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Nicolas Lewis:
Starting weight: 220
Current weight: 216
Percentage of weight lost: 1.82%
Thoughts: It's amazing how you can kick-start things just by being outside more often in horrific Alabama summer weather when you're a Yankee who is not used to it.
Christopher Hondros
Starting weight: 225
Current weight: 225
Percentage of weight lost: NOT A DAMN THING
Thoughts: In his defense, he has been on a cruise ship the entire time, so far. That's right. This is him, I think.
Matt Monte
Starting weight: 303
Current weight: 297
Percentage of weight lost: 1.98%
Thoughts: I don't remember the specifics of Matt's plan, but I remember it involving something along the lines of "not trying very hard at first." Either very clever or too clever, one or the other.
Jared Kalmus
Starting weight: 256
Current weight: 253
Percentage of weight lost: 1.17%
Thoughts: Jared is clearly doing his best to hang back and then make a late charge, I presume. Like a great racehorse, which is rather fitting given his appearance.
Contestant X
Starting weight: 349
Current weight: 340
Percentage of weight lost: 2.58%
Thoughts: As I expected, the person with the most to lose has lost the most and is out to an early lead. We'll see if this early result persists, but so far so good - for him anyways. More work to do for the rest of us!