My Wonderful Prize....not

So after months of waiting and then finally learning I had won my division of the local gym challenge, I received my prize today. Needless to say if you read the title, it was very dissappointing to me. Not that I thought I was going to get something absolutely wonderful, but was thinking maybe a free massage, pedicure, or something like that. But, no! I opened the envelope to find a free month's tanning membership to Tan-it-All. One thing, I know I can't make use of.

If you know me, you know that I tanned my senior year of h.s. and then all through college and past then between pregnancies until a little over a year ago my husband's sister had melanoma and he pretty much told me I couldn't tan anymore. So I finally cancelled my membership to Tan-it-All last year and figured if I ever need a tan, I might get a spray on to go on a trip or something.

So...all that work and nothing in it for me! It really stinks!

I'm thinking I might take the card in there and ask if I can exchange it for a free mystic (spray-on) tan for right before when we go to the beach next month...we'll see.

If not...I'll be sulking for a day or two.

(on another note...my name will be with the winners in a frame on the wall at the gym, so I will try to take a picture of it when it goes up to share.)

NEWS FINALLY!!!!

I received the following email today finally!


From: Austin Hesters Crossing Gym
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 5:03 PM
To: Austin Hesters Crossing Gym
Subject: KYOS Challenge Winners


Congratulations to all who participated for the Gold's Gym Know Your Own Strengths Challenge!! We appreciate everyone's hard work and dedication to losing those pounds and getting healthy!

Our winners for each division were:

Male:
18-29 - Tristan Slominski
30-39 - Carlos Benavides Jr.
40-49 - Ray Montgomery

Female:
18-29 - Rebecca Koennig
30-39 - Veronica Mendez
40-49 - Norma Jean Wise

With our overall winners being Norma Jean Wise and Carlos Benavides Jr.

Norma Jean worked with one of our trainers, Mel, during the twelve weeks to help her reach her goals. She lost a total of 21 pounds, 14.5% body fat, and 16 inches overall from her body!! Congrats Norma for all your hard work!!

Carlos decided to tackle his weight loss goals on his own. He lost a total of 25.4 pounds, 13.9% body fat, and 14.5 inches overall from his body. Congrats to Carlos for sticking with his plan of diet and exercise!!

Overall, our contestants lost over 200 pounds combined! Way to go Team Hesters!!

I'm so pleased that I at least won my division locally! The national winner lost 40 lbs and looks awesome in her pic. I finally have some closure on this and am happy to see my name on the list! I don't know what I won. I just emailed them back to ask about that...anything would be great though. I think they mainly have coupons for the spa next door.

I think I may make my own certificate and hang it on my fridge though! Go me!

Maybe soon

So, on facebook, Gold's Gym is announcing the national winners today of the challenge and I was told this is when our local gym would announce too...so we'll see if I hear anything!