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Team loses 222 pounds to win competition
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See which man and woman lost the most weight
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A team named after somecollege football powerhouseslooked pretty impressive itselfin winning the recent DailyNonpareil Get Fit Challenge.
Alanebwa won the event bylosing 222 total pounds or 20.5percent of the total teamweight. The name of the teamcame by combining Alabama,Nebraska and Iowa, the favoriteschools of the four-man team.
“It’s not a big secret,” saidmember Ben Moss. “We had aplan and executed that plan. Wehad a strict diet and a workoutroutine that everyone stuck to.”
“The team thing was goodmotivation,” fellow member JeffHass said. “You don’t want to letyour team members down.”
Besides Moss and Hass, theteam included Josh Owens and
Chris Congdon. In a way, it wasa family affair. Owens is Hass’stepson, while Moss is his son-in-law. Congdon is a close friendto all of them.
Alanebwa truly dominatedthe competition. The teammembers lost 71 pounds morethan the second-place finisher,the Beginner Beach Bodies. In
fact, each member exceeded hisown goal slightly.
“Each had a goal of losing 50pounds,” said Moss, whodropped from 200 pounds downto a current 145. He was theoverall male winner as well.
“Ben motivated all of us,”Hass said. “He certainly helpedme with training.”
Hass, in his 50s and the “oldman” in the group as he calledhimself, got involved not only tolose weight, but improve hisphysical condition after suffer-ing a ruptured Achilles tendonlast year, he said.
For the most part, each mem-ber competed pretty much onhis own, according to Hass. Forhim, the regimen included oneday of lighting weights, followedthe next day with cardio exer-cises.
“We talked throughout theevent, so we had a feeling of howeach was doing,” Hass said.
Owens worked out in thegym four or five times weekly,focusing on the ellipticalmachines 30 to 45 minutes eachtime, he said. His outdoor jog-ging exercise involved runninga minimum of two miles eachtime, he added.
A common part of each mem-ber’s training was healthier eat-ing habits. This included a dras-tic reduction in drinking high-calorie soft drinks and, ofcourse, fatty fast foods.
“I started eating higher pro-tein foods and cut out a lot ofcarbs,” Owens said.
“You kind of miss drinkingpop initially, but as you go onit’s no big deal,” Moss said.
Perhaps most importantly,the members continue, andplan on continuing, to exercisemore frequently and eat health-ier.
“I stopped eating fast foods,and instead of candy bars I’meating treats like frozenyogurt,” Hass said. “I’m modify-ing everything a little bit. I’meating more sensibly and notovereating.”
“I’ll have a Dr. Pepper poponce in a while, but not any-thing on a daily basis as before,”Moss said.
Owens, who weighed morethan 300 pounds before thechallenge, can really feel thedifference now, he said.
“Once you lose the weight,you’re not as hungry,” he said.
And, all of them praised thepurpose of this challenge andurge everyone to participate inthe future.
“Once you get the results,you want to keep going,” Owenssaid.
“It wasn’t easy, but it wasworth it,” Hass said.
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How to win: Make a plan, stick to it
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Team Alanebwa won The Daily Nonpareil Get Fit Challengeby losing 222 pounds, or 20.54 percent of their body weight.From left, the members are Ben Moss, Josh Owens, Jeff Hassand Chris Congdon. Moss also was the individual male winnerin the competition, losing 29.29 percent of his weight.
Winning teamshares how
four guys lost222 pounds
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“There’s not any big secret.You just have to set a goal andget organized.”
Ben Moss of Council Bluffsshould know. Moss, 28, the indi-vidual male winner in the GetFit competition, took off 58pounds during the contest,dropping from 198 pounds to140.
“My goal was to get down to138,” he said.
Moss definitely had amethod to his madness. Healternated days between benchlifting and running.
“I was doing a lot of high-repetition, low-weight lifting,”he said. “I was running justabout five miles a day.”
It meant going beyond hisusual exercise regimen, he said.
“I work out pretty regularly,but not like the competition,”Moss said.
He also had to do withoutsome sweets, he said.
“I completely cut out Dr. Pep-per, which I drink a lot of,” headded.
Moss, a former wrestler, wasnot surprised by his success.
“I wrestled pretty much allmy life,” he said. “I knew how toget the weight off.”
He grew up in Council Bluffsand wrestled four years at
Lewis Central High School andthree years at Augsburg Col-lege.
Many people aren’t so confi-dent about losing weight or how
to do it, Moss said.“I think a lot of people don’t
realize you got to have a planand be organized. I thinkwrestling really helped me asfar as that. A lot of people lose afew pounds right away andthen plateau and get discour-aged.”
Moss had two main motivesin the contest, he said.
“The weight I wrestled at incollege was 138 pounds. Iwanted to win the competition.”
Another incentive was thefact that his wife, Nicole, wasalso in the contest. Her team,Heavy Never Again Agreed?,finished third.
“She did really well,” Mosssaid.
The two encouraged eachother, and his wife helped himwith his diet by cooking healthyfood.
“We try to work outtogether,” he said. “We go out tothe track and run together.”
They take turns pulling astroller with their 1-year-oldson, Moss said.
On Sunday, he enjoyedanother affirmation of hiswrestling days.
“Just last night, I was watch-ing two of my friends I wrestledwith at Lewis Central try outfor the Olympic team,” he saidMonday.
Trials were held in Iowa Citythis year, but Moss was able towatch them online, he said.
“It was real cool to be able towatch them,” he said.
Moss didn’t have any sourgrapes over it, though.
“I’ve been done wrestling forseveral years,” he said. “Thoseguys are on another level.”
Moss saw the Get Fit compe-tition as a good incentive to loseweight – and he liked the factthat it was after the holidaysand bowl games were over.
“I think the competition isgreat, in terms of actually get-ting people to get the ballrolling,” he said.
Moss got a few tips from foodscientists at ConAgra Foodsheadquarters, where he worksin the shipping department ofthe pilot plant. He is currentlytaking long-distance classes atAugsburg to finish a degree inbusiness management.
The Mosses have two sons,ages 5 and 1.
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Ben Moss of Council Bluffs was the individual male winnerin the Get Fit competition. He took off 58 pounds during thecontest, dropping from 198 pounds to 140, which amounts to 29.29 percent of his body weight.
Motivated by her walk down the aisleCHAD NATION
There is no magic bullet forweight loss.
Just ask Ashley Cunning-ham, the winner of The DailyNonpareil’s Get Fit Challengeindividual weight loss for afemale participant.
She had to sweat her way tovictory.
“My friends keep asking me,‘What did you do to lose theweight?’” she said. “Honestly, Iate better and worked out.”
It sounds so simple: Eat lessand move more.
In fact, a recent study in the“American Journal of Preventa-tive Medicine” found the simpleprocess to be the best way to loseweight.
Eating less fat and exercis-ing led to people losing weightin the study. The study alsofound that the use of prescrip-tion diet pills helped in somecases as well.
But what didn’t work were
liquid diets, nonprescription dietpills and other popular diet fads.The study, titled “SuccessfulWeight Loss Among Obese U.S.Adults,” said these efforts hadno association with successfulweight loss.
Cunningham agreed: Portioncontrol and working out werethe keys to her success and col-lecting the $250 prize.
“I tried to work out every day,or at least six times a week,” shesaid.
She varied her workoutsbetween using an ellipticalmachine and a treadmill. Shetook free classes offered at hergym, and if she was short ontime, she ran outside. In theend, she shed 32 pounds or 17.3percent of her total weight.
The 27-year-old said heractive job in the food and bever-age service industry keeps heron her feet all day, and now afterlosing the weight, she feels inbetter shape to face her dailychallenges.
“My eating habits have mademe feel better,” she said.“Instead of getting fast food, I’meating something healthy.”
No secret to how Moss lost 58 pounds
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Ashley Cunningham at thestart of the Get Fit Challenge.See her “after” photo on page7C.
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Below are the top ten individual results from the 2012 Get Fit Challenge. Winners and rankings were
determined by the percentage of total team weight lost.
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Male Individual % Team
Ben Moss -29.29% Alanebwa Rich Walters -25.75% Beginner Beach Bodies William Caton -22.73% The Chubb Club Jeff Haas -20.39% Alanebwa Chris Congdon -19.54% Alanebwa Trent Casey -18.93% The Hungry Hammy HipposRod Evans -18.93% The ValinatorsJorge Wiebold -18.44% Chubby ChangasBryce Casey -16.32% The Hungry Hammy HipposJosh Owens -16.26% Alanebwa
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Female Individual % Team
Ashley Cunningham -17.30% Heavy Never Again, AgreedAdele Haas -16.74% Heavy Never Again, AgreedTamara Winslow -16.18% Winslow RadcliffLaura Weatherill -14.84% McMullen Ford MinisKristy Millage -13.26% The Justice LeagueDonalyn Christensen -12.28% Another Bunch of LosersMandy Fochen -12.04% The ValinatorsLaurie Renshaw -11.98% Waist RemovalNicole McDonald -10.27% Team MOMMarilyn Heitman -10.00% Flabbergasters
2012 Top Ten Individual ResultsExactly how muchdid everyone lose?
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In late March, the National Museum of Natural History in Wash-ington, D.C. revealed a life-size replica of Titanoboa, a prehistoricsnake the length of a school bus. Scientists figured the snake weighedabout 2,500 pounds.
The Daily Nonpareil’s Get Fit contestants lost enough weight tostand neck and neck with the monster snake.
Out of the 122 teams that started The Daily Nonpareil’s Get FitChallenge in January, 51 complete teams weighed out and dropped2,759 pounds, which amounts to 6.10 percent body fat. The top team– Alanebawa – lost 20.54 percent body weight.
Individually, 239 contestants weighed out and lost 3,098 pounds, or5.83 percent. The individual winners – Ashley Cunningham and BenMoss – lost 17.30 and 29.29 percent body weight respectively.
In the end, the average percentage lost (6.10) may not seem likemuch compared to the winning team’s percentage (20.54), but losingeven 5 percent of your body weight yields an array of benefits.
According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, losingjust 5 to 10 percent of your weight will lower your risk for heart dis-ease and other conditions, including diabetes and certain types of can-cer, such as breast, uterus and colon.
Staying physically active has other benefits:■ Strengthens your lungs■ Strengthens your muscles and keeps your joints in good condi-
tion■ Gives you more energy■ Helps you relax and cope better with stress■ Builds confidence
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2012 Team Results
Below are the team results from the 2012 Get Fit Challenge. These teams had all
four members finishing the challenge.Winners and rankings were determined by the
percentage of total team weight lost.
Team Name Beginning Ending Lost %Alanebwa 1,081 859 222 20.54%Beginner Beach Bodies 981 830 151 15.39%Heavy Never Again Agreed? 765 668 97 12.68%Truffle Shufflers 1,122 986 136 12.12%The Hungry Hammy Hippos 857 754 103 12.02%The Chubb Club 1,142 1,015 127 11.12%Berthas Bar Da Winning 872 776 96 11.01%Waist Removal 862 775 87 10.09%The Valinators 770 700 70 9.09%Another Bunch of Losers 1,007 919 88 8.74%The 4 Muscleteers 830 759 71 8.55%Flabberblasters 939 861 78 8.31%Chubby Changas 903 828 75 8.31%TGIF (Teachers Getting into Fitness)763 702 61 7.99%Mission Slimpossible (#3) 931 857 74 7.95%Nothing Butt Trouble 1,088 1,007 81 7.44%
The Justice League 873 813 60 6.87%Weapons of Mass Reduction (#2)752 703 49 6.52%Big Fat Losers 892 834 58 6.50%70% Lean 941 880 61 6.48%Hungry Hungry Hippos 855 804 51 5.96%McMullen Ford Minis 1,050 988 62 5.90%Four Play 912 859 53 5.81%Struyk Turf Weight Wackers 776 733 43 5.54%Quatro Shrinko 1,042 987 55 5.28%We R TUF-E-NUF! 758 718 40 5.28%Treadmill Skippers 883 837 46 5.21%Puffin Muffins 736 698 38 5.16%3 Bulls and an Angry Cow 867 824 43 4.96%We Can't Weight 972 924 48 4.94%Flabawalkeez 748 712 36 4.81%In it to Win it! 650 621 29 4.46%S.T.O.P Sparetires of Pottawattamie 1,303 1,248 55 4.22%#1 Brat's 856 820 36 4.21%No Foil 973 933 40 4.11%Lipid Liquidators 818 788 30 3.67%Team Wals 710 684 26 3.66%We FIT 830 802 28 3.37%Team MOM 813 786 27 3.32%Paper Weights 953 924 29 3.04%Waist Not, Want Not 859 834 25 2.91%Chubby Cakes 937 911 26 2.77%Drop It Like It's Hot 846 823 23 2.72%Chubby Chasers 859 837 22 2.56%Sassy by Summer 875 858 17 1.94%Skinny Dippers 895 879 16 1.79%Mosaic Days 676 665 11 1.63%Button Poppers 791 782 9 1.14%The Reluctant Biker and His Old Ladies 951 941 10 1.05%The Phat Four 866 858 8 0.92%Wii Un-Fit 706 700 6 0.85%Fat Busters 937 951 (14) -1.49%
45,201 42,442 2,759 6.10%
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Visit nonpareilonline.comCunninghamstill motivatedafter Get Fit win
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Cunningham said she partici-pated in Get Fit in 2011 as well,with her team finishing in sixthplace.
She said this year she is espe-cially motivated to keep the weightoff because she is getting marriedin September to her fiancé, ChrisCongdon, who was on the overallwinning team this year.
“It was easier both doing ittogether,” Cunningham said of thecouple’s weight loss. “I plan to keepgoing until I reach my goal.”
She said she would like to lose11 more pounds. If she could losethe weight, she would no longer beconsidered “overweight” on thebody mass index chart.
The body mass index charttakes a person’s height and weightand calculates a body mass index,or BMI. If the BMI falls below 18.5,you are underweight, normal isbetween 18.5 and 24.9, overweightis between 25 and 29.9, and any-thing over 30 is considered obese.
For Cunningham, her weightloss is more than just about feelingmore fit, but also about feelingmore confident.
“My confidence has went wayup,” she said. “I am definitely notas self-conscious as I was when Iam getting dressed.”
And she wants to replace thelost weight with muscle tone.
“I’m trying to tone up more, I’vebeen lifting more weights,” shesaid.
While she is feeling less self-conscious, healthier and in bettershape, she knows she still hassome hard work left to attain her
final goal.Toward the end of the competi-
tion, she said shedding the poundswas getting more difficult. Shewasn’t losing the weight as rapidlyas she did in the beginning.Because of that, she knows the last11 pounds will be the hardest.
“I feel motivated to accomplishmy goal,” she said.
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Ashley Cunningham of CouncilBluffs was the winner of TheDaily Nonpareil’s Get Fit Chal-lenge individual weight lossfor a female participant. Cun-ningham lost 17.3 percent ofher weight over the three-month challenge.
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