2603 Pounds Lost! THAT Takes Willpower!

We did it! We closed out our Spring Team Challenge last night with fun, encouragement and inspiration!  This was our 16th Challenge and I always look forward to the finale! Celebrating the work and the changed lives that have happened in the last 10 weeks is pretty powerful!

We started out the evening introducing two of our Alumni, John and Val Dewitz who ran and completed the Vancouver Marathon Sunday! Val did a beautiful job giving her testimony.  Three years ago when she came to The Healthy Weigh she never dreamed that she would be running a marathon! Congratulations to John and Val...what an accomplishment!

We celebrated a lot of individual weight loss last night, but collectively, our super heroes lost 2603 pounds in the last 10 weeks! Pretty impressive! Learning about willpower and choosing to grow it paid off!

Here's the break down of our winning teams!

In 3rd place: Team "Twice What I Wanna Feed" Frank and Amanda with 16.71%   Winners of $300

In 2nd place: Team "Fit Fitz" Tom and Dana with 17.48%   Winners of $500

In 1st place:   Team "Captain Jiggy and Boy Bubble Butt" Kris and Ruth with a 19.02%  Winners of $1000

Congratulations to these top three teams!  They were serious from the start and never let up! I'm so proud of all of you!

We had some individual winners as well!

Male with the greatest weight loss: Frank S. 62.3 pounds!
Female with the greatest weight loss: Tina S. with 40.0 pounds!

Male with the greatest % of weight loss: Kris H. with 21.6%!
Female with the greatest % of weight loss: Tina S. with 17.49%!

Our Alumni gave out two full ride scholarships to the Summer Team Challenge to deserving challengers! Congratulations to Kim T. and Colton P. for receiving these gifts!  and Thank You to our Alumni for your great support!

Tom F. and Frank S. were our winners of the Summer Team Challenge for having the greatest % of weight loss for the week!  Congratulations to you two...you really rocked it this week!

It's always hard to "say goodbye" to a Team Challenge.  This 10 week challenge has been such a great learning experience.  Our understanding of willpower completely changed from what we believed 10 weeks ago! We now know that we have lots of control over how much willpower we really have!  The choices we make every day either grow it or deplete it!  I challenged our super heroes to "do the work" in the next 4 weeks until we begin our summer Team Challenge!

We are excited about the CHANGES at The Healthy Weigh.  A new lease, a new day of the week and a new theme...all coming at you in July!  I can't wait!

Until then, choose willpower! I will, I won't and I want! It's all up to you!

Signing out for this Super Hero Willpower Team Challenge!

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Willpower Week 10 Team Standings

Captain Jiggy and Boy Bubble Butt	19.02%
Fit Fitz	17.48%
Twice What I Wanna Feed	16.71%
"Little" Sisters	14.65%
Deadly Duo	14.55%
Super Dupers	14.28%
"Springing" Into Action	12.03%
Incredible Shrinking Women	11.49%
Dynamic Duo	11.06%
Warrior Women	11.04%
Determined Daisies	10.92%
No - Cheetahs - Eh	10.28%
Too Heavy Honeys	10.26%
The Transformers	10.23%
Choose To Lose	10.10%
We've Got the Power	9.87%
Dynamite Duo	9.83%
Goal Girls	9.79%
Thinner Winners	9.60%
Captain Jack	9.28%
Wonder Women	9.18%
Mighty Mouse and Minnie and We're Gonna Lose Our Chinny	9.13%
Super Sisters	8.97%
Drop It Like It's Hot	8.92%
Return of the Lambchops	8.89%
Iron Butterflies I	8.61%
Losing Winners	8.45%
Valiant Valkyries	8.45%
The Disappearing Act	8.44%
Fatty Fighters	7.90%
Incredible Bulks	7.87%
Goalgetters	7.81%
Mrs. Marvelous	7.52%
Shew The Fat	7.50%
Thincredibles	7.38%
Sister Slim	7.34%
The Munch Less Munchkins	7.29%
Guns and Coffee Power	7.19%
Strong for Spring	7.08%
Weight Wreckers	6.94%
Reducing Nurses	6.88%
Ninja Turtle Trotters	6.87%
Flower Power	6.70%
G & S	6.70%
TOBSAT	6.03%
Thunder N Lightening	5.94%
Slimpossibles	5.66%
Captain Nemo	5.63%
TAPS	5.62%
Shrinking Violets	5.56%
Because We're Worth It	5.52%
Reducibles	5.42%
Those Guys Over There	5.18%
Partners in Crime	5.18%
Super Chicks	5.03%
Queens of Greens	5.01%
Iron Butterflies Part 2	4.98%
Do It Or Die	4.93%
Shrinking Incredibles	4.75%
Mocking Jay's	4.73%
Fantastic Duo	4.63%
Side Kicks	4.59%
Team A-Z	4.47%
Staying on Target	4.36%
The Pumpkin Be-Lights	4.36%
Sassy By Summer	4.36%
Married and Losing It	4.28%
Skinny Minnies	4.26%
Self Control Sisters	4.23%
Lettuce Do It	4.15%
Hope	4.13%
Trophy Wife Wannabe's	3.63%
PMSkinny Avengers	3.60%
Diminishing Duo	3.56%
Destination Orange	3.56%
Thunder Girls	3.31%
Powering to Goal	3.27%
Fat Fighters	3.05%
The Thinvincibles	3.02%
Weight Busters	2.93%
Faithfull II	2.83%
But Weight…..There's Less	2.80%
Devoted Duo	2.46%
Double D Double G	2.40%
Gettin Hitched	1.75%
Hawaii 5-0 It's All Gotta Go	1.59%
Ten Weeks To Smaller Cheeks	0.45%
SWG & Xena	0.09%
Super Soul Sista's	-0.33%

Willpower...what it is and what it isn't!

WIllPOWER...in the last 9 weeks, we've learned what willpower is and we've learned what willpower isn't!
It ISN'T white knuckling your way through life and settling for the level of willpower you have.
It IS developing a set of skills and being confident that you have the ability to grow your willpower.
Here's our  list of willpower skills/boosters:
Meditation
Rewards
Exercise
Internal Processing
Re visit want power
Keep blood sugar level
Avoid triggers
Complete tasks you've been avoiding
Meet your future self

We are born to be tempted, and born to resist. Our human nature includes both the self that wants immediate gratification and the self with a higher purpose.
It's just as human to feel stressed, scared, and out of control as it is to find the strength to be calm and in charge of our choices.

Self control and willpower, as we have learned in these last week, is a matter of understand these different parts of ourselves, not fundamentally changing who we are. It's changing how we respond and how we think about ourselves and the world around us.  I think we've learned the the biggest secret to having more willpower is paying attention! It's training the mind to recognize when you're making a choice rather than running on auto pilot!
Willpower...I will, I Won't and I Want power...I'll never think about it the same!

We had a good time of reviewing all the willpower boosters!  It's exciting to look at the list and see just how much control we have over being people of great willpower! It's all about the choice now!

We celebrated our winning teams one more time before the big finale next week!

Noon:  Team "We've Got The Power" Denise and Erin, won with a 1.52% of weight loss!
6 PM:  Team "Little Sisters"  Megan and Ashley won with a 3.79% of weight loss!
Our super heroes of the week were pretty excited too. Bev H. and Megan B. you did a great job this week!

Congratulations to all you girls!   I guess it was Girl Power for week number nine!

We've got a great last week ahead of us with a couple of inspiring challenges.

• Lose 2.5 pounds for the week to be entered into our last drawing for $50. 
• AND the top two Super heroes with the greatest % of weight loss will receive the Summer Team Challenge for FREE!!!

We've got people shooting for the 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70.6 pound club this week!  My printer is going to be on fire this week printing up the prize money and the certificates for the celebration at the grand finale!  I can't want!  Who will be the winners of the Spring Team Challenge???

Be people of great willpower this week! The choose is yours!! I look forward to celebrating with you next Tuesday night!

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Willpower Week 9 Team Standings

Captain Jiggy and Boy Bubble Butt	17.21%
Fit Fitz	14.29%
Twice What I Wanna Feed	13.66%
Deadly Duo	13.51%
"Little" Sisters	12.92%
Super Dupers	12.29%
"Springing" Into Action	11.05%
Determined Daisies	10.94%
Dynamic Duo	10.40%
Incredible Shrinking Women	10.25%
We've Got the Power	9.76%
Dynamite Duo	9.59%
Choose To Lose	9.57%
Thinner Winners	9.55%
Warrior Women	9.50%
No - Cheetahs - Eh	9.23%
Goal Girls	9.10%
The Transformers	8.97%
Mighty Mouse and Minnie and We're Gonna Lose Our Chinny	8.63%
Iron Butterflies I	8.59%
Incredible Bulks	8.54%
Wonder Women	8.48%
Captain Jack	8.36%
The Disappearing Act	8.35%
Valiant Valkyries	8.33%
Drop It Like It's Hot	8.31%
Too Heavy Honeys	8.29%
Super Sisters	8.26%
Fatty Fighters	7.90%
Losing Winners	7.90%
Guns and Coffee Power	7.83%
The Munch Less Munchkins	7.59%
Shew The Fat	7.21%
Strong for Spring	7.08%
Weight Wreckers	6.94%
Goalgetters	6.94%
Mrs. Marvelous	6.87%
Sister Slim	6.86%
G & S	6.70%
Thincredibles	6.53%
Ninja Turtle Trotters	6.41%
Return of the Lambchops	6.25%
Reducing Nurses	6.19%
TOBSAT	6.03%
Flower Power	5.94%
Thunder N Lightening	5.91%
TAPS	5.62%
Shrinking Violets	5.56%
Because We're Worth It	5.52%
Slimpossibles	5.52%
Self Control Sisters	5.30%
Super Chicks	5.03%
Do It Or Die	4.93%
Queens of Greens	4.92%
Those Guys Over There	4.89%
Mocking Jay's	4.73%
Shrinking Incredibles	4.63%
Fantastic Duo	4.60%
Side Kicks	4.59%
Reducibles	4.55%
Captain Nemo	4.40%
The Pumpkin Be-Lights	4.36%
Sassy By Summer	4.36%
Married and Losing It	4.28%
Skinny Minnies	4.26%
Weight Busters	4.24%
Iron Butterflies Part 2	4.22%
Hope	4.13%
Team A-Z	3.92%
PMSkinny Avengers	3.60%
Lettuce Do It	3.59%
Diminishing Duo	3.56%
Staying on Target	3.38%
Thunder Girls	3.31%
Destination Orange	3.25%
The Thinvincibles	3.02%
Faithfull II	2.83%
Fat Fighters	2.71%
Devoted Duo	2.46%
Double D Double G	2.40%
Trophy Wife Wannabe's	2.13%
Partners in Crime	2.01%
Gettin Hitched	1.75%
Hawaii 5-0 It's All Gotta Go	1.59%
Powering to Goal	1.21%
But Weight…..There's Less	0.83%
Super Soul Sista's	0.75%
Ten Weeks To Smaller Cheeks	0.45%
SWG & Xena	0.09%

Meet Your Future Self

Last Tuesday we looked back...this Tuesday we looked forward.  As we continue to  look at ways to boost our willpower, we not only need to look back, and through internal processing discover our beliefs, but we need to look forward  get acquainted with our future self as well.

This week we learned about another amazing willpower booster. "Meet Your Future Self." Facinating studies have been done on the importance of knowing and being connected with your future self. Studies show that we use different parts of our brain when we think about our future self compared to our present self. It's as if our future self is a stranger.  It's easy to make plans, believe in that person, expect more out of them...in the future.  We don't really connect with the fact that that person is us!  

I've heard from so many of you over the years, "I don't even know what it would feel like to be at goal weight, be a slender person, act and feel like a healthy person." Feeling estranged from your future self is a problem...a willpower problem.

We will say yes to what we want NOW and no to what our future self wants because we aren't really connected to our future selves. We've got to get to know, become connected to, engage with...our future selves.

We got in touch with our computer generated future selves yesterday.  Some of us liked what we saw...our future self had lost weight and kept it off. Our future self was healthy and happy and thriving.   These clients felt hopeful and faithful and excited. Others met their future self and were disappointed. They met their unhealthy, overweight, discouraged future selves. Either way...motivation was stirred, either because of pleasure or pain. 

The key was to get to know our future selves. Your future self is not a stranger...your future self is YOU!

I shared a bit of my personal journey discovering my future self. It started 7 years ago when I chose CHANGE for my word of the year. Because of the great changes I made in my life back then, it lead me to sign a 5 year lease 5 years ago with plans to retire June 30, 2013!  My lease is up and It's time for CHANGE! (This story was much more dramatic in person because I left everybody having for a few seconds before I said...) "But guess what?" "I'm not retiring!"

The passion that I am feeling for all of you, the program, the changes you're making, has caused me to make new plans!

I've been offered a sublease for every THURSDAY right where we are...suite 120 at the Timbers.  Someone else is taking over the lease, but subleasing to me on Thursdays!  So The Team Challenge when it begins in July, will be meeting on Thursday!  We announced the theme of our Summer Team Challenge...it's perfect!  CHANGE...IT DOES THE BODY GOOD!  I'm excited to bring you really great information about CHANGE! What it takes to change, how to go about it, why it seems so hard...and how to make it easier! I've studied change and I'm excited to share my findings with you!

               Here are the details!

I am looking forward to more outstanding years helping people live their best lives starting with the Summer Team Challenge!

But in the mean time...we've got to take care of the next few weeks! We've got challenges to complete, weight to lose, and money to win! 

Here we our winners this week!

Noon: Team "Deadly Duo"  Tim and Linda won with a 2.04% of weight loss for the week.

6PM: Team "The Thinvincibles" Mark and Cathy won with a 2.00% of weight loss for the week.

Congratulations to both teams! And to our Superheroes of the week! Tammy L. and Mark M. you had a GREAT week!

A shout out to Ruth E. for winning the $50 for the week!  It pays to be in that 2.5 pound drawing!!

We have 2 more weigh ins! Who's going to choose to kick it in to high gear and come away from this challenge PUMPED about what you've done? 

Your challenges for the week:

• Listen to week six, "Body Soul Spirit...The Spiritual Perspective" and do the homework provided.

• Write to your future self, on futureme.org or a letter.  Date it Sept 18, 2013 if you want to...that the last day of the Summer Team Challenge.

• Sign up for the Summer Team Challenge. When you come in next week, or on line!

I can't tell you how glad I am that I'm not retiring!  I find great joy in spending my days thinking about you, learning, so that I might help you, and then spending my tuesday/or thursday with you! Looking forward to my future self spending the Summer Team Challenge with you! :-)

Always encouraging you, without plans to stop...

Letha

 

Willpower Week 8 Team Standings

Captain Jiggy and Boy Bubble Butt	16.26%
Fit Fitz	13.54%
Deadly Duo	12.72%
Twice What I Wanna Feed	12.46%
Super Dupers	11.42%
"Springing" Into Action	10.97%
Warrior Women	10.12%
Determined Daisies	9.64%
Incredible Shrinking Women	9.50%
"Little" Sisters	9.46%
Thinner Winners	9.41%
Dynamite Duo	9.30%
The Transformers	8.87%
Choose To Lose	8.58%
Wonder Women	8.48%
Dynamic Duo	8.39%
No - Cheetahs - Eh	8.38%
Captain Jack	8.36%
We've Got the Power	8.36%
The Disappearing Act	8.35%
Goal Girls	8.26%
Drop It Like It's Hot	8.08%
Iron Butterflies I	7.76%
Super Sisters	7.73%
Too Heavy Honeys	7.69%
Incredible Bulks	7.66%
Mighty Mouse and Minnie and We're Gonna Lose Our Chinny	7.58%
Losing Winners	7.51%
Valiant Valkyries	7.22%
Fatty Fighters	7.15%
Strong for Spring	7.08%
Guns and Coffee Power	6.92%
Mrs. Marvelous	6.87%
Shew The Fat	6.74%
Sister Slim	6.65%
Return of the Lambchops	6.56%
The Munch Less Munchkins	6.51%
Weight Wreckers	6.27%
TOBSAT	6.24%
Thunder N Lightening	5.91%
Thincredibles	5.73%
Goalgetters	5.65%
Reducing Nurses	5.64%
TAPS	5.62%
Shrinking Violets	5.56%
G & S	5.52%
Flower Power	5.44%
Self Control Sisters	5.40%
Ninja Turtle Trotters	5.32%
Queens of Greens	5.02%
Side Kicks	5.01%
Super Chicks	4.95%
Because We're Worth It	4.94%
Do It Or Die	4.93%
Skinny Minnies	4.79%
Mocking Jay's	4.78%
Married and Losing It	4.74%
Slimpossibles	4.72%
Shrinking Incredibles	4.67%
Those Guys Over There	4.44%
Trophy Wife Wannabe's	4.40%
Sassy By Summer	4.36%
Team A-Z	4.24%
Fantastic Duo	4.22%
Captain Nemo	4.16%
Hope	4.13%
The Thinvincibles	4.06%
Iron Butterflies Part 2	4.03%
Weight Busters	4.03%
Partners in Crime	3.95%
The Pumpkin Be-Lights	3.89%
PMSkinny Avengers	3.66%
Reducibles	3.62%
Staying on Target	3.57%
Thunder Girls	3.31%
Diminishing Duo	3.18%
Faithfull II	2.83%
Lettuce Do It	2.61%
Destination Orange	2.53%
Double D Double G	2.40%
Powering to Goal	2.25%
Fat Fighters	2.11%
Hawaii 5-0 It's All Gotta Go	1.88%
Devoted Duo	1.80%
Gettin Hitched	1.75%
But Weight…..There's Less	0.85%
SWG & Xena	0.67%
Ten Weeks To Smaller Cheeks	0.45%
Super Soul Sista's	0.28%