Baked Potato Luncheon next week

TOPS Chapter 319 El Dorado Springs (Take Off pounds Sensibly) met in the Church Of Christ meeting room on Thursday, Sept. 15.

Tickets have been printed for the Baked Potato Luncheon which will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Community Center Banquet Room, 135 W. Spring St. We will serve from 11 a.m. to 1:30 pm. We offer dine-in or carry out. Deliveries will be limited.

Menu: Loaded baked potato or sweet potato, salad, dessert and beverage. Cost is $7 per person. Children five and under eat free. For more information or to arrange a carry out, please call Robbie at 417/876-0233.

Robbie stressed if you take an order for delivery you are responsible for getting that order delivered on time. If you want to bring a pie or a cake please let Robbie know what you plan to bring.

Our leader, Robbie, opened the meeting. Kay led us in singing “To The TOPS Club We Will Go”.

Twenty-one members weighed in today. Sandi was the best loser of the week with a loss of 3.6 lbs. The chapter had a net gain of .4 lb.

We sang Happy Birthday to Warren and extended birthday wishes to Linda H and Felicia who will have birthdays but were unable to be with us.

Robbie reminded us if we are going to Fall Rally we must pay our registration fee today.

Marble Game: Sharon won the right to draw for a marble but did not get the white one.

Warren reported on the contest. This week Angie, Jan, Dorothy and Susan are ahead but he said it would change next week.

The floor was turned over to Carol who had the program today. “Fun Fiber Facts” taken from TOPS “Real People, Real Weight Loss” book.

Some facts Carol told us are; Fiber takes longer to digest so you feel full longer. Fiber is the “roto rooter” for your body.

Fiber is good for helping keep your heart healthy, Blood sugar level and can help you lose weight.

Try to have at least 20 to 30 grams of fiber per day. This means if you have three meals and two snacks a day you should have 5 to 6 grams of fiber at each meal.

The average person eats less than 15 grams of fiber a day.

Some foods high in fiber are: whole grain breads but read the label; it must be whole grain, not refined.

Beans, black beans, pinto beans and others are high in fiber

Berries are best fiber of the fruits. Raspberries are the best of the berry family.

Grains, Brown Rice, Bugler, Quinoa to name a few

Peas and other greens, Split pea, Black eyed peas, Mustard greens, Spinach.

Nuts and seeds, almonds have 4 grams per serving

Other fruits such as prunes as we all know are high in fiber.

We welcome anyone who is interested in losing weight. That includes men, women, teenagers, and even children above the age of 7. We encourage and reward losses even as small as .2 of a pound. We kid a lot about that awful .2 especially when it is a gain. We do not shame you if you gain but help you explore what you might do to have a loss the next week. We have a lot of fun in the process.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life as the saying goes so it is a good day to make a life changing decision. We often remind ourselves that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. We are here to help you break the cycle and have fun doing it. Please consider joining us.

For more information, call Robbie Chase at 417/876-0233 or Juda at 876-4888. Or TOPS toll free number 1 – 800/932-8677 or you can find us on the web at www.tops.org. Come and join us.