The Astoria Aquatic Center and Columbia Memorial Hospital are pleased to announce that after the completion of the Smallest Winner 2.0 Community Challenge, North Coast residents are 366 lbs lighter!
Jerry Keenan, the first place male winner, lost 10.7% and Sheena Jones, the first place female winner, lost 9.8%. Jerry found that there were three things that really made a difference for him, “Support, Education and Competition. The Saturday morning meetings offered education and training by top professionals in their field. The Support offered by Kristen (Program Director), the trainers and all of the contestants at the meetings made a huge difference for me. Adding to that a competitive factor - seeing your results ranked each week - really made it possible to succeed. I learned that it wasn't un-American to go to bed a little hungry - it was actually comforting to know my body was mining fat cells while I was sleeping. My advice to others is to get educated as to how food works in your system, eat the right foods in small amounts, and find an exercise activity that works for you. And when you just feel like overeating a bunch...make a big pot of onion, mushroom and cabbage soup seasoned with great seasonings and eat to your hearts content.”
Sheena found her biggest success in not eating after 6:30 at night and always making time to move every other day.
Jerry and Sheena weren’t the only Winners in the Smallest Winner 2.0 Community Challenge, Paul Benoit, Astoria’s own City Administrator was the second place male finisher with a 10% loss, and the third place male winner was David Smith with a 8.9% loss. DoDo Bosivert was the second place female finisher with a 7.5% loss, and Shandi Bruijn followed closely behind in as the third place female finisher with a 6.8% loss.
On the team side, Team 600 made up of Hazel Dunstan, Jennifer Bassett, April Shrum and Maria Davis, came in first place with a total loss of 5.7%. Team 500 with Alana Kujala, Mark Kujala, Marie Kujala and Sheila Johnson came in second place with a combined 4.4% loss followed by Team 400 made up of Steve Engbretson, Pauline Rey, Deb Stuck and Jessica Vargas, came in first place with a total loss of 7.71%.
New this year was the Family Team category. Children were not weighed in but participated in healthy activities held at the Aquatic Center during the Saturday morning Adult Group Sessions. The first place Family Team that lost 5.4% was made up of Megan Kindred, Tim Kindred and Scottie McCoy followed by Jeremy and Ami Hirsch who lost 4.3%.
Astoria Parks and Recreation would like to thank the following community members who helped our participants through their journey, Jarrod Karnofski, DPT, ATC, CSCS, the programs Male Fitness Expert, Jeanette Schacher, DPT, the programs Female Fitness Expert, Grace Laman, MS, RD the programs Nutrition Expert, Meche Brownlow, MAEd, LPC the programs Emotional Health Expert, Jen Whalen, Founder of True North Adventures, Venus Fromwiller, BS, MA, Nancy Magathan, RN, and Rhonda Raney, MT (ASCP). Astoria Parks and Recreation would also like to thank the Astoria Warrenton Chamber of Commerce, LaCost Spa, Malama Day Spa for donating awards to the Smallest Winners and Ocean Forest Pottery for making the one of a kind awards.
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