The winners of the Spring ’10 Quick Fit Biggest Loser Contest are:
 
Mark Thomas, with a percentage of weight loss of 18.87%!
 
Congratulations, Mark!!  He lost over 40 pounds, including 5.9% in the month of April.  His 1st place prize is $200.
 
2nd place goes to John Thomas, who lost over 45 pounds/17.70%, including 7.82% in the month of April (which gives him a free one-month pass to Quick Fit)…and his prize of $100.
 
3rd place goes to Daniele Akers, with her 16.58% weight loss.  Losing over 35 lbs. also gets her $50.
 
(To our three leaders: Nick will have your checks on May 1st)
 
 
A special congrats to Pam Drennan, who won the week with a 3.44% weight loss.  Pam wins a Quick Fit t-shirt (as soon as they arrive from the printers, that is!!).  Way to finish strong, Pam!
 
 
Here is how the last week of the contest panned out:
3.44%     Pam Drennan
3.33%     John Thomas
3.28%     Lea Baker
1.46%     Mark Thomas
.80%       Kristen Orris
.67%       Larry Baker
.59%       Joe Sutton
.54%       Daniele Akers
 
(remember, I needed to have a weight for you this week AND last week to be eligible)
 
For the month of April:
7.82%     John Thomas
5.9%       Mark Thomas
5.19%      Lea Baker
5.08%      Pam Drennan
3.90%      Larry Baker
3.20%      Daniele Akers
2.15%      Crissy Fierro
1.68%      Amanda Soplinski
.96%       Jenn Luevano
 
(remember, I needed to have a weight for you this week AND at the beginning of the month to be eligible)
 
 
And the OVERALL RESULTS:
18.87%      Mark Thomas
17.70%      John Thomas
16.58%      Daniele Akers
14.00%      Lea Baker
13.97%      Crissy Fierro
12.97%      Larry Baker
12.85%      Pam Drennan
10.24%      Joe Sutton
8.20%      Kristen Orris
7.85%      Faith Bonyak
6.41%      Amanda Soplinski
4.18%      Jenn Luevano
 
FYI: 12 out of the 27 contestants weighed in on the last weekend.
 
 
Recapping our weekly winners (who need to give us their t-shirt size(s) so we can give them their shirt when they arrive):
Week 1     Mark Thomas
Week 2     Mark Thomas
Week 3     John Reid
Week 4     Terri Leyva
Week 5     John Thomas
Week 6     John Reid
Week 7     John Thomas
Week 8     Judy Jenkins
Week 9     Daniele Akers
Week 10   John Thomas
Week 11   Nick Frankovitch
Week 12   Pam Drennan
 
Recapping our monthly winners (who need to see me for their one-month free pass):
February: Mark Thomas
March:     John Thomas
April:      John Thomas
 
Congratulations to ALL OF YOU…you are ALL WINNERS!!
 
Thank you for taking part in our contest!

OK, everyone, This Is It!!  Your LAST Week!

The LAST weigh-in is THIS SUNDAY, April 25th OR MONDAY, April 26th. Please don’t forget to come in to be weighed.

Before I give you the results for the past two weeks, I feel I owe you an apology in regards to the weekly prizes.  We had hoped to have a variety of prizes to hand out throughout our competition but that, unfortunately, fell through the cracks.  To make matters worse, we have run into several problems with the printing of our t-shirts.  We really should have had more of them printed Before the contest started but, alas, we didn’t and now some of you are forced to wait.  Thank you for your patience and I promise we will get your shirts to you the minute they are done and arrive at the gym.

That being said…

WEEK #10:

Congratulations to John Thomas, with a 3.82% weight loss!!

Our other "losers" were:

2.8%     Mark Thomas

1.95%   Larry Baker

1.60%   Daniele Akers

1.40%   Enzo Fraccasso

.99%    Lea Baker

.71%    Crissy Fierro

.53%    Steve Smith

.48%    Jenn Luevano

.38%    Nick Frankovitch

.28%    Pam Drennan

So at this point, the OVERALL LEADERS looked like this:

16.20%     Mark Thomas (back on top!)

15.20%     Daniele Akers

13.40%     John Thomas

11.20%     Larry Baker

11.11%     Lea Baker

10.96%     Crissy Fierro

9.93%       Enzo Fraccasso

8.62%       Joe Sutton

8.54%       Pam Drennan

5.97%       Kristen Orris

3.72%       Jenn Luevano

3.35%       Nick Frankovitch

2.65%       Steve Smith

.54%         Judy Jenkins

WEEK #11 (this past week):

Winning his FIRST week, with a loss of 1.92%, NICK FRANKOVITCH!!!

Slowly but surely, Nick has chipped away the weight and it appears his persistence has paid off. 

1.92%   Nick Frankovitch

1.76%   John Thomas

1.75%    Mark Thomas

1.58%    Kristen Orris

1.42%    Pam Drennan

1.33%    Larry Baker

1.18%    Joe Sutton

1.09%    Daniele Akers

1.07%    Enzo Fraccasso

1.00%    Lea Baker

Going into our last week, the OVERALL LEADER BOARD is as follows:

17.62%     Mark Thomas

16.12%     Daniele Akers

14.94%     John Thomas

12.38%     Larry Baker

12.00%     Lea Baker  (father and daughter, neck-and-neck!!)

10.89%     Enzo Fraccasso

9.84%       Pam Drennan

9.70%       Joe Sutton

7.46%       Kristen Orris

5.205        Nick Frankovitch

It’s at this point of the game that you can imagine Bob or Jillian scream: "Last Chance Work Out!!" on the Biggest Loser television program. 

Who will take home the $200 first-place prize?

Will one of our 17 "ghost contestants" appear out of nowhere and whisk away the title of Biggest Loser? 

The winner will be announced Tuesday!

Regardless of the outcome, please remember, in this game you are all winners. Hopefully, you have learned some do’s and don’t in weight-loss and have discovered some personal revelations in exercise and motivation.

What worked for you?  What didn’t? 

Did your eating habits change? 

Did you become a fan of a particular machine or work-out routine? 

Did you find yourself dreading even the sight of a treadmill?  Or the gym!?!

Did you ever become frustrated with the lack of results and How did you press on?

Was your spouse and/or friends and family supportive?

I hope this been an enjoyable, life-changing adventure for all of you.

Who knows?  Maybe we’ll begin Another contest this summer!

Good Luck and SEE YOU SUNDAY/MONDAY!!

Michael

PS: Thank you for all the support and prayers while I was in Honduras.  It was a wonderful, (HOT!), eye-opening experience.