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Images: Mel Boldt of Rolling Meadows wins the 2016 Daily Herald Fittest Loser Challenge

See scenes Tuesday night from the finale of the 2016 Daily Herald Fittest Loser Challenge at Chandler's Chophouse in Schaumburg. Mel Boldt of Rolling Meadows was named the winner. Also announced Tuesday night were the winners of the Fittest Loser At Work Challenge, the Hanover Park Police Department and their team called Pounds for Blue.

  Daily Herald Fittest Loser 2016 winner Mel Boldt of Rolling Meadows, right, and his wife Angela, along with 2015 winner Bob Coniglio, of Arlington Heights relax after the event Tuesday at Chandler's Chophouse. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Mel Boldt of Rolling Meadows, left, reacts as his name is announce Tuesday as the Daily Herald Fittest Loser winner. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Mel Boldt of Rolling Meadows reacts to a question Tuesday at the Daily Herald Fittest Loser finale. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Mel Boldt, middle in vest, poses with fellow Fittest Loser contestants as well as their trainers after Boldt was named the 2016 winner. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Mel Boldt of Rolling Meadows banters with Eileen Brown, of the Daily Herald, Tuesday at the Daily Herald Fittest Loser finale. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Contestant Jiten "J" Patel of Hoffman Estates is spun around by his trainer Steve Amsden Tuesday at the Daily Herald Fittest Loser finale. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Contestant Sharon Miller of Elk Grove Village laughs on stage Tuesday. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Mel Boldt of Rolling Meadows reacts on stage Tuesday at the Daily Herald Fittest Loser finale. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  2016 Fittest Loser Challenge winner Mel Boldt poses with his family Tuesday. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Contestant's trainers make up the front row Tuesday. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Daily Herald correspondent and Fittest Loser contestant Annie Overboe speaks to the crowd about her experience with trainer Josh Steckler, right. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  The Hanover Park Police Department team won the At Work Challenge Tuesday at the Daily Herald Fittest Loser finale. Team "Pounds for Blue" will split the winnings between the Illinois Special Olympics and the War Dog Memorial. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Contestant Janet Ford of Elk Grove Village hugs her trainer Laura Philbin. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Kate Couston of Schaumburg is introduced Tuesday at the Daily Herald Fittest Loser finale. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  The late Daily Herald editor Gerry Alger is honored Tuesday at the Daily Herald Fittest Loser finale as husband Mel and daughter Melanie accept an award in her honor. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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