It's All About The Motivation...

and we've got some motivated people! We are well on our way to breaking the Olympic record! With 212 pounds lost yesterday, we're close to half way...with only two weigh-in's behind us! That's exciting!

Two new teams took home the white jackets on Tuesday. At noon, team 'Blacks 2B' won the prize for the week with a 2.82% of weight loss. Congratulations to Rick and Colby! Six PM named a familiar team the winners. Team 'P2:The Sequal' took home the jackets with a weekly weight loss % of 2.44. The white jacket slipped right over Bruce's shoulders with his 78 pound loss! Congrats to our Potluck Pastors...Bruce and Barry!

You were challenged last week to take a look at your motivation! Two winners walked away with a fun prize...a GIANT word "COURAGE" to adhere to a wall space! I hope Casey and Shawn will place that somewhere that continues to inspire them and give them the courage to change!

As we looked further into motivation this week we learned more about using pain and pleasure to motivate us. Everything we do, we do out of our need to seek pleasure and avoid pain. The key to using pain and pleasure for your weight loss program is to link as much pain as possible to being over weight and eating unhealthy and rewarding yourself for the opposite! Changing your thinking about food will ultimately be what keeps your weight off for life!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Link pain to over eating...link pleasure and rewards to your new healthy eating.

We've got great things in store for you in the next weeks to come. Keep focused, dig in to all the challenges and support your team mate too.


A big tthanks to our Sponsor for the week:
Barry Brandenburg, Attorney at Law

Have a great week...email me if you need to.
Letha

The Vancouver Winter Games are in Full Swing!

Week number two didn't disappoint, with a total weight loss of 432.6 pounds! Our noon group lost 161 and the evening group shed 271 pounds this week! Congratulations to all the teams for a great week of weight loss!

At Noon team "Downsizing Divas" took the win with a weight loss % of 4.89 for the week. Trish and Emm not only won the winter jackets but the cash prize of $100 as well! Congratulations you Divas!

Our evening group congratulated team "Boys To Thin" with a weight loss of 4.28 for the week! Joe and Bill looked great as they left the building in their winter Team Challenge jackets!

The race is on...and teams are excited!

As we enter week two of the Team Challenge I inspired our teams to look a little deeper this week! The first step to change is knowing what you want!
Motivation is the key to change and continued success! Motivation from "Without"...and motivation from "Within."

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Fill out and bring back your motivation hand out...motivation from "Without" and motivation from "Within."

Our challenge winners from last week kept their program journals and took their measurements...that won them a fantastic motivational movie that will inspire them and more teams to come!

We started out the Team Challenge with some great weight loss numbers...our "Olympic Record" will be beat when this group loses more than 1349 pounds during this Team Challenge! These numbers will beat the Spring Team Challenge of '09! I think you're going to do it!

With all the success that you are seeing on Tuesday, I'm blessed to hear even more stories of personal success during the week. I'm thrilled for you, your team mates and the goodness that this Team challenge brings.

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR FOR THE WEEK: GLENDA BIGALKY,MA

Have an awesome week and I'll see you Tuesday.

Always encouraging you.
Letha

Let the Winter Games Begin!

As the Team Challenge torch was lite yesterday, the official start of the Winter Team Challenge began! Scott from team "Cut The Check"(Fall Team Challenge winners) did the honors of carrying the torch at noon, and Gary and Leigh from team "Losin' with the Cuppys" ran the final leg of the torch at six PM. With 40 teams participating, the energy at Noon and at Six PM heated up the place equal to the torch flame.

Teams were introduced, before pictures were taken and inspiration was given. It was a fun day at The Healthy Weigh! Teams were sizing up the competition and planning their strategies!

We talked about DECISION... committing to achieving a result and then cutting off any other possibility! Every one in the room had the opportunity to make the very same decision...that they would fully engage in the Team Challenge in the next 10 weeks!

I had the Team challenge returnees stand and commit to a new day, a new Team Challenge. We also announced that from that group, one participant will be awarded a prize of $250 for having the greatest % of weight loss for this 10 weeks.

We met Shauna at 6 PM...she will be giving a "BOOT CAMP" at the clinic this Saturday at 10AM. The cost is $3. I hope you'll come! It will be a blast!

With guidelines, schedules and partnership agreements in hand, our teams left with a challenge for the week.

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:

1.Keep track of all your foods this week on your program journal...bring your journal back into the clinic Tuesday and recieve a ticket in the drawing.
2. Take your measurements this week! (you'll be glad you did!) this will get you a second ticket in the drawing!

I LOVE the Team Challenge...I LOVE what the Team Challenge does for you! I look forward to seeing you all Tuesday for an outstanding weigh in!

Always encouraging you,
Letha