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Team Lean A whole lot of weight lost

... “Remember, this was not a controlled study,” Scott said.

“When we looked at all of the values and just put it in as an average, the average But the average triglyceride went down 30 points.

And that’s an important value, too.

So when you get your results, if you have any questions, take them to your physician and whatever you do, keep up the good work.” Team Lean 2008 Peak said another Team Lean will begin Jan.

3, 2008, and there will be a six-month weigh-in that will award $250 to the top 20 Team Lean participants who keep losing weight.

“We started with 190,000 pounds [total participants’ combined weights],” said Jim Peak, Memorial Hospital CEO.

“Team Lean lost 16,154 pounds; that’s over eight tons,” Peak said.

“That’s the equivalent of two Hummers, 68 refrigerators, five Toyota Camry’s, 32 John Deere mowers, 22 Harley-Davidson Road Kings, or the same as 80 Jim Peaks.” He said 302 people lost from 10 to 20 percent of their body weight.

Twelve people lost over 20 percent of their body weight.

He asked the crowd to give itself another round of applause.

He also especially thanked Cathy Willis and Leslie Stone who coordinated t...

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