Spring's a Comin'

The Daffodil Principle was our inspiration today at the Team Challenge. We were surrounded by daffodils, got a few to plant this week and listened to a great story about one woman, who year after year planted daffodil bulbs one at a time to create a magnificent display of beauty.

Our noon group provided our winner for the week. Team "Porkelsons No More" won the jackets with a weight loss % of 2.17 for the week. We awarded the winning team with Sea Hawk tickets, two stadium blankets, 12th man flags and even some football playing cards to use at their tailgate party! Congratulations to Dave and Jennifer...you guys did it! Sponsors of this great gift were The Parkin-Rego family and The Healthy Weigh.

Team "Ripcord" won the jackets for the second time tonight with a weight loss % of 1.74 for the week! I overheard them, on their way out scheming about the addition to the jackets for next week. Their consistency paid off tonight. Good job!

We had more sponsors to thank this week as we gave out gifts from Gena Bailey with Kaiser Permanente and Debbie Gardner with State Farm Insurance. We so appreciate your support of our life changing program.


YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Plant your daffodil bulbs!

Today's challenge was all about doing the work today...and seeing the results later! You will plant those bulbs this week and not see the results until Spring. and just think of how you'll look by spring!

Here's what the daffodil principle taught us ...

learn to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time,(often just one baby-step at a time)
learn to love the doing,
learn to use the accumulation of time

When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world.

Have a great week...really looking forward to next Tuesday!
See you then.
Letha

The Buck Stops Here!

Our teams out did themselves today showing up looking like teams! Not only did they dress the part today, but I heard stories of how they acted the part this week by offering their team mates great encouragement! We saw props, heard cheers and even a couple of poems to prove that WE IS GREATER THAN I.

Our noon challenge awarded the jackets to a team for the second week in a row! Congratulations to team "Barely Breathing" with a weight loss % of 1.9 for the week! I guess it's good think there's room on the jacket for another date...they'll need it!

I'm still smiling thinking about the costumes that showed up at Six. I'll be posting some pictures so we can all reminisce! Team "BG Belly Dumpers" took the win for the entire day with a weight loss % of 2.94 for the week! Congratulations Tony and Jessica...you are spending a luxury night at the Monaco Hotel down town Portland Courtesy of Craig Thompson, General Manager and one of our very own, from team "Thompthins" Thanks Craig!

With 5 weeks left in the challenge we focused on a life principle that is life changing...The Buck Stops Here!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Read this life principle every day of this week. Out loud if possible...here it is below.


From this moment forward, I will accept responsibility for my past. I understand that the beginning of wisdom is to accept the responsibility for my own problems and that by accepting responsibility for my past, I free my self to move into a bigger, brighter future of my own choosing.

Never again will I blame my parents, my spouse, my boss, or other employees for my present situation. Neither my education or lack of one, my genetics, or the circumstances of every day life will affect my future in a negative way. If I allow myself to blame these uncontrollable forces for my lack of success, I will be forever caught in a web of the past. I will look forward. I will not let my history control my destiny.
The buck stops here. I accept responsibility for my past. I am responsible for my success. I am where I am today, mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally, and financially because of the decisions I have made. My decisions have always been governed by my thinking, therefore I am where I am today mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally and financially, because of how I think. Today I will begin the process of changing where I am mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally and financially, by changing the way I think. My thoughts will be constructive never destructive. My mind will live in the solution of the future. It will not dwell in the problems of the past. I will seek the association of those who are working and striving to bring about positive changes in the world. I will never seek comfort by associating with those who have decided to be comfortable.
When faced with the opportunity to make a decision, I will make one. The rise a fall of my emotional tide will not deter me from my course. When I make a decision, I will stand behind it. My energy will go into, making the decisions. I will waste none on second thoughts. My life will not be an apology, It will be a statement. The buck stops here. I control my thoughts. I control my emotions. In the future when I am tempted to ask the question, “Why me?” I will immediately counter with the question “Why not me?” Challenges are gifts, opportunities to learn. Problems are the common thread running through great men and women. In times of adversity, I will not have a problem to deal with; I will have a choice to make. My thoughts will be clear. I will make the right choice. Adversity is preparation for greatness. I will accept this preparation. Why me? Why not me? I will be prepared for something great.
I accept responsibility for my past. I control my thoughts. I control my emotions. I am responsible for my success.
The buck stops here.

It's going to be an amazing week when you take control of the buck knife. Looking forward to seeing you next week with some great results!
I hope you'll join me Thursday at noon or six for my 30 refresh class..."Happy New Year"

Always encouraging you.
Letha

Fit or Fat?

...that's the question you had to ask yourself today at the Team Challenge weigh-in when you saw the 20 pounds of fat displayed on a platter in front of the room. It was a great visual as we celebrated the fact that every participant had the ability to lose that and more during the 10 week challenge!



The noon group never ceases to amaze me! They performed a first today, having EVERY one of them showing a loss for the week! No "Hoo ah's" at noon today! Congratulations to a group of dogs with a lot of fight! They also hosted our winning team for the day...team "Barely Breathing" won the jackets today with a 1.77% of weight loss for the week. Congratulations to Donetta and Tanya!
83.3 pounds were dropped at noon today! What fun!



Six PM proved to be a lively group with 86.7 pounds lost for the week! The jackets were looking colorful as they were passed on to our winners of the evening team "2 Booties-full" with a weight loss% of 1.55 for the week. The 2 Linda's were excited to be sporting the jackets this week!

Our Sponsors of the week, Jerin Boyer, with Starbucks and John Jackson, with State Farm Insurance gifted us with great prizes to keep the winners happy. Thank you to you both for supporting our clients in their efforts to lose weight and keep it off for life!

We focused on Words today...the power that they have to change our outcome. If you want to be winning at losing weight, learn to harness your word power to work for, not against you; select words that create a visual of the desired outcome; and choose each word as if it mattered. You might be surprised how much it does. Want better results this week? Check your words...which lead us right in to or challenge for the week!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK
Has two parts...first, your assignment is to show up to the Team Challenge next week with a visible sign that you are a team. You might want to have a team cheer, or a team song ready...who knows what might happen!
Secondly...encourage your team mate. We were impressed with the poem from the Double D's that was both encouraging and rewarding. Make a difference with your words and deeds this week to encourage your team mate!

You are doing amazing things and losing lots of weight Teams! Congratulations to all of you for your success so far! Keep up the great work and you'll be looking back on this 10 weeks with pride!

Until next time,

Letha

Merry Christmas!

Our teams received a great gift today, a gift just like Scrooge in A Christmas Carol! They took a journey to the past, present and future. And just like with Scrooge, the journey was hard and painful. As painful as the night was...joy came in the morning! Joy came because Scrooge had a choice about how he was going to live out the rest of his life and he choose a new life!

This was an important exercise for our teams to experience today. Creating urgency to lose weight and keep it off will bring leverage...it will be a tool that makes losing weight and keeping it off easier!

Besides the great weight loss at Noon 111.4 lbs, and 85.6 lbs at Six, we celebrated one of our clients reaching her 100 lb mark today! Congratulations to Courtney of Team Ripcord! You've worked hard and we celebrate with you today!

Noon proved to be a on fire group today! Team Re-deucers took home the jackets and the Christmas prizes, donated by Barry Brandenburg, Attorney at Law, with a weight loss % of 4.07. Congratulations to Mike and Brooke. Can't wait to see what you do with the jackets...I feel some pink coming on!

Our winners at Six looked pretty good in those blue blazers! Team Caution:Dangerous Curves Ahead pulled out a win with 1.94% of weight loss.

John Jackson with State Farm Insurance supported the Team Challenge today with pedometers for our challenge winners. Our participants will be keeping track of their miles thanks to State Farm!

We have a client in the Team challenge with a great little weight loss blog...thought you'd like to check it out.http://weightogoal.blogspot.com/

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Keep track of all the food you are eating on your food journal and bring in back to the Challenge next week.

Choose Christmas every day this week my friends...You didn't miss it! You have the opportunity to move in to your futures in control and healthy! I believe in you!

Letha

Hoo ah!

Colonel Ken Garrison from the United States Army brought a little "MM' (Military Motivation) to The Team Challenge today. We learned the meaning the "Hoo ah", practiced it, and used it when we had to. We're going to use "Hoo ah" this Team Challenge when one of our participants gains weight. By shouting out "Hoo ah," we'll be saying..."You can do better, We're with you and We expect a loss next week."

We didn't throw around a lot of "Hoo ah" today as our noon group lost 142.1 pounds and our group at Six followed with 270.7 pounds! A lot of celebrating went on at The Healthy Weigh!

With the threat of the pumpkin shortage, I bought out much of the pumpkin in Clark County and used it today to reward our clients. Some of The Healthy Weigh's famous Pumpkin Custard was made in my kitchen Monday night with love to share with the winners of the drawings. We gave out four beautiful baskets with fall colored ramekins, complete with the custard! Congratulations to you winners who completed your weekly challenge and won a prize doing it!

Our New Team Challenge Blazers were given out to the two winning teams today, we gave the teams permission to "decorate" the blazers before turning them back in to the winning teams of next week! This should be fun!

Our Winning Team at Noon was Team CTC, congratulations Scott and Shawn. At Six, Team Ripcord took home the jackets and the can of pumpkin! The over-all winner of this weeks weigh in with a weight loss % of 4.76 was Team CTC! They each received $50.00 courtesy of our Sponsor of the week. Glenda Bigalky, MA.

We had a lot of fun, but talked about some serious things today as well. Getting leverage! Chances are, if you are not experiencing lasting change, it is because you are changing something for the wrong reason or there are not enough compelling reasons for why you should commit to changing in the first place. Now what is great is that there is a tool you can use to help discover your motivation to change. That tool is leverage. A lever is a device that we utilize in order to lift or move a tremendous burden we could not manage on our own. In my experience, 20% of any change is knowing "how to change" but 80% is knowing "why you must." Change requires more than just establishing the knowledge that you should change. It is about knowing at the deepest, most basic emotional level that you must change. If we gather a strong enough set of reasons, we can change in a minute something we’ve failed to change for years. Those reasons—the why—are what provide the leverage. And the greatest leverage you can create for yourself is the pain that comes from inside, not outside. The pain of knowing that you have failed to live up to your own standards for your life. Access enough leverage and there will be nothing you can’t change.So ask yourself this: That thing, whatever it is you’ve been trying to change but haven’t followed through with—what will it ultimately cost you if you don’t change? And what will you ultimately gain if you do? With knowledge of the answers to those questions, you’ll be able to create lasting change in every aspect of your life.

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Get leverage...link pain to being over weight . Link pain to eating unhealthy. Link pain to the life you've been living and will continue to live if you don't change.
Bring that work back in on Tuesday and you'll get another chance to win a prize!

We ended on a brighter note...a chance to feel the difference between hope and certainty! I challenged you to go out this week and live like you're certain that you will succeed in these next 9 weeks!

Congratulations to all our winners and to all of you...what a great job you all did this week.
Thank you again to our Sponsor of the week, Glenda Bigalky. Your support means so much. We appreciate you.

With encouragement and pumpkin,

Letha

Game On!

Let the Team Challenge Begin!

42 teams made a decision today to commit to each other and to the Team Challenge! We took team photos and laughed our way through the introduction of all of our uniquely named teams. You could already feel the camaraderie in the room as each person weighed in and faced the scale for the first time!

As we prepared to start this great challenge, I shared three steps to lasting change.
1.You've got to raise your standards. It's about taking losing weight from want to a MUST.
2. You've got to change your limiting beliefs. Interrupting old beliefs and old patterns is a must.
3. You've got to change your strategy. We're prepared to help you do this in the next 10 weeks!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Your first challenge is to write down what you really want, why losing this weight is a MUST in your life! If you were at goal weight right now and we guaranteed that you would stay there for for life...what would your life look like?
The first step to any change is deciding what you want. This is the perfect way to start our Team Challenge. Bring in your writing next week for a ticket in a drawing for a fun prize!

Have a great week thinking about what you want and eating The Healthy Weigh! You will LOVE the results next week.
Hope to see you all Thursday at our refresh class..."Vision Quest."

Always encouraging you.
Letha

We've got Ourselves Some Winners!

Our Spring Team Challenge officially came to an end this week with the extended contest coming to a close! Twelve weeks ago, I challenged our Team Challenge participants to go the distance! The official Team Challenge was coming to a close, but there was still opportunity to be a winner! The clients who continued on the program and lost the greatest % of weight over the summer months would be rewarded!

We've got ourselves some winners...

Coming in first, receiving a $400.00 prize was Ginny M. (team Once and for All) wth a 11.71% loss. She is really showing us that this weight loss will be once and for all! Congratulations Ginny.

Following close behind and the winner of $225.00 was Nicole M. (team Legal Losers) with a 10.76 % loss. She proved to be a real "loser"! Nicole, you rock!

We had some amazing weight loss success this summer at The Healthy Weigh and these two dynamic women lead the way!

As we come to the close of our very first Team Challenge, we are equally excited about the next challenge coming up in a couple of weeks! We have 25 teams signed up and are shooting for 39. We have a weight loss goal to beat in our 10 week challenge, and we'll need 39 teams to do it!

Stay posted to this blog as I will continue to give you the latest updates.

It's been a fabulous ride...I'm so proud of all of you!

Always looking ahead....always encouraging you.
Letha