Show Low Shape Up—Final Results

April 1, 2008

     After three months of hard work, diet and exercise the City of Show Low’s version of The Biggest Loser, Show Low Shape-up, has come to an end.  Both teams and all the individuals in the program should be congratulated.  The winners of the competition were Jason Mangum from Team Bodyworkers who was the overall male winner with 55 lbs lost and Connie Kakavas the overall female winner from Etch Eliminators shedding  30.5 lbs (winner is based upon percentage of weight lost).  They will win a nice prize package that includes new clothes donated by  JC Penney, a
haircut from Show Low Maxwell Hair Shop, and a new heart rate monitor from TriSports.com. 

     The team competition was literally too close to call with the results as follows:  The Bodyworkers lost a total of 11.4% of their team’s total weight with the Etch Eliminators losing 10.7%.  The Etch Eliminators lost an average of 11.4% per person compared to Bodyworkers 10.8%.  The total pounds lost during the competition was a whopping  230 lbs.—112.5 by the Etch Eliminators and 117.5 by Team Bodyworkers.   The second place male was Jim Lewis (Etch) with a total weight loss of 36 lbs., and the second place female was Mary Atteberry (Bodyworkers) losing 34.5 lbs.  Julie Lewis lost 26 lbs, Steve Price and Rob Atteberry both lost 20, and Linda Stabenow lost 8. 

Congratulations to all who lost weight, and changed their lives . . . now go buy some new pants! 

The City of Show Low Wellness Committee is excited to offer the Show Low Shape Up fitness competition that began January 1, 2008.  The goal of this program is to challenge and encourage overweight employees and their spouses to shed pounds and learn to change their lifestyle in a safe and recommended manner through a comprehensive diet and exercise plan with friendly competition.    The Committee could not have provided this program without our sponsoring gyms - Body Works Health & Fitness Center and Etch Fitness Center.    

The Program:

• Was open to all city employees, both fulltime and part-time, and spouses. 
• The competition will be for 12 weeks (from January 1st to April 1st)
• Participants must be considered obese with a BMI over 30.
• Each participant was required to pay a registration fee of $50, which will go to the over-all Male and over-all Female winners.
• Each participant was required to become paying members of their team gym.
• Each participant was required to get their doctor’s approval of the exercise and diet plans within 2 weeks of receipt.

Each gym has provided:

• A personal work out program for each member of their team
• A personal nutrition plan for each member as a guideline
• 1 weekly one-on-one work out for each team member
• 2 team work outs per month

      We had 8 people sign up:  Jason Mangum, Jim Lewis and his wife Julie, Connie Kakavas, Linda Stabenow, Judge Steve Price, Mary Atteberry and her husband Rob.  The teams were split into The Etch Eliminators and The Body Workers.

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Our Sponsors:

JCPenney's will be donating a new outfit to both the overall Male Winner and Female Winner.

 *the leader is based upon the most percentage of weight loss.