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Serves: 4
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
3 tablespoons olive oil
6 cloves minced garlic
Pinch salt and pepper
1/3 cup honey
2 tablespoons whole grain Dijon mustard
Chopped fresh parsley
Crushed chili pepper (optional)
4 zucchini, sliced
1 pound (450g) grappe tomatoes, halved
1. Pre-heat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Lay four 12×12 inch (30×30 cm) squares of foil out on a flat surface. Place zucchini slices, tomatoes in the middle of each piece of foil. Season with salt and pepper, then top with each chicken fillet. Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste.
2. In a small bowl, combine olive oil, minced garlic, mustard, and honey. Divide the sauce over each chicken pack and sprinkle with crushed chili pepper and chopped parsley.
3. Fold the foil over the chicken and vegetables to close off the pack, pinch the ends together so the pack stays closed.
4. Transfer the packs to a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and veggies are tender. Serve immediately and open carefully. Enjoy with an additional touch of parsley!
originally posted by: rickymouse
Chocolate chip cookies are healthy
originally posted by: Tardacus
it`s not about what you eat or how much you eat it`s ALL about how much physical activity you get.
don`t worry about what you eat or how much you eat worry about what you do and how much you do it.
if you sit on your ass and you do it for 16 hours a day then eating a head lettuce everyday will make you fat.
if you cut down trees and do it for 16 hours a day,eating a 7 course meal everyday won`t make you fat.
there`s only 2 ways to lose weight, eat less or burn more calories.
I`m really lucky in that I need to keep mind occupied and staring at the T.V, or the computer, or the walls doesn`t occupy my mind I need to get out and do things so I get a lot of physical activity.
Running on a treadmill at a 10:00-per-mile pace for 45 minutes burns approximately 500 calories for a 140-pound person. If you then go home and eat two slices of a fourteen-inch, regular crust pepperoni pizza, you'll consume 596 calories. Train for 45 minutes and ruin that with ten minutes of pizza eating.
originally posted by: Domo1
a reply to: AgarthaSeed
I would say pretty much EVERYONE disagrees with that.
Losing weight is calories in, calories out.
It's way easier to cut out 500 calories a day from food than burning them via exercise.
Running on a treadmill at a 10:00-per-mile pace for 45 minutes burns approximately 500 calories for a 140-pound person. If you then go home and eat two slices of a fourteen-inch, regular crust pepperoni pizza, you'll consume 596 calories. Train for 45 minutes and ruin that with ten minutes of pizza eating.
I can't run a 10 minute mile but I can easily fix something for dinner with half the calories I would normally consume, easily dropping 500 calories from my diet. Calorie restriction is the fastest way to lose weight. Not saying it makes you as healthy as you would be if you exercised for an hour a day too, but the calorie restriction is a lot more bang for your buck.
Ideally you do both, but for real weight loss the answer is cutting back on food. You of course should be exercising, and strength training and cardio will of course help with weight loss. It's going to take WAY longer if you just rely on exercise though and don't change your diet.
I'm almost 100% sure I'm right, but will gladly review any sources you have that claim exercise is more important for weight loss than diet.