Weight Watchers Chat #38: Fall Goals (aka Pumpkin Spice Season!)

Weight Watchers Live Facebook Chat #38: Fall Goals (aka Pumpkin Spice Season!) Sit back and relax while you watch, everything is typed up here for you to print, share and most importantly USE!

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Fall Goals…aka Pumpkin Spice Season!

First things first though….you southern Texas girls and now my Florida girls STAY SAFE!

Peer pressure can create both bad and good things…I got irritated at my accountabilibuddy’s husband for making plans on OUR SUNDAY. We walk on Sunday, he doesn’t make plans for her on Sunday hahaha. So to show him I got in 21,000 steps today, so ha Scott! 🙂

One of the ladies in our physical meeting is actually freaking out a little over pumpkin spice season. She struggles with pecans, pumpkin flavored treats, spiced apple things and really seemed bothered by it. I know the If You Have an Egg Group girls have been pumpkin spice and cinnamon apple everything lately….there is hope! But classroom time first, then pumpkin.

If you attend meetings you should receive a Weekly, please be sure and take one! If you miss a meeting, your leader should have extras from at least the week prior and maybe farther back. If you are online only you can find out the weekly meeting topic in your e-newsletter or when you log in look for the Weekly Topic.

This week we discussed Fall Goals…my note I scribbled on the front this week was “what do you want to do between now and Thanksgiving?”. That seems so far away but it’s not…and it comes at the same time every year so we have no excuse. My big idea goal (broad goal) is “make a bad weather plan”. My accountabilibuddy and I are like the post office, rain snow sleet or hail we walk. Lightening is about the only thing that slows us down. We even took our shoes and socks off and waded through a flooded area.

If you made a Summer Goal now is the time to reflect and see how you did. In the same way I’m setting my Fall Goal and you should too:
My goal for Fall is: __________________________
(mine is make a bad weather plan)
I achieved it: Yes___ or No___
(If no) Here’s what got in the way: ___________________
Things I learned that will help me set my next goal: _____________________________________________

When you make your Fall Goal, please hashtag it as #smartgoals especially on WW Connect! And then follow this format to make sure you get there

S(pecific)
M(easurable)
A(ttainable)
R(ealistic)
T(ime Bound)

Check your Fall Goal against the SMART plan!

The four W’s of Smart Goals are:
WHAT: What do you want to do? (example: make a bad weather plan)
WHEN: When do you want to do it? (example: by Thanksgiving so I can walk Mon morning & night, Wed morning, Thurs morning & night, Fri morning, Sat morning, Sunday morning & night))
WHERE: Where are you going to do it? (example: mornings downtown, evenings in Karen’s neighborhood)
WHO: Who is going to do this with you? (example: mornings with Dusty and hopefully John, evenings and Sunday with Karen)

So make your goal, write down your goal, make sure it is a SMART goal, and post it so we can help you!

You stayed for the entire class, congratulations….now for Pumpkin Spice! Any idea how many Pumpkin Spice retail items there are available this year? Hundreds? Maybe a thousand? I only looked for 60 seconds and found SIXTY! Here are some that are NOT LOW SP…but don’t fret just yet:
*It’s not officially Pumpkin Spice season until Starbucks releases their Pumpkin Spice Latte. McDonald’s also has a PSL. Did you know a Starbucks PSL and a Starbucks Pumpkin Scone is a whopping….are you sitting down….46 Smart Points!
*Krispy Kreme Pumpkin Spice doughnuts
*Lindt Pumpkin Spice chocolates
*Baileys Pumpkin Spice Liqueor
*M&M’s Pumpkin Spice, Carrot Cake & Candy Corn flavors
*Oreos Pumpkin Pie and Apple Pie flavors
*Sara Lee Cheesecake
*Salazon Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt Pumpkin Beer
*Sugarlands Pumpkin Spice Moonshine
*Pumpkin Spice Latte flavored Peeps…that right, I said PEEPS

But don’t panic! The girls in the If You Have an Egg Group are hard at work satisfying those fall flavor cravings with some great ideas of their own:
*Popcorn Karan gathered a list of pumpkin spice cereals last year and ranked them for us. We will have to wait for her to get here and review this for accuracy but I think this was the order (they were lower in SP anyway…1 serving = 4-7 SP. I mix them with other cereals like Trader Joe Multigrain O’s to reduce the points)

-Pumpkin Spice Cheerios
-Pumpkin Spice Life Cereal
-Pumpkin Spice Shredded Wheat
-Pumpkin Spice Special K

*Kuerig Starbucks & McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte coffee drinks with unsweetened almond milk and pumpkin caramel skinny syrup
*Thomas Pumpkin Spice Bagels and English Muffins
*Halo Top Pumpkin Pie ice cream
*Pumpkin Spice Flavored yogurts
*Pumpkin Flax Granola in yogurt
*My Air Fryer Baked Stuff Apples (find the recipe here: http://www.ifyouhaveanegg.com/?p=2342 )

*Windstar Karen posted the most yummy Apple Tarts in our group for only 2 Smart Points
*Sally is the queen of the 1 Smart Point Apple Pie!
*Popcorn Karan made Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins and Cookies
*Lisa made Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats…how easy is that?
*Suzanne’s Pumpkin French Toast O.M.G.
http://suzanneskitchensimplyfilling.blogspot.com/2013/11/pumpkin-french-toast.html

*and we have a special surprise coming from Dak’s Seasonings that will spawn a new If You Have an Egg Recipe…stay tuned!

Remember the squirrel ammo from the beginning of the chat? Do you know what those are? Acorns? Nope, they are oak trees…please watch the video because my feelings about this will never translate in print. I want you to set a Fall Goal, and I want your goal to be an Oak Tree!

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Pinterest! Oh my gosh if you’re not using this as a resource tool you have to start! You can sort your ideas by points values, meals, shopping guide items, recipes and more! My boards are dividing by Smart Point values so go to pinterest.com/ifyouhaveanegg to find out more and to grab my pins!
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Additional Resources: whether you are doing WW Online, attending meetings, or just gleaning what you can from us you have resources! Use the recipes and meal ideas in your weekly from the meeting. Search hashtags like #weightwatchers on social media to get some great ideas. If you are using ETools you can scan, track, keep up with favorite foods and ideas. Or if you like pen and paper grab a paper track every week. My daughter Kc likes to journal and they are so much fun with pretty markers and *squeal* stickers! Resources from moi:
- I use index cards to keep a written record that I can touch, see, carry with me and then sort by Smart Points Value. If it’s a real I post it in a printable version on the blog: ifyouhaveanegg.com I can also sort these and know what my points are going to be for the day. Bu-bam…7 sets of cards = 7 days = you guessed it…home base for me
- If You Have an Egg Social Media for FREE and sharable food, meal and recipe ideas!
  - Blog: ifyouhaveanegg.com and go to “click here for more great recipes” to see categories grouped by Smart Points
  - Pinterest (my SP ideas grouped by points per board!): pinterest.com/ifyouhaveanegg
  - Instagram: @ifyouhaveanegg
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  - My App: available for Apple and Android in your app store search IFYOUHAVEANEGG (if you are on an iPad you have to search by iPhone only even though you are on an iPad…no reason why). The app has Shopping Guides divided by store (Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Costco, etc) and then by Smart Points. Only have 3 Smart Points and you’re in the middle of the Cookie Butter aisle at Trader Joe’s? No problem, open up the App, touch Trader Joe’s and the scroll to 3 Smart Points…tada! App categories include:
    - Shopping Guides with Smart Points (and most have complete nutritional information listed)
      - Trader Joes
      - Aldi
      - Costco
      - Sams (coming soon!)
      - Whole Foods
      - National Brands (Kroger, Meier, Ingles, Dollar Tree, Target, etc)
      - Halloween Candy
      - Girl Scout Cookies
      - Convenience Stores (coming soon!)
      - Eating Out (work in progress)
      - My Top Pantry Picks (Top 5, Top 25, Top 100!)
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    - New Recipes with Smart Points
    - YouTube chats, recipes and ideas on the Go!
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Thank you again, this is my happy relaxing time with you guys each week. To find more information, see the other chats or get my FREE recipes and meal ideas remember to visit me:

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See you next week J

<3 Kelly