Reminder: We meet Tuesday, Nov. 19, Thanksgiving week

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in The Firefly Services building, formerly known as “Preferred Family Healthcare” at 700 E. Hospital Rd., El Dorado Springs on Thursday, Nov. 7, for their regular weigh-in and meeting.

Our leader, Warren called the meeting to order, Samantha & Carol led us in singing “TOPS/KOPS Happy Birthday”

We said our TOPS pledge and KOPS pledges

Marilyn led us in some very good and much needed exercises.

Warren then led us in Roll Call. Nineteen members weighed in, we had a loss of 2.0 and a gain of 8.2 pounds, giving us a net gain of 6.2.

Weeks’ best loser was Sue, with a loss of .8 pounds.

Linda Hall presented the awards for October today.

Those receiving awards were: Juanita. 1,500 mi. Walked cert. & Back in Black with Perfect Attendance certificate, Rachael. 1,500 mi. Walked certificate, and Pat,1,000 mile Walked certificate and Back in Black with Perfect Attendance.

Warren, Back in Black with Perfect Attendance certificate & 1,500 mile Walked certificate.

Sharon was the month’s best loser with a loss of 2.8 pounds.

Sue, Samantha, Steve, and Jan all received back in black with perfect attendance certificates.

KOPS Awards: Carol received her 500 miles walked certificate, Margie received her 25 pound loss certificate and her 500 miles walked certificate, Jean received her 1,000 mile walked certificate.

KOPS below goal were: Judy, Marilyn, Margie, Marie, and Jean.

The chapter had 30.4pound gains in October and 39.6 losses giving us a net loss of 9.2 for the month!

Winner of free dues was Samantha.

Linda then gave us some tips on how to overcome sadness during the holidays.

Be sure you get enough rest, focus on healthy meals, exercise, seek out a friend or counselor to talk to, treat yourself with care, write a journal about what is troubling you, spend time doing things you enjoy such as gardening, walking or whatever you enjoy doing, spend time with a loved one, maintain a positive attitude and seek tranquility.

Thank you for presenting the awards, Linda, and for the great advice!

Contest: Pat will have a contest for us next week.

Marble Game: Laura won the right to draw but did not get the winning one. The pot is at $12.

Reminder: we will meet Thanksgiving week on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

Christmas week has Christmas falling on Wednesday, Warren asked if we wanted to meet on our regular meeting day of Thursday, Dec. 26. Members agreed this would be OK.

The Christmas Party will be on Thursday December 12th. Bring a healthy low-calorie dish to share and a gift to exchange not over $15.00 in value.

The Annual Christmas Parade is scheduled for Saturday December 14th. The theme this year is “Inside Santa’s Workshop” Jean said she no longer has a pick-up or trailer but Linda Clay said we could use theirs. Jean said we could use her garage to prepare the float. Linda H made a motion to do this Samantha 2nd, motion carried.

We sang Happy Birthday to Jan

Remember our Veterans, Nov. 12 is Veterans Day and one of our favorite Veterans is our leader, Warren. Thank you all for your service.

With no other business we closed with our motto “IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO ME”

TOPS #MO 9319 meets each Thursday morning in the Firefly Services building formerly known as “Preferred Family Healthcare” 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. Come and join us.

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