Thinner Winner

Summit Athletic Club (the gym that Jay goes to) decided to have a contest similar to "The Biggest Loser," but it is called "Thinner Winner."  This competition goes for 6 weeks and it is a team event.  Jay and our two friends, John Brannon and Mark Adams, decided to make create a team "Two Crackers and a Pineapple" and they entered the competition.  It cost $100 per teammate to enter and the winning team will split $2000.  (I am already planning on how I will spend my our $666.67!)  The initial weigh-in and the competition kick-off was on September 6th.  After sizing up their competition, we figured they had a pretty good shot at winning this thing!!  The first weigh-in was on September 18th.  Jay was down 10 pounds, Mark was down 10 pounds, and John was down 2.  (In all fairness, John had less to lose and he had to go out of town on business for a week, so we couldn't give him too much grief, but he better pick things up!)  The second weigh-in was on October 9th.  Jay was down a total of 22 pounds, Mark down to 18, and John was down to 12.  The final weigh-in was on October 16th.  Jay lost a total of 29.7 pounds, Mark lost 25.6, and John lost 18.  The big grand finale where they announced the winners was held on October 18th.  We were so optimistic, but they didn't quite pull it off.  They came in second place, bummer!!!  We missed out on the $2000, but they each got a $75 gift certificate to Anasazi Steakhouse.  They also announced that Jay was the biggest "male" weight loser.  He lost 12.25% of his body weight!  I was totally bummed that they lost, but so proud of our boys.  I know Jay put in a ton of work and saw fantastic results.  Very Proud of my little Cracker!!