And the Winners Are.....

Happy New Year, Holiday Health Challengers!

The final numbers are in. Congratulations to everyone for being great to themselves over the holidays!!!

AND THE WINNERS ARE :
In 5th place – PHISH PHOOD – they lost a total of 3.33% weight together. Raquel lost 9odd% and Daniella over 3%. All the guys did their share and this team lost 27lbs.

In 4th place – CONQUERING THE BEAST BACK EAST – these five all ladies team provided an incredible support system to each other over the holidays. They rocked it together at the Turkey Trot and then still used the discussion group to continue the motivation. They lost a total of 4.65%. Paige was a team member who lost just over 11% of her total body weight – this put her in 3rd place overall in total percentage of weight lost for an individual. Well done, Guys!– not even the snow can keep you guys for making it all happen With-U!

In 3rd place – THE FINKS – they didn’t know each other. They only ever met online. David lost an incredible 12.85% of his total body weight. FANTASTIC!

In 2nd place – THE FURIOUS FIVE – Anthony put together this team of co-workers, and, boy, did he put them to work. They were incredibly supportive of each other and lost an amazing 89lbs. Mike on this team lost just over 38lbs for the greatest total amount of weight lost! Darrel dropped a belt size by shedding 20lbs. Wendy lost 7, Daniel 5, and their furious leader dropped 19! CRAZEE!! Thanks to the generosity of Runners High, The Furious Five each won a $40 gift card to Runners High!

And the team that galloped away with the grand prizes was…
THE PINK PONIES – a father, daughter, brother, friend and boyfriend team (Mom was on another team!) kept each other motivated to stay the course throughout the treacherous holiday season. Two of their team work at California Pizza Kitchen and navigated the temptations there together. They did workouts together, planned meals together, counted calories together, and lost a total of 100.4lbs! Chris M lost 15.96% of his total weight – the most of the challenge. Chris C lost 24lbs, Ryan dropped 10.62% of his total body weight, while Taylor and her dad Steve both lost over 4% of their total body weight. And they did all this over the Holiday Season, so they can ring in the new year feeling a whole lot better about themselves!

The PINK PONIES gallop away with $1500!!

But wait there’s more! THE FINAL POG WINNERS –
Check them out On the With-U Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB8WLRpqdg0

Five Teams made it into the final drawing – several were just shy of the 80% cut off, including the Ponies who had 78.78% of their POG’s…
1. Conquering the Beast Back East
2. Less is More
3. Phish Phood
4. The Finks
5. The Fab Five

And the winner is #4 – The FINKS walk away with $500 to start their 2010!

What Next?
Remember that 90% of people will have broken their new years resolution by the end of January. Don’t let that happen to you!

Let With-U help you through 2010, and start with the 2010 With-U Wellness Challenge on January 16th. Sign up today for steep discounts!

All HHC members just need to send us an email to let us know if they would like to participate in the 2010 special – ALL four for $100 per person or just the STRIP With-U (Spare Tire Reduction Incentive Program) $40 per person.

See http://www.withu.org/ for more details, but you do NOT need to register online. We will send you a link so that we can import all your existing information over to the new incentives.

Check out the Pink Ponies this morning as they learn they are the Winning Team.

CHECK OUT OUR BLOG FOR GRAPHS OF THE TOP 20 INDIVIDUAL LOSERS! http://wellnesswithu.blogspot.com/

Post on your facebooks, tweet and tell everyone your success – the more teams we have, the more the prize money will increase next year.

Finally, you all made a difference – everyone of you who maintained or lost weight were winners for your wellness. Although we didn’t quite hit the 500lb mark, With-U is donating 100lbs of food to the OC Foodbank in honor of the Ponies, who lost a whopping 100lbs!!

CONGRATS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

With-U WELLNESS TEAM

Holiday Health Challenge Winners Prize Award Tomorrow!

Winners of the With-U Holiday Health Challenge will be announced in an award ceremony at 7:30 a.m. TOMORROW, Thursday, December 31, at Tustin Sports Park, 12850 Robinson Drive. Please join us to congratulate them as they receive their $1,500 cash prize!

The With-U Holiday Health Challenge was a tremendous success. The 90 participants lost a total of 475 pounds over an eight-week period beginning on Halloween. The winning five-person team lost more than 100 pounds total, averaging 8.9 percent of total body weight per individual team member. The second-place team lost a cumulative 86 pounds, averaging 6.53 percent of total body weight per member.

Seventeen of the 19 five-member teams in the Holiday Health Challenge lost weight—at a time of year when many people put on the pounds—and 92 percent of all participants lost weight or stayed at same weight.

Since the kick-off weigh-in on Oct. 31, the Health Challenge competitors have completed a cumulative total of more than 4,000 health- and nutrition-focused POGs.

In addition to the $1,500 grand prize award, each team completing at least 80 percent of its weekly assignments was entered into a drawing for an additional $500 cash prize.

Because the Holiday Health Challenges in both 2008 and this year were so popular and successful, With-U will be holding four similar eight-week Health Challenges during 2010. The kick-off weigh-in for the first quarterly challenge of 2010, “STRIP With-U” (for Spare Tire Reduction Incentive Program) will be held Jan. 16 at Runner’s High in Irvine, with participants competing for $2,000 total cash prizes.

For more information or to register, visit www.withu.org, or call us at 714-832-8590.

P.S. Check out the fabulous feature in today's Orange County Register, focusing on 2008 Holiday Health Challenge participant Cindy Speer, with lots of great photos of the Rough-Fit folks. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/healthy-226197-year-resolution.html

Holiday Health Challengers drop over 300 lbs in 4 weeks!

The Holiday Health Challenge began October 31st and was designed to help participants navigate the temptations that arrive with the holiday season.

Participants weighed in on October 31st and returned for weigh in's every two weeks. They receive weekly newsletters and are challenged with a weekly plan of goals(POG's). Prizes are awarded to top weight losers and a drawing has been held each week for participants who complete at least 80% of their POG's.

The results thus far:

* Over 300lbs lost

* 70% of POG's are completed overall

* 8 teams are completing 80% or higher of their POG's

But the most important:Participants say it keeps them focused and on track during a time when the average person stacks on a few extra pounds.

Well done to all the participants and we look forward to continued success over the next few weeks.