Join me for a look back at 2012!
We offered 4 Team Challenges this year. We not only lost over 9,000 pounds in 2012 but we had fun doing it! All of our Challenges had their own theme and their own fun!
We started out 2012 climbing Mt. Everest with our winter Team Challenge, "Beyond the Limits." It was a powerful 10 week challenge. Our clients had to have attitude with altitude, a courageous spirit, a willingness to change and a heart that said "I'll never give up." We lost over 2000 pounds as a group and 6 of our climbers hit their 100 pound weight loss mark! What a way to start the New Year. We also had 15 Alumni participate, which added great support and encouragement. Glenda was our Sherpa, "Mingma" and helped us all reach the summit! Our top three teams went home with prize money, however all the climbers went home with changed lives! Our 10 weeks was concluded with a great finale, celebrating all the climbers and the posting of our flag at the summit of Mt. Everest! A group of our climbers took it to the next level after being motivated by this theme and trained together to climb a real mountain. On July 7th of 2012, a group of our clients climbed Mt. St. Helens!
In the Spring, we went on a "Camp Out." We had a lot of fun with this theme! Our teams learned that to change permanently, "YAGODDAWANNA!" You've Got To Want To! :-) We wore our wood cookies as name tags, had walking sticks for our "immunity idol" and even went on a camp out together at the end of this 10 weeks! All 80 teams were greeted each week with a camp fire, camp songs and pup tent to keep us in the mood! Again, we lost over 2000 pounds and this time had 4 clients reach 100 pounds, along with many others reaching their personal best! Glenda wore the name tag "Ranger Rikki" and supported us again along with a even bigger group of Alumni! Seeing our Alumni wear their ORANGE shirts each week was an inspiration to all the clients!
Summer brought "The Olympics." Our Alumni marched in on the first day of the games and lit the torch that burned for the ten week challenge! The London Olympics celebrated some amazing participants with perseverance and fortitude...and so did The Healthy Weigh! We took on the motto of the Olympic games. Citius ~ Altius ~ Fortius! Faster Higher Stronger! Not only did our teams lose over 2200 pounds over the summer, but 5 of our Olympians reached 100 pounds! We learned from former Olympians and were inspired by the current ones. We learned that if you have the Olympic spirit inside of you, you can accomplish anything you set your mind to! The London games had "Wenlock" as a mascot...so of course, we had "Glenlock." Glenda was a good sport once again!
Along with 4 more clients reaching their 100 mark, our Alumni surprised the Olympians by giving two full scholarships to the Fall Team Challenge to deserving team mates! There wasn't a dry eye in the place as we celebrated all the great accomplishments at the closing ceremonies and snuffed out the Olympic torch!
Our final challenge of the year took us on a 10 week cruise! "Sail A Weigh" was our theme as we set sail on the maiden voyage of THW DINAMI! Dinami, our ships name, was Greek for strength and power! Our passengers showed a lot of that as we closed out 2012 losing over 2500 pounds and having 2 more clients reach 100 pounds! We had a ship board photographer shooting film for the 10 weeks as we sailed to Hawaii and Mexico! We even had a holiday party with midnight buffet recipes! A few emergency drills allowed us to get to know each other better in our perspective muster stations! Luckily, even though we hit some rough seas, we had no great emergencies! Every good cruise ship has a cruise director. Julie McCoy was an old favorite from the Love Boat. Well, we had one too, Glenda McCoy. As always, Glenda offered her support and wisdom to this group of Sailors. At the finale we celebrated great weight loss and great life change! Our Alumni did it again and paid the way for 3 more clients to attend the Winter 2013 Team Challenge! What a group!
The Healthy Weigh believes that if you change your thinking...you can truly change your life! Although the clients lost close to 10,000 pounds this year at The Healthy Weigh and look totally different on the outside, I'd say the real change, happened on the inside! It was a fun, exciting, but powerful year!
As I look back at 2012, I'm so thankful to have used my creativity and my inspiration to make a difference in the lives of so many people. I always give my best to the program and expect outstanding results because of it. What I'm always surprised at however, is the overwhelming community support that the clients at The Healthy Weigh give each other. We've got some talented and inspiring people participating in the program and they made all the difference in the success of The Healthy Weigh this last year! I'm honored to be a part of such a great group of people!
We are preparing now to enter our 15th season of the Team Challenge on January 15th. Our theme for this 10 week challenge is "The Travelers Gift ~ Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success." I read this book by Andy Andrews about 6 years ago and was changed by it's content. I've always wanted to travel through it with a group of people! So...that's exactly what we are going to do starting in January! Our Team Challenge themes have been powerful, fun, challenging...this one is going to go down as "life changing" I'm just sure of it!
We have plans in 2013 to offer 4 Team Challenges again and are so excited about the number of clients who are reaching goal weight and keeping it off by participating in our Alumni program. Here's to another year of permanent weight loss, lives being changed, and the ripple effect that all of that change brings!
If you are reading this and you haven't participated in a Team Challenge yet, don't wait! Come join me on Tuesday, January 8th at noon or 6 PM to hear all the details of our upcoming Winter Team Challenge! I hope to see you then! Go to www.healthyweigh.com to find out more or to sign up!
Always encouraging you,
Letha
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