July 30, 2008

And the Winner Is…

Christian Crocker - Keith's Trainer

Congratulations to Keith Waterhouse, the winner of this year’s Birminghgam Loser Competition!

In Just 12 Weeks, Keith lost 53.5 pounds, and 38 inches!  His new resting heart rate is 54 beats per minute!

His measurements: 
May 1, 2008..........July 24, 2008

Neck:.....18...........16
Shoulder:54.25......49
Chest:....50.25.......44
Waist:....48.5.........38
Hips:......48.5.........43.25
Thigh:.....29.......... .24.5
Calf:.......19.25........18
Arm:.......16.75........14.75
Forearm:.13.............12

To see Keith’s Transformation in living color, go to Keith’s Transformation Morph

July 27, 2008

THANKS !

Dennis Carver

What a great experience being a Birmingham Loser has been. So many people to thank !
Luan: Thanks for choosing me to compete at your FT location in Vestavia. You had narrowed it down to me and someone else and you flipped a coin and I lost, but something still told you to pick me. You will never know how thankful I am. Fitness Together is the best thing that has ever happened to me health-wise.FT is everything you say about it and more, much more. I would tell anyone who needs to loose weight, gain strength and/or just workout and feel better-GO TO FITNESS TOGETHER !!! To all the trainers at FT-Vestavia : Dalton and Krissi, Thanks for the great Saturday morning workouts. John, Thanks for filling in on a workout. Katie, Thanks for the encouragement.
And Ryan, Thanks for all the Tuesday and Thursday workouts when you could still get me to make it through a workout after working all day. I need to get a tattoo that says,"Triceps By Ryan”. Best wishes on your upcoming marriage. All of you are professional and have great personalities. You always encouraged me and made me feel at home. Thanks for teaching me things to use for the rest of my life.
To my fellow clients at FT : Earl , thanks for all the “Hey Big D” ‘s when I walked through the door. Jim, Mary Ann and Diane, thanks for all the encouragement and conversations.And all the clients- thanks.
To Healthy Connections : I could not have lost all this weight without Healthy Connections. Not only by eating the healthy meals, but by not having to worry about what to eat, when to shop and when to cook. I could make it to workout everyday by not having to worry about food. You did a wonderful job of preparing all those meals.I thank you from the bottom of my much stronger heart.
To my company,Tool-Smith : Mr.Smith(Owner and President) and Mike(Operations Manager)- Thanks for the encouragement and always letting me leave a little early to beat the five o’clock traffic to workout on time and for letting me always go to any Birmingham Looser function I needed to. I could not have done as good as I did without your support. To my co-workers : Thanks for your constant encouragement.Connie, Karen and Janis - thanks for being my “cheerleaders” !!
To all my friends : Thanks for your kind words of encouragement and support. Thanks Ted for my fan club.Please tell all my “fan” thanks.
To NBC 13 : Thanks for putting this on. I hope you realize how many lives you have made better. You have even probably saved some of our lives ! I hope you do this every year and help more people out in the future.
And the biggest thanks to my wonderful family : My wife, Rachel, and my beautiful daughters, Liz and Emily. Without your support and encouragement I could not have done this for a week, much less twelve weeks. You are my life ! And thanks to you too Aaron.
ALL Birmingham Losers are winners. I still say it is amazing that ten people committed to this and all ten stayed with it. I know that you, like me, will be Losers for Life !!!!!!!

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July 24, 2008

Happy Day

Lori White

I can’t stop smiling.  I have weighed and I am very pleased with the results.  I have no idea if I did well enough to win, but I am proud just the same.  Winning the contest would be awesome, but the feeling I have right now is pretty awesome too. 

Great job Heather.  I am sure buying that smaller size was a rewarding experience.  I still haven’t done any real shopping.  I plan to go this weekend and purchase something new for the party. 

I am really proud to be a part of this group.  All ten of us decided we wanted to improve our lives and WE DID IT!  Sure we had help.  Fitness Together and Healthy Connections provided the tools we needed, but we are the ones that made a commitment to use those tools.  We chose every day to stick to our diets and follow our workout schedules no matter what.  It takes hard work and determination to do what we have done.  I know that we all have what it takes to continue with this lifestyle and obtain any goals we may have.

July 23, 2008

Great Experience

Heather Cantwell

I cannot believe how fast these 12 weeks have gone by.  I had my last Fitness Together workout this morning and like Lori, I am a little sad.  I went shopping today and bought a size 14!!  Ya’ll, I was a size 26 when we started this journey.  That was enough motivation to make me promise myself to continue on this path forever.  I have learned so much that I will take with me to continue a healthy lifestyle.  Thank you thank you thank you Healthy Connections and Fitness Together for making this possible for me.  It has been a great experience.

Good Luck

Lori White

Well, today is the final day.  I just finished my last official Birmingham Loser workout.  I must say that I am a little sad.  I really do wish that I had at least 12 more weeks. 

I would like to take one final chance to say how grateful I am to Fitness Together and Healthy Connections for making this experience possible.  I don’t think that I have ever felt this good about myself.  I could not have done it without your help and encouragement. 

Good luck to everyone tomorrow.  Everyone think light thoughts.  See you at the party.