December 2011 newsletter - DVD sale

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Oh look! It's all my clubhouse members and website

friends....Are you making your list...and checking it twice...

trying to find out who on your list has been naughty and who's

been nice? Have you been naughty this year? Or nice? I

hope you've all be nice...and I especially hope you've been

nice to yourself and taken care of yourself this year.

I've come up with a Special Holiday Fitness Package

that I'll be offering on my site this month only. It's great

for yourself or as a gift for someone special. You get $70

worth of my products for only $30. Click here to find out

more about it...so you can get yours before they are all

gone! Clubhouse memberships also

make a great gift!

I know December will be a

busy month for all of us. I'll be staying home for most of

the month...spending time with my Hattie and enjoying my

decorations while I focus on teaching at Slimmons and on spending time

with my clubhouse members. And oh

yes, we'll be having our clubhouse chats this month!

I'll also be visiting the Edgewater Casino in Laughlin,

Nevada on the 10th to teach a big sweatin' class. And some

of the things I've taped will be airing this month. So keep

your eyes open. And if the Dr. Steve Show airs in your

area, I'll be on this weekend. Check your local listings

for the time.

Now...As far back as I can

remember, 3 years old, my parents always took Lenny and me to

Maison Blanche Department Store to wait in the Candy Cane Lane

to sit on Santa`s Lap and whisper our wishes in his ear. Of

course, we went away with a beautiful 8x10 photo of Lenny and

me and the "Jolly Man in Red"!

By

the time I was 6, I planned my visits to Santa very

carefully. A week before the event, I began working on my

wish list for Santa, thinking carefully about what I wanted

and using my best Catholic school handwriting to win St.

Nick over. I always handed him the list with a small tin of

homemade sugar cookies!

Once, I asked my

class at Slimmons what they asked Santa to bring them when

they were kids. Here are some of their answers... "When

I was 7, I asked Santa for a new pink bike with streamers

on the ends of the handle bars, and on Christmas morning,

it was right there under my tree!" "I wanted a long red

coat that was trimmed in black fur. I got it Christmas

morning, and it was so beautiful! I wore it to

Christmas mass, and felt like a princess!" "I asked for

Mr. Potato Head, a Tiny Tears doll, and of course, a

puppy!"

My

next question for my students was, "If you could sit on

Santa`s lap now, what would you ask him for?" "I want

Santa to make my father feel better." "A meaningful job

that directly affects the wellbeing of others." "That no

one on earth goes to bed hungry." "For my children to find

some sort of happiness in their lives." "To have more

self-confidence and more self-esteem." "I will ask Santa

for once and for all to help me get control of my eating

and finally achieve my goals." "Peace. It`s sort of corny,

but in these times we live in, we need it more than ever."

Wow! The Santa lists from the grown ups were so different!

Wishes are wonderful! The

day you stop wishing is the day you stop believing, and when

you stop believing, well, then it's really all over. So, I

want you to keep wishing! Think about what you'd ask Santa

for this year...and write down your wish list. And then start

thinking about what YOU can do to help Santa make your wishes

come true.

Now, I know some of you are

wishing for a December recipe from me...and I won't let you

down. Here you go...

Red And Green Christmas Meringue Cookies

(Serves 12)

2 Egg whites

1/8 tsp Salt

1/4 tsp Cream of tarter

1 tsp Vanilla

3/4 Cup confectioner's sugar

Red and green food coloring

Preheat oven to 250.

Line baking sheets with

parchment paper.

With an electric mixer,

beat egg whites on medium until foamy. Add salt, cream

of tarter and vanilla and beat until stiff peaks form.

Add sugar a little at a

time until it is all incorporated.

Separate meringue in

half and add 1 drop of red food coloring to ½ recipe

and 1 drop of green to other batch and mix to combine.

Place meringue in

piping bag and pipe cookies onto parchment paper. You

can use a little meringue in the corner of each sheet

to hold it in place.

Bake for about 1 hour,

rotating and turning baking sheets throughout cooking.

They are done when they can be lifted from the baking

sheet easily.

Test by removing one

and cooling a little see if it breaks apart easily and

is crisp and dry (it is done). It won't hurt the

others to let them cook while you are checking.

Additional

Tips

Other extracts work well in

this recipe as well, experiment with different colors and

tips on the piping bag, as you like. It is very important

when you are beating egg whites that there is no yellow

and the bowl you are mixing in is very clean and dry.

Mixing should be done at room temperature.

Nutritional

Information:

32 Calories, .6 gm Protein, 7.5 gm Carbohydrate, 0 gm

Fat, 0 mg Cholesterol, 34 mg Sodium

FoodMover

windows to close:

1/2 Fruit

So try my

recipe...and when you need a little inspiration, drop by

my site and read about my friend Virginia in my Salute to Success. Stay

active in the clubhouse this month and come to our

chats....visit me on Facebook or Twitter...and read my daily messages at

my website every day. Let's stay strong together.

And this holiday season,

look through the newspaper and see where Santa is visiting

your nearest big mall, and wait in the Candy Cane Lane with

your list in hand! When it`s your turn, give it to the main

man and go home with that priceless pic!

I'll see you in the clubhouse....

Love,