Starting Weights Needed

I just wanted to remind everyone to get their starting weights to me before Monday.  You can email me if you want.  Then next Friday will be our first official weigh in for the competition.  I know technically the first week will be a short week, but it's a great way to get started.  I'm so curious to see if you are all the "bunch of losers" that I think you are..........  :-)

16 Tips to Tripe Your Workout Effectiveness

Here is a great article on exercise: 

http://zenhabits.net/16-tips-to-triple-your-workout-effectiveness/

Eating for Life's Zesty Italian Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:
2 portions chicken breast (about 1/2 lb)
1/4 cup fat free Italian Dressing
2 portions fettuccine (about 4 oz uncooked)
1 cup pasta sauce
2 cups baby spinach leaves
2 Tbsp reduced-fat Parmesan cheese, grated

Directions:
1)  Marinate chicken breasts in Italian dressing for at least 30 minutes prior to cooking.  I pound my chicken breasts thin.  Then I put the Italian dressing in a large Ziploc bag and then put the chicken in too.  Squeeze the dressing into the chicken.  Set bag on a plate and refrigerate.  You can do this around lunch time, in the morning before work or the night before.

2)  Prepare fettuccine according to package directions.

3)  Put a pan on the stove on medium heat with some Pam.  Place marinated chicken in pan and cook for about 6 minutes; turn and grill for about 6 more minutes, until no longer pink in center.  If you have a George Foreman grill you could use it to cook the chicken.

4)  In a small saucepan, warm pasta sauce over medium heat.

5)  Divide spinach leaves between two separate plates.  Layer portions of warm fettuccine and chicken breasts over spinach leaves.

6)  Top with pasta sauce and Parmesan cheese, serve and enjoy!

I double this recipe for our family of four.  My kids LOVE this meal.  I thought they would freak out about the spinach on bottom, but it gives the dish a great punch.  They love it and it's healthy for all of us! 

Approx 455 calories

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Check this link out:

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Getting Started with Rules

Here are the rules for our competition.

Competition begins Monday, May 2, 2011 and ends Friday, June 24, 2011.  Just in time for beach weather!

There is a $20 entry fee for our 8 week competition.  Please send to me at:

     Tammy McDermott

     4410 S Eldon

     Springfield, MO 65810

I am the weight manager.  I will not reveal any of the actual weights, only amount lost and percentage. 

Our weekly weigh ins are on Friday.  We can meet somewhere, have it at my house, or you can email me with the amount of weight lost. 

If someone gains a pound, they will need to pay $1 per pound gained.  It has to be 1 pound or more to require payment.  Nothing will be owed on .2, .4, .6, & .8 gains. 

The winner is the person with the highest total percentage of weight loss on June 24th.  We will have some runner up prizes as well.

This will be a fair contest.  Everyone's goals are the same:  gaining health and losing weight.

If you have a problem with any of these, please email me with your concerns, so that I can address them up front.

Disclaimer:  Do not begin any exercise regime or diet without approval from a doctor.