And the Winner is...
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The grand prize winner of the 2010 Seattle Sutton Slimdown is Paul Q.!
Paul lost a total of 26.5 percent of his body weight, losing at total of 53 pounds. He started the contest weighing 200 pounds and Monday, April 12, he weighed in at 147 pounds.
Paul decided to take this challenge because he was interested in re-gaining his health and climbing Mt. Rainier this June with his brother-in-law. Paul and his family will enjoy a trip for 4 to Universal Orlando Resort. What a perfect way to celebrate his success as Seattle Sutton's Slim Down grand prize champion! Way to go Paul, you made us all proud and have done so well.
Our first place winner, winning $1,000 is Tim G. He lost a total of 22.8 percent of his body weight, losing a total of 69 pounds. Tim started out weighing 297 pounds and when he weighed in on April 12, he was down to 228 pounds, the biggest weight loss of all 10 contestants.
Rounding out the top finishers was Linda R. who won 5 additional weeks of Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating meals for her excellent job. She weighed in at the beginning of the contest at 155 pounds and on April 12, she stepped on the scales and was down to 122 pounds. She lost 21.29 percent of her body weight in those 14 weeks.
Phil Potempa
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"I am 39-years-old, single and always on the go, usually on deadline interviewing celebs and writing about food, recipes, and the latest entertainment news. I didn't realize just how much weight I had gained until a couple months ago when I was interviewing Dolly Parton about her new Broadway show "9 to 5" and when I saw a photo of us snapped together, I was shocked at my expanding waistlineand full face, compared to her tiny waist! I've never tried any weightloss system or program before. I've admired Seattle as a media personality with proven success rate."
10 Weeks and Lookin' Slim
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This week marked the 10th week in the Seattle Sutton 2010 Slim Down Competition.
Donna Nelson
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"This is the most I have ever weighed. My knees hurt...I am short of breath and have a hard time watching and playing with my six grandchildren. I would love and appreciate this opportunity to be on Seattle Sutton! Please choose me! I truly believe in your program."
Linda Russell
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"Overweight is overweight. whether 25 lbs or 225 lbs. 25 lbs overweight travels the same battle, the same trials and tribulations, the same insecurities, the same challenges and the same goals... My husband tells me daily that I'm the most beautiful woman in the world... my likely response is, 'you're nuts...'"
"Grandchildren are arriving and I'm not a push the swings and sit on the bench kind of grandma. I am active and want to crawl on the floors with them, curl up behind chairs for a game of hide n seek, and jump and climb playground equipment at the parks..."
Seattle Sutton: Celebrating the Hawks Return to Chicago!
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After a successful Winter Olypmics for several Blackhawk medal winners, the Hawks are back at it in Chicago for the next 4 games as they continue down the road to the Stanley Cup.
Michael Koch
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"My wife and I used Seattle Sutton meals about five years ago - we thought it was a great program and had great results. However, we then had two kids and slipped into poor eating habits. I gained about 25 pounds and am now severely overweight. I've been a firefighter/EMT for over three years and they recently passed new restrictions on Body Mass Index (BMI). I need to lose weight and exercise in the next 18 months or I could lose my job."
Heidi Wolfrom
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"My name is Heidi Wolfrom. I don't have much of a story, and some people tell me I shouldn't be ashamed of my weight because I don't really have enough to lose. However, I am currently 5'8", a size 14 and weigh 190 pounds. I was an athlete all my life, but was always a bigger than other girls my age. In high school I played volleyball competitively, and was in great shape, but once I went to college I no longer played volleyball, and found it hard to eat right and stay active. In college I ended up gaining over 30 pounds throughout the four years. The weight came on gradually, so I didn't really notice it...
Martha Ibarra
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"My name is Martha Ibarra. I am an overweight wife, mother and grandmother. I was not always this way. When I was younger I was one of these people who could eat and drink and stay slender. It wasn't until I turned about 40 years old that I discovered that getting rid of the excess weight was not as easy as it used to be. Still I continued my lifestyle of enjoying life only to notice that the extra pounds were adding to my body much too quickly... "
"On July 10, 2005 our son was killed in a car accident... I was awarded guardianship and custody of my granddaughter, Isabella Rose. She is a wonderful reminder of our son and the perfect gift God could have given us."
"What would this contest mean to me? It would mean another chance to go on with life, get healthy and raise my granddaughter to an age where she is self-sufficient. At 216 pounds I would need to lose at least 50 pounds and hopefully see my blood pressure get normal and even perhaps my blood sugar. It would mean that my granddaughter would have the care and protection of her grandma just a little bit longer..."
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