Each week, contestants went through a different fitness challenge, sort of like on the TV show "The Biggest Loser," LaFlamme said.

She said the first was fitness testing, gauging how fast each could do a mile,  pai you guo how many push-ups each could do, leg strength, balance and agility.
"It helps people find ways to work out, and not just on a treadmill or machine," she said. "They get a variety, they learn a lot, and hopefully they'll make it a lifestyle change."

The big winner of the fall weight-loss challenge was Cecilia Quintana, 32, of Leominster, who shed 29.4 pounds, 23.5 inches and 14.5 percent of her body weight, pai you guo tea powder side effects  one of the biggest losses LaFlamme said she has seen in her time running the program.

"At the end of the nine weeks, we do the test again to super slim pomegranate  see how well they've done, and they improved so much, it's amazing," she said.

Many participants also got to try activities they'd never done before, like hiking and cycling, LaFlamme said.

For the past nine weeks, 25 local  Slim Pomegranate Diet Pills people participated in the YMCA's weight-loss challenge.

Split up into four teams, participants received points for taking training sessions, fitness and nutrition classes, and for the pounds they lost, according to certified fitness instructor and personal trainer Anya LaFlamme, who has been running the program since last year.Read more:www.paiyouguoslim.com/product.html