WE ARE TOPS
WE ARE REAL PEOPLE….
WE WILL ACHIEVE REAL WEIGHT LOSS
February 2015 - News from Jeanie
Jeanie Druebert
11019 Nassau Avenue, Sunland CA 91040
818-353-5015
A Happy and Healthy Heart Health Month to each and every one of you? Are you all on track with recording a net loss for the month of January?
  • Don’t forget to send your report of each member’s progress to Margie before the 15th of February
  • Don’t forget to send the following information to me as soon as possible after your last weigh in in January
  • Total number of members in your chapter with an active membership (regardless of whether or not they are attending meetings)
  • Number of KOPS who were KOPS all month
  • Total pounds lost or gained by the TOPS (Not KOPS) members
  • Number of KOPS who were at or below goal for the entire month
I will publish the January results in the March Newsletter.
2014’S AREA CAPTAIN CHALLENGE
The five chapters that reported for the month of December managed to give us a total net loss for the month – not a large one – but it was a loss! These five chapters reported
  • 81 Total Members
  • 18 KOPS
  • A net loss of 3.15#
  • 12 of the 18 KOPS were at or below goal for the entire month.
Four of the five chapters are to be congratulated for their net losses. CONGRATS to:
CA77, Sunland
  • 12 Total Members
  • 3 KOPS
  • .4# Net Loss
  • 2 KOPS At or Below Goal all Month
CA572, Quartz Hill
  • 21 Total Members
  • 2 KOPS
  • 8.50# Net Loss
  • 1 KOPS At or Below Goal All Month
CA764, Chatsworth
  • 14 Total Members
  • 7 KOPS
  • 15.5# Net Loss
  • 3 KOPS At or Below Goal All Month
CA1367, Santa Clarita
  • 21 Total Members
  • 3 KOPS
  • 4# Net Loss
  • 3 KOPS At or Below Goal All Month
As I mentioned in the January Newsletter, the few chapters that reported during 2014 recorded net loss of 300 pounds. That is a whole person those chapters lost. Just think of the totals we could report if every chapter took 5 minutes or so to shoot me an email with their monthly results. The TOPS organization – as a whole – lost over 417 tons – that’s more than 834,000 pounds. When that number is published next year – I would dearly love for February’s Newsletter to be able to say “As an organization, TOPS Club Inc. lost ???? pounds for the year of 2015 – AND – we – the members of my area contributed???? pounds to that total.
I will continue this challenge through 2015 and would love to see a report from each and every one of my 26 chapters each month.
There are only 4 items that you need to report after your last meeting of the month.
  • How many active members are there in your chapter?
  • For the purpose of this challenge – an “active member” is one who’s TOPS membership is still current – regardless of whether or not they are attending meetings.
  • Again, for this challenge, a person can be dropped from your count at the first month after their TOPS membership expired.
  • How many of your members were KOPS for the entire month?
  • What was the net loss or gain of all the TOPS members in your chapter?
  • How many of your KOPS members were at or below goal for the entire month?
You have until about the 3rd week of the following month to get your figures to me. Of course – if you make a habit of sending them to me as soon as you calculate your month end report, you will always be on time for the next newsletter.
AREA WINTER FUNSHOP
Thank you!! Thank You!! To CA9, Burbank, CA77, Sunland. CA139, Northridge, CA515, Santa Clarita, CA572, Quartz Hill, CA764, Chatsworth, CA1844, Los Angeles, CA1900, Northridge and CA2263, Lancaster for taking the time to join us for a day of recognition. As promised, our 2013 California State Queen came to share her story with us. But, we had a surprise visitor – Dan Colby – our 2012 California State King and a Riverside County Area Captain was also in attendance and shared his story with us. As an extra bonus – Rosalee Strong one of the Area Captains from the San Bernardino and Riverside Counties came with them to see how we do these things. Thanks to the enthusiasm of all those who attended, I believe that Dan & Rosalee will be doing FunShops in their areas soon.
Dan and Kathy had a bet going – to see which of them could visit more chapters during their year of reigning royalty (their year is figured from SRD to SRD). The nine chapters represented at this Funshop threw Kathy over the top – and it is only January. She still has until the end of May to jump way out ahead.
We had a busy day. Everyone received a “Thank you for coming” certificate; and several received certificates for the various categories listed on the registration forms.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Workshop – Light and Life Church, 9245 Florence Ave, Downey CA 90240
9:30 AM gathering & fellowship, meeting begins at 10:00 AM. Workshop will be presented by Margie Fisher.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Workshop - Northridge Christian Church, 18901 Chatsworth St, Northridge CA 91326. 9:30AM gathering & fellowship, meeting begins at 10:00 AM. Workshop will be presented by Margie Fisher.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Tri-Valley KOPS Society Luncheon
The ladies of CA2185, Woodland Hills will be the hostesses for our “Hugs and Kisses” event.
Members are encouraged to bring little valentine cards (like the ones we passed around back in our school days) to give to each member.
We are also going to have a Chapter “advertisement” Poster contest. As show in the invitation, the rules for the creation of your chapter poster are as follows:
  • It should have a “Heart Health” theme
  • It should be a positive advertisement for your chapter
  • It should show your chapter name…..i.e. CA77, Sunland
  • Your chapter meeting time/day and location should be shown on the poster
  • The poster should be on a half sheet of regular poster board. Regular poster board is 22” X 28”. So, our poster should be no larger than 22” X 14”.
The February KOPS Society meeting is also one of the meetings to which our “Wanna Bees” are invited. Please review the KOPS Society meeting invitation for the rules regarding “Wanna Bee” attendance.
Chapter visitation schedules have been mailed out. Included with the letter and schedule was the order form for the Plate Panda keychain. Please send your order is as soon as possible so I can have them with me when I visit your chapter. I know that some of you want to see the items before you purchase them….I will have extras for sale when I visit. REMINDER – Chapter Leaders do not need to order one for themselves.

Make 2015 YOUR year!!

Start today to make this your year – not only with your weight loss goals.

We all have things that we are going to do “someday”.

2015 offers each one of us 365 somedays.

Take advantage of a few – or a lot – of them and give yourself the gift of one or more of those “someday” things.

The joy you find from doing so could – possibly – improve your mood and your outlook on life to the point that you will become more inspired and dedicated to reaching those weight loss goals you have set for yourself.

TOPS Love,

Jeanie

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