Past Winners - Summer 2009

Congratulations to all of the Lean Body Challenge™ competitors! Your dedication and determination to finish the Challenge has helped each of you make unique and dramatic body and lifestyle transformations. Whether you placed or not – you’re all truly winners! Your added confidence is inspiring and infectious.

It is my great pleasure to introduce The Grand Champion of the Lean Body Challenge: Wesley Williamson of Kingwood, TX. Wesley is the winner of a cruise for two to Cozumel, Mexico. Have fun you deserve it!

In just 12 weeks, Wesley lost 30 pounds.

Here's what he had to say:

“I buried myself in Lee's book, "The Lean Body Promise". I lost a consistent 2-3 lbs a week and was amazed at how fast and easy it was when I ate the right foods! I am extremely grateful to the Lean Body Challenge for helping me turn my life around. If selected, I would be an ambassador of living a healthy lifestyle. Hey, if and overweight...(not now mind you), middle-aged guy like me can turn his lifestyle around at 45 years old, then anyone can! I'm now in the best shape of my life and still improving!"

Congratulations to all the contestants...read their success stories below!

18 - 29 Division

	Don Redondo 1st Place Rochester, NY
	"I found direction in life in the past 3 months. I quite smoking and drinking and can not begin to explain how good I feel. I feel so blessed to have stumbled across this competition. I have accomplished so much in so little time...but my journey is far from over!
Don lost an incredible 31 Pounds and 15% Body Fat!

30 - 39 Division

	Robert Oliver 1st Place Inverness, FL
	"Wow, I a speechless. I couldn't believe how fast and effective the program was for me. I now have learned a new way of cooking and I am determined to make this a lifestyle change for me. Surprisingly I have even inspired my friends to start eating differently. Another surprise benefit is the improvement in my posture. Being a physical therapist, I am now living proof of encouragement for my own patients.
Robert lost 12.5 pounds and gained 6.6 Pounds of muscle!

	Peter Szpakowski 2nd Place Oxford, MI
	"My emotional successes were probably greater than the physical ones throughout the challenge. These successes kept me going when it was difficult to see the physical successes. I set small goals which really helped... going down to the next belt loop, fitting into pants that I haven't worn in over 4 years, running further at each workout. When I started the competition I could barely run a mile...just 12 weeks later and I competed in a half marathon in October."
Peter lost 24.4 pounds and dropped 9% body fat!

40 - 49 Division

	Wesley Williamson 1st Place Kingwood, TX
	"I am extremely grateful to the Lean Body Challenge for helping me turn my life around. If selected, I would be an ambassador of living a healthy lifestyle. Hey, if and overweight...(not now mind you), middle-aged guy like me can turn his lifestyle around at 45 years old, then anyone can!"
Wesley lost over 30 pounds and quit smoking!

	Matt Bedingfield 2nd Place Houston, TX
	"I am so pleased with the changes in myself and my life. I go through each and every day with such sense of pride in myself and what I have accomplished. I have worked hard with a constant goal of steady weight loss and after twelve weeks I have achieved my goals and much, much more. The challenge was a great finish to an even longer process. About year ago I started my transformation and have lost a total of 60 pounds. It was only after completing the challenge that truly learned why a Lean Body is the only way to live."
Matt lost 25 pounds and dropped 7.3% body fat!

50+

	Jon Ziegelheim 1st Place Coconut Creek, FL
	"I accepted the challenge of getting into shape and making a change in my lifestyle. I feel I accomplished all of this and more. I am 19 lbs lighter, several pant size smaller, and most importantly in the healthiest shape of my life. I look good, feel good with the energy and endurance I haven't had since my twenties!
Jon lost 19 pounds and shed 12% body fat!