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And the Winner Is…

Oct 22

Posted by Shari B. in Giveaway Contest | 8 Comments

Hi “contestants”!  :)   Happy “must-see-TV” night! 

So are you ready to find out who won this FitFeat Care Package of goodies?

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First I’d like to say thank you to EVERYONE who entered!  Thank you all for reading the blog – I love writing it every day knowing that you are out there reading it!  Thanks for the ‘shout-outs’ from your Facebook pages and blogs.  And if it turns out that this time you don’t win, DON’T BE SAD, SPARKY!  There will be plenty more giveaways in the future of FitFeat!

So, without further ado….

{Can I get a drumroll please??}

Here are the entry numbers for the valid entries:

  1. Cindy
  2. Carrie
  3. Carrie
  4. Wendy
  5. Carrie
  6. Cindy
  7. Cindy
  8. Laura
  9. Joan
  10. Beth
  11. Carrie
  12. Carrie
  13. Carrie
  14. Joan
  15. Tray
  16. Alison
  17. Joan

And the random number generator at www.Random.org said:

Contest Giveaway Number 10-20-2009

#6 is CINDY!  You’re the winner!  Wahooo…. Congratulations!  Cindy, drop me an email at shari@fitfeat.com when you see this post – include the address you’d like the package sent to! 

Thanks so much everyone for playing!  I’ll let you all get back to “The Office” or “30 Rock” now!  ;)   Have a GREAT night and I’ll see  you again in tomorrow’s post! 

– Shari B.  =)

 

The fine print: 

In the ‘rules’ I wrote in the contest post, I said the first person to comment would be assigned the number 1 and subsequent messages would be numbered up from there (“Each comment becomes a number, first comment posted by time will be assigned #1 and so-on.”)  Afterward, I noticed that the comments area automatically numbers each comment, in the OPPOSITE direction.  However, for the sake of fairness I’m going to stick with how I said it would work in the initial rules – just to keep it all hunky dory.  (Additionally, the numbering would be off anyway because trackbacks don’t get numbered by WordPress, but I need to assign them numbers since they count as entries too!)  I’ll know better for next time now!

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Will De-Lurk for Food

Oct 22

Posted by Shari B. in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Hi FitFeat friends! 

It’s the last day to enter the contest giveaway if you haven’t done so yet.  Today is the day for LURKERS to come out of the shadows :)   (you know who you are!)  The stats info in my admin area tells me that there are way more readers than there are contest entries!  Swing by to leave a comment and say hello – you might get a GIFT out of it!

Are you willing to DE-lurk for food?  Mary’s Gone Crackers, Chocolate Fudge Gluten-Free Cookies, Larabars, Tea, a fun coffee mug, Organic Dark Chocolate… mmmm treats!

Well it snowed like crazy here yesterday.  ALL DAY LONG.  According to the news we got 4″ to 5″ of accumulation. Luckily the ground was warm enough that some of it turned to water before it started to pile up otherwise I think it would have added up to a lot more.  Here’s what it looks like today.  My cousins are coming to visit this weekend (one from California and one from Ohio) so I’m praying this stuff melts before they arrive.  :)  I’m always gushing about how great the weather is here… they won’t believe me if they see this when they get here: 

 

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And you all know that I run on solar power… and there was NO sun to be seen which meant PJs ALL DAY!  Lazy bones day!  Wahoo!  Yep, that’s right.  I was a complete bum all day.  I didn’t even break out the blender for a green smoothie or the cutting board for a salad.  (…GASP…)  Yeah, I know.  Hard to believe! 

Every once in awhile you just need to treat your soul to a day like that.  I can’t remember the last time I did it and it felt great. 

As such, food was random and not my healthiest example for you. 

Breakfast was a piece of toasted Ezekial with raw almond butter, raw honey and a date on the side.

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Breakfast #2 later in the morning was an unpictured waffle (with sweet potato puree and 1/2 a banana in the batter).  I will be adding sweet potato puree to waffles again.  They were SO fluffy!

Lunch (I use that term loosely) was a crazy navy bean dip creation that I threw together.  It actually didn’t turn out half bad!!  I was craving hummus but thought I’d try a different bean.  Served with some raw goat cheddar and Mary’s Gone Crackers.  I am out of baby carrots or they would have been dipped in there too!

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Afternoon popcorn with a BUBBLY (mmmy bubbly I love you!)

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Dinner was leftover Amy’s Organic Black Bean Soup for me and leftover sneaky turkey tacos for MSP.  And Halloween TWIX – um, kind of a lot.  It was a pretty “acid-forming” kind of day, as opposed to the more alkaline side I prefer to be on, but it was fun and I had a great time so there will be no guilt from me!  Unhappy tummy maybe, but no guilt!

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So I’m going to commit here and now to you all that TODAY I WILL DO SOME YOGA.  I keep meaning to do it and then doing cardio or weights instead.  We gravitate toward things we like and are good at… yoga is something I find incredibly challenging.  Mostly from a ‘being still of mind’ standpoint because I’m kind of a spaz!  So if I put it out here on the blog, I will be accountable to myself and to you!

I have a couple of yoga options from which to select my torture session:

  • P90X Yoga X DVD
  • Iron Yoga DVD
  • Rodney Yee Yoga for Athletes DVD
  • Bikram Yoga via iTunes

I’m leaning toward checking out the Iron Yoga because it’s been so long since I’ve seen the DVD that I don’t remember what it”s like.

I know a few of you readers that practice yoga regularly.  Today’s discussion questions:  If you practice yoga, what is your favorite type?  Hot Yoga?  Ashtanga? Power?  How long have you been practicing?  What benefits have you personally experienced?  Drop a comment so we can all learn from you!

Have a peaceful Thursday!  Namaste…!  ;)

I’ll be back tonight shortly after 8:00 PM MST to announce the CONTEST winner! 

– Shari B. =)

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