TOPS presents recipes for weight loss/appetite control

TOPS Chapter 9319 El Dorado Springs met in The Firefly Services building 700 E. Hospital Rd, on Thursday, March 12, for their regular weigh in and meeting.

Our Leader, Warren called the meeting to order.

Carol led us in singing “TOPS Success.”

We said our TOPS & KOPS pledges.

Warren led us in roll call, 14 members weighed in. We had a very good week, with a 5.2-pound loss and only a .2 gain, leaving us with a 5.0 net loss. Some good losses this week were Linda C with a 1.6 loss and our Best Loser for the week Warren with a 3.0-pound loss! Congratulations Warren!

It was noted ALL the KOPS either lost or stayed the same.

Erin presented the program this week. She gave us some recipes for Weight Loss and Appetite Control.

Lemon-Ginger Appetite Control Drink

1 cup warm water, 1⁄2 lemon juiced, 1 Tablespoon grated fresh ginger (or 1 teaspoon ground ginger), a dash of cayenne pepper. Combine in a cup stir well and drink first thing in the morning or between meals to control appetite.

Cinnamon-Oat Smoothie Bowl

1⁄2 cup rolled oats, 1⁄2 cup milk of your choice, 1⁄2 banana, 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 cup mixed berries. Blend oats, milk, banana, and cinnamon until smooth, pour into a bowl, top with berries

Apple Pie Overnight Oats

1⁄2 cup rolled oats, 1 apple, finely diced, 3⁄4 cup milk, 1⁄2 tsp ground cinnamon,1/4 teaspoon ginger, 1 TBSP chia seeds 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 tsp honey, salt. Mix together and stir well, pour into a jar and refrigerate overnight, in the morning, stir and top with walnuts or yogurt. Enjoy cold or warm

Thank you, Erin, for some great recipes, we can certainly tell they are working for you.

Marble game: There is $25 in the pot, Judy B won the right to draw but did not get the winning one.

Carol reminded us she needs more best choice labels.

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 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.