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