Round two of the Star Herald’s Big Loser promotion just completed week five of the 16-week program and there has been some amazing progress. To date, 14 of the 16 participants have lost weight and 12 of those 14 have lost more than 10 pounds. Kyle Oldre and Orv Green are in a close race with Kyle down 31.8 pounds and Orv has lost 30.8 pounds. Tom Sterrett (24.8 pounds), Steve Top (26.8 pounds) and Bruce Dysthe (26 pounds) are right on their heels. Melissa Sterrett is the leading loser for the ladies at this point. Melissa has lost 20.6 pounds in the first five weeks. Carol Foster (-11.8), Connie Vande Velde (-13) and Bev Viessman (-14.4) are keeping the pressure on Melissa, however.While all of these numbers are very impressive, Kyle shared some of his personal health data with us last week after he had a physical. His lab results are compared to his blood work results from five weeks ago. His blood sugar is now safely out of the previous pre-diabetic range. He has lowered his cholesterol by 44 points. His triglycerides are down 157 points, he has increased his good cholesterol by 6 points and his bad cholesterol is down by 19 points."My doctor was really pleased," Kyle said Tuesday. "But I have to give credit where credit is due. Paula Anderson (Rock County’s Health Educator) put me on a program."He’s on a regimen that requires breakfast every day (to jump start his metabolism), a light snack in the morning and afternoon (to keep metabolism humming), and his meals consist of lots of salads and lean meats.Anderson wrote an exercise program for Kyle that keeps increasing with intensity and difficulty as he gets in shape. "She keeps rewriting it to keep my heart rate in the zone," he said.Right now he’s on the treadmill for 2 1/2 miles in the morning and another 2 miles in the evening. Plus, he works out with light weights to improve lean muscle mass (which helps burn calories) and he does pushups and sit-ups as well."It’s been a good change," Kyle said. "It’ll be fun to see what the numbers do in the end."Thanks, Kyle, for sharing your data. No doubt our other Big Loser participants are seeing similar health benefits. Keep up the good work, everyone.