Spirit Week at The Healthy Weigh!

A bunch of outstanding team costumes, some cheers and even a song and dance or two. I'd say that Spirit Week was a success! What fun we had at The Healthy Weigh today!! We celebrated team mates and the all important strategy of ACCOUNTABILITY! Holding yourself accountable is probably the number one best, most powerful plan, tactic, approach you can find to accomplish any goal!

For some reason if we believe that someone’s watching, we behave differently.

Deadlines help us keep the habit of working, late fees help us pay our bills on time, grades help us study, weight loss scales keep us saying no thank you.  When we believe that we may be held accountable for our actions, even when truly we are accountable only to ourselves, we show more self control.

I shared three kinds of accountability this week that we can use to change and maintain our new habits.

1. Hold yourself accountable to another person.

2. Hold yourself accountable to the public. 

3. Hold yourself accountable to yourself.

The key as always, is to know thyself and consider your own nature. Knowing whether we are private resolvers or public resolvers is important.  But more important is to set up accountability in your life...in what ever area you need it to accomplish great things and become all you were intended to be!  

As I look back on what we've learned in just these 4 weeks at this HABIT Team Challenge, I'm encouraged and believe in the power to lose weight and keep it off for life! 

The more habits we have, the less will power we'll need.

We manage what we monitor.

We always do better (at everything) if we hold ourself accountable.

Our winning Teams for the week:
Noon: Team "Foot Loose & Fab Free" Lucas and Bethany with a 2.07% of weight loss for the week!
6 PM: Team "Light N Fit Geeks" Marybeth and Marjo with a 2.26% of weight loss for the week! 
Congratulations to you winners!!!

Your challenges for the week:

• Go public (hold yourself accountable to others)
• Monitor for the last 7 days of our 21 day challenge
• NOT ONE STINKIN' PIECE

Bonus Challenge:

• LOSE 2 POUNDS AND BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR $50! ( TWO WINNERS AT EACH GATHERING!)

I gave some important information about "Operation Gratitude."  Children (under 16 years old) can sell back their halloween candy for $1 per pound and have it sent to our Military serving in Afghanistan.  Here are a couple of Dental offices participating.

Gentech Dentist  ~  Salmon Creek

14201 NE 20th Ave., Suite 1101  Vancouver, WA, 98686   Phone: 360-882-0222

Gentech Dentist  ~ East Vancouver

605 SE 164th Ave., Suite 103   Vancouver, WA, 98684   Phone: 360-713-6767

What a way to teach our children that giving is truly better than receiving! and...a little of their candy is an OK thing...but a bucket full is better donated!! :-)  

This was one of those weeks at The Healthy Weigh that I was so thankful for what I do for a living.  To be a part of something so powerful and yet so fun is such a wonderful combination! Thanks to all of you who participated in Spirit Week!

Always encouraging you...and holding you accountable!
Letha