Plans for Big Loser II are coming together nicely with two teams of eight Losers this time. Participants are Gerry Sandstede, Melissa Sterrett, Tom Sterrett, Connie VandeVelde, Kyle Oldre, Orv Green, Steve Top, Deb Scoggins, Roger Meyer, Bruce Dysthe, Carol Foster, Bev Viessman, Rick Dawson Joy Dawson Greg Burger and Phil Gorter. Big Loser II will get underway February 6 with an organizational meeting and weigh-in with blood work and measurement on Wednesday of that week. This time around, we have two married couples participating, the Dawsons and the Sterretts.As you know, Chantel and Terry Connell were on opposing teams in the first round of Big Loser and between the two of them they lost over 80 pounds. The new Connell eating habits also had an effect on one of their boys, who also dropped 12 pounds.In last week’s wrap-up story on the Big Loser, we inadvertently left out comments by Dan McGuire. His final numbers were tallied on page 7A, but in the feature story on 1B, we excluded his observations, which all participants shared."The way I lost weight was to burn off more calories than I was taking in," said McGuire, who lost 35 pounds. "The diet was the easy part." He just stayed away from fat calories and exercised at least five days a week, if not more. "The first couple of weeks are the toughest, but once the weight started to come off and the clothes started to fit better, it got easier," he said.The second round of Big Loser will be brought to you each week in the Star Herald because of our great sponsors, Sioux Valley Clinic-Luverne, Glen’s Food Center and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company. Participant sponsors are Herman Motors, Superior Caulking & Tuck Pointing, Nobles Rock Public Health, Prairie Heights Bison, Papik Motors, Minnwest Bank, Connell Car Care, Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center, The Estenson Company, Kozlowski Insurance, Sudenga Communications, Sioux Valley-Luverne Hospital, Lewis Family Drug, Bruce Dysthe Construction and Latham Insurance.
