A6 Tribune Chronicle Sunday, March 24, 2019 2019 G G O O - - G G E E T T T T E E R R S S FITNESS CHALLENGE RESULTS: FINAL RESULTS R Ra an nk k L La as st t w we ee ek k T T e ea am m N Na am me e P Pl la ay yi in ng g f fo or r I I n ni it ti ia al l W We ei ig gh h i in n M Ma ar rc ch h 1 14 4 W We ee ek kl ly y G Ga ai in n / /L Lo os ss s T T o ot ta al l G Ga ai in n / /L Lo os ss s T T o ot ta al l G Ga ai in n / / L Lo os ss s % % P Pr ri iz ze e m mo on ne ey y e ea ar r n ne ed d 1 1 Big Dogs Voice of the Trumbull County Pound Dogs 1,284.00 1,105.25 -33.75 -178.75 13.92 $815* 2 2 Mission Slimpossible Dogs Warren Family Mission 1,139.25 1,004.75 -12.50 -134.50 11.81 $585* 3 5 LPJ Lean Machine Peterson Hardhat Scholarship at YSU 1,367.75 1,251.25 -21.50 -116.50 8.52 $400 4 3 LOSTinspanx Harriett Taylor Upton Gardens 963.75 890.25 -2.75 -73.50 7.63 $335* 5 4 Blubber Busters NAMI Mahoning Valley 1,304.50 1,209.75 +0.75 -94.75 7.26 $310* 6 7 Because We Can I Mercy Health / St. Joe’s at the Mall 947.00 882.50 +3.00 -64.50 6.81 $225 7 6 TFF1 Trumbull Family Fitness 1,341.75 1,253.00 0 -88.75 6.61 $225 8 8 Arianna’s Hope Arianna's Hope Chest 1,270.75 1,187.25 0 -83.50 6.57 $225 9 9 Faithful Five 1st UMC Community Breakfast 1,376.75 1,297.50 -4.00 -79.25 5.76 $225 10 11 PsyCare Hungry Gamers Warren Family Mission 1,005.50 958.00 -5.00 -47.50 4.72 $225 11 10 Because We Can 2 Mercy Health / St. Joe’s at the Mall 1,061.00 1,013.25 +3.25 -47.75 4.50 $235* 12 14 The Chubba Bubbas St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 1,149.25 1,104.75 -9.75 -44.50 3.87 $225 13 12 Flash Mob Kent State Trumbull Flash’s Food Pantry 1,074.25 1,034.25 +4.75 -40.00 3.72 $225 14 13 HUM Heavenly Losers HUM Appalacian Service Project 1,050.50 1,015.50 +3.25 -35.00 3.33 $225 15 16 The Commish Niles Community Service 1,036.25 1,003.75 -2.75 -32.50 3.14 $225 16 17 God’s Busy Bees Someplace Safe 848.25 822.00 -4.00 -26.25 3.09 $225 17 15 TFF2 Trumbull Family Fitness 1,004.50 975.25 +0.75 -29.25 2.91 $225 T TO OT TA AL L 19,225.00 18,008.25 -80.25 -1,216.75 6.33 $5,155 D D Y Y N N A A M M O O S S RESULTS: FINAL RESULTS R Ra an nk k L La as st t w we ee ek k T T e ea am m N Na am me e P Pl la ay yi in ng g f fo or r I I n ni it ti ia al l W We ei ig gh h i in n M Ma ar rc ch h 1 14 4 W We ee ek kl ly y G Ga ai in n / /L Lo os ss s T T o ot ta al l G Ga ai in n / /L Lo os ss s T T o ot ta al l G Ga ai in n / / L Lo os ss s % % P Pr ri iz ze e m mo on ne ey y e ea ar rn ne ed d 1 1 Just Weight Alzheimer’s Network 950.25 805.25 -17.25 -145.00 15.26 $825* 2 2 The Slimsons Make-A-Wish Foundation 1,150.25 1,010.50 -17.00 -149.75 13.02 $605* 3 3 Thinning the Herd Cornerstone of Hope 1,166.50 1,031.25 -17.50 -135.25 11.60 $400 4 4 Lowry Family Dental Trumbull County Animal Welfare League 1,147.25 1,034.00 -9.75 -113.25 9.87 $325 5 5 One Last Time Rich Center for Autism 1,251.75 1,148.00 -7.75 -103.75 8.29 $300 6 6 4 1/2 Full Grown Men Trumbull Family Fitness / Towel Fund 1,239.25 1,157.25 -7.75 -82.00 6.62 $225 7 7 Fructose Fighters Believers Paramount Summer Camp 1,198.75 1,133.75 0 -65.00 5.42 $225 T TO OT TA AL L 8,104.00 7,310.00 -77.00 -794.00 9.80 $2,905 G GR RA AN ND D T TO OT TA AL L 2 27 7, ,3 32 29 9. .0 00 0 2 25 5, ,3 31 18 8. .2 25 5 - -1 15 57 7. .2 25 5 - -2 2, ,0 01 10 0. .7 75 5 7 7. .3 36 6 $8,060 * includes Team of the Week bonuses Cabot, 24.5. “We all worked together well,” Miller said. “If someone had a bad week, we just picked up the slack for them. We supported each other through this strenuous jour- ney.” “Obstacles are just a part of life. It’s how you react that makes you a champion, and this team is that,” Miller said. “You set your mind to it and go,” said Miguel Medina, who ate six calculated meals per day and worked out six to seven days per week. “It’s hard work,” Cabot said. “But if you follow the diet and exercise, it will happen. And you have to be competitive — really competitive.” “Veggies and water,” Ryan said. Will Just Weight return in 2020 for a triple crown? “I hope not,” Miguel Medina said. “Oh, no, I hope not,” his daugh- ter echoed. “I’m still working out almost every day,” Miguel Medina said. “You can’t just stop,” Ryan said. “You can’t change your eat- ing habits either. You’ll get sick.” G GO O- -G GE ET TT TE ER RS S Early in the Fitness Challenge, the Big Dogs invested in team hoodies and T-shirts. The fronts bore the team name. The backs proclaimed, “Some wish for it. We work for it.” “It was not easy at all,” mem- ber Stacy Jerina of Howland said. “It was not fun,” her husband and teammate Bill Jerina said. “The competition was fun. I don’t like losing.” “Yeah, the competition made it fun,” Stacy Jerina said. “It kind of motivated us, the competition.” “And the charity,” teammate Marie Vickers said. The Big Dogs will donate $815 to the Voice of the Trumbull Pound Dogs, volunteers working with the Trumbull County Dog Pound. The Big Dogs started off at a hefty 1,284 pounds, dropped 178.75 pounds and scored a 13.9 percent slim-down. Mission Slimpossible finished second at 11.8 percent and the LPJ Lean Machine came on strong in the final weeks to run its way into third place at 8.5 percent. “It was a very good experi- ence,” Vickers said. “It was what I needed to get on the road to los- ing weight. And to do it with other people was very helpful. I lost 28 pounds.” “We’re still going,” said Stacy Jerina, who dropped 26.5 pounds. Bill lost 29.5. “We’ve got some more to lose,” she said. “We might not be as strict now.” “I’ve got to keep going,” David “Soup” Campbell of Warren said. He said he’s feeling much better after losing 38.25 pounds. “I have back pain. This helps me out, the weight off the body.” He said his exercise was restricted to the recumbent bike. Meanwhile, team captain Glenn “Big Dog” McClellan of Warren worked about every exer- cise that came his way en route to banishing 56.5 pounds over eight weeks — and nearly 200 pounds over the last two years. “Elliptical, bike, treadmill, walking, Nautilus machines, free weights... I haven’t felt this com- petitive in years,” he said. Will he backslide now that the 2019 Fitness Challenge is in the books? “I had that one hot dog,” McClellan said. “I said I was going to back off but I was at the gym for 3 1/2 hours last night.” If the group would return next year, it would move into the Dynamos division. “Maybe we’ll come back try to knock off the big boys and be a two-division champion,” McClel- lan said with a laugh. But it’s not likely they’ll return, he said. McClellan had words for the whole field of 24 teams: “For all the competitors, we are all win- ners. I hope we can continue with our goals to get healthy. For the charities, the big winners, they will benefit from the Challenge to continue doing the good work they do each and every day.” [email protected] Fitness challenge From Page A1 Tribune Chronicle / Burton Cole J Ju us st t W We ei i g g h ht t r r e ep pe ea at t e ed d a as s F Fi i t t n ne es ss s C Ch ha al l l l e en ng ge e c ch ha am mp pi i o on ns s i i n n t t h he e D Dy yn na am mo os s d di iv vi is si io on n. . F Fr r o om m l le ef f t t a ar r e e t t r ra ai i n ne er r M Mi i k ke e P Ph hi i l ll l i i p ps s a an nd d t t e ea am m m me em m- - b be er rs s C Cl la ar ri i s ss sa a M Me ed di i n na a, , M Mi ie eg gu ue el l M Me ed di i n na a, , R Ro os sa an nn ne e C Ca ab bo ot t a an nd d D De eb bb bi i e e R R y ya an n, , p po os si i n ng g a at t T Tr r u um mb bu ul l l l F Fa am mi il l y y F Fi i t t n ne es ss s i i n n W Wa ar r r r e en n. . N No ot t p pi i c ct t u ur r e ed d i i s s t te ea am m c ca ap pt ta ai in n J Ji i m m M Mi il l l l e er r. . Weight-loss superstars Who pounded off the most pounds this year? Here’s a list of the biggest losers. 5 50 0- - P PO OU UN ND D C CL LU UB B • Glenn McClellan, Big Dogs, 56.5 pounds lost 4 40 0- - P PO OU UN ND D C CL LU UB B • Jim Miller, Just Weight, 44.75 pounds • Chris Mannella, The Slimsons, 41.5 pounds • Noah Gilger, Mission Slimpossi- ble, 40.25 pounds 3 30 0- - P PO OU UN ND D C CL LU UB B • David Campbell, Big Dogs, 38.25 pounds • Miguel Medina, Just Weight, 38 pounds • Vincent Peterson II, LPJ Lean Machine, 30.5 pounds • James Elbon Jr., the Chubba Bub- bas, 30 pounds