At the beginning of the year, 13 Jelecos employees joined together and launched the Jelecos biggest loser contest.    Since then, every Tuesday, we grabbed our weigh-in buddy and found the official scale for our weigh-in.  

The rules were simple: 
     1. Surgery for weight-loss was not allowed
     2. Two missed weigh-ins meant you were out of the contest
     3. The winner was the person who lost the greatest percentage of weight

Amy started and coordinated the contest.  She sent us reminders and encouraging articles to keep us going throughout along with an update every Tuesday with each contestant’s percent loss.  I think we were all gung-ho in the beginning but as a clear winner emerged before the half-way point, we lost some of the wind in our sails.  But, we all continued to the end. 

Congratulations to “The Biggest Loser” at Jelecos: Cale Furstenberg!  Cale lost an astonishing 12.3 % of his body weight!  He earned the kitty that we all contributed to when we joined the contest.  Our next post will be Cale’s story and how he managed to win this contest.

In total we lost an average of 9.96 pounds per week added up to a total of 120 pounds.  That's the equivalent of losing a whole person in weight!   Everyone in the contest learned better habits and are ready for Round Two!