February 27, 2009

Post by Cyndi Springford, proud platoon leader of Cyndi Lou’s Losers

We are one-third of the way through The Lab’s Biggest Loser and Cyndi Lou’s Losers show no signs of slowing down. At the conclusion of Week Four, our team has lost a total of 53.6 pounds, and two of them have reached their five percent milestone already. As a team, they have lost 2.77 percent of their total starting body weight. Those are pretty impressive numbers, right?

But that is only part of the story. (more…)

February 11, 2009

Post by Cyndi Springford, proud platoon leader of Cyndi Lou’s Losers

I would like to take a moment and share about my platoon: Cyndi Lou’s Losers (their  name idea). I’m also sending this post to them by email, so they know I’m doing this.

When we first met as a group on Wednesday, January 21, I asked each platoon member to divulge a little bit about themselves and their desire to lose fat, gain muscle, and get fit. I was so moved by their stories. Some had health issues in their family that they were hoping to avoid while others had decided to stop putting everything and everyone ahead of themselves and their well-being. We established a good rapport in that first meeting and, I was encouraged that they were going to do great things. I was sooooooooooo right. (more…)