Think a 20 minute workout won't do anything? Well, it's sure better than a 0 minute. :) Good morning everyone! Happy Tuesday is waiting to be conquered!

hot off the press....
We are starting construction in Palmdale!!!

Construction is to be completed this week in Valencia.  Furniture will be installed next week.  Chairs delivered on March 9.  then we set the opening date!!!

Feel yourself getting ready to overindulge? These urges come in waves. If you can allow 10 to 15 minutes to pass, chances are the urge will pass with it. Occupy the time by moving around, calling a friend, taking a shower, going on a walk, or doing something relaxing and positive for yourself…you are definitely worth it!

Make sure today you rest, relax, & enjoy your family :) then tonight after everyone goes to bed create your to do list for tomorrow & schedule your upcoming week (make sure that includes your workouts ) you will feel so much better tackle the week to come.

this weeks meeting topic

Be sure to come into a meeting this week: Move more No excuses!

Don’t eat in front of the TV You’ll eat up to 288 calories more,Instead, eat at the table, and trade 1 hour of TV for a casual walk. Together, that’s 527 calories burned.

Everyday Ways to Get Moving

Brush and squeeze. Use the time that you're brushing your teeth to squeeze your butt muscles. Hold for one count and repeat. Do this trick in the morning and at night.

Use your steps. While you can probably lug your overstuffed laundry basket to the washer in one trip, you'll burn extra calories by making multiple trips up and down the steps.

Squat at every opportunity. Instead of thinking, "I don't feel like picking that up now," view a cluttered floor as a chance to get some leg and butt work in. Bend your knees when putting away clothes, shoes and everything else that isn't where it should be.

Do it yourself. Around the house, try mowing your yard with an old-fashioned push mower, or take an afternoon to tend the garden or add a new coat of paint to a room or two. In the kitchen, instead of using a food processor or buying produce pre-cleaned, cut and bagged, chop fresh vegetables. And mix ingredients with a spoon using elbow grease if an electric mixer isn't necessary.

Santa Fe Chicken Pie

Santa Fe Chicken Pie
6 servings @ 9 each
Avocado
Green Salad
6 servings @ 2 each
3 c shredded cooked chicken breast
15 oz can black beans, rinsed & drained
14 oz can diced tomatoes, drained
2 green onions, diced
10 oz tub Philadelphia Santa Fe cooking crème
1 c shredded RF Mexican blend cheese
3 large soft taco size flour tortillas
1 avocado, diced
1 large tomato, diced
1 bag chopped salad
(12 T Kraft Light balsamic vinaigrette)
Cook 1 lb chicken breast until no longer pink. Shred chicken, need 3 cups. Combine first 5 ingredients with ½ c cheese. Place 1/3 mixture in a sprayed 9 “ pie plate; top w/ 1 tortilla. 2nd layer: 1/3 mixture, top w/ 1 tortilla. 3rd layer: 1/3 mixture, top w/ 1 tortilla. Top w/ remaining cheese. Cover; bake 20 min or until bubbly, uncover last 5 min of baking to melt cheese.
Toss all salad items together with dressing and divide into 6 servings.

Come in starting tomorrow to hear all about: Tame Stress

Weight Watchers Recipe

Reason to BELIEVE #47: No matter how busy you are, you have time for a nutritious, delicious breakfast.

Make this recipe once and you’ll have a tasty and quick morning meal for the whole rest of the week!

Ratings (417)
3PointsPlus Value
Prep time:  15 min
Cook time:  55 min
Serves: 12
These omelet-like stacks win praise for both appearance and taste. Whip up a batch and leave some in the refrigerator for breakfast on the fly.
Ingredients
      6 cup(s) uncooked bliss potatoes, baby-variety (about 12 oz)  
      9 oz fresh spinach, baby-variety (about 1 1/2 cups after cooking)  
1 cup(s) part-skim ricotta cheese  
      2 large egg(s), beaten  
2 Tbsp chives, fresh, chopped  
6 slice(s) uncooked Canadian-style bacon, quartered  
1 cup(s) low-fat shredded Cheddar cheese  
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Place muffin liners in a 12-hole muffin tin.

Wash and steam potatoes until just done or slightly underdone, about 10 to 15 minutes; cool immediately. Slice each potato into four rounds; set aside.

Wash and steam spinach until just wilted, about 3 to 5 minutes; cool, drain well, squeeze out any remaining water and set aside.

In a small bowl, combine ricotta cheese, eggs and chives.

Place a middle slice of potato in the bottom of each muffin hole so it lays flat. Top each with a quarter-slice of bacon, 1 heaping teaspoon of ricotta cheese mixture, about 2 tablespoons of spinach, about a tablespoon of cheddar cheese, another bacon quarter, and another heaping teaspoon of ricotta mixture. Finish stacks by placing remaining potato slices on top and sprinkling with a few remaining shreds of cheese.

Bake stacks until fully set and ricotta is cooked through, about 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in muffin tins for about 10 to 15 minutes and then transfer to racks to continue cooling. Yields 1 stack per serving.
Notes
These stacks can be prepared ahead of time and then reheated in the microwave or served cold. Make them vegetarian by salting the potatoes and replacing the Canadian bacon with roasted red pepper or asparagus, or both.

Never ever give up on yourself. PUSH past your boundaries. PUSH yourself to excellence. Surround yourself with people who PUSH you to be greater than you are. But most importantly, never, ever give up on YOU!

Yoga. Do the Downward Dog pose: Get down on your hands and knees and put your bottom toward the sky. Hold yourself up like this as you lift your body up. This pose can help selectively burn fat in the upper bar of your body. Do for two minutes each day.

Easy Shrimp Scampi

Easy Shrimp Scampi
6 servings @ 4 each
Pasta
1⁄2cup@3each
Cheesy Broccoli
6 servings @ 1 each
3⁄4 c Lawry’s herb & garlic marinade, divided 1 1⁄2 lb uncooked shrimp, peeled & deveined (1 large Ziploc bag, 1 T olive oil)
3 c cooked spaghetti pasta
16 oz bag baby broccoli florets
1⁄4 cshreddedRFMexicanblendcheese
In a large Ziploc bag, place 1⁄2 c marinade & shrimp. Marinate in frig 30 min. Remove shrimp from marinade, discard marinade. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over med heat. Add shrimp, cook 4 min, stir often until shrimp turn pink & are done. Stir in 1⁄4 c marinade; heat through. Divide into 6 portions; serve each over 1⁄2 c pasta.
Steam broccoli until tender. Top w/ cheese.

“There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing as a life in-between. ”
Pat Riley (born 1945);
Former NBA player and coach

This weeks meeting is all about Recording Menus!

Lentils

Lentils are a bona fide belly flattener. Eating them helps prevent insulin spikes that cause your body to create excess fat, especially in the abdominal area.

up date on our new center

Valencia started construction on Friday. They started the framing today.

SCV Weight Watcher Friends 5K FUN Walk - 8 am - Saturday, February 11, 2012

Due to numerous requests, it's time to start our walks back up again! Even if you can't do the entire 3.1 miles yet, challenge yourself and do what you can! 


Weight Watcher Friends 5K FUN Walk - 8 am - Saturday, February 11, 2012

You are invited! We are meeting in the parking lot of RiteAid/Mobil at the corner of McBean and Decoro in Valencia for a 5K (3.1 miles) walk along the river trail. This is a FLAT trail --- don't miss out on the free FUN! Family, friends and your four-legged companions are always welcome! Bring bottled water.

We will depart the parking lot at 8 am SHARP.

Mac ‘N Cheese Pie

Mac ‘N Cheese Pie
6 servings @ 8 each
Romaine Orange Salad
6 servings @ 2 each
14 oz box Kraft Deluxe 2 % milk mac & cheese 3 cbroccoliflorets
(2 eggs, 1⁄2 c FF egg substitute)
8 oz chopped ham
1⁄2c shredded2% sharpcheddarcheese
1 bag chopped romaine
11 oz mandarin orange segments, drained (6 T Kraft Light raspberry vinaigrette)
Cook pasta as directed, adding broccoli duringlast2min.ofcooking;drain. Beateggs& eggsubstituteinalargebowl. Stirincheese sauce from pkg and ham until well blended. Combinemixtureintopastaandstir. Pourintoa large sprayed pie plate and sprinkle with cheese. Bake30min@350.
Combine all ingredients. Makes 6 servings.

This weeks Meeting topic is Track & Lose! Come in and hear all about it!

Spot reducing is a myth: You can’t target specific parts of your body for weight loss. To lose fat and weight from a specific area, you have to do regular physical activity that works your entire body.

Myth 2:

Myth 2: Muscle turns to fat when you stop exercising
Muscle and fat are completely different tissues that are not interchangeable. Instead, there are two key reasons why people perceive that muscle turns to fat when they stop exercising.

Muscle goes from firm to floppy when it's not used. It also decreases in size, hence the saying, use it or lose it.

Many people stop exercising but don't adjust how much food they eat. The reality is, when you exercise less, you have to eat less.