The White Team Rules!!

I can still see the faint marks of blue stars on my face this morning! The competition was stiff,the blue and white props were fun...Blue Team, you gave it a good shot! White Team...you did it! Congratulations for winning the weight loss challenge for the week! Pam M. from '8 is Enuff' was really excited as she received the $100 visa gift card for the white win!

We had outstanding weight loss this 7th week of the Freedom Team Challenge! A little competition and a whole lot of fun equal a positive outcome!

At Noon, team 'We Can Do It' did it! They won the weekly team win with a weight loss % of 1.96! Congratulations to Verna and Brenda! They will be attending Healthy Weigh University on a full ride scholarship!

Our teams at Six PM were all fired up and it showed by their weight loss. Team 'Old Dogs New Tricks' won the weekly challenge with a 3.72 % of weight loss for the week! Those two dogs lost 16 pounds together in one week! Congratulations Mike and Ralph, you looked terrific in the freedom jackets!

Our theme for the week was "Back to School". While children and teachers across the country are focusing on going back to school, The Healthy Weigh is too. As we near the end of this summer session, we are convinced that continued learning...year around school, is the key for permanent weight loss.

We announced our exciting Healthy Weigh University on Tuesday. This 4 week course is sure to inspire and teach to keep our Healthy Weigh students retaining and growing!
The other important announcement was the news of our Fall Team Challenge!
October 5th will be the start of our 6th Season of this outstanding Team Challenge! We are kicking it up a notch with three times and three prizes! First,second and third place will be rewarded this fall!

Our Freedom Team Challenge participants were given a "Back to School Special" to encourage them to sign up for Healthy Weigh University and The Fall Team Challenge!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Enroll in something at The Healthy Weigh! Take advantage of these specials before they expire August 31st!

We've got 140 pounds to go, to reach our all time record for weight loss at a Team Challenge! One week to go...we need everyone's help and everyone's weigh-in! We can do this if we work together!

Have a great last week...the teams are neck and neck for the win...can't wait to see what happens! Looking forward to the Grand Finale at 6PM next week!

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 08/24/10

12.5 OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS

12.4 BIG HINNIES

10.6 SHRINKY DINKS

10.4 PARTNERS IN FOCUS

9.8 WE CAN DO IT

9.5 THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMEN

8.9 TEAM SLIM & SLIMMER

7.6 LIDDLE MIDDLES

7.4 STRING BEAN JEANS

6.7 FREEDOM FIGHTERS

6.6 PUNCHING DOWN THE POUNDS

6.4 THINNER SINNERS

6.4 EAT TRIM GET SLIM

6.2 MOOTU CHOTU

5.6 WALK THIS WEIGH

5.3 NOW YOUR PANTS DROOP

5.1 MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE

5.0 HIP, HIPS, AWEIGH

5.0 CURVE-A-LICIOUS

4.9 LOVIN’ THE NUMBERS

4.9 FBI

4.7 LEGAL LOSERS

4.6 NO MORE MUFFIN TOP

4.4 SKINNY MINNIE WILL BE’S

4.3 HEALTHY WEIGH VIRGINS

4.2 FREEDOM, A STAR IS BORN

4.2 BECOMING BUTTERFLIES

4.1 DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT

3.9 SOCCER MOMS GONE THIN

3.5 I KNOW WHAT YOU WEIGHED LAST SUMMER

3.3 FIT HAPPENS

3.3 FAMILY THIGHS

3.2 TWISTED SISTERS

2.8 K & J ALL THE WAY

2.7 BEGIN WITHIN

2.6 BLUBBER BUSTERS

2.4 FROSTED FLAKES

1.9 LOSING IT

1.9 FIFTY AND FEROCIOUS

1.9 DIET DIVAS

1.9 8 IS ENUFF

1.7 NEW ATTIDUDETTES

1.7 MOTIVATED MAIDENS

.6 ROCKIN’ RN’s

.3 BEST FRIENDS

Team Challenge Standings as of 08/17/10

9.3 BIG HINNIES

9.1 OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS

8.9 SHRINKY DINKS

8.6 PARTNERS IN FOCUS

7.9 WE CAN DO IT

7.7 TEAM SLIM & SLIMMER

7.5 THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMEN

6.8 PUNCHING DOWN THE POUNDS

6.5 LIDDLE MIDDLES

6.4 FREEDOM FIGHTERS

6.4 EAT TRIM GET SLIM

6.3 MOOTU CHOTU

5.9 STRING BEAN JEANS

5.7 THINNER SINNERS

5.6 WALK THIS WEIGH

5.1 MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE

5.0 CURVE-A-LICIOUS

4.9 FBI

4.5 NOW YOUR PANTS DROOP

4.4 SKINNY MINNIE WILL BE’S

4.3 LEGAL LOSERS

4.3 HEALTHY WEIGH VIRGINS

4.2 FREEDOM, A STAR IS BORN

4.0 HIP, HIPS, AWEIGH

3.9 NO MORE MUFFIN TOP

3.9 LOVIN’ THE NUMBERS

3.6 DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT

3.5 I KNOW WHAT YOU WEIGHED LAST SUMMER

3.3 FAMILY THIGHS

3.0 TWISTED SISTERS

3.0 SOCCER MOMS GONE THIN

3.0 BECOMING BUTTERFLIES

2.7 MOTIVATED MAIDENS

2.5 FIT HAPPENS

2.4 K & J ALL THE WAY

2.4 FIFTY AND FEROCIOUS

2.3 BLUBBER BUSTERS

2.1 FROSTED FLAKES

1.8 BEGIN WITHIN

1.8 8 IS ENUFF

1.5 LOSING IT

1.5 DIET DIVAS

.8 NEW ATTIDUDETTES

.6 ROCKIN’ RN’s

.3 BEST FRIENDS

Blue and White Fight Fight!

Who fight? We Fight, Blue and White Fight Fight! GAME ON!

Oh, we had fun and sweet fellowship at our picnic alright, but things turned a little competitive when we broke up in to teams to have a weight loss contest this week! The White Team, headed up by Glenda, got more than any of us expected! She surprised us all with costumes and cheers to fire up team 'White'. Here's her cheer for those of you who missed it!

White White we're a team
Focused on getting lean.

Freedom is our victory cry
We will never question why!

White White we will choose
Change our beliefs and we will lose.

In the drawing our names will go
We will reap what we did sew.

Blue Blue we do love you
But you will need to follow through.

Focus harder you must do
Pounds you lose may be too few.

To beat the team that is pure white
Cause we believe our future's bright.

Go White! Go White!
We can do it, yes we can
Glenda is our biggest fan!

OK...so that was cute, but the BLUE TEAM ROCKS! We are a bunch of LOSERS! And we are going to kick it up like real teams do and drop a bunch a weight this week to be in that drawing for a $100 visa gift card!

Besides breaking in to teams and having a little fun at our picnic we had some winners for the week!
Team 'Liddle Middles' took the win for the day with 1.81% of weight loss for the week! Congratulations to Rhonda and Vicki! They received the prize for the week...$100, Donated by a very special client who remains anonymous!"efgaresto"

At six team 'Slim and Slimmer' took home the jackets with a 1.35% for the week! Ted and Karla, you guys look great!
We had some great prizes donated by Linda from '8 is Enuff' and Carla from the 'Freedom Fighters'! Thanks to you both for supporting a encouraging this group!

As we look to the last two weeks of this Freedom Team Challenge, we've got 271 pounds to go to break the Team Challenge record! I know that with this little competition this week, we'll take care of half of those pounds!

Blue team...I am believing in you! We can rock the white team's world by having the best week we've had so far! How 'bout it? Are you with me? (don't tell the white team, but let's ALL show up wearing blue next week!) We'll look great as we stand to win our prize!

Let's have a blast this week with a little friendly competition! Blue or White, who's it going to be? See the team list below to make sure you know who you're working for this week!

Until next week,(blue team all dressed up in blue)
Always encouraging you,
Letha (GO BLUE!)



BLUE TEAM ~ LETHA

A STAR IS BORN
BECOMING BUTTERFLIES
BEGIN WITHIN
BEST FRIENDS
BIG HINNIES
BLUBBER BUSTERS
CURVE-A-LICIOUS
DIET DIVAS
DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT
EAT TRIM GET SLIM
FAMILY THIGHS
FBI
FIFTY AND FEROCIOUS
FIT HAPPENS
FREEDOM FIGHTERS
FROSTED FLAKES
HEALTHY WEIGH VIRGINS
HIP, HIPS, AWEIGH
I KNOW WHAT YOU WEIGHED
lAST SUMMER
INCREDIBLE SHRINKING
WOMEN
LIDDLE MIDDLES
LOSING IT
ROCKIN’ RN’s


WHITE TEAM~ GLENDA

K & J ALL THE WAY
LEGAL LOSERS
LOVIN’ THE NUMBERS
MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE
MOOTU CHOTU
MOTIVATED MAIDENS
NEW ATTIDUDETTES
NO MORE MUFFIN TOP
NOW YOUR PANTS DROOP
OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS
PARTNERS IN FOCUS
PUNCHING DOWN THE
POUNDS
SHRINKY DINKS
SKINNY MINNIE WILL BE’S
SOCCER MOMS GONE THIN
SLIM & SLIMMER
STRING BEAN JEANS
THINNER SINNERS
TWISTED SISTERS
WALK THIS WEIGH
WE CAN DO IT
8 IS ENUFF

(GO BLUE)

What Do You Believe...

...a very important question to ask yourself! That's what we focused on at our 5th week of this FREEDOM Team Challenge! What you believe has EVERYTHING to do with you keeping your weight off for life!

Our teams showed up today in a big way! We had costumes and look a likes that brought fun and laughter! Team work was demonstrated visually this week!

At Noon, we were happy to announce the winners of the day...team 'Punching down the Pounds.' Crystal and Krista really looked the part today! Congratulations for your 2.09% of weight loss for the week. You were the champions of the day, I guess the song worked! They helped the day time group lose 45.3 more pounds!

At Six "The Incredible Shrinking Women" did just that! Lani and Cathy's hard worked paid off this week. They had a 1.73% of weight loss. With pink boa's in hand, they took home the FREEDOM jackets and the prize for the week. 52.4 pounds were shed at six! Good job teams!

Thank you to teams 'Drop it Like it's Hot' and 'I Know What You Weighed Last Summer' for sponsoring this week's winners. The insulated lunch bags were a hit! Linda from team '8 is Enuff' donated beautiful gifts for our drawing this week too! Because we focused on Teams...when your name was drawn, your team mate won too! Thanks Linda, your support makes a difference.

With all the fun at the Team Challenge, there's always a little serious! And we had our share of that this week as we focused on belief systems. Our actions always follow our beliefs. They key to permanent weight loss is not to act different, but to believe different! What do you believe?

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
To identify two or more beliefs that have kept you from losing your weight or keeping it off. Bring those back to the clinic next week to be entered in the drawing!

Next week we're going to have some fun with our summer picnic. We're serving lunch at noon and dinner at six. We look forward to sharing a meal with you and having some time to socialize a bit!

We lost 97.7 pounds this week and have 342 pounds to go to break the Team Challenge record that is still held by our very first Team Challenge group! We've got three weigh ins left...that's 114 pounds each week...do your part this week to beat this record!

Have a great week, rewarding yourself, and identifying your beliefs.
See you next Tuesday.

Always encouraging you.
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 08/10/10

9.6 BIG HINNIES

8.0 PARTNERS IN FOCUS

7.99 SHRINKY DINKS

7.5 OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS

7.1 WE CAN DO IT

6.6 THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMEN

6.4 TEAM SLIM & SLIMMER

6.3 FREEDOM FIGHTERS

5.7 MOOTU CHOTU

5.4 WALK THIS WEIGH

5.4 STRING BEAN JEANS

5.2 PUNCHING DOWN THE POUNDS

5.1 EAT TRIM GET SLIM

5.0 CURVE-A-LICIOUS

4.9 NOW YOUR PANTS DROOP

4.8 THINNER SINNERS

4.8 HEALTHY WEIGH VIRGINS

4.7 LIDDLE MIDDLES

4.6 FBI

4.4 MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE

4.2 NO MORE MUFFIN TOP

4.0 LEGAL LOSERS

3.9 LOVIN’ THE NUMBERS

3.9 I KNOW WHAT YOU WEIGHED LAST SUMMER

3.8 FAMILY THIGHS

3.4 SKINNY MINNIE WILL BE’S

3.4 DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT

3.2 HIP, HIPS, AWEIGH

2.8 FREEDOM, A STAR IS BORN

2.7 BECOMING BUTTERFLIES

2.6 MOTIVATED MAIDENS

2.6 FIT HAPPENS

2.5 BLUBBER BUSTERS

2.4 TWISTED SISTERS

2.0 LOSING IT

2.0 FIFTY AND FEROCIOUS

1.9 SOCCER MOMS GONE THIN

1.8 BEGIN WITHIN

1.8 8 IS ENUFF

1.6 FROSTED FLAKES

1.5 DIET DIVAS

1.4 NEW ATTIDUDETTES

1.1 K & J ALL THE WAY

.6 ROCKIN’ RN’s

.6 BEST FRIENDS

Team Challenge Standings as of 08/03/10

8.5 BIG HINNIES

7.0 SHRINKY DINKS

6.9 OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS

6.5 PARTNERS IN FOCUS

6.0 FREEDOM FIGHTERS

5.4 WALK THIS WEIGH

5.1 WE CAN DO IT

5.1 TEAM SLIM & SLIMMER

5.1 LIDDLE MIDDLES

4.9 THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMEN

4.7 EAT TRIM GET SLIM

4.7 CURVE-A-LICIOUS

4.6 NOW YOUR PANTS DROOP

4.5 STRING BEAN JEANS

4.3 FAMILY THIGHS

4.1 MOOTU CHOTU

4.0 FBI

3.9 I KNOW WHAT YOU WEIGHED LAST SUMMER

3.7 MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE

3.7 LEGAL LOSERS

3.6 THINNER SINNERS

3.6 DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT

3.5 NO MORE MUFFIN TOP

3.4 SKINNY MINNIE WILL BE’S

3.2 HEALTHY WEIGH VIRGINS

3.1 PUNCHING DOWN THE POUNDS

2.8 LOSING IT

2.8 FREEDOM, A STAR IS BORN

2.7 HIP, HIPS, AWEIGH

2.6 SOCCER MOMS GONE THIN

2.6 LOVIN’ THE NUMBERS

2.6 BLUBBER BUSTERS

2.3 TWISTED SISTERS

2.1 CROWNS OF FLAVOR

2.0 FIFTY AND FEROCIOUS

1.8 BEGIN WITHIN

1.7 BEST FRIENDS

1.6 FIT HAPPENS

1.6 BECOMING BUTTERFLIES

1.5 FROSTED FLAKES

1.3 8 IS ENUFF

0.9 K & J ALL THE WAY

0.7 NEW ATTIDUDETTES

+ 0.3 DIET DIVAS

Rewards aren't just for Children!

We dealt with pain last week...it was time to move on to the good stuff, pleasure. Everything we do , we do out of our need to avoid pain or seek pleasure. The lesson was taught with passion Tuesday as I shared the importance of rewarding ourselves for new behavior! Ah ha moments were shared and I'm trusting that I was convincing with my lesson for the week! Rewarding new behavior changes things and change is what we're after!

At noon we announced team 'Crowns of Flavor' taking the win with a 1.79 % of weight loss for the week. Marian and Kathy were surprised and excited as they received the jackets for the day! 67.1 pounds were lost by the noon time teams. It was a great weigh in! With Chow Time and prizes given away for linking pain to our old behavior... our teams left satisfied.

At Six, we put the jackets on an oh so familiar team. 'Big Hinnes' took the win for the third week in a row! It was a special win this week for Ron and Tammy, Tammy was celebrating her birthday with us! Congratulations you guys, and Happy Birthday Tammy! They won for the day with a weight loss % of 1.85. That puts them in first place for the Team Challenge! Who's going to try to beat them this week? 43.6 more pounds were dropped off at Six!

As we enter week # 5 of this Summer Team Challenge, I'm excited to think that clients are getting it! The importance of not only following this great nutritional plan, but changing their beliefs as well. That is where permanent weight loss happens.

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:

Plan rewards for weight loss goals and for behavioral goals. Come in next week with a list of rewards relating to your accomplishments.

Glenda was inspired to offer up another challenge for next weeks Team Challenge weigh in..."Show up looking like your partner!" Kick it up a notch with your partner this week...call them, text them, take a walk together...offer the kind of support that makes a difference!...and then show up next week looking like partners! You'll get an extra ticket in the drawing for this one!

It was a good week at the Team Challenge...I'm hoping it continues for you until I see you again.

Always encouraging you,
Letha