Results for the contest are as follows. The top amount of points one can earn is 16 points (10 for inches lost, 3 for weight loss, and 3 for votes)

1. Laurie- 8 points for inches lost, 2.5  for weight loss, 2  for votes- Total of 12.5 points

2. Desiree- 6, 2, 2.5 for a total of 10.5 points

3. Hetal- 10, 0, 0 for a total of 10 points

4. Becky- 4, 1.5, 3 for a total of 9 points

5. Jessica- 2, 3, 1.5 for a total of 6.5 points

Congrats to Laurie our 5th ever Transformation Contest Winner!

Special congrats to the runner up’s. Nobody is a loser in this contest. You are all winners.

Below are the finalists for the 5th Yun Fitness Look Better Naked Transformation Contest. Please help us pick the winner of the contest by voting. Just leave the name of the person you think should win in the comments box. You can’t vote for yourself 

There are 5 Individual Finalists. Please help us pick the winner! Please only vote once

The contest took place from 1/23/12- 3/18/12. It’s amazing what 7-weeks can do to a body and a life. The next transformation contest will be taking place late spring. But you don’t need a contest to start changing your life today. 

Thanks in advance for voting! Contestants are in first name alphabetical order.

Only vote once, if you’ve never commented on this blog before it needs to be moderated by me, so please be patient if it doesn’t show up immediately.

Becky

Before:

My story,
 
I was a very overweight teen and young adult. After my last child was born I weighed in at 225lbs. I was so unhappy with myself, I loved to run but could’nt due to most of the weight I carry below the waist. At this time I enrolled in college and for filler classes I would take fitness and nutrition. I learned what I needed to eat to be healthy and what I needed to do in the form of exercises to become fit. I never wanted the Skinny look, I just wanted to be healthy and to RUN… I lost 85lbs…Recently I have let the stress of my job and the empty nest syndrome control my not so healthy eating habits and my lack of motivation turned me soggy…I’m really hoping with the motivation of this transformation contest to get ME back….My goal is to lose the 12lbs that I have gained and to help me refocus my healthy eating habits. Even people who have the knowledge of what to do to stay healthy can fall with the pressures of life and I want to start that climb back to being normal…..

Weight 152lbs
 
Measurements:
 
Neck 12 1/2
Arm 12 3/4
Chest 35
waist 33
hip 38
thigh 24 3/4
calf 15 1/2

AFTER

This whole contest made me realize that at 47 I could still lose weight and tone up. I changed my workouts from all aerobics to more strength training and it worked for me. I love bootcamp, I like the challenge and the results….Even with having major knee surgery on March 6th I still able to do my training without the leg and maintain my progress. I will continue this journey and I hope to meet my goal of 140lbs before summer. The most important thing I take with me in this challenge is that I no longer feel the need to live by tha scale. I now messure my progress in how I look and How I feel……I am now confortably back in my size 10….

Desiree

Before

I have been what I considered fit and active for the majority of my life. I was proud of my figure and the way my clothes fit me. For the past 10 years I have drastically reduced my activity, worked a desk job, and changed my eating habits to basically one large meal a day. I didn’t understand how your body could go into starvation mode when you consistently missed meals and didn’t understand how I was gaining weight when I was eating so little and infrequently. As you guess it, my weight increased dramatically and my dress size increased with it. I have tried just about every diet there is from Atkins to the Cabbage diet. I would loose a few pounds but quickly re-gain them. I had been reluctant to add exercise to my regimen because of what I considered my more important responsibilities and an extremely hectic schedule. I first got involved with Yunbootcamps about a year ago and quickly saw results when I combined exercise with a change in my eating habits. I unfortunately quickly fell back into my bad habits of eating on the go, usually one large meal, and allowing my hectic schedule and other responsibilities get in the way of participating in an exercise regimen that I know works. I have reached a point in my life where I am now putting myself first. I deserve to be healthy, fit, and have the resultant energy. I deserve to fit back into clothes that aren’t in the double digits. I am not only trying bootcamp out again, I am incorporating exercise in my life and mixing that with a change in my eating habits. I will not go on a diet, however I will eat in a way that my body benefits from. My goal for this competition is to go down a dress size and develop a habit of exercise and eating that will cause me to continue to decrease my dress size.

AFTER

“You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the problem in the first place.” Albert Einstein.  I feel extremely good about the beginning of this journey because I changed my way of thinking about health and fitness. My time commitments, responsibilities, laziness, and hectic schedule were not going to change so if I wanted to see a difference I had to change, not only my exercise and eating habits, but my way of thinking about it. I incorporated workouts into every aspect of my life. Everyone knew that getting to bootcamp was a priority, including my boss!! I am truly confident that this contest and bootcamp gave me the jumpstart that I needed to accomplish my long term goals. I didn’t make it to class as often as I had planned but I over-planned for it so that I got at least 3-4 times a week in. I didn’t go on a crazy diet that would net me short term success, I changed how I thought about the food I was eating. I increased the frequency that I ate and made better food selections. I wanted to cultivate habits that I could maintain forever, and I’m proof that you can’t maintain being on any “diet” forever. It was tough, pushing myself past limits I wasn’t always sure I could push through. Today I am confident,  stronger, and I have more energy and stamina. Oh, and I loved the way my clothes are fitting.  Jason can be heard in every bootcamp saying “finish strong!” and I believe I have. The end result of finishing strong in this contest is that I have gotten back on track to a healthier lifestyle and I am confident the physical results will follow!!

Lost 7.7″ Inches

Hetal

BEFORE

Daughter, mom, wife; for nine years these titles have defined me. For nine years I’ve put those titles before the most important one of all; self.

Before my marriage, I was a workout fiend. A six days a week, at least an hour at the gym kind of fanatic – and I looked forward to every minute.

Then I got married and moved in with my in-laws. My husband inadvertently fed me a fear that any time I spent outside the house would be frowned upon by his parents. Gone were my after work workouts. Eventually, my convictions of eating right followed.

And the scale slowly crept higher.

It’s gotten worse since the birth of my two beautiful babies. When my 3 year old says she misses me, I rush home to her. I don’t want to miss a single moment of my 3 month old’s growth.

But because of putting everyone before myself, I hate looking in the mirror. I hate putting on a dress. I hate being in public. This is the heaviest I’ve ever been – it’s the heaviest anybody in my family has ever been. I’d rather not be holding this title.

I want to enjoy dressing up; I want to see my reflection without wincing; I want to stop hiding in my home. I want to be proud of my body again.

Morning bootcamp has taught me I can make time for myself without feeling guilty for it or making excuses. I’m hoping the Transformation Contest – especially the accountability of it – might help with the rest.

Measurements:

Neck   14″

Arm   12 5/8″

Chest  39 7/8″

Waist  45.25″

Hip   43″

Thigh   24.5″

Calf   15″

AFTER

Jessica

BEFORE:

I have always struggled with my weight. I have spent some time at a healthy weight, but unfortunately, most of my time has been spent being overweight and even obese. I have lost 30 or more pounds several times, only to gain it back plus some. Currently I am at my heaviest weight ever and look forward to the opportunity to losing the weight—but most importantly keeping it off for good.

Right now, the primary motivating factor and the reason that I want to make a change now is because life is passing me by. I am constantly unhappy with the way I look and I dread events that should be fun, like shopping and weddings, because of my weight. I want to enjoy those occasions and I know I need to lose weight to do so.

I feel like now is the time to do it—I am still young and I want to get healthy in time to take part in activities that I can only dream about now, like running a marathon.

AFTER

The transformation contest was just what I need to get myself in gear. In the past, I always start out strong on diet and exercise plans but fizzle out by the second or third week. Although I began to fizzle out during the contest, midway through the contest I found out that someone I know—who is the same height and weight as me–was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. This was my wakeup call and I knew that I needed to get in shape. After that, I have become more committed to exercise and have watched my diet much more carefully. While the diagnosis was my motivation the bootcamps—both online and on location—were my tools to getting in shape. I am proud of what I have accomplished but I know that I have to keep working to reach my ultimate goal.

Neck 13.125   +.225

Right arm 12  -.3

Bust 39.5   -2

Waist 38.75    +1.05

Hips 41.5     -2.5

Thigh 24      -.3

Calf 14.875    -.125

Total Inches lost 3.95″

Laurie

BEFORE: