Breaking the Cycle: Questions to ask yourself

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in The Firefly Services building, on Thursday, May 8, for their regular weigh-in and meeting.

Our leader, Warren called the meeting to order, Linda H. led us in singing “We’re the TOPS Club Members”

Warren led us in our TOPS and KOPS Pledges, and Roll Call. Marilyn led us in some stretching/exercise routines.

Fourteen members weighed in today. We had a gain of 2.6 and a loss of 5.6, giving us a net loss of 3.0 pounds! Our Best Loser was Pam with a loss of 2.6, congratulations, Pam, this is your 2nd week in a row.

Laura had the program today. She took her program from the TOPS NEWS May/June 2025 issue titled “Breaking the Cycle”. She focused on how to break the cravings we all get, what triggers them and how to help beat the cravings.

Some questions to ask yourself to help break the cycle:

Which foods do you crave most often, and have you noticed any common triggers? What’s your usual response when a craving hits, and how can you handle it differently next time?

On a scale of 1 to 10 how much do you believe your emotions influence your cravings, and can you share an example?

We had a very interesting and helpful discussion from members sharing their tips and tricks, success and failures, all of us learning something to help us. Thank you, Laura, for a very good program.

Contest: Pat reminded us to write down our weekly accomplishments for the contest. Eleven people have signed up for the contest and there is $33 in the pot.

Marble Game: There is $7 in the pot. Pam won the right to draw but did not get the winning one.

TOPS #MO 9319 meets each Thursday morning in the Firefly Services 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. For more information call Linda at 417-876-7404.

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