Chris won the BL contest

Chris won the BL contest with a 39% change in fat percentage!

BLLB winners and their stats will be featured in the next newsletter, so stay tuned!

Chris won the BLLB

Chris won the BLLB contest with a 30% change in fat percentage and over 40 lbs. of fat weight!

Chris's only objection to the contest (tongue in cheek of course) was all the money he had to spend on new suits and clothes!

You're Turning Violet, Violet

Blueberry Juice to hopefully combat obesity/diabetes
By Evan Bylsma


I recently read a study from www.medicalnewstoday.com which was highlighting a study using the high antioxidant and low glycemic properties of blueberry juice to help obese lab mice to lower their glycemic index.



Basically in the study the scientists included in the water they were giving these mice a solution of North American blueberry juice. This in term caused diabetic and pre-diabetic mice to eat less food and in tern drop body weight.



Also cool to note they were using something called “biotransformed” blueberry juice which has something to do with using a specific strain of bacteria to increase the antioxidant quantity of the blueberry juice.



Now for the X Gym Spin: PJ has always been a big berry fan and one of the best tasting snacks you can include in your “X Gym Approved” diet is cottage cheese and blueberries. Its almost past time to get some awesome NW fresh blueberries but thanks to places like Costco, you can grab a bag of frozen blueberries anytime and include them in everything from cottage cheese, to protein shakes and they make a great addition to just about any spinach salad.



Here’s the link to the story, hope you enjoy!



http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/162716.php

X Gym boot campers feel burn, lose fat faster

X Gym boot campers feel burn, lose fat faster

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X Gym Biggest Losers flush the fat again! As you may know, we judge our contest based solely on fat loss instead of scale weight. This insures that it's healthy weight loss, and so muscle gain helps instead of hurts like in the popular TV show.

Camille won the overall title for the women with a % change in bodyfat, and Chris won it for the men with a % change. Camille dropped pure fat (instead of muscle and fat like conventional weight loss), and Chris actually gained muscle as he lost fat. According to traditional training, this isn't supposed to be possible! Ha! Proving the "others" wrong again!

Corrie won the Biggest Loser's Loser's Bracket (BLLB) for women with a 25.2% change in bodyfat, and Chris R. won the BLLB for men with a 30.4% change. The BLLB is the bracket for those who got knocked out of a previous round. This bracket allows a second chance consolation prize so all contestants are always in it to the end, no matter how they do at any point along the way.