A total of 60 pounds lost by group

Pat Stoyka

37 members met to weigh in for our regular meeting on May 29th. There was a total weight loss of 60 lbs. However it was a tough week for several & we gained 22.8 lbs! This still gives us a net loss of 37.2 lbs with the biggest loser being Mary Neil with 7.4 lbs. Since she was absent from the previous weigh in the follow up biggest loser getting the fruit tray was Susanne Labonte with a loss of 7 lbs. MaryAnne Milne won the attendance prize.
Heidi Ivall was our guest and presented a very interesting, informative & fun presentation on portion sizes, complete with realistic food models in actual size to help us visualize what portion we should actually be choosing. We were encouraged to actually measure the amounts if we were serious about attaining a healthy weight. Heidi also dealt with a topic many were curious about - label reading - and how we should be looking at labels carefully to see what we need to see more of (fibre, vitamins etc.) & what we should be looking to see less of (fat, sodium). Since 60-80% of our foods is packaged it is very important to read labels to make sure we are choosing nutritionally healthy foods. This was an excellent presentation, very well received by the members and we certainly all appreciated Heidi coming out & spending this very warm evening with us.
A note regarding our final meeting - the big weigh in to determine our Biggest Loser & those who are in the top ten - Monday the 19th, our scheduled meeting is the graduation and Pot Luck supper at McCrosson -Tovell School so those in attendance tonight agreed we could have this final meeting on Sunday, the 18th. Other dates throughout the week at this time of year may run into further conflicts with HS and graduations at other schools which may affect some of our members. We would like to see everyone out for that final weigh in as it should be an exciting time.
Our next regular meeting is on Monday, June 5th. The weigh in will begin at 6:15 and any who wish may stay to exercise in a nice cool gym!! We have only 3 weeks to go until this session is complete.