The Ripple Effect

Vacation Plans

Okay we've all gone on vacation and come back to regret what we did or didn't do when it comes to our food plan.
How can we get different result and really have a great time and return home feeling good about ourselves. Please post what you will do on your summer vacation and how you are planning to feel when you return?


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What does the e tool tracker look like

This is my tracker at 5 PM after a walk with the Greyts.

Trader Joes has lots of options

Here's one for only 5 pt plus


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What's for lunch???

Have Fun While Being Active

My daughter and I like walking tours. One of our favorites is seattlebyfoot.com Last year we did the coffee crawl. And this year we walked the funky Fremont tour. Both were great fun. We experienced lots of fun, great weather, met new people and learned about our neck of the woods whole exercising. Fremont walk was 2 hours. Following are some photos of our afternoon fun.


Statues at the interurban. Free to decorate these.



Another view



Fremont bridge in the up position.


Holy man of Fremont


Boathouses on Lake Union



JP and Gertrude



Look thru and see the good boys and girls


The troll and the 3 goats






Of course there is a rocket in Funky Fremont

Enjoy go for a walk. Earn activity points.


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Is a meatless meal in your future?

With this topic I have mentioned some of my favorite meatless recipe. One that really got your attention was the oatmeal pancake recipe. So here you are.......

1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cup rolled oats
1 T baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 T oil
1 T honey
1 1/2 cups lo fat milk
Put all ingredients in a blender.
Enjoy !!!
I have doubled the recipe when I use this to make waffles and freeze them for future use.


I know this has nothing to do with pancakes but I found this cutie on my fountain this AM.


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Snack smart

We all enjoy a great snack. Why are they a good thing ?Maybe you think they are sometimes not so good for your food plan. Don't forget the power foods as part of your snacks. Do you snack different now that we are on points plus? I do. Check out Good Morning America. Daphne Oz has great recipes for healthy 150 cal snacks. The Relish section of the Tues Bellingham paper had a good article and recipes for snacks. See you at the meeting this week. Bring your ideas.
Here's a little something from NYC.


- store front with Weight Watchers in lite brites. Enjoy!

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Big News.

New meeting starting July 7 th at Butterfly Life. Check in time is 5:30.
Meeting is 6:00PM
Those of you who are in boot camp this will be perfect


timing for you. So get your ducks in a row and let me see you there.


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Back in the USA

Good to be home.
How did I do with my plan?
Exercise- kept to the plan, what really helped was the pedometer so I knew how much I walked and the points I earned.
Maintain weight on trip-watched portions- checked in at WW. Made it to a meeting and got weighed in stones, love the experience of double digit number
Ate lots of fruits/ veg- made a point of filling plate atleast 1/2 full of these.
Now I look forward to seeing you all at the meetings this week. I'm bringing the English version for you to see.


Can't wait to catch up with you

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Easy to figure portions in UK

Whether you are ordering in a restaurant or buying a sandwich at the local market there are great options and info if you take the time to read. Last night in London we ate at a place in the theater district. Great meal but wanted to have just a little something something for dessert. Look what I found.


Look at the portion. Check out the size of spoon. Really good probably 5 bites. Oh so good and just right. Chocolate of course.

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Rochester-Home of Charles Dickens

Today we walked the paths of the famous writer. Also visited the cathedral, castle, and Guildhall. Shopping antique shops and charity shops for great finds. We also found a great lunch. Pizza express with the "leggaro" menu(it means lighter.). My pizza was 400 cal, my wine 100 cal and dessert was a tiny cup of gelato, probably 1/4 cup. Here is a photo of the pizza. They cut out the center and put a salad in the middle.


So clever and delicious.

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Challenges and rewards of living in the UK

The English certainly know about treats. Luckily you walk everywhere or bike so are burning calories. We have been clicking off the miles again today.


- some of the things we saw in shop windows


This sort of goes together.


This was a fabulous garden on an estate that we visited. I wanted to be left there an picked up on the return.




Statue in garden


A car I'd like to bring home




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More photos

Additional photos from trip


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Henry VIII gun & Heather


Monument at Dover similar to Viet Nam memorial just smaller








Mailing a postcard home......




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Update from Dover

I have my pedometer on and we are logging lots of miles. Today we visited the cliffs of Dover and the castle. What a remarkable history the castle and it's tunnels have. The castle was used in the battle of Dunkirk. Military operations were set up in the medieval tunnels that go out to the cliffs. You can see France from the castle. It also had a hospital set up in the miles of tunnels. Fabulous and very exciting day.


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Life in London

Lots of walking in this city even if you use the tube(subway). One new thing I noticed is there are more bike paths and bikers. It takes a lot of guts/ experience to ride on the main streets. There are lots of parks where you can ride. They have bikes you can rent and they are free for the first hour. So lots of Londoners are taking advantage of that and are biking on their lunch breaks or running errands.


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Selection Box

I bought this at my WW meeting. We should have this at home. Ten different items in one box.


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I found Weight Watchers

Made it to the open weigh in. I met Kim a leader for 15 years. She gave me the WW stuff for England. They call it Pro Points. It's very exciting as now I have the English food values.
I bought some things to bring home.
They have many of the same products but just look a little different.
One thing they give their members only in England is the point wheel. You will have to wait to see what that is.


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Walk It Challenge was a Huge Success

Here we are at the start of our 5 k challenge.
I am so proud of each and everyone of you. You did it!!!!!!!


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