Article — Lisa Harrison | Photography — Russell Walker & Liz Hagen
David Klein and Christie McNerlin of the Blue Team were the overall contest winners! Our Leawood Lifestyle Biggest Losers are some of Leawood’s BIGGEST WINNERS!
We celebrated their journey with their friends and family at a gathering in early June and they all looked amazing and feel great about their experience!
Unbeknownst to those of us on the magazine staff, our personal trainers at FitnessQuest had set a goal when this competition started. They hoped our ten contestants would lose a combined total of 300 pounds in three months. It was announced at our final party that they did it! After working out five and six days a week and eating right the total loss for the two teams was 302.5 pounds!
The Blue team, which included Laura, Christie, David, Venus and Joni, lost an incredible 175 pounds with the help of FitnessQuest trainers Jill Buchert and Maribeth Hagen. The Red team, made up of Nick, Lori S., Stacy, Rick and Lori I., trained with Brent Pitts and Chip Taggart and lost a total of 127.5 pounds.
The overall winners were determined based on total percentage of starting weight that was lost rather than total pounds lost, just like they do it on the television show. Our three biggest losers on the Blue team were David, (lost 21.8%) Christie (lost 14.1%) and Venus (lost 12.5%). The top losers on the Red team were Nick, (lost 13.3%) Stacy (lost 11.9%) and Lori S. (lost 11.5%).
We couldn’t have done this without the support of our generous business partners. We would like to once again thank Success Meals, FitnessQuest and the four incredibly motivating trainers, Smoothie King, ExclusiveMD and Leawood Chiropractic.
We are so proud of our contestants! Since the contest was such a tremendous success we plan to do it again in the fall. If you or someone you know is interested in getting fit and healthy and isn’t afraid of a little friendly competition, look for details at LeawoodLifestyle.com.
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