Article: 270 lbs. and one heart attack later, weight loss challengers journey forward

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Our midway weight loss challenge update'is being told closer to the three-quarter mark to allow one of our challengers to share her personal story.

Here is the quick summary of what we are doing. In January, 16 St. Louis American employees (four teams of four) agreed to a 24-week weight loss challenge, complete with nifty weekly prizes along the way and a delectable choice from a prize menu worth $1,000 for the top winner courtesy of our publisher-the fit, lean and ever health-conscious Dr. Donald Suggs.

In January, we weighed 3,715 pounds with a goal of losing 653 pounds by the end of June. Eight weeks after our first update in late February, we lost another 65 pounds, for a ...

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