Who Are The Mystery Winners?

The Burn the Fat 50-Day Holiday Challenge has concluded and the winners have been chosen, announced and congratulated. Our champions will now be basking in the glow of victory for an entire year and be immortalized forever in our Burn The Fat Challenge Alumni hall of fame. However, we are not quite finished...

We promised at the end of the 50 days that there would be some unannounced surprises, and true to our word, we are proud to announce our WINNERS in SURPRISE categories that were not included when the contest launched in November!

We could probably come up with a dozen surprise award categories, as so many amazing 50 day transformations occurred and unique stories were told during this inaugural challenge. However, two surprise award categories topped our list this year. Perhaps there will be more surprises in future challenges.

Here's our first surprise winner(s)...

Best 50-day couple's Transformation:

The Burn the Fat challenge was based largely on support and accountability. We had a team challenge with a special award for top team, based on support and team spirit and individuals all over the Burn the Fat holiday forums supported each other freely.

It didn't dawn on us to include a couple's category until AFTER the challenge, when we saw this amazing transformation...

One word: WOW! Your transformations were amazing and are now going to inspire many couples (and individuals). You've inspired us too... we might just add a couple's category in our next Burn the Fat challenge!

Congratulations Darren and Kate. You'll be receiving free memberships to the Burn The Fat Inner Circle like our other special category winners!

Most Creative Essay

And now for our second surprise prize category. As all our contestants know, this contest was scored based on change in body composition numbers, visual improvement as shown in photographs and an essay, which counted for a FULL 1/3 of the score.

With so many incredible 50 day transformation photos and the amazing amount of body fat burned and muscle gained, the essays were the deciding factor in many of the final winner decisions.

Our judges read every word of every essay - (we estimate it was about 90,000 words worth of essays!) In our reading, we came across one essay which not only scored high on our judges cards in the essay round, but also made us laugh. It also embodied the spirit of the challenge - to have fun while transforming your body - and, it inspired us to create a special new award only for this inaugural challenge...

Most creative essay!

Like many of our challengers, Larry Grimes has been through a lot of adversity, but pressed onward in spite of it and reclaimed his health.. During the 50 day challenge, Larry burned 11.9 pounds of fat, decreased his body fat by 5.8% and his old pants are falling off him.

"Two months ago I was sedentary, morose, fat, depressed and angry with a blood pressure that was 154/100" said Larry. "Today I'm active, thinner, more muscled, and smiling. My blood pressure is 116/87 without any medication, and for the first time in a long time, I'm excited about the future.I began my first post by declaring that this challenge just might save my life. Now, fifty days later, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it has. Everything has changed."

You can read Larry's entire essay in his 50 day holiday challenge journal (linked below). For your reading pleasure, we have reproduced part of it - Larry's Limerick ("My Holiday Challenge") - below:

My Holiday Challenge by Larry Grimes

I slept, and I ate, and I sat

And all of my food turned to fat

Till my mirror one day

Asked me in dismay

Whose ugly body is that?

I stared at my ample behind

And realized I had been blind

The body I see

Is not really me

Not as I am in my mind.

I looked at my abs in disgust

To clean up my life was a must

I want to be lean

Not afraid to be seen

But in whose advice can I trust?

Then I heard of an ebook one day

For which I was anxious to pay

Of how fat can be burned

And good health returned

All in a natural way

Tom's method is based upon science

Against gimmicks he stands in defiance

With research well-studied

The waters un-muddied

Nor clouded by corporate alliance

So I started a 50-day quest

And pursued it with relish and zest

To burn off the fat

Till my bulges get flat

I visualized me at my best

I'm holding myself to account

And my scales I regularly mount

On pizza I pass

I track Lean Body Mass

And all kcals I carefully count

I needed to pick up the pace

And burn calories, not feed my face

So I started to run

And it soon became fun

The real me I started to chase

Then I started to work at the gym

To build muscles and make myself thin

I started with reps

And reps turned to sets

But still was unable to chin

I now have begun to lose weight

And my adipose cells to deflate

My heart is serene

Muscles I've never seen,

Are starting to make me look great.

Despite gastronomical sin

And cravings I struggled to win

I'm still gaining ground

With new energy found

And I've finally managed to chin.

I've still got a long ways to go

My progress is sure but slow

When I look in the mirror

My vision is clearer

The real me is starting to show.

To Tom, and Kyle, and Ed

And all those who wrote in my thread

You've helped me to grow

And I want you to know

Enough "Thank Yous" cannot be said!

Larry, you're a true wordsmith AND a body transformationst! You've also won a free Inner Circle membership. Great job!

CONGRATULATIONS Larry, Kate and Darren!

To visit Larry Grimes's 50-day Holiday challenge journal CLICK HERE

To visit Darren's 50-day challenge Journal CLICK HERE

To visit Kate's 50-day challenge Journal CLICK HERE

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