with the extra week in between meetings.
Wilma was our 'Best Loser' and she said to chew gum and avoid ice cream. I guess chewing the gum will help us avoid putting the ice cream in our mouths!
REMINDER: NO MEETING OR WEIGH-IN SEPTEMBER 3rd. Let's all MAKE GOOD CHOICES!
Let's all send some encouraging words to our TOPS pal Rosemary.
Since it's getting to be that time to visit the local orchards, Joanna quized us on the caloric content of some of their offerings like fruits, veggies, cider donuts and pies! We can make good choices at the orchard! For more calorie information, see THE CALORIE KING
Wilma was our 'Best Loser' and she said to chew gum and avoid ice cream. I guess chewing the gum will help us avoid putting the ice cream in our mouths!
REMINDER: NO MEETING OR WEIGH-IN SEPTEMBER 3rd. Let's all MAKE GOOD CHOICES!
Let's all send some encouraging words to our TOPS pal Rosemary.
Since it's getting to be that time to visit the local orchards, Joanna quized us on the caloric content of some of their offerings like fruits, veggies, cider donuts and pies! We can make good choices at the orchard! For more calorie information, see THE CALORIE KING
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