Leaf the Fat Behind this Fall: 7/31/11

Thursday, August 4, 2011

HOLIDAY CHICKEN SALAD

Here's a nice cool dish for a warm summer night.

Ingredients

4 cups cubed, cooked chicken meat
1 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon paprika
1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
1 cup chopped celery
2 green onions, chopped
1/2 cup minced green bell pepper
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
ground black pepper to taste

Directions

In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise with paprika and seasoned salt. Blend in dried cranberries, celery, bell pepper, onion, and nuts. Add chopped chicken, and mix well. Season with black pepper to taste. Chill 1 hour.

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 208 | Total Fat: 16.5g | Cholesterol: 42mg

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

THE BEST START EVER!

The group lost a cobined 27lbs this week. Way to go!!! A special congratulations to Tom and Dan for leading the pack, and thank you for giving us all a chance to win the bonus dollars from week 1.

Note: Please report your points as soon as possible so they can be posted online Sunday night.

If you have an idea for a blog post – i.e. stories, recipes, pictures, etc. please feel free to send them my way. I’m happy to put them up for all to see. Don't forget to provide tips, tricks or trash talk by commenting on any of the posts. To get things started, tell us what your favorite exercise is (keep it clean).

RULES

DURATION:

This competition officially starts Thursday, October 1st. At this time, participants must weigh in and keep track of their weight in order to calculate percentage loss at the end of the competition period. Percentages may be asked throughout the competition in order to provide updates. The competition ends Wednesday, December 23rd (exactly 12 weeks from the start and just in time for Christmas/New Year).

WEIGH-IN:

As previously mentioned, the first weigh-in will be October 1st. You will be required to weigh in (using the same scale) every week through the end of the competition period.

Note: Be sure to keep track of your original starting weight in order to figure out your precentage weight loss.

POINTS:

Weight loss/gain

Receive 1 point for each pound lost during the current week or lose 1 point for each pound gained during the current week (calculate weight loss and gains in full pounds – fractions do not count).

Work out

Receive 1 point daily for 30 minutes or more of consecutive exercise, or 10,000 steps (pedometer required).

Exercise is defined as: training or improvement of physical health above and beyond normal daily activities.

This competition is strongly based on integrity and each person may decide what “normal daily activities” means to them.

WEEKLY($) PAY IN:

The three people with the lowest weekly totals are required to pay. The person with the lowest weekly points pays $3.00, second lowest $2.00, and the third lowest pays $1.00.

Note: Please report your weekly points in a timely manner. Points reported after Friday will not be eligable for bonus bucks.

If you are out of town or unable to weigh-in, please call or email with just your exercise points for that week and weight loss/gain points will carry over to the following week.

POT:

Each person pays a $15 entry fee (estimating 10 people = $150).

Weekly ($) pay in multiplied by 12 weeks = $72.

Bonus bucks ($5) will be awarded to the highest point earner each week. (This will be excluded from 8-week "Sprints" and requires 10 or more participants.)

The remaining pot will be split 50/50 between highest % weight loss and most total weekly points.

OVERVIEW