Low Mtx. Takes the Win!!

Congratulations to our winning Team of the Summer Team Challenge! "Low Mxt."Angela and Chris, co-workers, took the win losing 108 pounds together!!!

We had commencement Thursday at the end of this successful University! With Pride the lion helping us celebrate, we had a great time awarding the perseverance and commitment  of our University students!

As I gave my commencement speech, I reminded the Alumni, faculty, students and honored guests that graduation wasn't the end of something, it was the beginning!  Commencement is just that...the beginning!  So I inspired our graduates to go forth with all they've learned and how they've grown and change the world!!  I'm convinced that they WILL change the world, not only because of the changes they've made, but because of the future generations being changed by the choices they are making today!  Exciting stuff!

Many individuals were singled out at our graduation ceremony, but EVERYONE in attendance and even some who weren't, made this 10 weeks a success. Our University students lost a total of 2676 pounds in the last 10 weeks!  That's amazing!!

We gave out 4 full ride scholarships thanks to donations and people "paying it forward." Cheri O. and Heather R. were excited to be awarded the summer challenge for FREE.  Michael H. and Ruthie M. earned their scholarships by having the top % of weight loss for the week of all the participants!!  Congratulations to all of you!

Some individual winners:
Male with the greatest weight loss: Chris H. 66.3 pounds
Female with the greatest weight loss: Angela M AND Ruthie M 39.0 pounds EACH!!

Male with the greatest weight loss %: Chris H. 17.75%
Female with the greatest weight loss % Ruthie M. 17.74% (wow...that was close)

Our Top Three Teams!
1. "Low Mtx" Chris an Angela 16.15%  of weight loss (winners of $1000)
2." Hefty Hogs" Karly and Anna 15.50% of weight loss (winners of $500)
3. "17 Minutes" Michael and Olivia 14.74% of weight loss (winners of $300)

Congratulations to you all! You've all transformed in the last 10 weeks!

We started out 10 weeks ago with an empty workbook and dreams for a successful semester! I wrote, you did homework, we all learned. That's what Universities are all about! But now, it's going out, taking everything you've learned, which is everything you need, and doing great things.  Thinking rightly and acting on those thoughts will give you the life you want!

I hope Healthy Weigh University was the first step to a healthy, happier life!

Until we meet again...
Always encouraging you,
Letha

Healthy Weigh University - Final Team Standings

Team Name	%
Low Mtx	16.15%
Hefty Hogs	15.50%
17 Minutes	14.74%
Mini Mamas	13.56%
Alumni Bound	11.92%
Just Lose	11.76%
Run Track Minds	11.73%
Thick and Tired of It	11.59%
Shrinkies	11.50%
School Weighs	11.44%
T&C Taking Control	11.30%
The Return of the Graduates	10.72%
Island Hoppers	10.66%
Commander Carrot Stick and her Trusty Side Kick Broccoli Bit	10.56%
Honor Roll	10.50%
Melt-a-weighs	10.16%
Student Body	9.89%
Slimming Sassy Sorority Sisters	9.88%
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	9.57%
Best Team Ever	9.49%
Double Trouble	9.42%
Clark Ave	9.39%
Losers	9.26%
17 & Counting	9.09%
Law	8.86%
MIL & DIL Goes to School	8.56%
Dwindling Duo	8.32%
Grading on the Curves	8.09%
Nimble Neighbors	8.05%
Fit Fitz	7.98%
Cafeteria Girls	7.98%
Summa cumlaude	7.82%
Lido Shuffle	7.72%
AfterShock	7.64%
The Valedictorians	7.40%
Slim Chance	7.27%
Team 4.0	7.26%
Fabulous Finishers	7.12%
Lifetime Honeymooners	7.04%
Pound It Again	7.03%
Fabulous for the 4th	6.88%
Yoakam U	6.84%
H squared	6.80%
Studs from Amboy	6.66%
Vamos a la playa	6.54%
Freshman Fourty	6.17%
Together We Shine	6.11%
Chambers Champs	6.06%
Shrinking Violets	6.04%
No Foolin Time for Schoolin	6.01%
Slow Learners	5.95%
Weigh Down	5.89%
Team Caterpillar	5.87%
The Skinny Scholars	5.82%
Porkelson's No More	5.55%
Cutting Back	5.51%
The Weigh We Were	5.31%
Meltdown Mammas	5.31%
Sore Losers	5.19%
The Doodles	5.19%
Healthy Weigh 101	5.15%
Waist Removal	5.10%
Freshman 15	5.09%
Diasappearing Duo	5.01%
Students of Decision	4.83%
Team Spirit	4.65%
Fat Guys Gone Wild	4.54%
Striving for an "A"	4.41%
Mind Over Matter	4.32%
Epsilon Pi Sorority	4.28%
Battle of the Bulge	4.24%
Slender Science 101	4.16%
The Graduates	4.13%
Little Hip Chicks	4.11%
Thinner by Thursdays	4.09%
Letting it Go	3.99%
Chicken Claw	3.79%
AOC	3.43%
Mighty Lions Hear Us Roar	3.34%
Our Butts and Guts Drive Us Nuts	2.93%
Literary Losers	2.91%
What a Weigh To Go	2.83%
We Can Do Anything for 7 Weeks	2.82%
Sassy by Summer	2.73%
Melt A Weighs	2.69%
More Grins As We Lose The Chins	2.67%
Supervision Required	2.63%
The Amazing E-Racers	2.51%
Learning to Lose	2.47%
June 27th	2.22%
Big Fat Losers	2.21%
SK - Guinea Pigs 101	2.10%
Skinny Chicks Again	2.09%
For A Closer Forever Embrace	2.07%
Die Lards	2.06%
Slim Down Sisters	1.89%
Blubber Busters	1.77%
Tight Lips, Hot Hips	1.62%
The Tall and the Short of it is … We are here to graduate	1.61%
Thicker Than Thin Back Again	1.50%
Eagles Rising	1.22%
Alpha Beta Gonna Lose A Lot of Weighta	1.07%
Svelta Delta Delta	1.03%
Disaster Sisters	1.01%
Teeny Tiny Tummies	0.87%
Teachers Pets	0.85%
Lettuce Begin Again	0.67%
U Can Do	0.62%
My Cuz En and Me	0.46%
Repeat Offenders	0.12%
Lion Pride 601	0.00%
Rebels With a Cause	-0.05%
Lionhearted Loosers	-0.30%

Body Soul Spirit ~ The Spiritual Perspective

This week we finished the last chapter of the workbook...we had ourselves a little church at the Thursday gathering!  We looked at the spiritual perspective of weight loss.

We were created in three parts...body, soul and spirit. Our body, the physical part of us which relates to the material world. Our Soul, made up of our mind, will and emotions, our personalty you might say, which relates with people. And our spirit, the deepest place of who we are, which relates with God.

To live completely healthy lives, we need to submit our body to our soul, our soul to our spirit and our spirit to God.

The problem lies, when we have an unhealthy soul; a mind that is negative, a will that says, "I do what I want" and emotions that are wounded and have not been healed from past and present pain. You can imagine what a body would look like that comes under that kind of influence.

God makes our spirits new when we invite him in and surrender to him.

Our work, is the work of the soul; renewing the mind, submitting the will and healing the emotions.

I continue to see men and woman work so hard at dieting, losing weight and will power, all while their souls are ravaged. When we focus on the work of the soul; renewing, submitting and healing, the body comes under the influence of a healthy soul and this journey of weight loss gets a lot easier.

We continue at The Healthy Weigh to challenge you in areas of soul work. How many times have we talked to you about renewing your mind..saying no to the bad and yes to the good, and healing those emotions that are keeping you from an abundant life? It's all soul work, at The Healthy Weigh!

We have a society of excess! As we grow older and deny past pain, empty places begin to develop in our souls. We do a great job of trying to fill those empty place with things. Food, clothes, cars, houses, money, and busyness. Excess of anything, is about our emptiness. All those empty places are addictions waiting to happen.

The belief I have says this...many of our empty places can be closed up, healed, with God's help and our soul work, but many of those empty places are holes that only God can fill. He created us for relationship with him and until we surrender to Him, we will always be looking to "fill" those holes.

Whatever your faith background is, I hope that you are able to see the importance of submitting your will regarding your weight loss and your maintenance journey over to God, as you understand Him.

We celebrated our winning teams once again...we are getting closer to 'graduation'...who will win this Spring Team Challenge?

This weeks winners:

Noon: Team "T&C Taking Control" Tina and Charlene, won again with a 1.96% of weight loss!  You two are looking GREAT!

6PM: Team "17 minutes" Michael and Olivia, won with 2.26% of weight loss!  What an awesome week you two had!

We gave our last assignment...do the homework for "Body Soul Spirit ~ The Spiritual Perspective"  and be one of the top two individual weight loss % winners of the week and earn the Summer Team Challenge for FREE!!

Can't wait to celebrate next week, your weight loss, your perseverance, your commitment! Three teams will walk away with cash prizes next week but MANY others have "won" in the last ten weeks!

Hoping that this week is one of surrender for you. Letting go and giving over might be the greatest thing you'll ever do! Here's to surrender!

Always encouraging you,

Letha

Week 9 Team Standings

Team Name	%
Low Mtx	14.48%
Hefty Hogs	14.29%
17 Minutes	12.73%
Mini Mamas	12.49%
Just Lose	11.09%
School Weighs	10.71%
Thick and Tired of It	10.60%
The Return of the Graduates	10.58%
T&C Taking Control	10.52%
Honor Roll	10.50%
Alumni Bound	10.48%
Melt-a-weighs	10.16%
Student Body	9.89%
Run Track Minds	9.82%
17 & Counting	9.76%
Shrinkies	9.76%
Double Trouble	9.70%
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	9.57%
Slimming Sassy Sorority Sisters	9.49%
Best Team Ever	9.49%
Clark Ave	9.46%
Island Hoppers	9.43%
Commander Carrot Stick and her Trusty Side Kick Broccoli Bit	9.07%
Losers	8.88%
Law	8.64%
Summa cumlaude	8.56%
Dwindling Duo	8.25%
Lido Shuffle	7.81%
Cafeteria Girls	7.64%
Nimble Neighbors	7.58%
Grading on the Curves	7.47%
AfterShock	7.31%
Slim Chance	7.27%
Pound It Again	7.23%
Fit Fitz	7.17%
Lifetime Honeymooners	7.04%
Fabulous for the 4th	6.88%
Vamos a la playa	6.86%
H squared	6.80%
Together We Shine	6.78%
Team 4.0	6.73%
Studs from Amboy	6.66%
The Valedictorians	6.64%
Yoakam U	6.56%
MIL & DIL Goes to School	6.44%
No Foolin Time for Schoolin	6.43%
Freshman Fourty	6.17%
Slow Learners	5.95%
Fabulous Finishers	5.95%
Team Caterpillar	5.87%
The Skinny Scholars	5.82%
Chambers Champs	5.79%
Shrinking Violets	5.73%
The Weigh We Were	5.57%
Porkelson's No More	5.55%
Cutting Back	5.51%
Weigh Down	5.20%
Sore Losers	5.19%
The Doodles	5.19%
Healthy Weigh 101	5.15%
Waist Removal	5.14%
Letting it Go	5.05%
Diasappearing Duo	5.01%
Meltdown Mammas	4.94%
Supervision Required	4.94%
Students of Decision	4.86%
Team Spirit	4.65%
Freshman 15	4.61%
Fat Guys Gone Wild	4.54%
Striving for an "A"	4.41%
The Graduates	4.13%
Little Hip Chicks	4.11%
Thinner by Thursdays	4.09%
Epsilon Pi Sorority	4.03%
Battle of the Bulge	4.03%
Slender Science 101	3.86%
Chicken Claw	3.79%
Alpha Beta Gonna Lose A Lot of Weighta	3.78%
AOC	3.52%
Our Butts and Guts Drive Us Nuts	3.48%
Mind Over Matter	3.44%
Mighty Lions Hear Us Roar	3.34%
Skinny Chicks Again	3.08%
Literary Losers	2.91%
What a Weigh To Go	2.83%
We Can Do Anything for 7 Weeks	2.82%
Blubber Busters	2.74%
Sassy by Summer	2.73%
Melt A Weighs	2.69%
More Grins As We Lose The Chins	2.67%
The Amazing E-Racers	2.51%
Learning to Lose	2.47%
Big Fat Losers	2.24%
June 27th	2.22%
Tight Lips, Hot Hips	2.16%
For A Closer Forever Embrace	2.07%
Die Lards	2.06%
SK - Guinea Pigs 101	2.06%
Slim Down Sisters	1.89%
The Tall and the Short of it is … We are here to graduate	1.61%
Thicker Than Thin Back Again	1.50%
Eagles Rising	1.22%
Svelta Delta Delta	1.03%
Disaster Sisters	1.01%
Teeny Tiny Tummies	0.87%
Teachers Pets	0.85%
Lion Pride 601	0.78%
Lettuce Begin Again	0.67%
U Can Do	0.62%
My Cuz En and Me	0.46%
Repeat Offenders	0.12%
Rebels With a Cause	-0.05%
Lionhearted Loosers	-1.29%

It's a Math Problem!

We're on week 8 of our University training so I thought it was about time we did a little math!  This week was focused on exercise and weight loss...the math problem! 

Here's a little re-cap of yesterdays class room time at HWU!

If you are an inactive person who weighs 200 pounds, every nutritional label in America is written for you! If not...they aren't!

Being highly effective people, we began with the end in mind, in this case goal weight. Each one of us  wrote down our ideal maintenance weight and then calculated our approximate calorie intake for that weight based on this chart.

Multiply your ideal maintenance weight by:

10 if you are inactive (sitting most of the day, no regular physical exercise)

11 if you are moderately active (sitting most of the day but do engage in physical exercise regularly or at least 3 to 4 times per week for 1/2 hour or more)

12 if you are active (standing and/ or walking most of the day and engage in regular physical exercise)

13 if you are very active (walking or involved in strenuous physical labor most of the day and engage in regular physical exercise)

That number is your approximate total calories to maintain your goal weight.

Now I know that there are many more complicated ways to estimate and discover your appropriate calorie intake for your goal weight...the truth is, you will find the same answer at the end of every story problem. I've done them!

So, you've done the math??? What's your number???

We have men in our Healthy Weigh family. Only a couple of them will be able to eat 2000 calories to maintain their weight. Everyone else in the room ranged from 1250 calories to 1800. So why does every nutritional label in America say..."Based on a 2000 diet."? Good question! The only people that can and should be eating 2000 calories per day are men weighing close to 200 pounds, or a woman who weighs 155 and works in a job performing physical labor all day and then drops by the club to work out on the way home!

I've spent over 30 years helping people lose weight. I am proud to say that I administer one of the greatest weight loss programs available any where...but losing weight has never been the hard part. People knuckle down, eat less, move more, and then lose weight.

Keeping if off for life is the struggle. I believe that our nutritional labels aren't helping matters. It would make sense that most people in America would believe that they should eat 2000 calories...right? It says that on the back of every food label everywhere!!!

I read an article the other day in search of an answer to this problem. It said that 2000 calories per day was used as a standard because that is how many calories it would take to maintain the average American. Wow, how sad is that? What if our labels said "Based on a 1500 calorie diet?" What would the average American look like then?

I hope everyone left yesterday with a little bit more knowledge about math and weight loss.  The key is to take that knowledge, then wrestle and grapple with the facts.  We need less calories to maintain our weight!  We when come to terms with that fact, and start living it out, we'll find not only our goal weight, but contentment too!

Our winning teams for the day were excited to take home some cash for groceries! 

Noon: Team "Lido Shuffle" Chris and Linda won with a 2.51% of weight loss!

6:00 PM : Team "Low Mtx" Chris and Angela, finally won with a 1.76 % for the week!

Congrats to all of you who are working so hard!! 

We had big winners of the week who took home $50 gift cards and passes to the Nike Employee Store! Congratulations to Sue H. and Olivia N. who had the greatest individual weight loss % this week. You two are going to have fun getting a new pair of running shoes!!  Thanks again to Dave T. for the great donation!

I made my announcement about the summer Team Challenge!  We will be re-visiting one of the greatest challenges so far! "The Travelers Gift."  I'm excited to present this challenge again after many requests to do so!  We will be starting our Summer Challenge July 17th!  Get the word out!!  The Travelers Gift is coming back!!

We've got two weeks to go in this Spring challenge and lots more weight to lose!  Hopefully the new information on our math problem will inspire everyone to be even more careful this week!  Here's to a couple of great weeks ahead with some awesome weight loss!

Always encouraging you,

Letha