TOPS program title: ‘Big Breakfast Only Kinda Wins’

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in The Preferred Family Healthcare building, 700 E. Hospital Rd, El Dorado Springs on Thursday, April 18, for their regular weigh-in and meeting.

Warren, our leader, called the meeting to order.

Linda Hall led us in singing “The Drinking Song”

We said our TOPS & KOPS Pledges

Warren led us in roll call; 20 members weighed in.  The chapter had a Gain of 12.8 lbs. and a Loss of 5 pounds which gave us a Net Gain of 7.8 pounds.

The week’s best loser was Kaelin with a loss of 1.6 lbs.   Congratulations Kaelin!

LJ had a loss of 1.2 but was unable to stay for the meeting.

Linda C had the program today.  She spoke on an article she found titled “Big Breakfast Only Kinda Wins”

Some doctors recently did a study on big breakfast vs small breakfast. They had 16 men and 14 women eat a big breakfast in the morning taking 45 % of daily calories and 35 and 20 for lunch and dinner. The 2nd group did the opposite, taking 45 % intake in the afternoon. They did this for a month. Then had the two groups switch for a month. Both groups lost about 7 pounds. The ones who had the big breakfast reported feeling more satisfied for the rest of the day and did less snacking.  Some tips learned: eat breakfast at least one hour after getting up, replace bagels with eggs or some type of protein, and fuel the body every 4-6 hours.

This sparked a discussion among members about what works and does not work for them. Thank you, Linda C, for a great program.

Sharron has the program next week.

Contest report:  Laura said week 1 (Team 1; Fred, Pam, Sue & Linda H) had 24 points

Team 2 (Warren Samantha and Jean) had 27 points

Team 3 (Pat, Jan, and Laura) had 39 points

Week 2: team 1 had 36 points; team 2 had 41 points and team 3 had 49 points.

Next week is the last week so keep up the good work!

Marble game:  there is $80.00 in the pot and only 5 marbles.  Marie won the right to draw but did not get the winning one.

We have a member celebrating 3 years as a KOPS.  Ray B received his KOPS status 3 years ago Monday.

With no other business meeting was adjourned with our motto:

IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO ME

TOPS toll-free number 1 800-932-8677 or you can find us on the web at www.tops.org.

Come and join us.

TOPS #MO 9319 meets each Thursday morning in the “Preferred Family Healthcare building at 700 E. Hospital Rd, El Dorado Springs. Weigh-in starts at 7:45 a.m. the meeting begins at 8:45 a.m. and is over by 10 a.m.