And the winner is...

First Place: John was crowned 2009's KingFatty. He lost 15.8% of his original body weight for a total of 33.5 lbs. After years of coming in second place in every competition, he has finally taken the crown in a major race. His methods may have been suspect, but they have proven to be unnecessary. Also thanks to John for supplying us all with beer, pizza and snacks to make up for all of those we have passed up in the previous 8 weeks. A celebration is in order!

Certificate reads:
Congrats to you
for winning the prize
your waist is now
a smaller size.

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Second Place: Chris, with a 13.67 percentage loss overall, totaling in 30 solid pounds of weight lost. He trailed John only slightly throught the whole competition, proving to be a worthy opponent.
Certificate reads:
Congrats to you
for winning the prize.
Now you can eat
that whole pizza pie.

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BMI: Chris also won in the BMI category, although John statistically won, he did not bet on it.
Certificate reads:
Its not just your height
and what you weigh.
You won this one
because John didn't pay!

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Pound-for-Pound: John blew away the competition with a solid 3.5 pound lead over Chris.
Certificate reads:
You lost the most
in this year's race.
So order a pizza
and stuff your face.

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Best in Show 20s: Chris won in the 20s age group.
Certificate reads:
You may have not
won the main contest
but you are the best of
the not thirty yets!

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Best in Show 30s: Christy beat the rest of the thirtysomethings.
Certificate reads:
You lost the most
of the 30somethings.
So now you can eat
those buffalo wings.

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Best in Show 40s: Nick was the only competitior in this category and of course won.
Certificate reads:
You lost the most
in the 40+ group.
This $5 should be
enough for a soup.

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All participants who did not place recieved a Certificate
of participation. For example, Travis came in 4th place overall:
Certificate reads:
You did your best.
You lost the weight,
but someone else has
taken the cake.

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