At the Lose it Big competition, the heat is on. There have been two weigh-ins and two competitions since the last update. The first physical competition was Oct. 21 with Pounds Off’s Reid Olson taking first place. The three competitions were holding plank position for the longest amount of time; step-ups and downs for the highest score in 30 seconds, 3) holding your legs in the leg-lift position for the longest period of time. Second place went to the Fat Burners’ Cheryl Whitehouse with third place going to Mrs. Gerry’s Deb Mallory.

The other competition held Nov. 4 consisted of step-ups for 30 seconds, the Scissor V for the longest length of time, and lastly, how many squat thrusts they were able to do in 30 seconds.

Even after creating a formula to even out the competition taking into consideration age and weight, our first place winner was Olson from Pounds Off, tying for second in this competition, Faye Madson and Vaughn Ravlin both from the Alamco team Catch Us If You Can.

As far as weight loss, there are some serious contenders, and age has not played into it. Lose It Big’s oldest contestant, St. John’s Hero’s Jim Guffey who will be 76 in December, has pulled some real strong numbers and has to date lost 6.67 percent of his starting weight for a mention. Guffey has also been a contender in many of the challenges and has been holding his own.

Another mention on our leaderboard to watch is our top leading female, Alamco’s Catch Us If You Can’s Madson who has lost 7.71 percent of her initial weight.

To date our leader Board is as follows: Jon Forman is in first place having lost 12.26 percent from the Alamco A-Laminators team, Olson is in second place with a 10.79 percent loss from the Pound Off team, Ravlin in a close third place position is at a 9.86 percent weight loss and is From The Alamco Catch Us If You Can Team.

Team stats to date, Alamco’s Catch Us If You Can team are holding true to their name with the lead and have lost 86.2 pounds all together making that a 5.86 percent team loss. In second place is Mrs. Gerry’s G-Force with a 45.2-pound loss and a team percentage of 4.45 percent. Closing in is Alamco’s Alaminators having lost 63.8 pound with a percentage of 4.42 percent.