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Pete Thomas Invited to Inspire Attendees at the  2012 Ann Arbor Public Schools Community Education and Recreation Fitness Fair!

Ann Arbor, MI– Ann Arbor Public Schools, Community Education & Recreation (Rec&Ed) is hosting it’s first-ever Fitness Fair on 1-12-12 to help you get on track for living a healthy lifestyle in 2012! Join us and featured guest speaker, Pete Thomas, Season 2 At-Home Winner of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” Thursday, January 12, 2012, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Forsythe Middle School– 1655 Newport Road in Ann Arbor, MI.  This event is free and open to the public.

Rec&Ed fitness class instructors will be on hand to answer questions of which fitness class is best suited participants needs.  Demonstrations, raffle drawings, and hands-on activities will be available throughout the evening.

Any guests signing up for fitness, health, or wellness classes during the Fitness Fair (from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) will receive 12% off their class fee.  This is a one-night only special offer for classes offered during our Winter Session, most of which begin in early January.

Guest speaker, Pete Thomas will take the stage at 6:12 p.m. sharp to get the crowd on their feet and ready to take the first step towards a fit 2012!

Also on hand will be Victoria Cendrowski, Rec&Ed Fitness Supervisor since 1990.  Cendrowski teaches various forms of dance and yoga classes and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance from Eastern Michigan University, as well as a Teacher’s Certification and Masters of Education in Science of Human Movement with an emphasis in Personal Training from Wayne State University.  Her professional career includes Dance Program Director, K-12 Physical Education Teacher, Wellness Trainer and producer of her own Yoga Pilates videos

The first 112 guests will receive a gift from Rec&Ed and become eligible for raffle drawings throughout the evening and a Grand Prize Drawing of a two-night weekend package at the newly remodeled Weber’s Inn including a spa certificate to Fran Coy’s Salon & Spa in Ann Arbor.

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Join Us!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Forsythe Middle School

1655 Newport Road

Ann Arbor

• SLIM U Boot Camp –$249 (3 days a week)
  October 4, 2011 – November 22, 2011
  Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-8pm
  Saturdays 8am-10am
  Scarlett Middle School
  3300 Lorraine Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
  

  Designed to kick your butt and knock off the pounds with a variety of fat-shredding cardio and strength training exercises to get you in the best shape of your life! Whether you’re working out for the first time or you want to take your workouts to the next level, get the results you’re looking for – 3 days a week! An unbeatable price for unbeatable results!

CLICK HERE to Register for Pete Thomas’ SLIM U Boot Camp!

Pete teaches his summer LIF2 Weight Loss Class in Ann Arbor, MI

Summer Weight Loss Series with local Biggest Loser, Pete Thomas

Originally Posted at AnnArbor.com

Whether you have 10-20 pounds to lose or 100 or more, my goal is to help you Master Your Mind, Manage Your Mouth and Multiply Your Muscles so that you can achieve and maintain your weight-loss goals.

I’m 6’5” and once upon a time I weighed 416 pounds. You don’t get that big by being shy at the dinner table! Now I still eat a ton – about 2,400 calories a day. But thank God I learned the secret to eating the same amount of food, at a fraction of the calories. What’s the secret?

Modification, Not Starvation
“Modification Not Starvation” is one of the key principles of my Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever™ program. It’s pretty simple, really. Take my typical pre-Biggest Loser breakfast:
9 slices of bacon (720 calories)
4 eggs (280 calories)
16 oz grapefruit juice (180 calories)
That’s around 1200 calories for one meal.

Now modify this meal by using 9 slices of turkey bacon, 4 servings of Egg Beaters and 16 oz of Ruby Red Crystal Light to drink, and it comes in around 320 calories. I’m eating the same amount of food but cutting 900 calories!

Take the time to learn this principle and you life will change forever!

Mike Mazurek’s story: A Major Transformation in the Making!
In our last blog post you saw images of those who’ve made a complete transformation. This week, I want to share with you a major transformation in the making! Mike Mazurek is an amazing guy who’s on his journey to transforming his life. He’s made the commitment and he’s seeing results. He even travels 2 hours each way to attend my class and boot camp. He’s on his way and we look forward to the total transformation.

My starting weight was 462. I lost 11 pounds during the first week and when I tracked my normal calorie intake (back in January), it averaged 6,200 calories a day.

Challenges that I had to overcome—First and most importantly I had to realize that I was truly worth the time that it would take to exercise. I have always made excuses that I could not go out and do anything because I did not want to leave my wife and kids at home to do so.

So I purchased an elliptical–which I broke because I weighed more than the 400 pound weight limit. Since starting the program I’ve used the Elliptical once (I finally got it fixed) but I have been doing all my workouts out on the road.

Next I had to realize that even at 460+ pounds I could actually do some exercise and how much I could do. The first step in this realization was when I did the workout at the The Biggest Loser Season 10 Episode #1 taping in Detroit. The next step was that I started to work out at home. I was so excited after Pete started talking about exercise to report to him that I was working out 30 minutes 6 days a week. Pete’s response was essentially that you need to do more. So after this reprimand and attending the first Monday workout, I decided to step it up a notch. I worked out about 1 hour and 45 minutes a day for 6 days. That week I lost 15 Pounds.

From Alma to Ann Arbor-How I ended up in Pete’s program
I have been on every program in the world it seems like—Weight Watchers, The Weigh Down Diet, Medifast (total meal replacement) and several others, most notably the U of M obesity reduction program (600 calories a day)…. They all worked to one extent or another but I never been able to change my lifestyle. I always looked at it as a diet not as a change. But eventually I always fell back.

Let’s rewind to my preparation for the season 9 Biggest Loser casting call. I emailed Pete a couple of times before the casting call, and then I met him while I was there. During our conversation we talked about several different things–including our faith and the LIF2 program. I also talked to him about coming up to Alma to teach the program.

To make a long story short— coming to Alma didn’t end up working out so I tried to just read through the manual and follow it on my own. It went well and I lost about 40 pounds over time, but I did not have any encouragement from teammates so I fell back some. (I was 485 when I started the program on my own in January). So Pete and I talked once again and decided the best approach would be for me to come Ann Arbor and take the class, build a testimony and then teach the class in the future here in Alma. So that is the process that we are working on at the moment. Building a testimony…

A Better Way
I really felt like I was down to very few options for my weight-loss. My doctor was pushing bariatric surgery very hard (too bad the surgeons will not do the surgery until you are less than 400 pounds), but I knew that there was a better way to lose weight, and this is a better way.

The LIF2 program just makes sense. In the first seven weeks I lost 49 pounds. I know that anyone can follow the principles that Pete teaches!

It’s Never Too Late
Yes, it is August, but your health and fitness goals for 2010 are STILL within your reach!

If you’re in the area and up for the challenge, join us for our workouts Saturday morning and Monday evenings. To receive information about the workouts, send us a blank e-mail, or you can check out our events on Facebook. If you have questions, please feel free to e-mail me at questions@winningman.com.

Finally, it doesn’t matter if you’ve tried to lose weight before and failed again and again. You can lose it fast and lose it forever. Take it from me, there’s a Winner Within You!

Pete Thomas is the Season 2 at-home winner of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.” He is a full-time motivational speaker, teacher, weight-loss coach and consultant. Learn more about Pete at www.WinningMan.com.

Yet she was the participant that consistently did all of her homework every week and by far won the majority of our weekly Home Work Challenges.

Oh – and she must have been doing some serious reading because she aced the final challenge – She got every question correct!

From Week 1 she named herself ‘Fastly Fading Fikisha’ and put in the effort to live up to that name.

OH YEAH, SHE LOST AN AMAZING 46 POUNDS DURING OUR TEN WEEKS TOGETHER.

She deserves to be congratulated. I will post an interview of her soon but she is just so laid back about her results.  She is on her way to being one of our Coaches.

IT IS YOUR TURN!

The next series of classes will be starting April 20th, 2009 at 12pm and 6pm – spread the word!  Looking for permanent weight loss? Ann Arbor is the place to be.

Can’t make the next series of classes?  Be on the lookout for our Home Study Course to be released in just a couple of weeks. Sign up to be notified at Lose It Fast Lose It Forever.

I Am Teaching In Detroit

Looking for the best way to lose weight? I will be teaching an abbreviated 4 week series of my classes starting next Tuesday Night March 31st at 6pm at Second Ebenezer Church in Detroit .

Email us at LIF2@Winningman.com if you want more information.

Talk to you soon and remember,

There’s A Winner Within You!

Pete