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We’re proud to announce our winners for LoseBaby, our annual company-wide weight-loss competition. Between January and April this year, LoseBaby participants swapped recipes, motivational quotes and even yoga poses with each other to try to become healthier. While body-weight percentages were recorded to find the winner, the theme of this year’s competition was stress reduction.
Participants all signed waivers to guarantee that all new habits were in fact safe, natural ways to become healthier. The two winners (one male and one female) each took home $500 at the end of the competition.
And now, here are our ‘biggest losers’:
Julia Brown and Tommy Swords are our 2017 LoseBaby Winners!
Julia Brown — Warranty Cancellation Administrator
Brown won through hard work and intense commitment. She stuck to a high-protein diet (“Eat protein until you never want to see another chicken or fish!”) and became a regular in both the cardio and weight rooms at the gym.
Brown’s advice to anyone looking to develop a healthier lifestyle is simple: “Get off the sugar and eat more vegetables and lean meats. Go to the gym, and just walk more.”
Her motivation came from a few places. Last year, Brown came in second-place in the LoseBaby competition. She said that she kept that fact in the back of her mind this year, and it helped to push her even further.
And, with a daughter who is a body-builder and coworkers who join her at the gym each morning, Brown has a support system to combat even the most unmotivated feeling.
Acknowledging the need for moderation, Brown did take a break once during the competition, during a vacation to Biloxi, Mississippi. She plans on spending her $500 cash prize on another vacation this summer. However, Brown says she’s not finished losing.
“I still have a goal. I’m still working. I still go to the gym every morning.”
Tommy Swords – Business Manager
Swords says he owes his success to the Atkins Diet, especially since his routine featured “not a drop of exercise.” When LoseBaby was announced, he decided to utilize the 90-day timeline.
“I was planning on going on a diet anyway, so I just decided to win the contest!” Swords said, laughing.
Swords speaks highly of Atkins, calling it the perfect diet for him. Though the diet focuses on lowering carbohydrates intake, Swords still ate whatever he wanted. He called this the key to success.
“Find the right diet for you so that you won’t get bored, and commit to it,” he said.
Though he didn’t originally plan to give away all of his winnings, Swords is donating his entire prize to Rabbi Kirt Schneider. He’s so fond of Atkins that he says he’s happy to go back to it at any time. However, that didn’t stop him from visiting Dairy Queen after his final weigh in for LoseBaby.
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Congratulations to all of our winners and a huge shoutout to everyone who participated! We’ll see you next year!
Women
Winner: Julia Brown – 7.1%
2nd Place: Ashley Stevens – 5.9%
3rd Place: Nicole Cain – 5.7%
Men
Winner: Tommy Swords – 12.9%
2nd Place: Andy O’Harrow – 7.4%
3rd Place: Jeff Hennen – 5.4%
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