Seven male employees at Elway’s Cherry Creek opted to put money where their mouths were instead of ribeyes and au gratin potatoes.
The steak place’s biggest loser contest ran from April 1 to July 1, with a combined weight loss of 316 pounds. Each participant ponied up $300 for the contest.
The biggest loser was also the biggest winner. Server Ben Fraley lost 66 pounds and 25.7 percent of his weight.
For his exhausting effort (general manager Andrew Chapman said Ben took off two days last week to work out more than four hours a day and subsist on water), Fraley took home $1,800.
Second-place winner server Jason Hader earned his $300 back. The competition was supervised by server Kevin Webber, who’s also a personal trainer and sports nutrition specialist at Max Muscle Denver.
“We went out (Thursday) and put on about 5 pounds each at breakfast,” said Chapman, who shed 42 pounds. “We went to Syrup, started with beignets, then we each ordered two entrees.”
Penny Parker, The Denver Post
