TOPS discusses healthy foods and what they do for you

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in The Firefly Services building 700 E. Hospital Rd, Thursday, Jan. 18, for their regular weigh-in and meeting.

Our Leader, Warren called the meeting to order.

Carol led us in singing “TOPS Drinking Song”

We said our TOPS & KOPS pledges

Warren led us in roll call, 16 members weighed in. We had a 3.6 gain and an 8 lb. loss, giving us a 4.4 loss!

The best loser for the week was Sheryl with a loss of 3.4 pounds, Congratulations Sheryl! Other great losses this week were; Pat,1.4 and Erin 3.2 Great Job ladies!

Linda H gave a couple of awards to members who had missed the awards day. Erin received her 50-pound loss certificate. She also was the best loser for the last quarter; she lost 10.4 pounds in the last quarter.z

Marie was awarded a 500 miles walking certificate.

Program: Erin had the program today; she talked about Healthy Foods and what they do for you. Some she mentioned were: Bananas, they help with depression, black berries help with vision, blueberries help with mental health and dates are good for your brain. Erin contributes her weight loss to her diet of a variety of fruits and vegetables and avoiding sugar. We then had a great discussion on members’ ideas to get more fruits and vegetables in their diet. Thank you, Erin, for a great program.

Marilyn will have the program next week.

Contest: Warren asked for a clarification on the 20 minutes of exercise and asked if that means a point for each day you exercise, rather than having to exercise seven days to get a point. It was decided it means a point for each day you exercise for 20 minutes.

Marble game: There is $51 in the pot, Jean won the right to draw and first got the red one, this allowed another draw and she got the winning one! The chapter also receives $51. A new game will start next week.

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” 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 10a.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.