Giveaway: Win a Living Well with Montel HealthMaster Elite!

Want to make smoothies?

Your very own frozen yogurt?

How about breads, soup, pizza dough, baby food, dips, salsas and even an occasional margarita?

Well, you can do all that and more with the Living Well With Montel HealthMaster Elite!

In full-disclosure, I was recently hired to write some blogs for the Living Well HealthMaster and I've been well-familiar with the product for years (I used to work for Montel Williams) and remember early-on when he wanted to help develop a solid product, at a reasonable price point for the health enthusiast.

This is a great versatile kitchen appliance and I enjoy having it. I primarily use it to make smoothies, hummus, soup, pesto, frozen drinks, almond milk and I also make a mean gazpacho with it.

So, anyway, thanks to my side work with the HealthMaster folks, I was able to finagle one of these bad boys for my very own giveaway!

If you'd like to enter here's what you need to do:

Be a follower of my blog and leave a comment (mandatory)

Earn extra entries (you must leave a comment for each entry):
1. Tweet or Facebook share this giveaway
2. Follow me on Twitter
3. Like HealthMaster on Facebook and let them know "Jen sent you"
4. LIKE ME (From Fat To Finish Line) on Facebook (thank you) :)

Contest will be open from Feb. 1 - Feb. 9th. Winner to be announced on or about February 10th.

PS: If you like them on Facebook you can also enter their own Facebook giveaway for the HealthMaster!

PSS: While I am paid to write health blogs for the HealthMaster website, I was not paid by them for this giveaway or review - just thought it might be a cool giveaway for someone!

Have a great day,

XO
Jen

Jack LaLanne Power Juicer GIVEAWAY and review

I actually really like juicing - I have never personally owned my very own juicer up until now but when ever I'm someplace that juices, I'm all over it.  So I was thrilled when I got a shot to check out the Jack LaLanne Power Juicer!

Jack LaLanne juicer looking good

In full disclosure I do freelance work for the company that makes the Jack LaLanne juicer. I do a little television production type stuff but have never worked on the juicer itself. 

When I mentioned to someone in the offices that I would love to try the juicer they were quick to let me try it!  Let me tell you, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. 

When my energy is sinking mid-afternoon and I'm starting to look for stuff to snack on - this has taken the place. Instead of trying to get a boost from another cup of coffee or something sweet - I turn to juicing. I love that now I'm getting fired up with all kinds of yummy vitamins and nutrients.

My favorite recipe is a carrot-apple-ginger juice. I find it to be super tasty.

It's so easy - you just turn the machine on and add the veggies and fruits you want to and voila - the juice comes out.  If you're using organic veggies you don't even have to peel the carrots or anything. I cut up the apple for my recipe because I only use a half an apple for a little sweetness and eat the other half later on.

After checking out my own Jack LaLanne juicer for the last few weeks, I went back to the company and told them about my blog. 

Cheers!
PS: Check out the cool
t-shirt from
CookTrainRaceEat

They agreed to give one away to one of my readers! YIPPEE!!

The juicer retails for about $135 before shipping and taxes but can be yours absolutely free!

Here's what you need to do to enter the contest:

1. Mandatory - Follow my blog and leave a comment

2. Bonus - Follow me on twitter and leave a comment

3. Bonus - Tweet or link this contest on your blog - leave a comment

4. Bonus - Like me on my Facebook page and say hi over there

5. Bonus - Visit this power juicer page and tell me what kind of juice recipe you would try

Thank you for swinging by and good luck!

Winners will be picked and announced on or about December 7, 2011.

XO

Jen

While I do occasional freelance work with the company that makes this thing I am not being paid or compensated in any way for my review or giveaway and the views in this blog are entirely my own. 

Resolutions and Goals for 2011 + Pay it forward training log giveaway

I know, I know - I'm fashionably late with my list of goals and resolutions for the New Year. What can I say? I've been busy raising a toddler, training for a marathon and building an empire so I'm getting to this blog now.

So goal number one: no more procrastination! OOPS

Just kidding...
(well, I really wasn't procrastinating this post. I swear.)

OK back to the goal/resolution thing:

This year I will:

Reach and maintain my goal weight

Stop beating myself up when it comes to running - no more feeling "not good enough," "not worthy enough," "not fast enough..." There will always be someone faster, younger and thinner. Good for them. And there will always be someone slower, older and fatter. Good for me.

I will take more time to enjoy the journey - even the treadmill part

I will find a better balance. I love running, I need the training but I also have to figure a way to do my job properly, be a good wife, an attentive mom and a decent friend - I know that I let some balls drop over the past year because of my extreme focus on running. Passion is good but I have to do a better job at keeping my running addiction in check.

I will learn more about the actual "mechanics" of running. I don't know what Fartlek's are and "splits" aren't so clear either. There's lots of training terms that sound techy and make me want to take a nap but I should learn the runner-speak if this is the sport I'm committing to. Time to take the game up a notch.

I will "pass it forward" more in the new year - I've been blessed with so much support, love and friendship in this running world - I hope to give the same to others.

These are the big ones right now.

In the meantime - I won a cool 2011 training log from Sara's blog, Words to Run By a few weeks ago and the prize was for TWO training logs. So I figured, speaking of "passing it on" I would pass one of the training logs I won forward to one of my bloggy friends.

So if you'd like to be entered, just post below.

Mandatory: You must be a follower

Get one extra entry for each of the following:

Twitter about the giveaway and tell me about it

Facebook about the giveaway and tell me about it

Tell me how you want to pay it forward in 2011 and/or one of your goals for 2011

XO

Jen