Final Team Challenge Standings as of 09/13/11

17.1 Beauty & The Beast

16.7 Wild Zumba Lumpas

16.0 Trim The Fat

15.6 The Branches

12.7 No D’oh

12.5 Broadway Babes

12.3 Flaca

11.0 Hips Hips Aweigh

10.7 The Sunsationals

10.3 Reduce The Caboose

10.3 Downsizing Divas

10.2 Weight No More

10.1 Slimming Siblings

10.0 Butt-er-fly B Free

9.9 Teacher Teacher!

9.7 Sister Chicks

9.1 Moms On A Mission

8.4 Perky, Peppy, Prima Donna’s

8.2 Pier Pressure

7.5 “She Aint Heavy, She’s My Sister!”

7.4 Forever Better

7.3 Starlite

7.1 Dynamic Duo

7.0 Blast From The Past

6.6 Extraordinary Thighs

6.5 Git R Done

6.4 Weapons of mASS Destruction

6.3 Unbroken

6.3 Booty-B-Gone

6.1 Made For More

5.8 Ready To Launch

5.7 Bums Away

5.5 Hats On Pounds Off

5.5 Driver’s License Redemption

5.5 Double Trouble

5.0 Weigh To Go

4.7 Les Chiennes Minces

4.7 Hot Squad

4.5 Weapons of Mass Reduction

4.2 Warriors A Go Go

4.2 Trash Divas

4.0 Incredible Shrinking Divas

3.7 Guns & Roses

3.7 A Team

3.6 Walk Away From The Cupcake

3.1 Not So Ordinary

2.5 Thinner Winner’s

1.7 Blast Off

-.2 The Incredible Bulks

-.1 Weight Strippers

-.1 Sharing The Adventure

EXTRAORDINARY Grand Finale!

WOW...and let me say that backwards...WOW! What a finish! We just keep breaking records at The Healthy Weigh! With 140 pounds lost this last week of the Team Challenge, we broke the all time record of the greatest % lost for any Team Challenge! The participants of this "Extraordinary Life" Team Challenge showed us just what people are really capable of when they make a decision to live a better story!

We had some amazing individual successes as well as Team success! Get a load of these numbers!!!

Male with the greatest weight loss RYAN BOYLES with 70.0 pounds!!! (all time record)
Female with the greatest weight loss ANNIE BANCEU with 40.9 pounds! (repeat winner from last T/C)
Male with the greatest % of weight loss RYAN BOYLES with a 19.83% of weight loss!
Female with the greatest % of weight loss KATLYN HUNT with a 20.23% of weight loss!
(Katlyn, that means you had the over all greatest weight loss % of anyone in the Team Challenge!)

We also celebrated with Jennifer Richman who had the greatest % of weight loss for the week and won the Fall Team Challenge tuition as a prize! Jenn took the prize with a 4.87% for the week!

Our top three teams were celebrated by all!

#3 with a 16.04% for the Team Challenge: "Trim the Fat" Chris and Liz you did it!!!
You went this whole 10 weeks without ever winning a weekly team prize! You stayed strong and focused and it paid off! It's great to watch a husband and wife team re-write their stories together!

#2 with a 16.72% for the Team Challenge: "Wild Zumba Lumpas" Betty and Katlyn, I am so proud of you!! You have been a fun, but serious mom and daughter team! It's been a privilege to walk beside you on this journey! (Katlyn, you look H.O.T.)

#1 with a 17.12 % of weight loss for the Team Challenge: "Beauty and the Beast" Ryan and Jenn, you rocked it! Jenn, I'm so thankful that you took the 'beast' role and showed Ryan how it's done! Ryan, what can I say? 70 pounds! A record breaking weight loss! You were an inspiration to all of us! What a 'beauty!'

As we close out another successful Team Challenge, I'm overwhelmed by the community support that our teams demonstrate. From our weekly gatherings to our support and encouragement on face book, I would challenge anyone near or far, to find a program that produces this kind of results! It's a powerful community to be a part of!

We had great numbers of clients reach their 20, 30, 40 and 50 pound weight losses for this Team Challenge! We also had 4 participants reach their 100 lb mark during this last 10 weeks! Congratulations to Ken, Annie, Mark and Kris!

We've got 3 weeks of training ahead of us to prepare for the "Amazing Race" fall Team Challenge beginning October 11th!
Next week Nancy will deliver yet another great cooking class to inspire us to eat the best food and prepare them well.
The following Tuesday, Glenda will help us learn to resolve conflict instead of using food to numb or avoid it.
Finally, I get to do all I can to prepare you mentally for your greatest adventure yet..."The Amazing Race."

We've got three important weeks ahead as we continue to live out the extraordinary life we've all been discovering! I look forward to seeing you all at noon or 6 pm next week! The journey continues...

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Team Challenge Standings as of 09/06/11

14.4 Wild Zumba Lumpas

13.7 The Branches

13.6 Beauty & The Beast

12.9 Trim The Fat

11.6 Flaca

11.0 No D’oh

10.9 Hips Hips Aweigh

10.8 Broadway Babes

10.3 Reduce The Caboose

10.2 The Sunsationals

9.4 Downsizing Divas

9.3 Sister Chicks

9.1 Moms On A Mission

8.8 Weight No More

8.8 Slimming Siblings

8.2 Pier Pressure

8.1 Perky, Peppy, Prima Donna’s

8.0 Butt-er-fly B Free

7.8 Teacher Teacher!

7.5 “She Aint Heavy, She’s My Sister!”

7.0 Unbroken

6.7 Forever Better

6.7 Blast From The Past

6.5 Starlite

6.5 Git R Done

6.5 Dynamic Duo

6.5 Driver’s License Redemption

6.3 Extraordinary Thighs

6.1 Made For More

6.0 Booty-B-Gone

5.6 Double Trouble

5.6 Bums Away

5.4 Ready To Launch

5.3 Hats On Pounds Off

5.2 Weigh To Go

4.6 Weapons of Mass Reduction

4.6 Weapons of mASS Destruction

4.6 Hot Squad

4.3 Les Chiennes Minces

4.2 Warriors A Go Go

4.2 Trash Divas

4.0 Incredible Shrinking Divas

3.4 A Team

3.2 Walk Away From The Cupcake

3.0 Guns & Roses

2.3 Not So Ordinary

1.7 Blast Off

1.4 Thinner Winner’s

1.0 The Incredible Bulks

-.1 Weight Strippers

-.1 Sharing The Adventure

The Words You Speak Can Change Your Life!

Words carry enormous power. The power to heal and the power to hurt. The power to help or the power to destroy. Our words either spoken out loud or spoken internally have the ability to influence our behavior more than anything else we do!

Week # 9 of this Team Challenge was the perfect time to talk about words. As we head into our final week of this EXTRAORDINARY LIFE Team Challenge we need all the help we can get to finish strong. Our words will help us do that! The words that we choose to speak might be just the thing we need to change as we continue to re-write our stories.

Things are heating up as we head into our last week. The top teams are running close! Who will be the winner of the EXTRAORDINARY LIFE Team Challenge?

At Noon Betty and Katlyn did a little happy dance when they weighed in! They are doing a great job together as mom and daughter! They took the win with a 1.93% of weight loss for the week! Team 'Wild Zumba Lumpas' are working hard and it shows! Congratulations on the win and on receiving Glenda's "Back Pack" conference as a gift! It will be life changing!

Annie and Jenn did it again at Six! 'The Branches' won for the evening group with a 1.50% of weight loss. Congratulations you two. With all the things going on in your lives, you've impressed us with your continued commitment to taking care of yourselves!

We shared a little Sansgria for CHOW TIME, and celebrated another great week of weight loss. We've only got 82 pounds to go to break the all time Team Challenge record! I think we've got this thing!!!

It's hard to put into words what happens each week at The Team Challenge. This week I told a story that inspired all of us to think about change. As we focused on the power of words, re-parenting is sometimes necessary to begin to believe that life can really look different! I told a story about a young man named "George." He is our inspiration for the week as we had an anonymous donor come forth with tuition for the Fall Team Challenge to the client with the greatest % of weight loss this last week! Who's going to take it???? We're calling this one the "George Special."

It's exciting to be planning the finale for this EXTRAORDINARY LIFE Team Challenge. Tuesday at 6PM marks our 9th Finale! They just keep getting better! Come, invite a guest and plan to celebrate all that you've done in the last 10 weeks!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Give away your postcard! We are now enrolling new clients for The Amazing Race Fall Team Challenge! It's going to be a blast!

Until next week, think about George...walk out your front door...live a life that only happens in the movies! :-) I believe!!!

Always encouraging you,
Letha