Team "Foley Loaded" Take The Win!

Congratulations to our winning Team of this Summer 2014 Team Challenge. Kelly and Amy were "Foley Loaded" when they left the building last night...they were $1000 richer!

Kelly and Amy, Team "Foley Loaded," said last night..."If nothing changes, nothing changes." How true that is,  however they did a lot of changing in this last 10 weeks!  In just 9 weigh ins these two lost 80 pounds between the two of them! They were pretty excited when they received the $1000 cash prize for having the greatest % of weight loss! (17.00%)  Congratulations to this mother and daughter team!

Besides giving away prize money to the top three teams and awarding two 100 dollar bills to two lucky winners of the 2.5 pound drawing, we celebrated much more Thursday at our Grand Finale! So many of our travelers made the 20, 30, 40 and even 50 pound clubs...  and many more were REALLY close to that 20 pound mark!

We closed out this powerful Team Challenge by looking at how we can apply these very

important 7 DECISIONS into our everyday life! Learning about them will do little to change us...applying what we learned is the key!

We also heard from our travelers and they gave testimony to what the last 10 weeks have done for them! Life change happened from the inside out for this great group of travelers!

Here's a look at our top three teams!

3rd place with a % of 13.67 of weight loss

"The In-Law Way" Karen and Charlene

2nd place with a % of 15.02 of weight loss

"The Shrinky Dinks" Thor and Gina

1st Place with a % of 17.00 of weight loss

"Foley Loaded" Kelly and Amy

We had some great individual accomplishments too!

Top weight loss for a male

Thor S. with 53.6 pounds and 19.73%

Top weight loss for a female

Kelly F. with 48.9 pounds and 19.63%

Congratulations go out to all the travelers that started and completed this summer Team Challenge!

It's always hard to say "goodbye" to a Team Challenge!  This one especially.  We have been in hot pursuit of a better life and we found it along the way! "The Travelers Gift" was a wonderful theme to focus on this summer! It will be a season I won't forget!

Congratulations to all our travelers who stayed the course and  followed through until the end! We close out this "book" and are eager about learning more this fall about losing weight, and keeping it off for life!

Until then,

Always encouraging you,

Letha

The Traveler's Gift - FINAL Team Standings

Team Name	%
Foley Loaded	17.00%
Shrinky Dinks	15.02%
The In-Law Weigh	13.67%
Weigh 2 Sweet	13.11%
Finally Full	12.92%
Done & Dunner	12.72%
Been There, Done That	12.26%
Hi-Weigh to Health	11.91%
Team MADA	11.45%
Downsizing	11.01%
The Souvenirs	10.59%
Skinny In-Laws	9.90%
Morbidly Monitarily Motivated	9.80%
Figuratively Shrinking	9.56%
Off and Running	9.45%
But Wait, There's Less!	9.05%
Devoted Duo	9.04%
Dual Duettes	8.71%
Dig Deeper	8.49%
Light & Fit	8.39%
E-Lemon-ators	8.22%
Droppin Baggage	8.22%
Cruise Control	7.89%
Decided Travelers … No More Detours	7.85%
Small & Mighty Losers	7.84%
Kickin' As-Phalt All The Way to Skinny	7.84%
Kalorie Killing Kangas'	7.83%
Wonder Women	7.80%
Rollin' Back Time	7.68%
The Red Hot Mammas	7.27%
Lean Queens	7.18%
Choosers and Loosers	7.02%
Tapa-No-Knees	7.01%
Kim Possible Squared	6.94%
The Chub Stops Here	6.72%
Belly Busters	6.67%
Coworking Cows	6.55%
Let's Do This Mother!	6.43%
Divine Intervention	6.17%
Two Too Much	6.15%
Traveling Lite	6.09%
Peaceful Travelers	5.98%
Flab-u-less	5.72%
Traveling Down the Weight Line	5.39%
Adipose Destroyer	5.20%
Fabulous By Fall	5.14%
The 2 J's	5.09%
Dye Hards	4.96%
Nimble Hogs	4.94%
Enlighten Up	4.80%
Getter Done	4.80%
Losing It Again	4.69%
Livin' The Dream	4.63%
Excess Baggage	4.56%
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	4.51%
The Baggage Busters	4.51%
Alumni Bound	4.37%
Try Hard Ninjas	4.12%
The Persistant	4.11%
Paris Bound	4.02%
Dump Your Rump	3.99%
Weight of Glory	3.96%
It's a Shore Thing	3.83%
Meltdown Mammas	3.80%
3 B's	3.74%
Waist Management	3.66%
Tour de Fat	3.62%
Flight to Freedom	3.36%
Chew Less	3.34%
Getting Directions Along the Weigh	3.15%
Crazy Cousins 2	2.92%
Champion Chunkers	2.78%
Spinning to Thinning	2.41%
Download	2.41%
The Dynamic Duo	2.26%
Baggage Lost	2.14%
Letha's Minions	2.12%
Baggage Claim	1.86%
The Double Shots Girls	1.41%
NO NAME #3	1.16%
Choose to Lose	1.07%
One Way Only	0.91%
Lost, But Finding Our Way	0.61%
Healthy Weigh 101	0.50%
Dwindling Divas	-0.38%
Fit For Flight	-2.60%

I Will Persist Without Exception

We received our last DECISION Thursday at The Healthy Weigh... The persistent decision, I will persist without exception. The persistent decision is the key to the other six. Without this particular decision, the other six are meaningless. When you make and own this decision, the other six are certain to work! The arch angel, Gabriel, was our last historical figure to visit, he handed David the seventh and final decision of these travels!

Committing to the persistent decision means you accept responsibility. You constantly seek wisdom. You never stop being a person of action. You have a decided heart, without exception! You choose to be happy every single day. You greet each day with a forgiving spirit. Every single one of the other six decisions hinges on your acceptance of the seventh. "I will persist without exception." It's the one that brings them all together!

We visited that place Andy Andrews called "the place that never was." The place where all the things were kept that were about to be delivered just as a person stopped working and praying for them. The warehouse that was filled with the dreams and goals of the less courageous. I have to wonder if The Healthy Weigh has a room in that warehouse. A room where the dreams and goals of our clients are stacked because they eased up, took a detour, or just quit!  I challenged our travelers to persist without exception!

We had a "four peat" this week at the 6 PM gathering.  Congratulations to "Foley Loaded" You two are amazing! Team "Been there Done That" won for the second time too...It was a "chick" kind of winning day at The Healthy Weigh!

Noon:  Team "Been There Done That" Linda and Debbie, won with a 1.22% of weight loss for the week.

6PM:   Team "Foley Loaded" Kelly and Amy, won for their 4th week in a row with a 1.48% of weight loss for the week!

It's coming down to the wire...this time next week three teams will be a little richer and excited about their final push! Who will win this summer Team Challenge?

I'm so excited to celebrate all the success of the last 9 weeks. I'm also looking forward to the Fall Team Challenge..."The Best of the Best!" It's going to be a powerful fall at The Healthy Weigh.  

Speaking of the Fall Team Challenge...one of the challenges for the week to receive a ticket in next weeks drawing is to sign up for the Fall Team Challenge... on line this week or before we get started next week! It's going to be a powerful 10 weeks!

Your Challenges For the Week:

• Read the persistent decision every day this week and answer the questions on the bottom of the hand out.

• Enroll in the Fall Team Challenge.

• AND a Bonus Challenge!  Lose 2.5 pounds this week for a ticket in a special drawing for $100 to be given out at the Grand Finale next week!  A client convinced me to offer up one ticket for EACH 2.5 pounds!  You're on! I also added an EXTRA $100 just to get you all fired up this week!  Let's do this thing!!!

We look forward to celebrating all the accomplishments of the last 10 weeks at our 6 PM Finale Tuesday!  We will be there at noon to weigh our noon time clients in and then meet back together for a great time at 6PM when we say our final goodbyes to the Summer Team Challenge!

Make this a persistent kind of week!  Make every day count, every meal count, every workout count and every glass of water count...as you finish out this outstanding 10 week challenge!

Always encouraging you,

Letha

The Traveler's Gift - Week 9 Team Standings

Team Name	%
Foley Loaded	14.34%
Shrinky Dinks	13.38%
Been There, Done That	12.93%
Done & Dunner	11.92%
Finally Full	11.73%
Team MADA	11.45%
Weigh 2 Sweet	11.07%
Downsizing	10.94%
Hi-Weigh to Health	10.68%
Skinny In-Laws	9.90%
The In-Law Weigh	9.86%
Figuratively Shrinking	9.56%
Dual Duettes	8.66%
Dig Deeper	8.49%
Morbidly Monitarily Motivated	8.36%
Off and Running	8.33%
Droppin Baggage	8.22%
Kickin' As-Phalt All The Way to Skinny	8.20%
But Wait, There's Less!	8.16%
The Souvenirs	8.14%
Kalorie Killing Kangas'	7.77%
Rollin' Back Time	7.68%
E-Lemon-ators	7.66%
Light & Fit	7.58%
Devoted Duo	7.33%
Choosers and Loosers	7.27%
Coworking Cows	7.24%
Tapa-No-Knees	7.20%
Lean Queens	7.18%
Small & Mighty Losers	7.16%
Decided Travelers … No More Detours	6.99%
Wonder Women	6.81%
The Chub Stops Here	6.72%
Belly Busters	6.67%
Cruise Control	6.61%
Let's Do This Mother!	6.49%
The Red Hot Mammas	6.28%
Kim Possible Squared	6.20%
Traveling Down the Weight Line	6.09%
Nimble Hogs	5.99%
Peaceful Travelers	5.98%
Divine Intervention	5.63%
Traveling Lite	5.59%
Adipose Destroyer	5.39%
Getter Done	5.17%
Fabulous By Fall	5.14%
The 2 J's	5.09%
Flab-u-less	5.00%
Two Too Much	4.83%
Excess Baggage	4.56%
Dump Your Rump	4.52%
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	4.51%
The Baggage Busters	4.51%
Alumni Bound	4.37%
Livin' The Dream	4.33%
Try Hard Ninjas	4.12%
The Persistant	4.11%
Paris Bound	4.02%
Losing It Again	3.98%
Weight of Glory	3.96%
Meltdown Mammas	3.94%
Dye Hards	3.92%
It's a Shore Thing	3.83%
3 B's	3.80%
Getting Directions Along the Weigh	3.69%
Tour de Fat	3.62%
Flight to Freedom	3.39%
Chew Less	3.34%
Waist Management	2.94%
Crazy Cousins 2	2.92%
Enlighten Up	2.86%
Champion Chunkers	2.78%
Spinning to Thinning	2.41%
Download	2.41%
The Dynamic Duo	2.26%
Baggage Lost	2.14%
Letha's Minions	2.12%
Baggage Claim	1.86%
The Double Shots Girls	1.41%
NO NAME #3	1.16%
Choose to Lose	1.07%
Lost, But Finding Our Way	0.61%
Healthy Weigh 101	0.50%
One Way Only	0.18%
Dwindling Divas	-1.04%
Fit For Flight	-2.60%

The Traveler's Gift - Week 8 Team Standings

Team Name	%
Foley Loaded	13.04%
Shrinky Dinks	12.80%
Been There, Done That	11.85%
Team MADA	11.71%
Done & Dunner	11.54%
Finally Full	11.20%
Downsizing	10.41%
Weigh 2 Sweet	10.00%
The In-Law Weigh	9.89%
Hi-Weigh to Health	9.39%
Figuratively Shrinking	9.35%
The Souvenirs	8.97%
Skinny In-Laws	8.65%
Morbidly Monitarily Motivated	8.55%
Dual Duettes	8.36%
Droppin Baggage	8.22%
Kickin' As-Phalt All The Way to Skinny	7.98%
Off and Running	7.93%
But Wait, There's Less!	7.75%
Rollin' Back Time	7.68%
Light & Fit	7.53%
Choosers and Loosers	7.34%
Coworking Cows	7.24%
Lean Queens	7.18%
Small & Mighty Losers	7.16%
Kalorie Killing Kangas'	7.15%
E-Lemon-ators	7.04%
Devoted Duo	6.99%
Dig Deeper	6.96%
Belly Busters	6.77%
The Chub Stops Here	6.68%
Tapa-No-Knees	6.64%
Cruise Control	6.61%
Kim Possible Squared	6.44%
Let's Do This Mother!	6.32%
Decided Travelers … No More Detours	6.19%
Wonder Women	6.14%
The Red Hot Mammas	6.09%
Peaceful Travelers	6.03%
Traveling Down the Weight Line	6.01%
Divine Intervention	5.91%
Two Too Much	5.87%
Adipose Destroyer	5.62%
Traveling Lite	5.24%
Getter Done	5.17%
Fabulous By Fall	5.14%
The 2 J's	5.09%
Tour de Fat	4.93%
Excess Baggage	4.68%
Dump Your Rump	4.58%
Nimble Hogs	4.57%
Flab-u-less	4.54%
Livin' The Dream	4.51%
The Baggage Busters	4.45%
Alumni Bound	4.37%
Try Hard Ninjas	4.12%
The Persistant	4.11%
3 B's	4.06%
Paris Bound	4.02%
Dye Hards	4.02%
Losing It Again	3.98%
It's a Shore Thing	3.83%
Meltdown Mammas	3.73%
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	3.71%
Weight of Glory	3.66%
Enlighten Up	3.58%
Getting Directions Along the Weigh	3.51%
Chew Less	3.34%
Crazy Cousins 2	2.92%
Baggage Lost	2.83%
Waist Management	2.80%
Champion Chunkers	2.78%
The Dynamic Duo	2.75%
Spinning to Thinning	2.41%
Download	2.41%
Flight to Freedom	2.20%
Letha's Minions	2.12%
Baggage Claim	1.86%
The Double Shots Girls	1.54%
Healthy Weigh 101	1.19%
NO NAME #3	1.16%
Choose to Lose	0.89%
Lost, But Finding Our Way	0.61%

I Will Greet This Day With a Forgiving Spirit

We traveled back to  Gettysburg this week to meet with the 16th President of The United States, Abraham Lincoln.  Lincoln was preparing to give the Gettysburg address when our traveler, David Ponder, met with him.  President Lincoln took the time to talk with David about compassion and Glenda took the time to share it with us.

The compassionate DECISION changes the way most people view forgiveness.  A forgiving spirit allows you to let go of the past and embrace a compelling new future. Harboring anger and resentment for others, regardless of whether or not "they deserve it," poisons your soul and limits your growth. When you embrace forgiveness through the compassionate DECISION, your level of personal success becomes boundless.  Glenda walked us through the very important steps to forgive and encouraged us all to do the work of forgiving people this week so that we might become "lighter." :-)

We celebrated some great weight loss this week and also one individual who hit his 100 pound weight loss mark!  Congratulations Chris H.  We are so proud of you.  You have inspired us since you came to The Healthy Weigh for the Spring Team Challenge!  I heard from another client today that was taken off ALL his medication by his Dr. at his yearly check up this week!  That's music to my ears!

Our winning teams for the week:
Noon: Team "Livin' The Dream" Judy and Marsha won with a 1.67% of weight loss.
6 PM: Team "Foley Loaded" Kelly and Amy won with 2.30% of weight loss for the week.  Congratulations to Kelly and Amy  for having our first ever THREE-PEAT! They have been our winners of the week for the last three weeks in a row!  Awesome!

I was excited to announce the theme of our upcoming Fall Team Challenge! "Best of the Best"  I'll be presenting the BEST 10 teachings from the last 21 team challenges this coming fall.  I've been compiling what I believe are the BEST presentations that have been delivered over the last 5 years! It's going to be a great fall at The Healthy Weigh!

Challenges for the week:

• Read this decision every day and do the homework at the bottom of the page.  For two extra tickets go through the forgiveness process that Glenda taught us about Thursday.

• Download week # 6 of the CD series "Body~Soul~Spirit The Spiritual Perspective and do the homework provided.

We've got a couple of powerful weeks left at this Team Challenge.  I know that by doing the work of forgiveness this week, we will have some of you feeling "lighter" next thursday than you have in years.

Until next week, always encouraging you

Letha

Sometimes you've just got to talk about FOOD!

I know it's foreign to some people, that you'd come to a weight loss organization and spend little time talking about the very thing that causes you to gain weight...FOOD. You'd think that every week, we'd spend time discussing nutrition and recipes.You'd think that every week we'd give tips and helps for eating in and eating out.  But here's what I've learned in the last 30 years...it's not about the FOOD! Of course, we've got to eat a proper diet of whole fresh foods to lose weight. And of course, we've got to learn to say yes to the right foods and no to the wrong foods.  Gaining weight and losing weight is a math problem, and sometimes you've got to do math.

This week at the Team Challenge was ALL about FOOD! We had some fun talking about the miracle foods of this century. We looked at restaurant eating and simplified it... "The food you need is in the kitchen!" And I shared some of my favorite concepts that have helped me keep my weight off for years.  Even though I know that there's more to losing weight and keeping it off than FOOD...it was good to spend this Thursday talking about it!

We had a blast this week celebrating TEAMS!  Team spirit was evident at The Healthy Weigh! Glenda and I even went all out and performed a little soft shoe routine to "It's beginning to be a habit with me." It was a fun Thursday!!

Our winning Teams for the week were celebrated too!  Congratulations for your persistence!

Noon:  Team "Choose to Lose" Debbie and Dorie won with a 2.20% of weight loss!

6:00   Team "Foley Loaded" Amy and Kelly won for the second week in a row with a 1.74 % of weight loss!

Good job to all of you...and to all of you who are showing up each week regardless of your weight loss for the week. That's how you change your thinking.  You keep on coming!!! Change your thinking, and you will change your life! Small changes over a long period of time...

Your Challenge for the week:

Go out to eat and stay on program!  Bring in the receipt for a ticket in the drawing!

Download week # 5 "Exercise and Weight Loss ~  It's a Math Problem" and do the homework provided!

We have three weeks left of this Team Challenge! Three weeks is enough time to do GREAT things!  Lose weight, learn more, change your thought life... lots of really GREAT things!

Next week we meet Abe Lincoln!  It's going to be a fantastic week!

Always encouraging you,

Letha

The Traveler's Gift - Week 7 Team Standings

Team Name	%
Shrinky Dinks	11.87%
Foley Loaded	11.00%
Been There, Done That	10.94%
Team MADA	10.27%
Done & Dunner	9.73%
Finally Full	9.66%
Downsizing	9.44%
The In-Law Weigh	9.34%
The Souvenirs	8.97%
Weigh 2 Sweet	8.87%
Figuratively Shrinking	8.70%
Skinny In-Laws	8.54%
Hi-Weigh to Health	8.46%
Kickin' As-Phalt All The Way to Skinny	7.86%
Off and Running	7.71%
Morbidly Monitarily Motivated	7.63%
Lean Queens	7.18%
Dual Duettes	7.02%
Rollin' Back Time	7.02%
Dig Deeper	6.96%
Droppin Baggage	6.90%
Kalorie Killing Kangas'	6.89%
Coworking Cows	6.70%
Light & Fit	6.62%
Choosers and Loosers	6.50%
Traveling Lite	6.44%
Devoted Duo	6.42%
E-Lemon-ators	6.23%
The Chub Stops Here	6.19%
Belly Busters	6.14%
But Wait, There's Less!	6.09%
Two Too Much	5.98%
Tapa-No-Knees	5.83%
Traveling Down the Weight Line	5.77%
Wonder Women	5.75%
Decided Travelers … No More Detours	5.71%
Adipose Destroyer	5.62%
Small & Mighty Losers	5.58%
Kim Possible Squared	5.20%
Let's Do This Mother!	5.19%
Fabulous By Fall	5.18%
Cruise Control	5.11%
Peaceful Travelers	5.04%
The Red Hot Mammas	5.01%
Dye Hards	4.99%
Tour de Fat	4.93%
Nimble Hogs	4.57%
Flab-u-less	4.54%
The Baggage Busters	4.51%
Divine Intervention	4.44%
Alumni Bound	4.38%
Getter Done	4.31%
Meltdown Mammas	4.25%
Weight of Glory	4.24%
Try Hard Ninjas	4.12%
The Persistant	4.11%
Dump Your Rump	4.10%
Paris Bound	4.02%
3 B's	3.89%
It's a Shore Thing	3.83%
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	3.71%
The 2 J's	3.53%
Getting Directions Along the Weigh	3.51%
Chew Less	3.34%
Losing It Again	3.17%
Baggage Lost	3.14%
Crazy Cousins 2	2.92%
Enlighten Up	2.92%
Excess Baggage	2.90%
Livin' The Dream	2.88%
Champion Chunkers	2.78%
The Dynamic Duo	2.70%
Letha's Minions	2.47%
Spinning to Thinning	2.41%
Download	2.41%
Waist Management	2.31%
Baggage Claim	1.86%
The Double Shots Girls	1.54%
Flight to Freedom	1.42%
Healthy Weigh 101	1.19%
NO NAME #3	1.16%
Choose to Lose	1.10%
Lost, But Finding Our Way	0.67%
Dwindling Divas	0.41%
One Way Only	-1.39%
Fit For Flight	-1.52%