WW (Weight Watchers) Chat #219: Do What You Want, Not What You Don’t

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WW News April 2021:

  • KNOXVILLE GIRLS!  Saturday, April 17th there are workshops with Sheryl M at 8am and 9:30am. Monday, April 19 there is one in person workshop with Gwen R at 12:15pm. On Thursday, April 22 there is one in person workshop at 12:15pm with Sandi P
      • Don’t Know: When new workshops will open, but if these first are well attended, Covid protocols are followed and everything stays on course it sounds like Maryville and Powell may be next!
      • Do Know: You should check Connect before you drive in to a workshop in the unlikely event the Studio has been temporarily closed due to an uptick in numbers in our area or someone at a studio is exposed
      • Do Know: There are no reservations required but seating is limited and is first come first serve
      • Do Know: Additional seating and workshops will be determined by how attendance during the Phase 1 reopening.  For now Cedar Bluff studio will be limited to 34
      • Don’t Know: How this affects Lifetime Members who were in good standing and already have benefits extended through June 30th
      • Do Know: Some Zoom workshops (Virtual) will end as the in person workshops start to expand after Phase 1
      • Don’t Know: When those Zoom workshops will end
      • Do Know: I’m SUPER PUMPED to sit my bottom in a chair again but I’m also SUPER SAD that our Sundays afternoons together may come to an end with Gwen. Seriously. I hadn’t even considered that while I was praying for bottoms in chairs….so we need to think about how we handle this face to face time together…ok?
  • To find a wellness check in: Go to WW → Connect → and find the Kingston Pike – W Knoxville, TN group for more info. You can also join me on Sunday afternoons at 2:30pm eastern in this same virtual workshop with hostess Gwen, my fave WW’er and the inspiration for the name of our group If You Have an Egg! East TN Lifetime Members who were in good standing when COVID started have had their membership extended again until the end of June 2021. You will need to attend a Wellness Workshop during the month of June to continue those privileges.
  • Need more info on My WW+?  Go to the homepage on your desktop after log in and click on the MyWW+ icon.  The click on Starter Guide to find out more about Blue, Green or Purple…you can even print off a tracker if you like to put pen to paper!
  • The month’s theme is “Build Healthy Habits” and focuses on finding ways to make healthy habits almost effortless by creating HABIT LOOPS.  A CUE, triggers a BEHAVIOR, which in turn leads to a REWARD.  Stay tuned all month for more!
  • Jordan’s Skinny Syrups is coming out with more amazing flavors and combos than we can stock at KC Kitchen Center so if you need something we don’t have you can order it with a 10% discount using code EGGLADY10 at checkout!
  • Personal News: we are beginning to receive a tiny stipend from YouTube affiliate marketing each time you watch one of our On Demand Chat or recipe videos all the way through.  It doesn’t cost you a dime but soooo helps us to continue to bring you great content. And the more Subscribers we have the more you help…so please SUBSCRIBE, WATCH, and SHARE!

 

Last week during Chat #218 “Temptation Bundling” we discovered that Temptation Bundling is simply pairing something you LOVE to do with something that you should but don’t really want to do. 

So let’s get back to our journey…what do you do?

  1. Should Do: Make a short list (no more than 3 things) that you know you really should be doing but you’re just having a hard time doing them
  2. Love to Do: Now make a list of up to three seemingly unrelated things that you LOVE to do
  3. Pair Them Up: Choose one or two of the “shoulds: and pair them with a “love”. You’ll be surprised how quickly you can mark one or more items off  your list!

Your homework for last week’s chat #TemptationBundling was to find something you should do, pair it with something you LOVE to do…then type it, snap it, however you wanted to share it and then tag me for your next cool badge!

Let’s see how you did!

  • Mary should walk on her treadmill and she LOVES the chats so she bundles them. Watching the chats while she’s on the treadmill keeps her entertained!
  • Lynn doesn’t like to clean but she LOVES listening to music. So she’s going to set a timer every day for 15 minutes and clean while she gets her groove on!
  • Jeanne enjoys the feeling of following through with a plan, but she hates meal planning. This week she planned her meals just one day ahead so she would get the joy of completing the plan while staying a day ahead!

Bravo, you did it!

 

This Week’s Topic: Do What You Want, Not What You Don’t

Raise your hand if you’ve ever tried to break a habit. What about if you’ve tried to start a good one? Does it seem weird to you too that it’s just as hard to stop a bad one or start a good one, but it seems super easy to keep up a habit you wish you could stop?

 

I love this week’s graphic from the WW Weekly (graphic property WW International)

So is the habit that’s so easy one you really want to stop? Or is it something that could stay in your routine if it was just tweaked a bit? But how do you decide?

  1. Loop It: When you catch yourself in a habit, check it with the Habit Loop: What happens right before (Cue)? What action does it cause (Behavior)? What is likely to happen right after (Reward)?
  2. Decision Time: Is this habit one you should keep, or should it be modified to produce a better result?
  3. Status Quo or Let it go: If you want to keep the habit find one thing about it that you can guard or protect to make sure you can keep it up. If it’s time to let it go and change it up, find one thing you can alter that will take it in a completely different direction

 

This Week’s Homework: #StatusQuoOrLetItGo

Your homework for this week is #StatusQuoOrLetItGo. Pick a habit and decide, will you keep it the same or is it time for a change…then type it, snap it, however you want to share it and then tag me for your next cool badge!

Don’t forget to do your homework #StatusQuoOrLetItGo and tag me when you share on social media!

 

Extra Credit: Chicken Bacon Ranch Loaded Baked Potatoes

I’ve been thinking about loaded baked potatoes for days. Ask my family. They all know. Yet no one has given in to my request and indulged me…or even offered to join me!

Wait until they get a smell of this one. I’ll have everyone begging for loaded baked potatoes  soon and they are allllll mine.

 

First, let’s start with baked potatoes. If you’ve never made them in the air fryer you’ve got to try it out! So easy they cook themselves, literally. You can do this with any type of potato: Yukon Gold, Russet, even Sweet Potatoes.

The key to the yumminess is baking them to fluffy steakhouse perfection. I use my Simple Living Products Air Fryer to get the crispiest, flakiest outside and the fluffiest inside. If I’m using Russet Potatoes I scrub them extra well so that I can eat that crispy skin. Yukon Gold comes out tender, yummy and you can eat the entire thing! Sweet Potatoes however fluffy and almost creamy on the inside are still not a great choice for eating the skin, oh well!

 

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