Turn your goals into a plan with Wa-Rite

The Wa-Rite Club meets on Fridays in Clubhouse 3, Room 1, from 9-10 a.m. Weigh-ins are from 8:158:45 a.m. and are optional for visitors. The annual membership fee is $10. Weekly dues are 10 cents. All female residents looking to improve their health and fitness and lose at least 10 pounds are invited to join any of the club’s meetings, and should arrive no later than 8:45 a.m.

Wa-Rite’s first meeting of the month is always about business— business of supporting and celebrating each other. Ruby Resnick was named a top loser at Oct. 6 meeting with 2.5 pound weight loss in one week. She credits her success to not allowing easy temptations into her house. Bea Quintara and Pat Miller shared the queen of August title, each losing 7.5 pounds. The entire club lost 42 pounds in the month of August.

Treasurer Shirley LeBrecque was presented with her Wa-Rite masters degree for maintaining her goal weight for two years. Velma Sama was awarded the same certificate in September.

The club’s autumn leaves contest will continue until Nov. 10. Members can earn merit-based funny money, which is the only currency allowed at the Wa-Rite’s annual auction on Dec. 8.

Wa-Rite members enjoy sharing, but the club secretary Marshia Larson pointed out the difficulty of taking down a recipe, recommendation, or resource on the fly during the meeting. This prompted the creation of the fledgling Wa-Rite newsletter that premiered at the last meeting. It contained various recipes including Linda Rich’s easy four-ingredient cold avocado asparagus soup, a calorie conscience yogurt parfait, and ways to enhance a protein rich cottage cheese for quick appetite suppressing snack. Members are encouraged to submit their ideas in the green book next to the sign-in before each meeting.

—Denise Stabile

August queen Bea Quintara (l) and master of goal weight Shirley LeBrecque.