News and Reviews February 2023
- Exciting news! The fine folks at Red Chocolate have selected US to try out their no sugar added European Chocolates! More details to come but look how pretty this red box is. And we get our own promo code that gives IYHAE a little affiliate bonus and YOU a discount on any order 🙂
- I had a great experience at Target today and thought I would share it with you. It’s no secret money has been a little tight since we decided to move our business to a new location and I’ve had to look for more and more creative ways to make my dollars stretch….and I mean streeeeeeetch. I only needed a handful of things today and had a Target gift card available. ure I’d rather spend it on cute clothes for the girls but we gotta eat too you know. This is what I discovered today:
- Sargento Cheese was some kind of triple bonus on Fetch and I got like 980 points! (to get an instant 2,000 points in credit on Fetch please use my code WHR5MN and start collecting towards YOUR first Target gift card or other rewards!)
- Target now has a coin collector at the self checkout register! I had brought a bag of change with me just in case I went over my gift card amount…the easy to use change collector (like a Coinstar, no sorting or rolling necessary) let me pay all in change and KEEP MY GIFT CARD!
- Even using Fetch to scan my receipt AND using the coin collector I was still able to get the Target Circle rewards!
Last week in Chat #306: How To Be Kinder to Yourself, I announced that I don’t just ride, I DRIVE the struggle bus for being kind to yourself.
It’s easy for me to say, “Hey girl, just look at yourself in the mirror and say it will all be ok. You’re ok” and then turn right around and beat myself up for the very same thing. WW nailed it this week so I’m not reinventing the wheel. Here are three fast yet absolutely true facts about being kinder to yourself!
Fact #1 – “Responding to a setback with self-criticism can fuel the setback”
If you beat yourself up for eating one sleeve of cookies will you set the others down? Or go back for more since you “blew it”?
What would you tell a friend who did the same thing?
- Hey at least you didn’t eat both sleeves, you got this!
- It’s one sleeve of cookies. Right it down, dust off and let’s go
- What could you say to yourself in the same situation?
Fact #2 – “Treating ourselves with compassion can increase our motivation to get up and try again”
Well isn’t that just a fact in itself? Gwen’s mom used to say something to the effect of:
- Get up
- Dust off
- Go again
And if you can replace the “you’ll never do this” with a mantra that tells your brain “hey, you can just dust off and go again…you got this” imagine how much easier that will be!
Fact #3 – “We have the power to change our self critical thoughts to more self compassionate ones”
Tuesday night we were encouraged to choose and adopt a mantra. Just like Fact #2, using a mantra to replace those self critical thoughts is key to your self compassion. I liked one in particular that I heard from another member “fall down 7 times, get up 8 times.” What will your mantra be?
Your homework for last week was #MantraMaker. Find a mantra. Make up your own. Steal one from Pinterest. I don’t care where you get it, we want to hear you say it! …. and then type it, snap it, share it however you like, and then tag me for your next cool badge!
Let’s see how you did!
- Julie and her friend Kimberly made a pact and a mantra together “Take the path of least damage.” Love it!
- Vickie’s is “I am a creation of god, striving to take care of His beauty one meal at a time.” Amen to that!
- Mary Ann’s is something we can all relate to: “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of progress!”
Bravo, you did it!
This Week’s Topic: How To Snack Your Way to Weight Loss!
Not sure how to snack wisely? We’ve got a chat for that!
- Chat #177 – Make Meal and Snack Planning Work
- Chat #210 – Snack Attack
- Chat #270 – How to Become a Snack Pro
Apparently we talk about snacking a lot…why? It’s a small meal in between other meals that can make or break a day! So how can you snack your way to weight loss?
Snack versus Treat
First we all need to admit that a snack is a small meal that is used in between a planned regular meal. Snacks are real food meant to tide you over, not a sleeve of Girl Scout cookies eaten instead of lunch because they were so dang cute in their little uniforms (hand to God almost happened to me today, but thank goodness we were having this chat!)
“Snacks Allow You to Eat Dinner with Dignity”
I wish I had made that one up…it’s a keeper. We already discussed that snacks are mini meals but sometimes they are planned and sometimes they aren’t. Having a real food snack (not a treat) including a low point protein can sometimes keep your sugar, your energy, your ability to drive past the golden arches from dropping and allow you to have dignity at your next meal 🙂
#PurseChecks are my #1 way to be snack savvy
If you don’t believe me, go back and check how many times I’ve used that hashtag on Instagram. Having something on hand and available at all times has saved me more times that you know. I keep snacks in my purse, my backpack, my desk, my Nonna bag…you name it I got it
This Week’s Homework: #SnackPacker
Your homework for this week is #SnackPacker. Literally your easiest homework ever. Hands down. Put a snack in your bag, purse, desk drawer, wherever you need it and snap a picture tagging #SnackPacker and/or #PurseCheck …. and then type it, snap it, share it however you like, and then tag me for your next cool badge!
Don’t forget to do your homework #SnackPacker and tag me when you share on social media!
- Tag @ifyouhaveanegg on Instagram
- Tag @ifyouhaveanegg on our Facebook Page
- Tag @Kelly Green Milligan in our Facebook Group
- Tag @ifyouhaveanegg on WW Connect
Extra Credit: No Snackcidents!
This week we chatted about being snack savvy and how to actually snack our ways to weight loss. I wanted to take that a step further and spend the next 30 minutes making sure we don’t have any snackcidents!
According to Urban Dictionary a Snackcident is “accidentally eating more food than was originally desired.” For example, “I got so hungry waiting for the pizza guy that I ate a whole bag of chips. I guess I had a little snackcident.”
We’ve all had a snackcident before, but we’re going to learn a few tricks to avoid them! Grab a piece of paper and a writing utensil and follow along with me.
- First we’re going to write down 10 veggies or fruits that make a healthy snack.
- Next, write down 8-10 lean, low-point proteins that make a healthy snack.
- And lastly, draw arrows between the two lists, connecting pairs of snacks that could work well together for you. This will help prepare you for your next snack craving and keep the snackcidents away!
Some of my favorite snacking options include That Man’s Turkey Tenderloin, hard boiled eggs, yogurt, peanut butter, cheese, turkey sticks, fruit, and veggies.
Download our printable template below and create your own healthy snacking plan!
Let us know how you avoid snackcidents in the comments!
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