Road Trippers Gone Wild!

Outrageous, over the top, crazy....that's us these next three weeks of this Road Trip! As our Road Trippers left the building yesterday and clicked their seat belts they declared "IT'S OVER!!! LIFE AS I'VE KNOWN IT FOR THE LAST 7 WEEKS IS OVER. I AM KICKING IT UP A BIG OLD NOTCH, I AM READY TO BE CRAZY, OUTRAGEOUS AND OVER THE TOP ABOUT MY ROAD TRIP, MY WEIGHT LOSS AND THE OUTCOME OF THIS TEAM CHALLENGE."

And yes...I was yelling! :-) Tuesday's Team Challenge was all about re-defining this road Trip. It was about taking a new road if necessary to have the outcome of this journey satisfy! We're talkin' I'm looking for some TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR!!!

We were encouraged and inspired by our friends from the North this week! Team 'Northern Lites,' we thank you for your loving support! Our Canadian friends sponsored not only the winning team of the week, but sent great prizes for our drawings as well! It's amazing how you can help change lives from such a distance!!! Thanks doesn't seem to cover it!

Speaking of winning team for the week...Team 'Waist Management' took the BIG prize this week donated by Northern Lites. The $200 gift certificate at Bonneville Hot Springs will be an awesome reward and celebration for Janette and Delann. Congratulations you two!

We had two teams with the greatest % of weight loss named winners of the week and receive the ever so coveted gas cans! At Noon, 'Team Twins' had a 2.39% of weight loss! Congratulations to Fredia and Karla! Your twins are going to be proud of you! :-)...and we are too! Fredia, thank you for the great donation of CYT tickets to Robin Hood, what a great gift!
At Six, team 'Going for Goal' won with a 1.72% of weight loss! Jackie and Sandra, I'm so proud of you guys! What a great team you've made!

Playing BINGO was fun this week too! Ginny, we thank you again for creating and inspiring even more change in all of us this week!

We have miles to travel in the next three weeks. I believe that they are going to be the greatest weeks we've seen so far at ANY Team Challenge. The key...no listening to "basement people"...only listen to the voice of truth. The key...believe that you can re-define this road you're on! The key...live bigger and better and more outrageous in the next three weeks than EVER!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Listen to week # 6 and do the homework provided!

MORE, MORE, MORE, that's what I'm looking for these last three weeks! Join us on the best part, the craziest part, the most outrageous part of this road trip!

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 05/24/11

12.9 Road Hogs

12.8 Pretty Little Losers

12.6 Family Thighs

10.3 Ja Ma Slim

10.1 Driver’s License Redemption

9.8 The Weigh We Were

9.6 It’s a Lose/Win Situation

9.1 Weighed To Be Wild

8.8 Ample Assets

8.2 Lose The Fattitude

8. 6 Team Twins

7.9 The J Team

7.8 Slightly Waisted Again

7.6 The Muffin Stuffers

7.5 Going For Goal!

7.5 Double Trouble

7.4 Packing Light-er

7.3 Round Two

7.2 Hefty To Healthy Hamsta’s

7.0 Vanishing Buns

6.9 Gut Busters

6.9 Blast Off

6.7 Tussle and Bustle

6.6 Big Bottom Berthas to Bikini Bottom Betties

6.6 36/26/36

6.4 Butt Buster

5.9 “Are We There Yet?”

5.6 Waist Management

5.4 Hip-Less Chicks

5.1 Freedom Bound

5.0 Brother’s Slim

4.9 Tank Tops & Flip Flops By Summer

4.7 Lightin-Up

4.7 Grin & Lose It

4.6 Once & For All

4.5 Thorkelthins

4.0 We Auto Win

4.0 Team Caboob

4.0 Move On Down The Road

4.0 Bumm’s Away

3.8 Purple Pound Pulverizes

3.5 Heavy Equipment

3.5 Cruisin’ 4 A Losin’

3.5 All In

3.2 Thintastic

3.0 Walk Away From The Cupcake

3.0 Team One-Eighty

2.9 We’ve Lost Our Weigh

2.9 The Costco Girls

2.6 Slimsational

2.5 Lose The Caboose

2.3 Return of Forced Family Fun

2.3 On The Road Again

2.2 Under Construction

2.2 Fit Happens

1.6 Goal Keepers

1.5 Braveheart

1.4 Shrinking Spare Tire

1.1 Butt, Back, and Beyond

.6 Poppin’ Hot Skinny Poppers

.5 American Pride!!

You Can Eat On The Road Too!

Tuesday was a fun day! We danced, we sang, we lost weight, we learned a little bit more about each other, we all got cool BINGO games and we entered into a one week competition with the Northern Lites! You can't miss a week of the Team Challenge without missing out on a lot of good stuff!

At Noon I saw some fine dancing to one of my most favorite songs, "I believe"! Thanks for the welcome home dance! It was good to come home and celebrate with you. We celebrated with our winning team for the week too. Team 'Road Hogs' took the win for the Noon group with a 1.76% of weight loss for the week! Ken and Jen, you are looking great! Congratulations on your second win of this Team Challenge!

At Six we had a special celebration as Rosie from team 'Slightly Waisted Again' reached her 100 pound mark! Rosie, it's been inspiring to watch your journey. Even with all you're facing right now, you continue to put one foot in front of the other and walk this road. Congratulations!
Team 'JaMa Slim' took the win for the evening and the win for the day with a weight loss % of 2.34! Congratulations Jim and Margie. Not only did you win the festive gas cans, but you won $200 of bark dust courtesy of our Sponsor for the week, Steve and Bob from team 'Freedom Bound' and City Bark LLC! Let Glenda know when you'd like her to come and spread that bark for you...she's loves yard work! :-)

We focused our attention on eating out on the road this week! "Restaurant eating aint no big thing!" I'm sure after yesterday's lesson, our Team Challenge participants are ready to walk into any restaurant and order on program food with confidence! The Food you need is in the kitchen!!!

Ginny from team 'Once And For All' knew that one of the great things to do on a road trip, is play games! We're all going to be playing a little BINGO this week! You can either play a traditional BINGO with 5 across, diagonal or 5 down, to get one ticket in the bingo drawing, OR you can go for a black out and get three tickets for next weeks drawing! The winners will receive Gas Cards, courtesy of Ginny! What fun!

Team 'Northern Lites' came through this week with a special and motivating challenge for the week! Here's how it works! Our friends from the North are going to Sponsor next weeks win! EVERY team who has a weight loss % for the week , greater than the weight loss % of team 'Northern Lites', goes in a drawing for a $200 gift certificate at Bonneville Hot Springs! Wow...Thanks to our Canadian family, we are in some serious competition this week! EVERYONE has a chance to win this week! Will you be in that drawing?

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Listen to lesson # 5 on the CD series. Do your home work, and be prepared to tell me what your maintenance calories are next week!

And...PLAY BINGO!

There are 4 weeks to go on this Road Trip my friends...What if...you made these next 4 weeks the best weeks yet? June 14th you will step on the scale with no regrets!

Enjoy the sunshine this week, take really good care of yourselves, and live great!

Always encouraging you.
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 05/17/11

11.5 Road Hogs

11.4 Family Thighs

11.1 Pretty Little Losers

9.2 Driver’s License Redemption

9.0 Ja Ma Slim

9.0 It’s a Lose/Win Situation

8.6 The Weigh We Were

7.8 Weighed To Be Wild

7.7 The Muffin Stuffers

7.7 Ample Assets

7.6 Slightly Waisted Again

7.3 Lose The Fattitude

7.1 The J Team

6.8 Packing Light-er

6.6 Gut Busters

6.6 Double Trouble

6.4 Round Two

6.4 Blast Off

6.4 Big Bottom Berthas to Bikini Bottom Betties

6.3 Team Twins

6.1 Vanishing Buns

5.9 Tussle and Bustle

5.9 Going For Goal!

5.7 Hefty To Healthy Hamsta’s

5.7 Butt Buster

5.6 36/26/36

5.3 Hip-Less Chicks

5.1 Road Killers

5.0 Brother’s Slim

4.9 Tank Tops & Flip Flops By Summer

4.9 “Are We There Yet?”

4.3 Thorkelthins

4.3 Cuz We Can

4.1 Bumm’s Away

4.0 Waist Management

4.0 Lightin-Up

3.8 Grin & Lose It

3.6 Once & For All

3.4 Team Caboob

3.3 Cruisin’ 4 A Losin’

3.2 Team One-Eighty

3.2 Purple Pound Pulverizes

3.2 Freedom Bound

3.0 We Auto Win

3.0 Walk Away From The Cupcake

2.9 The Costco Girls

2.8 All In

2.7 Heavy Equipment

2.5 Lose The Caboose

2.4 Move On Down The Road

2.3 We’ve Lost Our Weigh

2.3 On The Road Again

2.3 Fit Happens

2.2 Under Construction

2.2 Goal Keepers

1.8 Thintastic

1.7 Return of Forced Family Fun

1.6 Shrinking V’s

1.4 Shrinking Spare Tire

1.3 Butt, Back, and Beyond

1.3 Braveheart

.4 Slimsational

.07 American Pride!!

.0 Lone Wolf

-.4Dangerous Curves

-.1 Poppin’ Hot Skinny Poppers

Team Challenge Standings as of 05/10/11

10.2 Family Thighs 9.9 Road Hogs

9.3 Pretty Little Losers

7.8 Driver’s License Redemption

7.6 It’s a Lose/Win Situation

7.3 Slightly Waisted Again

7.0 The Weigh We Were

6.8 Weighed To Be Wild

6.8 Ja Ma Slim

6.7 Tussle and Bustle

6.7 The Muffin Stuffers

6.7 Packing Light-er

6.6 The J Team

6.4 Ample Assets

6.1 Team Twins

6.1 Going For Goal!

6.1 Double Trouble

5.8 Lose The Fattitude

5.7 Gut Busters

5.6 Big Bottom Berthas to Bikini Bottom Betties

5.6 “Are We There Yet?”

5.4 Blast Off

5.3 Round Two

5.3 Butt Buster

5.1 Road Killers

5.0 Thorkelthins

5.0 Tank Tops & Flip Flops By Summer

4.9 Hefty To Healthy Hamsta’s

4.7 36/26/36

4.6 Brother’s Slim

4.4 Hip-Less Chicks

4.3 Cuz We Can

4.1 Vanishing Buns

3.9 Waist Management

3.8 The Costco Girls

3.8 Lightin-Up

3.7 Team Caboob

3.7 Once & For All

3.7 Grin & Lose It

3.6 Sheddin’ For The Weddin’

3.5 Purple Pound Pulverizes

3.3 Cruisin’ 4 A Losin’

3.0 Team One-Eighty

3.0 Freedom Bound

3.0 Bumm’s Away

2.8 Heavy Equipment

2.4 We’ve Lost Our Weigh

2.3 Move On Down The Road

2.2 Walk Away From The Cupcake

2.2 Goal Keepers

2.2 All In

2.1 Lose The Caboose

2.1 Fit Happens 1.8 We Auto Win 1.8 Thintastic 1.8 Braveheart 1.7 Butt, Back, and Beyond 1.6 Shrinking V’s 1.6 On The Road Again 1.5 Under Construction 1.2 Return of Forced Family Fun .9 Slimsational .7 Shrinking Spare Tire .7 Poppin’ Hot Skinny Poppers .2 Lone Wolf .04 American Pride!! -.4Dangerous Curves

You Will Go In The Direction You Are Looking!

The ROAD TRIP continues...this week on a motorcycle! With so many cycle riders in our Team Challenge, I thought it was important to learn a little bit about riding a hog! Sure enough, when I began to research motorcycle riding, I discovered a truth that I can't get away from...the most critical aspect of riding a cycle, is LOOKING AHEAD! You will ride, where you look! How many times have we heard that?...and how many areas of our life does that pertain to? Wow, it's kind of exciting to know that we keep running into the same truths...YOU WILL GO IN THE DIRECTION YOU ARE LOOKING!

At Noon team 'Pretty Little Losers' took the win with a 1.81 % of weight loss for the week. Sisters, Annie and Rianne, were pretty excited to take home the gas cans and the beautiful set of Rubbermaid! Congratulations you two. I'm so excited to watch your progress!

Our Six O'clock group heated up the place with some great weight loss for the week. Team 'Vanishing Buns' were surprised when their name was called for the win of the day! Scott and Gina won with a 1.85 % of weight loss. Thanks to our Sponsor for the week, Karen and Cindy from the old "Losers are the new Winners," both teams took home the prize!

We talked a bit Tuesday about the difference between unbelief and doubt.Unbelief says that you are rejecting the truth and you just don't buy it! Doubt says, I haven't seen enough, I'm scared, but I'm going to keep moving forward any way. That's FAITH! Doing the things you know to do, even when it's hard to see the outcome! When you're out for the adventure of changing your life, doubt will set in, but choosing to think rightly, taking action to keep motivation high and focusing on the things you can control will banish doubt and grow huge FAITH!

With 711 pounds left to lose in this Team Challenge to break all records, this group of people are going to have to rise up with all kinds of faith, follow the program intensely, and keep moving down the road!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Listen to lesson # 3 on the CD's, "What's in Your Back Pack~Controlling what you Can", do the homework, and bring it back next week!

Speaking of next week, I'm excited to announce that my Son, Bennett will be coming to offer a word of encouragement and motivation to you in my absence. He and Glenda have some fun things planned for you...you won't want to miss!

Journey on my friends, stay strong and banish doubt this week by doing the things you know to do...and keep looking ahead!

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 05/03/11

9.0 Family Thighs

8.8 Road Hogs

8.1 Pretty Little Losers

7.1 Slightly Waisted Again

6.5 It’s a Lose/Win Situation

6.5 Driver’s License Redemption

6.4 The Muffin Stuffers

5.8 Tussle and Bustle

5.6 Lose The Fattitude

5.5 Ja Ma Slim

5.5 Big Bottom Berthas to Bikini Bottom Betties

5.3 Weighed To Be Wild

5.3 The J Team

5.3 Packing Light-er

5.3 Going For Goal!

5.3 Ample Assets

5.2 Team Twins

5.1 Road Killers

5.1 “Are We There Yet?”

5.0 The Weigh We Were

4.8 Vanishing Buns

4.8 Tank Tops & Flip Flops By Summer

4.8 Gut Busters

4.4 Hefty To Healthy Hamsta’s

4.3 Round Two

4.3 Cruisin’ 4 A Losin’

4.3 Blast Off

4.2 Double Trouble

4.2 Butt Buster

3.9 Waist Management

3.9 Brother’s Slim

3.8 The Costco Girls

3.8 Cuz We Can

3.7 36/26/36

3.6 Sheddin’ For The Weddin’

3.3 Move On Down The Road

3.2 Thorkelthins

3.2 Team Caboob

3.2 Lightin-Up

3.2 Grin & Lose It

3.1 Fit Happens

3.0 Team One-Eighty

3.0 Hip-Less Chicks

2.6 Purple Pound Pulverizes

2.6 Once & For All

2.3 We Auto Win

2.3 Thintastic

2.3 Freedom Bound

2.2 Walk Away From The Cupcake

2.2 Butt, Back, and Beyond

2.1 Bumm’s Away

2.1 All In

1.9 Heavy Equipment

1.7 We’ve Lost Our Weigh

1.6 Shrinking V’s

1.6 On The Road Again

1.6 Lose The Caboose

1.6 Goal Keepers

1.4 Under Construction

1.2 Team Weight Loss

1.2 Return of Forced Family Fun

1.0 Double D’s

.9 Slimsational

.7 Shrinking Spare Tire

.6 Poppin’ Hot Skinny Poppers

.6 Braveheart

.5 Lone Wolf

.4 American Pride!!

-.2 Dangerous Curves