Weekly Top #15!!!

Well, the number of people weighing in at the meetings seem to be dwindling down. I hope the group is everything you had hoped it would be. If it's not, please do not hesitate to talk to Angie or I with comments or suggestions!! This isn't "our" group....it's YOUR group! We are here to help YOU achieve your goals!!

That being said, we still have a great amount of people coming to the meetings, weighing in and HAVING HUGE SUCCESS!!! It's seriously awe-inspiring! I loved how many people that I, alone, weigh in just keep losing weight week after week!! Angie had mentioned the same thing, too!

So, now the moment you've all been waiting for....

#1. Michelle Allen.................................10.2%
#2. Renee Merkel..................................7.9%
#3. Becky Beckman..............................6.8%
#4. Amy Beckman.................................6.3%
#5. Kris Gutgsell...................................6.0%
#6. Joyce Gessner.................................5.7%
#7. Linda Partenheimer.......................5.7 %
#8. Laura Rickenbaugh........................5.3%
#9. Paula Britt........................................4.5%
#10. Rachelle Beckman.........................4.3%
#11. Chris Howard.................................4.3%
#12. Kelly Birrell....................................4.1%
#13. Cindy Hembree.............................4.1%
#14. Becky Kunz....................................4.0%
#15. Hillory Werner..............................4.0%

Let's give these ladies a round of applause!! Way to go! Keep up the awesome work!

Our winner for this week was Denise Gutgsell! She won a yoga mat! Go Denise!! She shared with me at weigh in that she's started to keep an online food journal on one of the sites we have here on the blog!

Our presenter for this evening was Misty Bohnert who is a yoga instructor (just to name one of the things she does!!). What a great speaker she was! She showed us some yoga moves to do in a chair, we all participated in some yoga moves standing up and she even stayed later with those who wanted and did some more strengthening and stretching excercises! Awesome!! Thanks, Misty!!

This week's challenge is to A. Stay after the meeting next week for Johnna's workout OR B. Stay after the meeting and try and walk 3 laps around the community club lake (1 lap=1 mile).

Thanks to Amy Lewis for having another yummy recipe up on the board for us! She does an awesome job at coming up with new recipes every week! If you have a kick butt low cal/healthy recipe, let her know at the next meeting!

How did everyone do with last week's challenge of keeping a food journal? I know it's a lot of work, but it's a lot of work that will pay off at the end of each day! I cannot stress enough how important that is to do. You will be surprised how fast those calories add up. And, as you see that, you will start to look for better and healthier ways to use up those calories!!