Great Start to MOPS 2012
I want to thank everyone who came to our first MOPS meeting last week – we had a great time seeing old friends and meeting new ones. The steering team is already hard at work for the January 25th meeting!
For those of you who were unable to make the meeting here is a brief recap of what happened:
We had a great speaker – Stacey Blind who taught us all what Tabata was! Stacey also had us do a healthy mixer where we all had to get up and interact with each other by performing various activities with a different person – whew! Who knew you could work up a sweat in 10 minutes.
Stacey spoke about emotional and mindful eating as well as showed us some great exercises. She also gave us ten tips to help with our mindful eating. Here they are:
1. Be portion precise
2. One bag is not one serving – if the snack monster attacks, have your own 100 calorie snack bags ready
3. Avoid distractions
4. Improve habits
5. Size does matter – eat on a smaller plate.
6. Dine with others who are dieting
7. Out of sight, out of mind
8. Fat free isn’t free
9. Pass on calorie dense food – cake, cookies, pie, doughnuts – do you see a trend here?
10. Eat filling foods that are nutrient dense – salad, whole fruit, etc.
Kristen, a new steering team member, mentioned a mother’s night out event that will take place on Monday, January 23 at Zoe’s Kitchen. It will start at 7 p.m. – everyone is welcome! Zoe’s Kitchen is located in the Alliance Town Center off of I-35.
Our craft of the day was luggage tags – they turned out so cute! I am glue gunned impaired and required help to finish mine.
Speaking of your steering team, I thought it might be nice if we highlighted one or two members in the next couple of blogs. This is a great way for you to get to know us. Marie Jackson and I will be taking turns writing the blog so if you have any questions, please let one of us know.
Thanks for reading!
Brandon Gallop Rice
