Wa-Rite: focus on hormones and gut health for weight loss
Wa-Rite is a female-only club that meets on Fridays from 9-10 a.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 1. Weigh-ins are from 8-8:45. Dues are $10 a year, plus 10 cents upon signing in. LW ID cards must be shown. For support on a weight-loss journey, women are welcome to stop by at 8:15 to weigh in and complete the registration paperwork.
On May 22, members learned that the club lost a total of 15 pounds. Mary Pompi and Bea Quintana were the biggest losers with a 2-pound loss each. They both gave up carbs to lose weight. Denise Stabile was a guest speaker. She talked about how a glucose and fructose found in sweeteners and processed foods can sneak up on weight loss dieters. “The fructose survival syndrome, triggered by fructose consumption, is to blame,” said Stabile. When people constantly consume processed sugars, their bodies stop using them for energy and store them as fat, leading to Type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease and stroke. For weight loss and gut health, Stabile recommends eating three meals a day, avoiding saturated fats and consuming up to 50 grams of fiber daily. Getting 20 to 30 minutes of natural sunlight, plenty of sleep and exercise can balance out the hormones and also aid in weight loss.
The weekly food for thought was: “Fridays are best when you’ve given your all Monday through Thursday.”
—Jan Friedland
Denise Stabile
Bea Quintana (l) and Mary Pompi
