Weight Watchers tasty recipes, free pedometer giveaway with Dr. Oz Show

Today's Dr. Oz Show continued the actual partnership with Weight Watchers and then the combined Transformation Nation technique. It focused on the four hurdles many people 40 and older face when weight loss:

1. A slowing metabolism
2. Battling cravings for food hormones
3. Loss of muscular tone
4. Taming the sweet tooth

For another hurdle, Oz and Weight Watchers alpha dog Liz Josephsberg suggested something that's been a favorite of Weight Watchers members for many years -- its Garden Plant Soup.

Garden Veggie Soup

(Makes 6 servings)

• 1/2 hole carrots, sliced
• 1/4 pot onions, diced
• 2 garlic cloves cloves, minced
• 3 cups of fat-free beef, chicken or perhaps vegetable broth
• 1 mug green cabbage, diced
• 1 drink spinach, chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1/2 tsp dehydrated basil
• 1/4 tsp dehydrated oregano
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tumbler zucchini, diced

Spray a huge saucepan with nonstick food preparation spray, and heat. Space carrot, onion and garlic clove in saucepan. Saut veggies over low heat pertaining to 5 minutes, until melted. Add broth, cabbage, spinach, tomato substance, basil, oregano and sodium. Bring saucepan to any boil. Reduce heat, in addition to simmer, covered, for 15 seconds. Stir in zucchini, and additionally cook 3-4 minutes.

Weight Watchers PointsPlus Benefit: 1

For the fairly sweet tooth, there are a couple options -- a Combined Berry Crumble, a Strawberry-Mango Healthy smoothie, and this one, designed for Chocolate-Banana Wontons, which is easy, chocolatey and low throughout PointsPlus values:

Chocolate-Banana Wontons

(Makes 6 servings)

• 2 portions butter-flavor cooking spray
• 1 good sized banana, diced
• 6 tbsp micro chocolate chips
• 24 wonton wrappers (half connected with 12 oz package)
• 1 tbsp powder sugar

Preheat oven to make sure you 350F. Coat a significant baking sheet with food preparation spray. In a methods bowl, combine banana as well as chocolate chips, and merge gently. Place wonton wrappers on flat workiing surace. Drop teaspoonfuls of banana mixture onto center of wrapper. Moisten edges of each and every wrapper with wet arms, and fold over one corner to create a triangle and press walls together to seal. Exchange filled wrappers to completely ready baking sheet. Bake 10-12 units, until wontons are wonderful brown. Sift powdered carbohydrates over wontons before covering. Yields 4 wontons for serving.

Weight Watchers PointsPlus Cost: 5

Free pedometer giveaway

To help people on the weight-loss journey, Zappos is giving 5, 000 pedometers so that you can Dr. Oz Show followers today (Nov. 7, 2011). The particular giveaway began at 9 some. m. ET and comes to an end at 8 p. michael. ET. To find out more concerning the free pedometer giveaway and also about Dr. Oz's Shift Nation program, check out and about THIS page.