Dropping Lbs.: Ed Jarvis of St. James
Photo credit: AP; Handout | Ed Jarvis was ranked No. 2 in the world by the Major League Eating/International Federation of Competitive Eating before retiring about five years ago.
Dropping LBs: LIers share weight-loss success stories
Ed Jarvis
45, St. James
Occupation Real estate sales
Height 6-foot-6
525 Weight before July 2008
279 Weight by March 2012
HIS STORY
A former competitive eater, Ed Jarvis remembers inhaling food so fast that he neither smelled nor tasted it after the first few bites.
Oddly, it wasn't the competitive eating that caused him to balloon. "Sponsors...
