Food Choices

Diann presented a program on making breakfast food choices when eating out: bacon, eggs, and toast rather than pancakes; bacon, not sausage; poached, not fried eggs; cream cheese on your bagel rather than butter.

Regarding emotional eating, Diann gave this advice from Dr. Deepak Chopra: The next time you get a craving, stop and breathe deeply while counting to 20. Determine your hunger on a scale from 1 to 5. If you’re hungry, snack on something healthy.

Meeting News

At the May 7 meeting of Imperial TOPS NE0267, Shirley was the best loser for the week. Cheryl won a little cash in the Ha-Ha drawing.

Challenges

This week’s challenges are to eat a leafy or flowery vegetable or fruit that grows from a vine each day and set and meet a specific weekly exercise goal.

Programs

The Queen for a Day winner will be determined at next week’s meeting, with her “coronation” at the May 21 meeting. Other members will present her with small gifts, a poem, and a song.

Come  Join Us!

TOPS Club meets from 9 to 10 a.m. on Thursdays at the Imperial Community Center, with weigh-ins beginning at 8:30. The first meeting is free. Find out more at www.TOPS.org or imperialnetops.blogspot.com.