What Do You Believe?

"Not One Stinkin' Piece"...I heard that over and over and over yesterday at the Team Challenge! Most of our clients made the decision to avoid Easter candy all together and it paid off. It was an exciting day to watch our clients drop 260.4 pounds the week of Easter!! We've had two weigh in's and have already lost over 1000 pounds! Good times!!!

Team 'Road Hogs' won the gas cans AND Nancy's Cooking Class with the top weight loss % for the day! 3.46% was lost by Ken and Jen on this amazing Road Trip! Congratulations to one of our family teams...father and daughter!

At 6:00 our anniversary couple, John and Karen, celebrated by taking the win for the evening group with a 2.03 %. Team 'Weighed To Be Wild" looked dashing as they carried off their gas can!! Congratulations you guys...on the win and the two years!

We are so blessed to have the support and teaching of our resident "Martha Stewart," Nancy. Thanks Nanc, for once again giving of your time and finances to support and encourage our teams with your donation of the cooking class. Ken and Jen are in for a treat!

We also had a surprise from Glenda with a new segment for this Team Challenge..."Glenda's Road Trip Tips." Two of our lucky participants won a BIG bottle of wiper fluid to keep the windshield clean as they head down the road...thanks Glenda! :-)

I shared some powerful statistics yesterday at our Team Challenge; the probability of each one of us being born at this precise time and place in history! The probability of any of us being born exactly as we are in this time and place is so unlikely that our very existence verges on the miraculous! As we looked at the miracle of our existence it lead to the all important question...What do you believe about yourself? What you believe about yourself has EVERYTHING to do with you reaching your goal weight and more importantly, keeping it off.

The question to ponder this week as we look at our beliefs closer is "What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life!?" My hope is that looking at the miracle of your existence this week will take the focus off food and put it on the marvelous purpose for your life! A great life is not something you experience...it's something you create!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Listen to week #2 of the CD series and do the homework in personal control guide "Change Your Thinking~Change Your Life" and bring it back next Tuesday.

BONUS CHALLENGE:
Post a comment on Face book about the belief you have in yourself to reach your goal and stay there for life!

It was an easy week for me to talk about the marvel that you all are! I am reminded daily as I watch you interact and support each other. You are a talented, fun, powerful group of people. I'm so glad to be on this Road Trip with you!

Until next week,
Always encouraging you,
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 04/26/11

8.0 Road Hogs

7.7 Family Thighs

6.6 Slightly Waisted Again

6.3 Pretty Little Losers

5.4 Driver’s License Redemption

5.0 The Muffin Stuffers

5.0 It’s a Lose/Win Situation

5.0 Ample Assets

4.9 Tussle and Bustle

4.9 Packing Light-er

4.8 Tank Tops & Flip Flops By Summer

4.8 Road Killers

4.8 Big Bottom Berthas to Bikini Bottom Betties

4.4 Weighed To Be Wild

4.4 Lose The Fattitude

4.3 The Weigh We Were

4.3 The J Team

4.2 Gut Busters

3.9 Going For Goal!

3.8 Team Twins

3.7 The Costco Girls

3.7 Ja Ma Slim

3.7 Double Trouble

3.7 Blast Off

3.6 Sheddin’ For The Weddin’

3.4 Cruisin’ 4 A Losin’

3.4 “Are We There Yet?”

3.3 Round Two

3.3 Hip-Less Chicks

3.0 Vanishing Buns

3.0 Butt Buster

2.8 Lightin-Up

2.8 Fit Happens

2.7 Team Caboob

2.7 Once & For All

2.7 Hefty To Healthy Hamsta’s

2.7 Cuz We Can

2.6 We Auto Win

2.6 Purple Pound Pulverizes

2.5 Team One-Eighty

2.5 Heavy Equipment

2.5 Butt, Back, and Beyond

2.5 36/26/36

2.4 Brother’s Slim

2.3 Move On Down The Road

2.3 Freedom Bound

2.2 On The Road Again

2.2 Grin & Lose It

2.1 Walk Away From The Cupcake

2.1 Slimsational

2.0 Goal Keepers

1.9 Shrinking V’s

1.8 Under Construction

1.8 Thintastic

1.7 Waist Management

1.7 Thorkelthins

1.7 Bumm’s Away

1.4 All In

1.2 Team Weight Loss

1.1 We’ve Lost Our Weigh

1.1 Lose The Caboose

1.0 Double D’s

.9 Return of Forced Family Fun

.9 Lone Wolf

.7 Dangerous Curves

.6 Braveheart

.6 American Pride!!

.5 Shrinking Spare Tire

.4 Poppin’ Hot Skinny Poppers

Looky Looky!

We are on the ROAD TRIP of a life time! I can already tell that this group is not going to miss out on any magnificent experience in these next weeks to come! Between Noon and Six, our two groups lost 823.1 pounds this week! That beats a first week record by 28 pounds!

I challenged our groups to "looky looky"...keep alert, notice all the opportunities around them and reach for their full potential in these weeks to come! I have a strong feeling that they are going to do just that!

At Noon team 'Family Thighs' took the first win of the Spring Team Challenge with a 5.02 % of weight loss. This Mom and Son team were excited to take home the "GAS CANS" for the week and the $100! Congratulations Carolyn and Stan! Together they lost close to 25 pounds this week!

Our 6PM group sped down the road with 595.5 pounds lost this week! Team 'Slightly Waisted Again' won with a 5.56% of weight loss! Congratulations to Rosie and Veleta! They represent another family group at our Team Challenge; Aunt and niece! I love seeing family get healthy together!

A special thank you to Glenda Bigalky and Barry Brandenburg for sponsoring our Challenge this week! Winning Teams went home with $100 each thanks to Glenda and Barry's support!

I reminded our team mates that losing weight and keeping it off for life requires a change in thinking! The thinking that got them this far...won't take them further down the road! All the Challenge participants received my CD series this week! The messages on the 6 week series will be life changing for everyone who participates. Which brings me to our challenge of the week.

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Listen to lesson #1 on the CD's, then do the "homework" in the first personal control guide! Bring it back into The Healthy Weigh next week to be entered into a drawing!
A BONUS CHALLENGE:
Decide and commit to fore go any Easter candy! "NOT ONE STINKIN PIECE" is the phrase we'll look forward to hearing next week when you come into the challenge and have accomplished that task!

To our friends up North...We invite you to join us in every challenge! The USA beat you out this week with a % of 2.8, while you all lost 1.4% but the start you all had was great! We love knowing that you are committed to this great ROAD TRIP with us! Keep up the great work and be encouraged that we are with you every mile of the trip!

You're on the road again my friends! It's a new week and we've got a new destination to look forward to! Have a powerful week saying yes to the good and no to the bad! This ROAD TRIP is going to take you places you've only dreamed about!

Always encouraging you.

Letha

Team Weight Loss Challenge Standings as of 04/19/11

5.6 Slightly Waisted Again

5.0 Pretty Little Losers

5.0 Family Thighs

4.7 Tank Tops & Flip Flops By Summer

4.7 Road Hogs

4.4 Driver’s License Redemption

4.2 Tussle and Bustle

4.0 Packing Light-er

3.8 Road Killers

3.7 It’s a Lose/Win Situation

3.6 Sheddin’ For The Weddin’

3.4 Big Bottom Berthas to Bikini Bottom Betties

3.4 Ample Assets

3.2 The Muffin Stuffers

3.2 Lose The Fattitude

3.1 Vanishing Buns

3.1 The Weigh We Were

2.9 The J Team

2.9 Team Twins

2.7 Ja Ma Slim

2.6 Double Trouble

2.6 Blast Off

2.5 Gut Busters

2.5 “Are We There Yet?”

2.4 Weighed To Be Wild

2.4 Team One-Eighty

2.3 Going For Goal!

2.3 Fit Happens

2.3 Cruisin’ 4 A Losin’

2.3 Butt, Back, and Beyond

2.2 Round Two

2.2 Hefty To Healthy Hamsta’s

2.0 We’ve Lost Our Weigh

2.0 The Costco Girls

2.0 Hip-Less Chicks

2.0 Goal Keepers

1.9 Slimsational

1.9 Heavy Equipment

1.8 Once & For All

1.7 We Auto Win

1.7 Walk Away From The Cupcake

1.7 Thorkelthins

1.7 Return of Forced Family Fun

1.7 Butt Buster

1.6 Waist Management

1.5 Thintastic

1.5 On The Road Again

1.5 Move On Down The Road

1.5 Cuz We Can

1.4 Purple Pound Pulverizes

1.3 Team Caboob

1.2 Team Weight Loss

1.2 Lone Wolf

1.1 Grin & Lose It

1.0 Double D’s

.9 Lightin-Up

.8 Lose The Caboose

.8 Freedom Bound

.7 Under Construction

.7 Poppin’ Hot Skinny Poppers

.7 Dangerous Curves

.6 36/26/36

.5 Shrinking V’s

.5 Shrinking Spare Tire

.5 Braveheart

.4 Bumm’s Away

.1 All In

-.3 American Pride!!

ROAD TRIP!

We unveiled our Spring Team Challenge theme yesterday in our new space as 70 teams weighed in to begin a 10 week journey. "ROAD TRIP!" Who doesn't love to go on a road trip? We're leaving yesterday behind, setting our GPS for a new destination, and hittin' the road!

At Noon and Six our teams showed up in style for their before pictures and their first weigh in! It was great to see our returning clients and exciting to meet all our new ones! I challenged our Team Challenge veterans to not only look for the unexpected on this road trip but to support and encouraged our new travelers as well. To our first time participants, I challenged them to fully engage in this amazing program! "All in," that's what I heard them say!!

I was excited to announce our first ever International Competition! We will be competing with our friends up North in Canada! Glenda's family, 'Team Canada...Northern Lites,' are on this Road Trip with us! At the end of this 10 weeks, the country with the greatest % of weight loss will be put in a drawing for $100 visa gift card! They have joined us on face book too! This is going to be fun!!!

Each week of this Road Trip I will be challenging our participants with an exercise to help make permanent changes! As this Road Trip begins...there's only one thing to do.

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:

Map Out Your Road Trip!
1. How many pounds will you lose this Team Challenge?
2. How will you do that?
3. What do you want to see on this Road Trip?

Bring this 'road map' into The Healthy Weigh next Tuesday for a ticket in a drawing for a fabulous prize!

Speaking of drawings...Wow, we awarded an amazing prize last night! We challenged our clients to lose 4 pounds in between the last Team Challenge and this one. Every client who did that was entered into a drawing with the prize being "Healthy Weigh For Life!" Congratulations to Heather Rekucki!!! You worked hard and left last night with a priceless gift! So happy for you!

I invite all of you to join us on our Private Facebook page to support and encourage each other along this Road Trip! Search for me, Letha Brandenburg, request me as a friend, and I will invite you to become a member of our Spring Team Challenge page!

We are heading down the highway...looking for adventure and I'm sure we're going to find it! Who doesn't love a Road Trip???

See you next Tuesday!
Always encouraging you,
Letha