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TEAM LEAN
Team Lean is a 10-week community wide weight loss challenge sponsored by the Thomasville YMCA, Nature's Own, Archbold Medical Center, Barberitos and the Thomasville Times-Enterprise.
Team Lean is a proven program to help people lose weight. Why does it work? The team concept provides accountability and motivation to work hard to achieve results, both for you and your team. Cash prizes provide that extra incentive to reward the teams and individuals that have the most success. Participants are allowed to decide what exercise and nutrition program is best for them. The YMCA supports Team Leaners through free exercise classes and nutrition education.
Team Lean participants can enter as an individual or as part of a team. Teams must consist of at least 4, but no more than 5 members. Every Thursday from January - March, participants weigh-in at official Team Lean weigh in sites around the community, including Grady County and Mitchell County. Weekly cash prizes are awarded based on highest percentage of weight lost for three categories: top male, top female and top team. Those that complete the 10 week challenge and lose the highest percentage of weight will be eligible for cash prizes!
Since 2008 over $100,000 in cash prizes has been awarded to the top Team Leaners!!!
2013 Team Lean
The 2013 Team Lean weight loss challenge concluded Thursday as final results were announced at the awards ceremony. The big winners were the “Gordos” who lost 21.247% as a team and took home a cash prize of $2,150. Team members were Jeff Bryan, Michael Kardamis, Albert Campbell, and GilbertoAmarante. The top female winner was Karen Banks from the team “Swole Sistah’s” who took home a cash prize of $500 for her 22.840% weight loss. Michael Kardamis of the “Gordos”, was the top male winner and took home $500 for his 27.660% weight loss. Team Lean is a ten week program sponsored by the Thomasville YMCA, Archbold Memorial Hospital, Barberitos, Nature’s Own, and Thomasville Times Enterprise. Total weight loss during Team Lean totaled 11,290 pounds. Cash prizes totaling over $20,000 were awarded to the top teams and individuals based on percentage of weight lost.
2013 Top Team - Gordos
pictured from left to right: Jeff Bryan, Michael Kardamis, Albert Campbell, Gilberto Amarante with Thomasville YMCA CEO, Tom Everett
2013 Top Female - Karen Banks
Pictured with Thomasville YMCA CEO, Tom Everett
2013 Top Male - Michael Kardamis
Pictured with Thomasville YMCA CEO, Tom Everett
WEEK TEN RESULTS AVAILABLE HERE
Team Lean Official Info & Rules Print HERE
WEIGH-IN SCHEDULE
WEEKLY......................DATE....................................TIME............................LOCATION(S)
Initial (Option 1)............Saturday, January 5th............8AM - 12PM...............Butler-Mason YMCA
Initial (Option 2)............Thursday, January 10th..........6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 1.........................Thursday, January17th...........6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 2.........................Thursday, January 24th..........6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 3.........................Thursday, January 31st...........6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 4.........................Thursday, February 7th...........6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 5.........................Thursday, February 14th.........6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 6.........................Thursday, February 21st.........6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 7.........................Thursday, February 28th.........6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 8.........................Thursday, March 7th................6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 9..........................Thursday, March 14th.............6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Week 10........................Thursday, March 21st.............6AM - 7PM................Community Weigh Sites
Awards Night.................Thursday, March 28th.............6PM - 7PM................Thomasville Center for the Arts
2012 Team Lean
The 5th annual installment of Team Lean proved to be a record breaking year at the scales! The popular weight loss program sponsored by the YMCA, Archbold Memorial Hospital, Flowers Foods, My Ideal Care and the Thomasville-Times Enterprise saw new high marks set in all three categories: Female, Male, and Team.
Almost 800 participants enrolled in the ten-week program that started in January and ended March 29th with the awards ceremony. 112 teams finished the contest in good standing.
Just shy of $20,000.00 in cash prizes was awarded to 22 teams, as well as the Top 5 Female and Top 5 Male finishers.
The top Team Leaner for 2012 was Kevin Lakin (Fat Guys w/ Hot Wives) who took home 1st Place prize money in the Male and Team categories. Lakin earned $400.00 for his top mark in the Male category. His individual weight loss of 27.133% broke Jay Lowe’s previous record of 26.016%, set in 2011. Lakin was also a member of the winning team, Fat Guys w/ Hot Wives, who took home $2,200.00 in the Team category. As a team their 22.476% weight loss broke the previous Team Lean record of 21.388% set by the Mullet Mafia in 2010. Rounding out the Fat Guys w/ Hot Wives team were Matthew Bradshaw, Gordon Pyle, and Alex Suarez.
In the Female division, Christina Blanton (Fat Friends) took home a $400.00 cash prize for her 1st Place finish. Blanton shed 24.561% of her body weight. That mark broke the previous Female mark of 21.791% set by her sister Alaina Bradshaw in 2010.
11,180 total pounds were lost during the ten week program!! Since 2008 over 60,000 LBS have been shed during Team Lean. During that same period, over $125,000.00 in cash prizes have been awarded to the top finishers.
2012 Top Team - Fat Guys With Hot Wives
Alex Suarez, Kevin Lakin, Matthew Bradshaw and Gordon Pyle pictured with Thomasville YMCA CEO, Tom Everett.
2012 Top Female - Christina Blanton
Pictured with Thomasville YMCA CEO, Tom Everett
2012 Top Male - Kevin Lakin
Pictured with Thomasville YMCA CEO, Tom Everett.