"But It's Good For Me"

We learned a lot on the climb this week! Education is motivation...so we all should feel REALLY motivated after Tuesday's class! We spent time talking about the "miracle" foods of the 21st century. Foods that have almost miraculous benefits, but if consumed without responsibility can cause obesity.
I always look forward to introducing these "miracle" foods back into my clients diet's during the important stabilization process, but even then, portions are critical!

Speaking of miracles...it's only week # 4 of this 10 week challenge and we've already seen a few miracles in the lives of our clients! MANY of our clients are already at and over their 20 pound marks! How Exciting. A few of our clients have already come off insulin for their type II diabetes! A great number of climbers are seeing themselves at numbers they haven't seen in over 20 years! Miracles...they are happening all around us!

A couple of new teams landed in first place for the week! At Noon 'Pirates of the Caribiners' took the win with a 2.32% of weight loss for the week! Jeremy and Kimberli, Yo Ho!!! At Six, team "Thin it to Win it' won with a 2.05%! Julian and Tanya had a great week! Congratulations to both winning teams. Hope you enjoy your new snuggly throws this week!..and thanks to our anonymous donor for sponsoring our winning teams this week!

We introduced an exciting ANCHOR this week called THE POWER OF ONE! How many people does it take to make a difference?...just ONE! We were inspired by a blog written by a gal that invested her time and energy on her 38th birthday giving to others. Performing 38 'Random Acts Of Kindness' was her goal on her 38th birthday! After posting on her blog about the experience, it caught on and people young and old all across the country have adopted this powerful birthday tradition. We thought it would be fun to use the week before Valentine's Day to spread a little love ourselves.
So this week we are going to perform random acts of kindness in our worlds. I'm looking forward to seeing the posts and hearing about the lives we touch this week. Here's a link to read about her experience...it will inspire you, I'm sure of it!

http://mixmingleglow.com/blog/?p=1358

As we head into week # 5 of this Team Challenge, we are still focusing on "the work" it takes to not only lose the weight, but to keep it off for life! Mingma Sherpa shared some important information about motivation and rewards for permanent change. This week were are going to focus on our 3rd lesson of the CD. "Back Packs~ Controlling What You Can."

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Listen to Week # 3 of the CD series. "Back Packs~ Controlling What You Can" and do the homework provided! This one is a biggy!!!

The climb is getting harder...who's up for it? I don't know about you but I'm glad to be climbing with this group. It feels safe and secure! Climb on!!!

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Team Challenge Standings - Week 4

9.1 Thunder & Lightning
9.1 Fireball
8.1 Sister Act
8.1 Chicks With Kicks
7.9 Pirates of the Caribiners
7.8 The Flaming Marshmallows
7.7 Will Jog 4 Fries
7.7 Thug & Jugs
7.6 Weight Loss Warriors
7.6 B+
7.0 Ruby Red Racer
6.8 Pretty Little Losers Season 2
6.8 Girls On Fire!
6.8 Endeavor 70
6.7 Team Torres
6.5 Hugstables
6.5 Cousins Thru Thick N Thin
6.3 Fat Chance
6.3 Aint No Mountain High Enough
6.0 Fire & Ice
5.9 Lets Go Make It Low
5.9 Hungry Hungry Hippos
5.7 Ma & Pa Kettle
5.7 Git-R-Done
5.7 Dieting Duo
5.7 C U At the Top
5.6 Ridin High
5.5 Weigh 2 Go
5.5 Extreme Makeover Booty Edition
5.4 Extra Grand
5.3 Trophy Wife Wannabes
5.2 Designed to Incline
5.0 Too Legit To Quit
4.9 Red Hot Mama’s
4.7 No Sugar Just Spice
4.7 Moms In Motion
4.6 Victorious Secrets
4.6 No Chews 4 U
4.5 No Weigh Know How
4.5 Lovely Losers
4.4 Beach Babes In Progress
4.3 Mission: SlimPossible
4.2 Weight & C’s
4.2 Summit Sisters
4.2 Do It Or Die
4.1 On Our Weigh
4.1 Here We Go Again
4.0 Thin To Win (Noon)
4.0 Thin To Win (6:00)
4.0 Shrinking Sherpas
3.9 Worth The Weight
3.9 Hot 2 Drop
3.8 Two The Top
3.8 Lone Ranger (Peggy)
3.7 Lite Weights
3.7 Disappearing Dental Divas
3.7 Bodacious Babes
3.6 This Is How It’s “Dunne”
3.5 Totally Waisted
3.5 Thin It To Win It
3.5 Healthy Moms = Healthy Moms
3.3 Wallerinas
3.3 Twinkie Defense
3.3 No Limits Too High
3.2 Melting Mammas
3.1 Peak Performers
2.9 Going All The Weigh
2.8 Stash Busters
2.6 Into Thin Air
2.6 BFBG (Back Fat Be Gone)
2.4 Mission Slimpossible Two
2.4 Lemmon Droppers
2.4 Gelato & Cappuccino
2.3 Committed Climbers
2.2 Wonder Women
2.1 The Girls Next Door
2.1 2 Chicks In Waiting
2.0 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2.0 Perky Peppy Primadonnas
2.0 Dynamic Duo
1.2 Won't Stop Until We Reach The Top
1.2 Mountaineers
1.1Weight! Weight! Don’t Kill Me!
.9 Changes In Attitude
.1 Defying Gravity

Team Challenge Standings - Week 3

8.2 Thunder & Lightning
7.2 Will Jog 4 Fries
7.2 Fireball
6.9 Thug & Jugs
6.6 Sister Act
6.5 Chicks With Kicks
6.4 The Flaming Marshmallows
6.2 Girls On Fire!
6.0 Team Torres
6.0 Cousins Thru Thick N Thin
6.0 B+
5.7 Weight Loss Warriors
5.6 Pirates of the Caribiners
5.5 Fat Chance
5.2 Hungry Hungry Hippos
5.1 Endeavor 70
5.0 Ruby Red Racer
5.0 Pretty Little Losers Season 2
5.0 Lets Go Make It Low
5.0 C U At the Top
4.8 Ridin High
4.8 Fire & Ice
4.6 Trophy Wife Wannabes
4.5 Twinkie Defense
4.5 Too Legit To Quit
4.5 Hugstables
4.5 Git Er Done
4.5 Dieting Duo
4.3 Weigh 2 Go
4.3 Summit Sisters
4.3 Aint No Mountain High Enough
4.2 Weight & C’s
4.2 No Weigh Know How
4.2 Ma & Pa Kettle
4.1 Extreme Makeover Booty Edition
4.1 Extra Grand
4.0 This Is How It’s “Dunne”
4.0 Designed to Incline
3.8 Red Hot Mama’s
3.8 Lone Ranger (Peggy)
3.7 Lite Weights
3.7 Bodacious Babes
3.6 No Sugar Just Spice
3.6 Mission: SlimPossible
3.6 Here We Go Again
3.5 Victorious Secrets
3.5 Thin To Win (Noon)
3.5 Thin To Win (6:00)
3.5 On Our Weigh
3.5 Moms In Motion
3.4 Shrinking Sherpas
3.4 Hot 2 Drop
3.3 No Chews 4 U
3.3 Going All The Weigh
3.1 Totally Waisted
3.0 Two The Top
3.0 Disappearing Dental Divas
3.0 Beach Babes In Progress
2.9 Do It Or Die
2.8 Worth The Weight
2.6 Stash Busters
2.5 Peak Performers
2.5 No Limits Too High
2.5 Lovely Losers
2.4 Gelato & Cappuccino
2.3 Into Thin Air
2.1 The Girls Next Door
2.0 Perky Peppy Prima Donnas
2.0 Healthy Moms = Healthy Moms
1.9 Wallerinas
1.8 Lemmon Droppers
1.8 BFBG (Back Fat Be Gone)
1.6 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
1.6 Mission Slimpossible Two
1.4 Wonder Women
1.4 Thin It To Win It
1.3 2 Chicks In Waiting
1.1Weight! Weight! Don’t Kill Me!
1.1 Melting Mommas
.9 Dynamic Duo
.9 Changes In Attitude
.8 The Green Team ~ Recycling to Reduce
.8 Mountaineers
.7 Committed Climbers
-.1 Defying Gravity

Just What Are You Thinking About?

Tuesday is a great day at The Healthy Weigh. This week our teams lost a total of 387.5 pounds! We are well on our way to another record breaking Team Challenge. These teams are truly going BEYOND THE LIMITS!

Our focus today was all about our thought life. Our thinking must be stellar to reach the summit. Since our thinking dictates how we act, choosing positive thinking is a must! A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. Man is made or unmade by himself.

For most of us, thinking rightly is a never ending, non stop, life pursuing venture; it's as hard for many, as climbing a mountain. But we are up for the task. Changed thinking means turning your back on your old thoughts and walking away from them. That is going beyond the limits. That is life changing!

Our winning teams today took home backpacks to decorate and won the ever so popular "cooking class with Nancy." Thanks, Nancy, for donating your time, energy and finances to this group!

Congratulations to our winners of the week:
Noon...team 'Ridin High' Gary and Marti with a 2.10% of weight loss for the week!
6PM...team 'Victorious Secret' Pat and Margie with a 2.63%. You all had a great week. Good job!!

YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
Listen to week # 2 Change Your Thinking~Change Your Life and do the homework provided!

It's going to take climbers with strong minds to reach the summit of this big mountain! I believe I'm standing among those strong thinkers each Tuesday! I'm so excited to be climbing this beastly mountain with you! Hold on, press on and I'll see you next week!

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Team Challenge Standings - Winter TC Week 2

6.7 Thunder & Lightning
6.0 Thug & Jugs
5.5 Sister Act
5.2 Will Jog 4 Fries
5.1 The Flaming Marshmallows
5.1 Fireball
5.1 Chicks With Kicks
5.0 Girls On Fire!
4.8 Team Torres
4.6 Pretty Little Losers Season 2
4.5 Pirates of the Caribiners
4.2 Hungry Hungry Hippos
4.2 C U At the Top
4.1 Cousins Thru Thick & Thin
4.1 B+
3.9 Fat Chance
3.8 Weight Loss Warriors
3.8 Lets Go Make It Low
3.7 Git Er Done
3.5 Trophy Wife Wannabes
3.5 This Is How It’s “Dunne”
3.4 Aint No Mountain High Enough
3.3 Dieting Duo
3.2 Weigh 2 Go
3.2 No Weigh Know How
3.1 Weight & C’s
3.1 Ruby Red Racer
3.1 Peggy/Judy
3.0 Thin To Win (6:00)
3.0 Fire & Ice
3.0 Extreme Makeover Body Edition
2.9 Too Legit To Quit
2.9 Red Hot Mama’s
2.9 Extra Grand
2.8 Light Weights
2.8 Beach Babes In Progress
2.7 Twinkie Defense
2.7 The Hugstables
2.7 Ridin High
2.7 Janet/Kathy
2.7 Here We Go Again
2.7 Endeavor 70
2.7 Bodacious Babes
2.6 No Chews 4 U
2.6 Mission: SlimPossible
2.6 Ma & Pa Kettle
2.5 Disappearing Dental Divas
2.5 Designed to Incline
2.4 Thin To Win (Noon)
2.4 Gelato & Cappuccino
2.3 On Our Weigh
2.3 Hot 2 Drop
2.3 Do It Or Die
2.2 Two The Top
2.2 Totally Waisted
2.2 Shrinking Sherpas
2.1 Worth The Weight
2.1 Moms In Motion
2.1 Going All The Weigh
2.0 Lovely Losers
1.7 The Girls Next Door
1.7 A Weigh To Go
1.6 No Sugar Just Spice
1.5 Healthy Moms = Healthy Moms
1.3 Peak Performers
1.3 No Limits Too High
1.3 Mission Slimpossible Two
1.3 BFBG (Back Fat Be Gone)
1.2 Wonder Women
1.1 Wallerinas
1.1 Stash Busters
1.1 Mountaineers
1.1 Committed Climbers
1.1 2 Chicks In Weighting
0.0 Lemmon Droppers
.9 Weight! Weight! Don’t Kill Me!
.9 Victorious Secret
.9 Dynamic Duo
.8 The Green Team ~ Recycling to Reduce
.8 Perky Peppy Primadonas
.8 Patty/Emily
.6 Melting Mommas
.4 Thin It To Win It
.02 Defying Gravity
-.1 Changes In Attitude

What's Your World View?

Wow! Week two of this Winter Team Challenge did not disappoint! We started out strong as we pulled away from base camp! Although many of our climbers are still acclimating to the altitude, they still had a GREAT week! Between our noon and 6pm groups we lost over 900 pounds this week! Now THAT'S going beyond the limits!

There was an exciting announcement this week! Our team challenge participants are going to be given the chance to climb a real mountain! Wendy J. is heading up the group that will climb Mt. St. Helens in June. Those who sign up will be training together for the next 6 months to accomplish this great feat! Exciting stuff!!

We also met our very own Sherpa guide to help us with our climb this week. Mingma(Glenda) will be sharing a bit with us each week as we push higher up this big mountain! She challenged us to "do the real work" in the next 9 weeks as we are losing weight so that this journey will truly be life changing!

Our winning teams were excited to receive the "Trophy" for the week, our Beyond The Limits bright red back backs. I'm expecting those packs to be covered with greatness by the time this challenge is over! The two top teams at noon and 6 pm also were sponsored and gifted $100 each by Glenda Bigalky and Barry Brandenburg! Thank you to both of you for showing your support this very first week of this winter Team Challenge!

Congratulations to team 'Fireball' Doug and Arty, for winning at noon with a 5.06% of weight loss for the week! Arty dropped over 17 pounds this week, not too bad!
At 6:00 team 'Thunder and Lightning' went beyond the limits with a 6.68% of weight loss! Peggy and Debbie took a victory lap before they received their back packs! Congratulations you two!

With all the celebrating and fun, we also focused our minds a bit on our world views about food. We all have a world view about things whether we realize it or not. Our world view/beliefs are based on our individual assumptions, our values and allegiances by which we interpret the world around us. It's so important for all of us to evaluate our world views, decide if they are "working for us" and change them if necessary to have our weight loss be permanent! I showed the groups a few images to cause us all to ponder the different world views close to us and far away as well. Our world views will dictate how we think and will always dictate how we act! My desire in the next 9 weeks is to challenge the world views of all the climbers!

We received our ANCHORS for the next ten weeks. A great list of events to promote community and help our team mates stay focused and connected in the weeks to follow. Our very first event is a mall walk this coming Friday night at 5! It will be a great opportunity to meet someone new and burn some calories at the same time! Meet at 5 by the giant chess board in front of Macys!

We're climbing friends! I couldn't be more excited!!!
Here's to another terrific week of self care, life change and Mt. Climbing!!

Always encouraging you,
Letha

Let the Climb Begin!

How perfect that snow fell over our counties yesterday as we climbed out of our tents at base camp and started the climb to the summit! We missed a few of our climbers because of the snow, but most were able to attend! We weighed in 87 teams yesterday that are ready to go BEYOND THE LIMITS!

With before pictures taken, teams announced and our first challenge given, the teams of the winter BEYOND THE LIMITS Team Challenge are ready to go! It was fun to hear the names of our teams and see some of the creative "outfits" that represented them! I can already tell that this is going to be an epic group of climbers!!!

With enthusiasm levels high and hope even higher we have set out to go beyond the limits. Beyond what we've done before, both collectively and individually. I challenged our climbers to consider what going "Beyond The Limits" would mean to them in this next ten weeks. We all have set limits on ourselves for years. Some limits consciously and others subconsciously. Going beyond the limits is going to be about looking at what you've always done and deciding if you've got what it takes to push beyond that!

For some of our clients that will mean finishing what they've started, for others it will mean making a commitment to the nutritional plan that they've never made before. Others will be pressing into new numbers they haven't seen in years... and along with that comes a new lifestyle that hasn't been lived in years! Going beyond the limits might look like adding regular exercise to a sedentary life, or possibly engaging fully in all The Heathy Weigh has to offer in the next 10 weeks including the challenges and homework, really "working" the program.

For each individual in the room yesterday, going beyond the limits will be their own personal climb! To reach the summit, to do what hasn't been done before, we will ALL need to push beyond our limits!

YOUR CHALLENGE/GOAL FOR THE WEEK:
Ask yourself the question: "What does going beyond the limits look like for me?" Write down the answer to that question and bring it back into The Healthy Weigh next tuesday for a ticket in the drawing!

The journey up this mountain has begun. Lean on each other and believe in yourself and you will go BEYOND THE LIMITS!

Always encouraging you,
Letha