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The Beatles' Shea Stadium concert will always be remembered for Ringo's flaming drum set, George's 20-minute stand-up routine, and the backward rendition of "I Me Mine" that summoned Paul back from the dead. Attend a concert with just as many mind-blowing moments with today's Groupon: for $23, you get a ticket to the No Depression Festival, featuring Swell Season, Lucinda Williams, and Cave Singers on Saturday, August 21, at Marymoor Park in Redmond.

As the go-to source for Americana and roots music, No Depression magazine curates its own festival to showcase both well-established and up-and-coming folk acts. This year's festival is headlined by the dulcet Dublin tones of The Swell Season, consisting of Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová, who starred together in the Academy Award–winning 2007 indie-musical Once. Other acts include acclaimed singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, Seattle indie-folk rockers The Cave Singers, and Alejandro Escovedo—winner of No Depression ’s "artist of the decade" for the '90s. Tickets are general admission, so arrive when the gates open at noon to secure a close-up spot on Marymoor Park's two enormous grass lawns, ensuring that the artists can pointedly ignore your request that they play the entire score of The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Now in its second year, the No Depression Festival began with rousing success in 2009, when Iron & Wine and Gillian Welch played to a sold-out crowd. This is also the second year that the show is presented by the Seattle Theater Group, a non-profit dedicated to spreading a vibrant, diverse selection of art, music, theater, and film to the Emerald City's environs. Revel in the earthy, AutoTune-free sounds of folk's best artists and find the musical inspiration to compose your 401(K)-funded concept album with today's Groupon to the No Depression Festival.

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Performing Artists Reviewing Themselves Performing

Does the band America really tour with a baby fashion show?

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Like feral cats and domesticated roommates, bodies of water enjoy being poked with paddles every now and then. Give a nearby water body a relaxing paddle puncture with today’s Groupon, which gets you a kayaking trip through Outdoor Adventure Center in Redmond. Life jackets, paddles, and other gearstuffs are all included in each kayaking adventure. Choose one of the following flotatious forays (all of which include tax):

• $39 for a Redmond to Redhook 90-minute kayak tour (an $82 value)
• $39 for a three-hour Lopez Island sea kayaking tour (a $75 value)
• $65 for a Skykomish inflatable kayaking adventure package (a $150 value)

Outdoor Adventure Center makes it easy to experience the great non-indoors by offering professional instruction and quality equipment for a wide realm of activities. Guests can commandeer a kayak for 90 minutes during the Redmond to Redhook tour ($75), which journeys north on the Sammamish River toward the fabled Redhook Brewery. After breathing in the evening air’s rich scents of ripe blackberries and wildflowers, boaters arrive at their destination and politely devour a tasty dinner accompanied by a celebratory pint. The Lopez Island sea kayak tour ($69) grants kayakers three hours of leisurely paddling along two to three miles of Lopez Island’s protected shoreline, where the Dungeness crabs and the moon jellies play backgammon on the friendly isle’s picturesque beaches. Padawan paddlers can develop their sea-arms by spending a day conquering the Cascades’ waterways during a Skykomish inflatable kayaking adventure package ($150). More-adventuresome floaters can opt to tackle one of three different sections of the river, which range from the Class I-II Lower Skykomish to the Main Skykomish, which features rapids ranking up to Class V and paintball crossfire during high water. The Skykomish package includes a photo CD of your adventure as well as a delicious post-paddle meal.

Outdoor Adventure Center is an American Canoe Association pro school and staffs experienced instructors who will prepare customers for their kayak tours by performing a modern interpretation of the traditional kayak paddle dance. Call ahead to schedule your excursion of choice and taste for yourself what early seafaring ancestors must have felt as they set out in kayaks to explore drainage ditches and accidentally discovered waterfalls.

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Just Your Luck

You'll get me lucky charms when you pry them from me cold, dead hands.

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Hungry fishermen are known to bend down by the waterside to let minnows, eager to escape life in a small pond, leap into their open mouths. Dine on a fish that made it to the big city with today's Groupon: for $25, you get $50 worth of gourmet sea fare and raw goods at Seastar Restaurant and Raw Bar, which Seattle magazine readers recently picked as the city's Best Raw and Oyster Bar. Your Groupon is redeemable at both the Belltown and Bellevue locations. This Groupon is valid for dinner only.

When not scouring the seven seas for the white whale that stole his girlfriend, Seastar chef John Howie scours the salty local waters to supply omega-3-deprived Seattleites with a fresh menu of (mostly) finned finds. Sidle up to the raw bar and drink in a half-shell or 12 of the day's oyster catch (market price), or sample the scallop ceviche in its mango-kiwi relish ($10) for a chemically cooked concoction. If you prefer your food cooked, you’ll find plenty of elegant entrees on Seastar's dinner menu, such as the Dungeness crab with a sweet corn risotto ($26), the prosciutto-wrapped scallops served over a watermelon carpaccio ($26), and the potato-chip-crusted halibut in a lemon-thyme vinaigrette ($34). Pescaphobes can instead conquer a carnivorous craving with a plate of the fire-grilled prime sirloin, served with garlic-seared portabella mushrooms, roasted red potatoes, and Maytag blue cheese ($29), while herbivores can hone in on the artichoke ravioli ($20). Because the best things come in threes, like Stooges and celebrity deaths, close with a dessert trio ($10) of crème brulee, passion fruit panna cotta, and white chocolate coconut cream pie.

Both Seastar locations serve up their fishy feasts in sleek and contemporary dining spaces, and offer striking sommelier service to assist budding oenophiles as they navigate the treacherous grape-waters of Seastar’s extensive wine-dark sea. Treat friends, family, or the beautiful figurehead from your Spanish galleon to a helping of the high seas with today’s Groupon to Seastar. Call ahead to make a reservation.

Dine-in only.

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Seeing Stars

To be fair, competitive eaters pretty much always see their disappointed dads.

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For $30, today's side deal gets you a two-week pass to Sgt. Mike's Athletic Endurance Boot-Camp Classes (a $60 value). You can also choose to pay $110 for the 10-week session of fitness classes (a $240 value, including tax). Classes are held at Lower Woodland Park Monday and Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The 10-week session runs from August 30 to November 6, and the two-week pass must be used during the first two weeks of this period (August 30 to September 11).

Sgt. Mike Lawson is a former NATO Commando who graduated number-one in his class at the French Foreign Legion School and briefly served as a G.I. Joe action figure. Sgt. Mike has designed his boot-camp classes for all fitness levels using a military-style format that emphasizes cardio, speed, and endurance, while also incorporating resistance, strength training, and body-weight exercises. Along the way, Sgt. Mike will constantly challenge participants with different exercise routines to help their bodies stay frosty. Though the fitness program is intense, it also produces serious results, and the group setting will encourage you to stay motivated until you've scaled your lofty fitness goals.

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Making sure your car is as spick and span as the day it followed you home is important for maintaining man/machine friendship, which, if left unmaintained, can lead to a heartbreak and engine failure. Solidify your bond with today's deal for auto cleaning services at Derek's Auto Detail. This Groupon is good at Derek’s locations in Seattle and Issaquah. Choose from the following service options:

• $10 for a #2 Hand Wash & Vacuum (a $20 value) (SUVs and trucks are $5 extra, and large trucks and SUVs are $10 extra.)
• $49 for $100 worth of detail services

Derek's Auto Detail's car professionals will thoroughly de-dirt your auto with your choice of wash or detail service. If you choose the hand wash, the innards of your horseless carriage will first be vacuumed, evicting road-rage crumbs that have lodged themselves in the crevices of your floor mats. Next, the car's skin will get a sponge bath, its rims will be polished to a shiny sheen, and its tires will be dressed in leftover bridesmaid dresses. A hand wash takes 20–30 minutes, and significantly less if you drive a fuel-efficient Shriner car. If you’d prefer a different level of hand wash than the #2 Hand Wash & Vacuum, you can apply your $20 credit toward another car wash from the site's service listing.

If a hand wash is not enough to clear your car’s crannies of all the accumulated fruit stands, plate glass, and wedding cake that it’s driven through this year, go for Derek’s detail service instead. Reward your ride's insides with a new new-car smell thanks to a complete interior detail and shampoo ($129–$169), or get the best of both worlds with an exterior hand wash and mini inner detail ($75–$100). Otherwise, fine-tune the finish with an exterior polish and hand wax ($129–$169) or fool friends into thinking your car gave birth to a sexier version of itself with the full inner and outer detail ($189.95–$259.95), which thoroughly spiffs driveables, inside and out. Derek's offers many options and add-ons; check out the website for more options. Help your car emerge from its dirt cocoon and stretch its membranous butterfly wings with today's Groupon to Derek’s Auto Detail.

Derek's Auto Detail is closed on Sundays. Prices vary based on size of car.

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The Devil Is in the Detailing

When did the devil get so needy?

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Talking about sports, like winning the lotto and undergoing surgery, goes better with a cold beer. Make every hour happy hour with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of brews and pub food at Harmon Tap Room, located in downtown Tacoma. This Groupon is not valid during happy hour.

The third location for Harmon Brewing Company, Harmon Tap Room serves beers freshly made in the site's 15 barrels, contenting barley-hungry palates with year-round ales and seasonal brews. Both beer enthusiasts and infrequent drinkers will approve of Harmon's frosty selection of pints ($4.50), featuring the Great American Beer Festival–winning Brown's Point ESB. Hops habitués with something to prove can dive into the Point Defiance IPA, while those who drink beers as light as a cloud of Peeps can stick to the easy-drinking Mt. Takhoma Blonde Ale. Stay to sample hearty pub grub from the Tap House's menu. Pizza cravers may find satisfaction in the veggie-friendly Locally Green pizza ($14), topped with an ambrosial amalgamation of basil pesto, herb potato, caramelized onion, and feta cheese.

With long wooden dining apparatuses, couches for flat-screen TV watching, and slick pool tables, Harmon Tap House is a prime hangout well suited to weary office workers, contented construction men, and door-to-door poltergeist salesmen alike. This deal can also be used toward taking home a Harmon brew in the form of a 64-ounce growler ($10).

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Though Hollywood has produced thought-provoking documentaries about warfare in distant galaxies and the ramifications of spending a weekend with one’s deceased boss, it rarely delves into the equally fascinating tales of real people. Explore the secret life of supermarkets with today's Groupon: for $16, you get two tickets ($9 each) to the film Ready, Set, Bag!, a documentary that follows the quest of eight hopefuls competing to win the title of Best Grocery Bagger in the United States (click here to view the trailer). Today's deal also includes a large popcorn ($3), $1 donation to Food Lifeline, and a reusable shopping bag ($10.50 including shipping cost, giving the deal a $32.50 total value). The film will be shown at Central Cinema in the Central District. Select from eight show times:

• Friday, August 6, 8 p.m.
• Saturday, August 7, 6 p.m.
• Saturday, August 7, 8 p.m.
• Sunday, August 8, 6 p.m.
• Sunday, August 8, 8 p.m.
• Monday, August 9, 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 10, 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 11, 7 p.m.

Ready, Set, Bag! documents the quests of eight state-champion grocery baggers as they prepare for the National Grocers Association’s competition for Best Bagger, held every February in Las Vegas. As each contestant trains for the big event and brings order to a chaotic universe one egg carton on top at a time, their life stories and infectious love of what they do will thaw the frozen caveman hearts of any viewer. Best of all, you can stay comfortably reclined on sofa seating during the whole film, as Central Cinema’s wait staff will bring your large popcorn right to you. Practice attentive viewing before the main event with a screening of a new, hand-animated short called Leonardo, from Academy Award nominee Jim Capobianco.

If Ready, Set, Bag! inspires you to become a pro packer the way Transformers 2 inspired you to avoid Transformers 3 at all costs, the recycled-cotton reusable RSB! Ecobag gets you started with a custom logo illustrating how to pack groceries in a way that wows ’em at the self-checkout aisle. A $1 donation from each Groupon will also be donated to Food Lifeline, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger in Western Washington. The organization will use its brute group strength to feed a family of four for each dollar received. You can also get behind the camera and film your night at Central Cinema, your favorite local grocery bagger, or your own bagging technique and post your video on YouTube. Get in touch with the Ready, Set, Bag! crew on Facebook or Twitter, and your video could be chosen to be shown on blip.tv (all ad proceeds go to food banks across the country). Regain your faith in humanity after seeing TV promos for Who Can Make the Most Orphans Cry? with a front-row sofa seat to Ready, Set, Bag! at Central Cinema.

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Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag

Warning: bag may produce copious amounts of screaming.

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Tango originally evolved to create an intimate connection and communication between two embracing dancers using no words. But as of late, it's something declining celebrities perform on televised dance competitions to receive the attention they crave. Sonny Newman is bringing it back to the basics: at its core, Tango is sensual, beautiful, and since it has few rules and boundaries, is open to endless creativity. And now lessons are available here in Seattle for an unbelievable value.

Since it takes two to Tango, just $65 gets you and a partner 8 Argentine Tango classes at Sonny Newman's Dance Hall, a $130 value.

Dance instructors Sonny and Nancy Newman possess the rare combination of being passionate about something and able to teach it. Sonny Newman fell in love with Tango 25 years ago and trained in Argentina and at the Juilliard School of Music and Dance. It's kind of a big deal. Their schedule offers times to accommodate even those who aren't napping the days away, living off their lottery winnings. For those tired of just watching dance on TV, set down the remote, put your shoes on, grab a partner, and learn to Tango.

Although 94% of the ref’s calls are incorrect, hostilely confronting him at his son's birthday party is illegal. Give sportpinions their proper venue with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of high-quality pub fare and drinks at Sport Restaurant & Bar, located in Fisher Plaza across from the Space Needle.

Stocked with nearly 40 TVs, Sport ensures that your multiple eye implants won't miss any ongoing sports action. A 130" HD flat-screen looms above the bar, and each booth has individual 17" LCD HDTVs, bestowing channel-controlling power to any human operating under their own willpower. Chef John Howie's menu features standard pub grub with an upscale twist for tucking into while cheering on. Thick New England clam chowder wrestles tender sea clams, red potatoes, and smoky bacon in a victorious rich, creamy clam broth ($3/cup, $9.50/large bowl), while a mouth-melting fire-grilled Kobe-beef burger is served on a toasted brioche bun with roasted-onion spread ($14). Barbecue-chicken pizza rounds up applewood-smoked chicken and sweet bell peppers, lassoing them together with fontina and mozzarella cheeses ($9–$12.50). Soothe shout-hoarsened throats with a variety of local and imported tap beers, wine, or specialty cocktails.

Huge windows, brick columns, and dark woodwork create a cozy but open bar space, and the museum-quality memorabilia displayed in cases highlights 100 years of Seattle sports as well as sport-based treasures, including a Babe Ruth–signed baseball. Outside, domesticated TVs roam the covered patio, and $1 validated parking is available in the Fisher Plaza garage during weekday lunch hours. Bring along a sports-fan pal or sports-ignorant literature professor and savor your choice of comestibles, potables, and high-fives or confused stares.

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Nothin' but Catchphrases

Boom goes the dynamite? That's gotta hurt.

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Whether it's a cousin's wedding, PhD dissertation, or puerile British comedy show, a frenetic chase scene makes everything better—especially if accompanied by equally frenetic saxophone music. Create your own frenzied sequence with today’s side deal: for $99, you get one team registration (a $175 value) to the Seattle City Chase on Saturday, July 17, 2010, beginning and ending at Pyramid Alehouse. Teams are composed of two people, at least one of whom must be a U.S. citizen.

City Chase packs a season's worth of The Amazing Race into up to six hours of frantic, fun-filled activity. After being handed a sheet of cryptic clues, you and your teammate will run, walk, hop, frolic, parkour, and use public transportation to navigate your way from ChasePoint to ChasePoint scattered throughout the city. Each ChasePoint contains a challenge designed to tax the mind, body, and spirit—demanding every last dram of teamwork, resourcefulness, determination, and quick-wittedness you have. When even that won't suffice, it'll take phone calls to friends and fam, access to the Internet, or the kindness of strangers to persevere.

Every year and every city boasts different challenges, but previous trials have included chopping raw meat, handling snakes, engaging in swordplay, sparring with a mixed martial artist, pole dancing, playing dodgeball, leaping from vertiginous heights, or diving into freezing water. The first team to complete 10 ChasePoints and cross the finish line wins and will get to compete in the national championship. Check out the FAQ and rules and regulations to make sure that you're adequately prepared for the completely unexpected. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the race begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m., with a post-party and awards ceremony from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The first City Chase event took place in Toronto in 2003, and since then, City Chase has expanded to 15 countries throughout the world and involved tens of thousands of participants. Today's Groupon is your chance to join those multitudes and experience your city's true reality: the kind that can only be perceived through reality TV.

Your registration is not complete until you forward your Groupon purchase confirmation to SEAGroupon@citychase.com; it is recommended strongly that you register by Saturday, 6/26, but all registrations must be received by Wednesday, 7/14. Be sure to include the nine-digit unique Groupon number. This Groupon is valid for new 2010 participants only.

Reviews

Participants are too busy running for their lives to write many reviews of City Chase; however, there has been extensive coverage in the national press regarding past City Chase events. Read what Facebookers are saying about this year's Chase here.

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Every Father's Day Eve, dads everywhere hardly get a wink of sleep as nightmarish visions of tube socks and new ties dance in their heads. Give the gift that gives pops the power to choose his annual patriarchal prize with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of handy goods from The Hardware City. Your Groupon is good for online shopping and shipping only from TheHardwareCity.com.

The Hardware City strives for the best with all products and customer service they provide. Whether you need a classic claw hammer ($3.76) or a sturdy pair of cotton work gloves ($0.73), Hardware City is known to provide complete, comprehensive assistance. They specialize in skylights and all sorts of not-so-natural lighting, and carry products in nearly all categories. Pick up a new circular saw ($57+), stock up on new spools of electrical wire ($6.85+), or replace the garbage disposal ($57+) that was accidentally fed too many butter knives.

With convenient online ordering, Dad can grab everything he needs while kicking back in the La-Z-Boy, drinking a cold beverage, watching TV, and reading a book on stereotypes. Even if your family doesn't celebrate or believe in Father's Day, a trip to a hardware store is rarely inutile—everyone always needs something and The Hardware City carries everything someone might need.

This Groupon is valid online only and must be used in a single order.

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It's a Grand Old Flag

Why does the U.S. flag feature a prominent illustration of an affluent whale?

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For $40, today's side deal gets you a three-hour San Juan Island kayaking tour from Crystal Seas Kayaking (an $81 value, including tax). Crystal Seas Kayaking was ranked the CityVoter #4 Best Eco Adventure in 2009 and 2010.

Your three-hour tour begins at Snug Harbor Marina Resort on San Juan Island (a complimentary shuttle is available from the Washington State Ferry terminal in Friday Harbor). After a brief introductory lesson, you'll launch from a kayak dock specially designed to keep feet dry. Over the course of the three-hour, 5-6 mile adventure, thrill-seekers journey around the west side of San Juan Island and enjoy picturesque views of the Olympic mountain range as they drift among free-floating oceanlife. A naturalist tour guide points out the abundant starfish and Pacific harbor seals in the nutrient-rich waterway, which boasts up to a 90% possibility for orca sighting.

No experience is necessary, and be sure to arrive appropriately layered and slathered in a protective screen of sun-protecting lotion. Reservations are required 48 hours ahead, and for additional information consult the tour FAQ. This deal is valid for Crystal Seas’ entire season, although this Groupon cannot be used for Saturday trips in July and August, and all tours during those months will have a limit of four Groupon customers per tour.

Reviews

Crystal Seas Kayaking was ranked the CityVoter #4 Best Eco Adventure 2009 and 2010. Five TripAdvisors and four Yelpers give it an average of four stars:

• They have the best location on the island, their staff is knowledgable [sic] and friendly, and the kayaks are high quality. Plus you never have to get your feet wet because of their special kayak docks! – kbroadli, CityVoter
• The [sic] took us out to a beautiful area on the western part of the island and took us for a wonderful day of paddling and seeing wildlife. Our guide was a local and you could tell she really loved her job! We have gone back several times to Crystal Seas and get great service each time. – SeattleOutdoorChick, TripAdvisor
• We had a blast! The guide was informative and easy going. We saw a group of Orcas jumping about, porpoises, seals and lots of birds. – Sarah G., Yelp

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There are a lot of reasons to lose weight: you’ll feel better, you’ll look better, and you’ll be able to fit into those pants from ten years ago that you keep around as a reminder of your happier, skinnier days. But what if somebody offered you a real, tangible incentive to get off your butt and lose the baggage? We’re talking cold, hard cash.

HealthyWage helps hold you accountable for big-time weight loss. They’re available online to any person in any location who is looking to lose weight and get healthy. Taking a leaf out of the “Biggest Loser” TV show’s book, they dole out cash rewards for obese individuals who get themselves down to a healthy Body Mass Index within a year. They work with you to set attainable weekly goals, and hold you to them with weekly online weigh-ins and status reports.

With today’s deal you and up to four other people can join as a team for only $49 (a savings of $61)! Less than $10 per person can get your family or group of friends on the fast-track to weight loss success — and financial rewards. The biggest loser will win $18,000 cash for losing weight! If the deal tips, each team that purchases the voucher will receive an autographed photo of real contestants from “The Biggest Loser,” proof that with enough accountability, determination, and tempting rewards, anybody can lose big.

If you can get your BMI back to a healthy level, they’ll slip you a cool $100 — think about the pair of slim-fit jeans you can slip into with that. Their corporate sponsors also offer product rewards for people who shed the pounds, so go ahead and sign up! You’ve got nothing to lose.

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There are a lot of reasons to lose weight: you'll feel better, you'll look better, and you'll be able to fit into those pants from ten years ago that you keep around as a reminder of your happier, skinnier days. But what if somebody offered you a real, tangible incentive to get off your butt and lose the baggage? We're talking cold, hard cash.

HealthyWage helps hold you accountable for big-time weight loss. They're available online to any person in any location who is looking to lose weight and get healthy. Taking a leaf out of the "Biggest Loser" TV show's book, they dole out cash rewards for obese individuals who get themselves down to a healthy Body Mass Index within a year. They work with you to set attainable weekly goals, and hold you to them with weekly online weigh-ins and status reports.

With today's deal you and up to four other people can join as a team for only $49 (a savings of $61)! Less than $10 per person can get your family or group of friends on the fast-track to weight loss success -- and financial rewards. The biggest loser will win $18,000 cash for losing weight! If the deal tips, each team that purchases the voucher will receive an autographed photo of real contestants from "The Biggest Loser," proof that with enough accountability, determination, and tempting rewards, anybody can lose big.

If you can get your BMI back to a healthy level, they'll slip you a cool $100 -- think about the pair of slim-fit jeans you can slip into with that. Their corporate sponsors also offer product rewards for people who shed the pounds, so go ahead and sign up! You've got nothing to lose.

HealthyWage uses incentives, social support, goal-setting, technology and your own personal health and wellness record to empower you to live a better life. HealthyWage helps you live the HealthyLife by keeping track of your health in three categories: HealthyBody, HealthyMind and HealthyCare.

They pay you to make healthy choices, starting with the BMI Challenge, which pays up to $1000 to users who move from an obese BMI (greater than 30) to a normal BMI (less than 25) over a year’s time, while following a few rules and checking in on a weekly basis. They’ll help you build a personalized health program with goals and strategies that take into account your personal profile, health history, personal goals and preferences. Your program is updated constantly, as you enter information on a regular basis.

For more info, go to: http://www.healthywage.com

Phone: 917-213-2235 / Email: info@HealthyWage.com