Announcing the 2nd Annual Healthy Low-Carb Living Great Start Giveaway!

2009 is here and it's time to start reminding ourselves about the need to better our health. Whether your resolved to lose weight, shape up, control your blood glucose or just over all improve your health, this giveaway is for you! To help you get a great start on theses goals for 2009, we are going to have a little fun while giving you a chance to win some great prizes this month!

Last year we had so much fun with our guessing game that I decided we should do it again this year. But before we get to that part, let me give you a sampling of the prizes that have been so graciously donated for this giveaway.

Copies of the book Sugarettes by Scott Olsen ND

Atkins product prize packages

An autographed copy of Carb Wars from Judy Barnes Baker

Copes of the book Cereal Killer by Alan L. Watson

Several boxes of PureVia stevia based sweetener

Splendid Low-Carbing cookbook by Jennifer Eloff

Assorted boxes of ChocoPerfection

Cookbooks from Dana Carpender

A weight-loss package from Eat Smart that includes their nutritional and bathroom scale

And there are more prizes still coming in, so be sure to check back often! During each week of this giveaway, I will highlight each prize in detail so you can learn more about each one. This giveaway will run from today, Jan. 6, 2009 through Feb. 1, 2009. All entries must be received by midnight(central time) on Feb. 1 2009. The winners will be announced on this blog on Feb. 2nd, 2009.

So, you are probably ready for me to tell you how to enter, right? It's easy! Now here's how to get your hands on one of these great prizes. Below I've posted some close-up shots of different household items. Take a good look at them and see if you can figure out what they are. I tried not to make them too hard. :) (It's just for fun and has no bearing on your contest entry.) Then send me your guesses, along with your name and address to healthylowcarbliving@gmail.com. Please put Great Start Giveaway in the subject line so your entry doesn't go to my spam box! Everyone that submits their guesstimates by Feb. 1st will be entered into the drawing, which we will have on Feb. 2nd. You'll also get the answers to what each of the items in the photos are.

Remember, you don't have to get all the answers right to have your name in the drawing for the prizes. All you have to do is send me your name, address and best guesses to be entered. And all your information is kept completely confidental and will be deleted immediately after the drawing. Only winners information will be kept until prizes are recieved.

So now that you know what to do... let's get started!

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There you have it! Remember, send your best guesses to healthylowcarbliving@gmail.com along with your name and address by Feb. 1st. Have fun, good luck and be sure to tell others to join in on the fun as well!

Tuesday Oct. 16th

This week will be really busy for me. We have several things going on, on top of all the daily stuff we have to do. I don't know if I'll be posting again this week or not, so I thought I take advantage of the few spare minutes I have right now. :0)

I decided that I have to get back into my exercise routine. I've been so busy that I haven't been doing anything in regards to physical activity. So I sat down and scheduled out my day, including 30 minutes on the treadmill. I may have to tweak and adjust the times as I go, but at least this is a start.

I hopped on the treadmill a while ago and burned 150 calories in about 30 minutes. Not bad considering I haven't really done any exercise in a long time.

My breakfast today was an EAS low-carb shake and I had string cheese for a snack. I'll get today's plan put into fitday and share it with you later. I'm trying to watch my eating very carefully.

I got a new scale yesterday because my old one is on the fritz. I didn't buy all the bells and whistles this time. Now that I know the body fat analyzer can be so far off (as much as 40%!!) it's not worth the extra money to me. I just bought a $20 Health-O-Meter. It does have a cool feature of remembering what your last weight was and telling you how much you've lost or gained. Not that I couldn't figure that out on my own.. but it's cool nonetheless.

DH has a job interview on Friday. We are praying this is the one. I'll let you know how it turns out.


Guess that's all the news for now. I'll try to check back in later. Have a great one!