Team Challenge Standings as of 11/30/10

15.9 The Melt-A-Ways

14.9 Team One Eighty

14.4 Kickin’ It With Kankles

12.2 The Lovable Curmudgeon & His Redneck Betty

11.2 Team Gazelle

10.4 Thin It To Win It

10.2 Because I Said So…

9.6 Incredible Shrinking Women Shrinking

9.0 Tom Kat

9.0 The Last Hurrah

8.9 Forced Family Fun

8.5 Nursing Back To Health

8.4 The Winning Losers

8.3 Bad Genes ~ Further Evidence

8.0 In It To Win It

7.7 Hot Chics By Christmas

7.0 Thin City

6.6 Bringin’ Sexy Back

6.5 String Bean Jeans

6.5 Shrinking Sisters

6.3 Weight Away

6.1 Dizzy Divas

5.8 Fit & Fabulous

5.7 Guns & Roses

5.5 All Is Not Lost

5.2 Oink-No-More

5.1 The Transforming Beauties

5.1 Pigs Can Fly

5.0 Gutless Wonder

4.8 And They Lived Thin Ever After

4.8 - Pounds + Years = Full Life

4.7 Almost There

4.3 Mowtoo Choto

4.1 Hip, Hips A Weigh

3.7 Itsy Bitsy Buttsy

3.4 Smok’n Hot Champion Chunkers

2.7 Cereal Killers

2.5 Hot For The Holidays

2.5 Family Thighs

1.2 50 & Ferocious

1.0 Return of The Shrinking Violets

-.5 Thompthins

Team Challenge Standings as of 11/23/10

14.3 The Melt-A-Ways

13.0 Team One Eighty

12.6 Kickin’ It With Kankles

10.4 Team Gazelle

10.2 The Lovable Curmudgeon & His Redneck Betty

9.6 Because I Said So…

9.5 Thin It To Win It

9.3 Forced Family Fun

8.6 Nursing Back To Health

8.5 The Last Hurrah

8.3 Incredible Shrinking Women Shrinking

8.2 Tom Kat

8.0 Hot Chics By Christmas

7.8 In It To Win It

7.5 The Winning Losers

7.4 Bad Genes ~ Further Evidence

6.4 Fit & Fabulous

6.3 Weight Away

6.2 Shrinking Sisters

6.1 Old Dogs New Tricks

6.1 Bringin’ Sexy Back

6.0 Dizzy Divas

5.6 String Bean Jeans

5.6 And They Lived Thin Ever After

5.6 All Is Not Lost

5.5 Thin City

5.3 Oink-No-More

5.3 Guns & Roses

5.1 The Transforming Beauties

5.1 Pigs Can Fly

4.8 - Pounds + Years = Full Life

4.5 Gutless Wonder

4.4 Almost There

4.3 Mowtoo Choto

4.1 Hip, Hips A Weigh

4.1 Cereal Killers

3.7 Smok’n Hot Champion Chunkers

3.2 Itsy Bitsy Buttsy

2.7 Return of The Shrinking Violets

2.6 Hot For The Holidays

2.5 Family Thighs

1.8 50 & Ferocious

1.1 Thompthins

GREEN or RED?... let the festivites begin!

We braved the cold this week at the Team Challenge and had an outstanding week of weight loss! 100.5 pounds were lost by our attending teams this week! (I've heard you burn more calories when you're cold) With only 152 pounds left to go with two weigh-in's...I BELIEVE we're going to have a record breaking challenge!

If you missed Tuesday, you missed a good one! We divided into two teams GREEN and RED! The competition heats up as the Team Challenge heads into week # 9! I am proud to say that I am the captain of the GREEN team! I thought I was doing pretty well dressed like an elf, sporting my GREEN heart, and passing out hearts to all my team, when Glenda reared her competitive head! Being the captain of the RED team she showed up at the end of the challenge in style! RED was obvious when she bounded through the door with a Santa costume on! She one upped me again by giving her team presents! I actually had some GREEN team mates that wanted to trade teams!
Here's the thing...we ALL know that the elves are the ones that do all the work! Santa comes out looking pretty good when he shows in his pretty RED suit handing out gifts...but the GREEN clad elves are doers! I'm counting on that!

Here's how the GREEN and RED competition works:
You got a ticket for your team just for showing up yesterday.
You get a ticket for your team for coming into the clinic for "The Day After Thanksgiving Day Scale" 5 to 8 AM!
You get a ticket for attending the Team Challenge next Tuesday.
You get a ticket for weight loss next Tuesday!

The team with the most tickets in their bucket wins, and we draw for one winner...a $100 visa gift card!

At The Healthy Weigh, we are committed to keeping you focused on your goal. We are convinced that as long as your inspiration and your accountability stays in tact, you will be successful!

We introduced the ELF special to make sure that happens!

CHRISTMAS VACATION is our bridge between this Team Challenge and the next! It is going to be a fun, yet inspirational 4 weeks. From Nancy's entertaining ideas, to toasting the new year with you, we will be holding you accountable from December 14th through January 4th. This 4 week special will be at noon to one and six to seven...come and go betwen those times, to weigh in and receive community support! This 4 weeks special also includes weekday emails from me to you!

THE WINTER TEAM CHALLENGE begins again January 11th. We hope that most of you will be participating in yet another successful challenge! We'll have two times, noon and 6 PM for you to choose from.
Next Tuesday, November 30th is the last day you can receive the great discount for these two programs.

Christmas Vacation $100
Winter Team Challenge $260 (regular price $300)
Both of these together $350

We hope that you will take advantage of these savings and more importantly commit in advance to your continued success!

Along with all the fun, we had some big winners for the day!
At noon team 'Thin it to Win it' took the win with 2.27% for the week! Congrats Christie and Amy...you guys are so GREEN!
At Five, Gail and Alyssa, team 'Kickin' it with Kankles' took the win with 1.73 %. Another GREEN team I might add!!
And at Six, team 'TomKat' showed up for the GREEN team again, with a 1.27% loss for the week! Tom and Kathy, you guys are looking great!

We talked about our plans for Thanksgiving and it seems the teams are ready! With the last week of No Cave November, we've got some serious competitors.

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: Sign up for the Elf Special!
I'll post the teams below so that you can make sure you are sporting your colors next week!

With all the fun and the competition...this week I am truly grateful for you and give thanks for the opportunity I have to be involved with such great people.
With Love from my family to yours this Thanksgiving.
Letha

RED TEAM
All Is Not Lost

Almost There

And They Lived Thin Ever After

Bringin’ Sexy Back

Dizzy Divas

Fit & Fabulous

Guns & Roses

Gutless Wonder

Hip, Hips A Weigh

Hot Chics By Christmas

Hot For The Holidays

In It To Win It

ISW Shrinking

- Pounds + Years = Full Life

Nursing Back To Health

Team Gazelle

Team One Eighty

The Last Hurrah

The Lovable Curmudgeon & His
Redneck Betty

The Transforming Beauties

50 & Ferocious


GREEN TEAM
Bad Genes ~ Further Evidence

Because I Said So…

Cereal Killers

Family Thighs

Forced Family Fun

Itsy Bitsy Buttsy

Kickin’ It With Kankles

Mowtoo Choto

Oink-No-More

Old Dogs New Tricks

Pigs Can Fly

Return of The Shrinking Violets

Shrinking Sisters

Smok’n Hot Champion Chunkers

String Bean Jeans

The Melt-A-Ways

The Winning Losers

Thin City

Thin It To Win It

Thompthins

Tom Kat

Weight Away

The Power of Words!

Week # 7 of this Fall Team Challenge was all about words! As our teams press on into the last 3 weeks of this Team Challenge I challenged them to look at the words they speak not only to others but to themselves. Words dictate how we think and since thoughts determine our actions, there's a powerful connection between the words we speak and the results we get.

Poorly chosen words can kill enthusiasm, impact self esteem, lower expectations and hold people back. Well chosen words can motivate, offer hope, create vision, impact thinking and alter results! Our clients are looking for altered results!

A tradition that we've had for years at The Healthy Weigh, is to choose a word for the year. A word to meditate on, study and master. Our words were posted on the wall this week for all of our Team Challenge participants to begin to look at and choose.

At Noon, team 'Forced Family Fun' took the win for the day with a 2.07 % weight loss! Phyllis and Katelynn aren't strangers to wearing the winners banner! Congratulations again on the win and for receiving the prize for the week, an over night stay and Hotel Monaco in down town Portland! Our two top teams of this Team Challenge both weigh in at noon. You can feel the excitement in the air!

Team 'The Last Hurrah' won the honors at the 5 pm weigh-in. Becky and Cathy were pleased to walk away with the win with a 1.49% of weight loss for the week! Congratulations you two! Our 5:00 group lost the most weight this week with 30.3 pounds total. We are left with 252 pounds to lose in the next 3 weeks to beat the all time Team Challenge record! I think we're going to do it!

And last but not least...our 6:30 group! Team 'The lovable Curmudgeon and His Redneck Betty' took the win for the second time with a 1.65% for the week! Jeff and Jessie, you two are lookin' great! Jeff, I'm counting on you to help us with some of those 252 pounds! You believe we can do it...I believe with you!

Not only did we talk about the power of words today...but we kicked of our very own 'Day After Thanksgiving day SCALE.' Friday, November 26th, Glenda and I are going to be here at the clinic from 5 AM to 8 AM, weighing you in...giving out prizes every 30 minutes and just having fun! We hope you'll plan to join us and use this fun opportunity to hold yourself accountable for making healthy choices on Thanksgiving day.

Have I told you lately how much I love the Team Challenge? How much I love seeing you not only lose weight but experience a better life? How I love to watch the community support you give each other? Well, I LOVE IT!

Thanks to Craig Thompson of team 'Thompthins' and Manager of the Hotel Monaco, for his generous gift. Thanks to our team mates for all the donations that support this challenge. We wouldn't be successful without you!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: Be aware of your words! Choose them carefully. Not only the words you use towards each other...but also the words you use as you talk to yourself!

Until next week...(and you won't want to miss this one!)
Always encouraging you.
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 11/16/10

12.7 The Melt-A-Ways

12.1 Team One Eighty

11.0 Kickin’ It With Kankles

9.8 The Lovable Curmudgeon & His Redneck Betty

9.6 Because I Said So…

9.2 Team Gazelle

8.8 Forced Family Fun

8.0 Incredible Shrinking Women Shrinking

7.6 Hot Chics By Christmas

7.5 Nursing Back To Health

7.5 In It To Win It

7.4 Thin It To Win It

7.3 The Last Hurrah

7.1 Tom Kat

6.4 Thin City

6.4 Fit & Fabulous

6.3 The Winning Losers

6.1 Old Dogs New Tricks

6.0 Shrinking Sisters

5.8 Weight Away

5.6 Bringin’ Sexy Back

5.5 Guns & Roses

5.5 Dizzy Divas

5.4 Bad Genes ~ Further Evidence

5.4 All Is Not Lost

5.2 Oink-No-More

4.9 And They Lived Thin Ever After

4.7 String Bean Jeans

4.7 - Pounds + Years = Full Life

4.5 Gutless Wonder

4.4 Almost There

4.1 The Transforming Beauties

4.1 Hip, Hips A Weigh

3.9 Mowtoo Choto

3.7 Pigs Can Fly

3.3 Itsy Bitsy Buttsy

3.1 Smok’n Hot Champion Chunkers

2.6 Hot For The Holidays

2.5 Family Thighs

2.4 Cereal Killers

2.0 Return of The Shrinking Violets

1.9 Best Friends

1.7 50 & Ferocious

1.1 Thompthins

Team Challenge Standings as of 11/09/10

11.4 The Melt-A-Ways

10.6 Team One Eighty

9.9 Kickin’ It With Kankles

9.7 Because I Said So…

8.5 Team Gazelle

8.4 The Lovable Curmudgeon & His Redneck Betty

7.2 Hot Chics By Christmas

7.1 In It To Win It

7.0 Nursing Back To Health

6.9 Forced Family Fun

6.6 Bad Genes ~ Further Evidence

6.5 Thin It To Win It

6.4 Thin City

6.3 Tom Kat

6.2 Fit & Fabulous

6.1 Old Dogs New Tricks

6.0 Incredible Shrinking Women Shrinking

5.9 The Last Hurrah

5.6 Gut Less!

5.4 All Is Not Lost

5.2 Oink-No-More

5.2 Guns & Roses

5.1 Weight Away

5.1 The Winning Losers

5.1 Bringin’ Sexy Back

5.0 String Bean Jeans

5.0 Shrinking Sisters

4.9 The Transforming Beauties

4.9 Gutless Wonder

4.9 Dizzy Divas

4.7 And They Lived Thin Ever After

4.5 Almost There

4.1 - Pounds + Years = Full Life

4.0 Pigs Can Fly

4.0 Hip, Hips A Weigh

3.5 Smok’n Hot Champion Chunkers

3.4 Mowtoo Choto

2.8 Itsy Bitsy Buttsy

2.7 50 & Ferocious

2.6 Hot For The Holidays

2.6 Cereal Killers

2.0 Family Thighs

1.9 Return of The Shrinking Violets

1.9 Best Friends

1.1 Thompthins

The Buck Stops Here!

No Cave November is in full swing at The Healthy Weigh! Our teams lost a total of 132 pounds Tuesday to start out the November contest. It's exciting to see how many of our team mates are already past their 20 pound mark on this 6th week of the Team Challenge!

Noon held our winners for the day and our greatest weight loss of the day. Team 'String Bean Jeans' danced away with the win with a 2.03% of weight loss for the week! Sandra and Sherry were excited as they left the building with banners worn proudly and beautiful throws courtesy of one of our amazing clients.

At five our winners couldn't have been happier! Team 'All is Not Lost' shed a couple of tears as they were crowned winners for the week. Jan and Jill have been working VERY hard and it paid off this week with a 1.85% of weight loss! Congratulations you two. I'm so proud of you. Jill was excited to wear her banner proudly as she teaches math at Battleground High School this week! Go Tigers!

Our last group of the day was small but mighty! Team 'TomKat' took the evening win with a 1.14 % of weight loss. Tom and Kathy aren't going to have to fight over the best throw in the house...they each won one! Congratulations! I'm looking forward to hearing about Tom's 'banner pride' as he wears it all over town this week! :-)

We focused on a great life principle today..."The Buck Stops Here." I shared a truth statement from a life changing book, The Travelers Gift, by Andy Andrews.

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: has two parts...one, read the truth statement each day until next Tuesday(I posted it below so ALL could participate) and two, go out and buy the book.

I don't normally suggest a purchase to all my clients...but this book truly is a must have!

I'm excited for the weeks ahead, looking forward to your continued success and celebrating what you've already accomplished. Below you'll find your truth statement to read this week!

THE BUCK STOPS HERE
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.

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 11/02/10

9.9 The Melt-A-Ways

9.7 Because I Said So…

8.5 Kickin’ It With Kankles

8.1 The Lovable Curmudgeon & His Redneck Betty

7.4 Team One Eighty

7.3 Team Gazelle

6.6 Bad Genes ~ Further Evidence

6.4 Forced Family Fun

6.3 In It To Win It

6.1 Old Dogs New Tricks

6.0 Hot Chics By Christmas

5.7 Nursing Back To Health

5.6 Gut Less!

5.5 Thin It To Win It

5.3 Shrinking Sisters

5.2 Tom Kat

5.1 Weight Away

5.1 Fit & Fabulous

4.9 Incredible Shrinking Women Shrinking

4.9 Guns & Roses

4.9 Dizzy Divas

4.6 Thin City

4.6 Bringin’ Sexy Back

4.5 The Last Hurrah

4.5 Oink-No-More

4.2 Almost There

4.0 And They Lived Thin Ever After

3.9 The Winning Losers

3.7 The Transforming Beauties

3.7 Pigs Can Fly

3.6 Gutless Wonder

3.6 All Is Not Lost

3.5 Hip, Hips A Weigh

3.3 - Pounds + Years = Full Life

3.0 String Bean Jeans

2.9 Mowtoo Choto

2.7 Family Thighs

2.7 Cereal Killers

2.2 Smok’n Hot Champion Chunkers

2.2 50 & Ferocious

2.0 Hot For The Holidays

2.0 Aint No Misbehavin’

1.9 Best Friends

1.8 Itsy Bitsy Buttsy

1.7 Thompthins

1.7 Return of The Shrinking Violets

NO CAVE NOVEMBER!

You've all heard of "No Shave November?"...neither had I until my son went away to college! The things our tuition dollars buy!! :-) No Shave November has been celebrated for years all over the country. Young and old men alike, make a pact to go without shaving the whole month of November!
Why? Who knows!!

Well, I'm always looking for ways to inspire the clients participating in the Team Challenge...so I came up with our own version of "No Shave November"...it's called "NO CAVE NOVEMBER!" That's right...we're not going to cave in this November.No matter what you've done so far in the Team Challenge, you have an opportunity to hit it hard this month and step into December feeling amazed and proud of your accomplishments! We're not caving into society's unhealthy November eating habits. We're not caving into friends and family that sabotage us, we're not caving into discouragement, or frustration, or lack of motivation. Oh it's on "NO CAVE NOVEMBER!!"
Why? Because we are a community of people living our best lives right now, today. We will use any opportunity to make the right choice and be healthy! That's why!

Every Client who weighed in yesterday received a NO CAVE NOVEMBER graph that will be used as a great visual to keep track of their weight loss for these next 5 Tuesdays in November. The exciting announcement was that the Team Challenge participant with the greatest % of weight loss during the month of November will receive the best prize of all...Healthy Weigh For Life!... as Glenda asked..."Is that worth playing for?" Oh yea!

Not only was Tuesday a day to kick off a new contest within a contest, but it was a day to focus on one of the great lessons of celebration, The Daffodil Principle.
The clinic was decorated like a daffodil garden and we heard the great story that inspired us 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, and 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 our world.

At Noon, We celebrate with our winning team 'Shrinking Sisters' with a weight loss % of 1.30 for the week! Congratulations Wendy and Krista. You girls are looking great!

Five O'clock brought more weight loss and more enthusiasm. Team 'Thin It To Win It' took the win with a 1.97 %. Christie was lovin' on her partner Amy after their team was announced!

Our 6:30 group hosted the top team of the day! Team 'Lovable Curmudgeon and his Redneck Betty' won for the week with a 2.11% of weight loss. Jeff and Jessie are going to look great sporting their winning banners to church on Sunday!

Our Teams were gifted this week thanks to two Team Challenge participants that donated money last week. Thanks to the love and support of these clients, all three teams won a prize this week!

I can't forget to talk about the outstanding effort of the "Not one stinkin' Piece" challenge! Not one piece of Halloween candy...that's what I'm talking about! Wow...GREAT job you guys! So many of you followed through and the 137 pound loss for the week proved that you did it!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THIS WEEK:
Plant those daffodil bulbs! Put those in the ground and look forward to spring when they rise up and say..."Congratulations on your weight loss."

Another fun and successful week of the Team Challenge is behind us...but NO CAVE NOVEMBER is ahead of us and it's going to be great! I'm looking forward to some great weight loss next week.
Until then, post comments on this blog, encourage each other, and we'll see you next week.

Always encouraging you,
Letha