Ok ladies...the first week's results are in and have gone out! I am so excited for all of you and how well you are doing already....we had five ladies that lost over 4% of weight and one that lost 5.25%! Great job!

Ladies, we need to all keep up the hard work and remember....this is a 12 week committment - not a sprint! The "smart" contestants are those that are seeing this as a life-change....

We have an opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Blanco this Sunday at 4:00 pm in Labelle Hall - time to ask questions, pick his brain and learn some smart dieting tips! Be sure to join us at 4:00 and, if you are interested in having bloodwork drawn, you need to let me know (unless you already did Sunday) :)

Stay posted for more updates! If you did not receive your results email...it means that either 1)your email address submitted was wrong, 2) the email is going to your spam folder or 3)you have some filter/firewall that is "bouncing" your email back to me. Please post here to let me know you are not receiving it or email me through this blog.

Thanks!
michele

Opportunity - but sign ups are necessary!

Ok ladies.....we have a unique opportunity! Dr. Blanco, a member of Trinity, has offered to do a "health fair" of sorts for our diet planning! He is willing to bring us some healthy dieting information and helpful tips...AND he is willing to run initial bloodwork on each of us so that we can monitor our cholesterol, etc. while we are dieting! He can run a full blood workup for $20 each....

If we have at least 40 of our ladies interested in doing this, we will have a health fair appointment with him on Sunday, April 19th (one week from now) at 4:00 at Trinity! He will draw the bloodwork for us at that time and will get us the results shortly after that. He will talk with us about dieting and answer any questions we might have at that time.

So....any takers? I need to know by this Sunday who would be interested. Please email me or post here if you are interested and will commit to be a part of it....again, if we don't have enough ladies, then we will not take his time!

Our new “permanent” weigh in room will be


Room 502 in children’s hall downstairs (second room on the left)



I will be there no later than 8:45 on Sunday mornings and will stay until 9:00 am (by the way, that is when Sunday school starts! )….and then I will be back in there at 10:00 and will stay until 10:25 – so those of you going to choir can stop by before your 10:15 rehearsal if you need to!

I will be back in this room on Sunday evenings at 5:30 and will stay there until 6:00 when the service starts!

Those are our weigh in times and the room! If you need anything or have any questions….please let me know!


By the way, as an update – we have 59 ladies involved in the competition so far….which puts our “pot” at $1180 however, remember we are using $100 for incentives along the way – so our winning pot stands at $1080 so far…..hopefully it will only increase due to more ladies joining this Sunday and NOT because anyone is gaining weight! We do have several ladies talking about joining Sunday – so we will see! Remember, if anyone else wants to join us, they can as late as Sunday evening’s weigh in – then the competition will be closed! Praise the Lord, we have a couple of ladies from outside Trinity that are talking about joining us and visiting the church as a result! Pray hard ladies – this can be a great way to reach ladies for Christ!

Well…..no grouchy, mean or ill dieters (ouch…me too)! Keep up the hard work and remember, whatsoever you do – do it for the glory of the Lord!

Love you all!
Michele

Restaurant Helps!

Just thought some restaurant calorie counts might help with the last minute stops for fast food! The website for you to check out is

http://www.dietfacts.com/fastfood.asp

Some summary items:

Backyard Burgers1/3 burger 470
Ranch baked potato 410
BBQ chicken sandwich 280
Buffalo Ranch Chicken 540
Blackened Chicken Sandwich 290
Blackened Chicken salad 160


Burger King
Bacon, egg & cheese biscuit 410
BK veggie burger 420
BK big fish 640
Chicken club salad 310
chicken tenders (6) 280
Chicken tender sandwich 440
Chicken cranberry Walnut salad 320

Chick - fil - A
Chargrilled Chicken Club Sandwich 380
Chargrilled chicken Cool Wrap 390
Chargrilled Chicken Garden Salad 180
Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich 270
Chicken Strips (4) 470
Chicken Caesar cool Wrap 460
Chicken Salad Sanwich 500
Chick Fil A Chicken Biscuit 420
8 pc Nuggets 260
Small waffle fries 280
Spicy Chicken cool wrap 420


McAlister's
Cafe Menu Roast Beef, dressed 318
Cafe Menu Turkey, dressed 309
Chicken salad sandwich 677
Chicken cordon bleu 810
Asagio cheese bisque 240
Cheesy chicken Tortilla Soup 150
Chicken Fiesta Salad 493
Broccoli Cheddar Soup 213


McDonald's Chicken nuggets (6) 310
Chipotle BBQ snack wrap - grilled 260
Fiesta Salad 420
Filet of Fish 400
Fruit & Walnut Salad 310
Hamburger 260
Small fries 210
Snack size fruit & yogurt parfait 160
Grilled Ranch Snack Wrap 270

Hope it Helps Ladies!!!

Michele

First Week....

Hello ladies!

I hope all of you have had a great first day and are well on your way to your weight goal! I wanted to give you an update to motivate you!!!

We have 59 ladies involved in this competition so far! That puts our "pot" at $1180 and, after taking out the $100 for incentives along the way - our two top winners (losers) will split the $1080 remaining! So...if that doesn't motivate you - tell your husbands how much is in the pot and I'm sure they will help us "watch" what we eat! They may not let us eat anything for the next 12 weeks!:)

So...stay with the stuff ladies! Don't lose heart - just weight! And remember, no amount of money is worth doing things in an unhealthy way!

Love you all!
Michele

The Biggest Loser Begins!

Welcome to the Biggest Loser blog for Trinity Baptist Church! As we all set out in this competition - it is my hope that this blog is fun, entertaining and motivating to you....I would encourage you to visit often, post as often as you visit and use this site to encourage one another! I will try to update this site at least weekly with helpful nutritional and fitness information. And, as always, I am open to your suggestions, ideas and information! Let's begin together and let's leave no one in the dust!

Michele Everson
Proud wife of Pastor Chad Everson and Proud Mama to two wonderful little boys!