8.5 pounds. She said that ….

8.5 pounds. She said that she cut back on high calorie foods, and started eating only twice a day, while still enjoying Chinese food.

The three members losing the most weight during September were Judy Chambers, 4 pounds; Kathy Moran, 4 pounds and Ellen Larsen, 3.5 pounds. The members who attended every week with no gain were Kathy Moran, Bea Quintana and Sharon Van Sickle.

There are still five more weeks for the club’s funny money contest. Ellen Larsen received her doctor of goal weight degree by keeping her weight off for the past two years.

The club will not meet on Friday, Nov. 29, and Friday, Dec. 27. The weekly food for thought was: “Loving yourself includes taking care of your health.”

—Jan Friedland