By Ashley Thompson

Tonight we meet Georgeanna, a 44 year old pastors wife and mom of two who currently weighs 315 pounds. On her journey she plans to lose at least half of her body weight and to be considered for skin removal surgery. I think this former gymnast/cheerleader has it in her.

Her Phase I goal is to lose 90 pounds. Observing that she is a perfectionist, Chris immediately proclaims that Georgeanna is possibly one of the best clients he has ever had. At the end of her 90 days she has reached her goal plus one pound, 30% of her body weight. To celebrate Chris shows her a video of Nadia Comaneci on a big screen saying "Starting next week, I'll be getting you ready fo four nine month milestone. See you in Oklahoma!" Heidi adds to the pressure by telling Georgeanna to include a front and back handspring by the time they meet again.

When she meets her family back home, she sees that her husband, Scott, has also lost weight during her time away. Georgeanna's Phase II goal is to lose 40 more pounds. This is usually the point in the journey where people start to slip. It's difficult being responsible on your own. But not Georgeanna.

Working with Nadia is a dream come true but Nadia's not there for fun. Immediately she asks Georgeanna to do a cartwheel. Then an assisted back flip. When Nadia is called away, Mary Lou Retton takes her place. No one can fail with this team! At her 6 month weigh in Georgeanna is down to 181 pounds, she has reached her goal exactly. But she doesn't complete the back handspring for Heidi during her routine. She plans to, though.

Her Phase III goal is to lose 21 more pounds. Seems like a piece of cake, but the easy pounds are already off. This will prove to be more difficult. Before her weigh in she tries the gymnastics routine once more and nails the back handspring. At her weigh in she is down to 163 pounds... so she didn't meet her goal but came very close. Chris isn't upset, instead he's happy that Georgeanna has given up the perfectionist personality. And she still qualifies for skin removal surgery!

At the final weigh in Chris calls Georgeanna's husband, Scott, up on stage and reveals that he has lost 51 pounds while joining his wife on their weight loss journey. (No wonder Georgeanna did so well.) Her final goal was to weigh 151 pounds. But when she steps on the scale it says she is down to 150 pounds... which means she has lost 165 pounds in one year!

To pay it forward, Georgeanna gives the one week scholarship to the Anshutz campus to her sister, Shelley.

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