GIVEAWAY! | Chic Runner

February 3, 2009 | Filed in: Eat This Not That,Giveaway

Thanks to everyone who commented on my Surf Shitty Race Report. I am feeling a lot better today and I was actually going through some older posts this morning and found this one a post about another run that I had while I was sick back in September. “It’s only when you realize how hard running can be is when you appreciate the talent it takes, to even go out and have the determination and will to complete mile after mile. I appreciate my body being able to take mile after mile of my pounding sidewalk after sidewalk, and it’s when I can barely do that anymore I realize what a feat I continue to do by just running alone.” I know that running is incredibly mental, and on Sunday for some reason, my mind just wasn’t there. I didn’t believe in myself and that’s why I felt like a failure the entire run.

I’m glad that it’s over now and I know I just have to get out there (once I can move again) and get back after it. I am doing a small four mile trail run this weekend and I know it will be a nice change of scenery and I’m really looking forward to it. Tomorrow night I think I’m going to try to go out and run again, but I know I have to give my body a rest and just relax. I’m still incredibly sore from the race and I oddly enough got really chafed as well, which has not been fun to deal with.

I’m so thankful for everyone and their kind words. You all reminded me that running is hard, it’s not easy and I know I should be grateful for finishing another race and even having the ability to run. Thanks for putting up with my rant and now… onto the giveaway!

So as promised today I will be sharing my GIVEAWAY in honor of my 100 posts!! It’s going to be going on from February 3rd to the 10th, and I will announce a winner on the 11th! I’ve talked about this great book before, and now there is a new one in the series. Of course, I’m talking about the Eat this, Not That! books.

I started reading the one that is about fast food and it really opened my eyes to a lot of things that I thought I knew but didn’t really understand when it came to eating fast food. I always though eating chicken would be better for you, but as this book has told me sometimes it’s not worth it at all. There are so many options and nutrition is important to all of us. The latest book is the Supermarket Survival Guide and it’s the one I’ll also be giving away to one lucky person!

I am in dire need of some nutritional help and this book really allowed me to analyze the labels of some of my favorite foods and also made me realize that just because it says 100 Calories! or Healthy, doesn’t mean that it is truly healthy or even good for you. There are many features of the Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide including the 20 Worst Foods in the Supermarket, the Ultimate Supermarket Label Decoder, 17 Secrets the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know, Shop Once, Eat for a Week, and my personal favorite, How to Stock the Perfect Pantry. This book can help you navigate your shopping carts through the thousands of nutritional pitfalls in every grocery store to help you lose weight, save cash, and bring home the tastiest, healthiest choices every time.

In order to enter for 1 entry, just leave a comment on this blog.

In order to enter for 2 entries, become a follower or mention that you are a follower in your comment. (To Become a follower, just click the stalk me on the right hand side)

For 3 entries, post about this super sweet giveaway on your blog.

So if you are a follower, post an entry about the giveaway and leave a comment, you will be entered to win three times! It’s a great prize and I’m looking forward to everyone entering and picking a winner off of Random.com! So good luck!

Here’s Amazon’s review of the book: With tens of thousands of products crammed into the walls of the neighborhood supermarket, trying to find a reliable snack, pantry product, or frozen dinner can be a serious challenge. The Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide changes all of that, offering discerning shoppers everywhere a simple plan for finding the healthiest foods for them and their families. Beyond homing in on the best and worst in the world of packaged foods, the Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide scours the aisles to help you pick the most nutrient-packed produce, the leanest, tastiest cuts of meat, exotic cheeses that double as healthy snacks, and the best contaminant-free fish the ocean has to offer.

Hope you guys enter and I can’t wait to pick a winner! :)

xoxo

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i have one of the versions of this book, i love it! its helpful to because it gives you alternatives!

This is seriously the best book ever!! I don’t want to enter since I already have it! But I am going to post about it because I swear by this book!!! Good luck to everyone!

I’ve been contemplating buying this book for awhile now….let’s hope I win so I don’t have to. :)

YAY! I am commenting and am already a stalker so please enter me twice! Yipee!

:-)

Oohh that book looks amazing!! I am a follower :)

I’m pretty new to blogger, so I admit I don’t really know what following is…but I clicked the button anyway!

I’ll definitely post about the give-away in my blog entry today.

I recently got a nutrition book that was published by Runner’s World and while it’s great and all, I’d love something that has more examples of things I see in my everyday life. This book sounds perfect!

I already stalk you and I’m commenting now :-) … I’ll post about this later in the week. Can we get together soon? Like this weekend or next week?

This looks like a great book and will go perfectly with my goal to eat healthier in 2009!

I am a follower and would love to have that book.

ooh fun! i have seen some of these pages in magazines,… women’s or men’s health maybe? i love how they showcase so many products that we see in the supermarkets everyday. i’m def a supermarket browser so i like to think about product comparisons ahead of time as MUCH as possible :) and about the half marathon– you have responded well to it, i think you had every right to be so upset if it just didn’t FEEL good or fun, and then thinking more about it,… i guess all of our races can’t be great, right? it’s def true of runs,… so many good, bad, middle,… so it would make sense for races to follow that trend. keep the faith!!! :)

I’ve seen this book, but don’t have it….looks like a good one.
I’m a follower, and I linked to your blog on mine!

Thanks

I’ve seen these books but have never read them. It sounds really cool. P.S. I follow you in my Google Reader, but just clicked your link too!

Please let me win!!!! I have been wanting this book FOREVER!!!!!!! I plan on posting about it tomorrow :)

Follower here as well! I’ve been considering getting this book…as if I’m not a big enough label-reader already! I use to drive my friends crazy in college, but I’m better now!

That is so awesome! I'm already a follower of yours & I'll post about your giveaway on my blog tommorrow! :)

I love what you said about appreciating running when it becomes so hard to do. How wise of you to understand that…and thank you for reminding me to appreciate it even when I’ve got my head into and I’m enjoying it :)

I’m now stalking you, so 4 entries for me! :)

This book looks awesome!

I am glad you are getting over the bad race. It can happen to anyone. You did it and did not quit when you wanted to.

I am already a follower….!!!

I love the men’s health blurbs that these guys do.

I follow your blog, score TWO for Adam! Yesssss

Oooh, i’ve been eyeing this book for a while but never got around to buying it! I’m becoming a follower now, and will post about it on my blog.

How do you like living in Belmont Shore so far? I replied to your comment/question you left on my blog. (I tend to reply on my own blog in case the comment gets lost somewhere here!).

The book looks like it has a lot of good information! I am a follower as well.

This looks great!

That book looks awesome and just the guide i need! If i dont win i’m totaly gonna order it!

I’m entering and a stalker so sign me up chica!!

Way to stay positive with the whoe race thing! I love your positive attitude! :)

I’m posting AND a stalker!
Love giveaways!!

Totally a stalker already.

Ohh I’ve seen the fast food version, but this one looks way more handy since I don’t eat fast food!

I saw this on Oprah…what a GREAT book!

I just saw this book on Oprah! I’m planning to buy it even if I don’t win it! This is the first time I’ve stopped by your blog (thanks, Eri-thon, for the referral!), but I’ll be back!

I’m glad you’re in better spirits about the race.

Yikes! Just saw some stuff on the Not That list that we eat!

I’m a follower!

ive been wanting to buy this for so long! awesome giveaway!

I love to read your blog and I have picked this book up everytime I go into Barnes and Noble. I have never bought it but I like to sit and read what’s good and what’s not! I would be so happy to sit and read it at my house though! :)

i just also became a follower and posted about it!

This would be a great book to win, as I am trying to lose weight! I am now a follower and am posting about it. Enter me please!

what a great giveaway! I already follow you and I posted about this on my blog! woo hoo 3 entires :)

I was just saying that I wanted to purchase this. I hope I win!!

Great Giveaway! I’m going to post this in my sidebar with the other wonderful giveaways out there!

I’m also going to be following you!

I am a follower of course and I saw a version of this book on The Biggest Loser! I would love to get my hands on a copy! Pick me =) LOL I will be posting about this!

love your blog and will be following.

hey! count me in!
(i’m also a follower!)

I have heard great things about this book and I have really wanted to give it a try…anything that makes eating better easier sounds great to me :) Also, I’m a follower…I mean stalker!

Oooh, I could use some serious help in the nutrition department…

glad you are feeling better… i loved those first couple paragraphs :)

i am already a follower!!! i will include your giveaway on a post this week too :)

Oooh that looks like a GREAT book. If I don’t win the giveaway I guess I’ll just have to go get it myself :-)

Hi! Love the blog, I just became and follower and would love to enter the giveaway :)

I need all the help I can get with nutrition! I am already a follower!

Great giveaway! Glad you are feeling better about the race :-)

I follow you, chic one!

What a great book. I am also a follower

Can I re-follow??

Glad you’re feeling better. Hope you can look back on Sunday’s race and realize that if you can mentally carrry yourself through that race, you can get through any!

Still proud of you girl.

Oooh, please enter me!

Make sure you give your body the rest it needs after a tough race. You earned it!

ooh, I would love this book. Can’t wait to start eating healthier!

Consider me entered!

I would love to win this! Even if I don’t, I think I might go buy it!!

I love your blog, I even love it down to the lay out you have. So very cute. I thought I was already following you, but I wasn’t, so I clicked!

oh, and your surf city post was really good… even though I’m sure you felt like you were complaining, it didn’t come across that way to me. It felt like you had many oppertunities to quit and you continued to press through, that was a huge victory in itself. GOOD JOB!!!

Found out about your giveaway through Melinda. And, decided I could use another blog to stalk anyways. So, you have a new reader and someone who could use some supermarket help that was described in this book. Fingers crossed random picks me! Thanks for the giveaway.

I saw the guy who writes this column for Men’s Health on the Biggest Loser! It was a great challenge where the contestants had to pick the eat this or eat that meal. I’d love to have this book (I think that goes without saying though!)

Well I woudln’t “stalk” your blog if you didn’t motivate me! We all have our days! You rock!

I just started reading your blog!

Oh how I could so use this book. I have been trying but I have my downfalls. This would perhaps make the fall not so far.

Oh my. I love this series of books. I haven’t bought this one yet. I’m going to add as a follower and then hopefully post about this tomorrow.

I want/need that book. I am already a follower. And the 11th is my hubby’s 33rd birthday, what a great gift it would be to me. ;0

Glad you are feeling better. Rest up. That four mile trail race sounds like it will be fun. I knew you would get your mojo back fast. You are way tougher than you think you are.

Yeah! I am a follwer, AND I posted about it. 3 for me! :)

I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book all over the internet! It’s a great giveaway!

What a great giveaway! I so need this book!

Looks great! I have seen this guy on Oprah and would love to see the book. (Im a follower…)

I love this give-away, thank you! I am a follower too :)

My brother got that book for Christmas and I spend the rest of the morning looking through it. Loved it! I have yet to find one to buy myself in a store. I followed as well.

Just started reading your blog recently – love it! Looks like a great book!

I’m also a new reader, and enjoying your blog immensely!

New stalker here! Do I get 2 entries?! Love your blog and the workout gear you feature on here.

What a fantastic giveaway!! I would love to enter, and I am already a follower! :) You rock for giving away something that will help someone be healthier!!

I have definitely been thinking about checking out this book-what a fantastic idea for a giveaway! Count me in :)

It is good you are being reflective about your run and not being too hard on yourself!!

Ooh I loved the first version of this book.

I am so glad your feeling better. It seems to me that the worst races give me the most inspiration to keep working hard. I am anxious to hear about your next goal.

I’m glad you’re feeling better about your race. I guess I’m also a stalker, but really just hoping you recover well.

I have the first eat this not that book and it’s the best! I’m a follower and I’ll be mentioning it on my blog. :)

Wow, that sounds like an awesome book!

Yay for giveaways!

I did a link to this post, and I’m a follower now! :-)

I have read the fast food/restaurant one. It’s so interesting. I would love to check out the supermarket one!

I am already a follower!!! YAY! :)

Ooo… I have seen those books around. Looks interesting!

What a super sweet giveaway! I’d like to be entered.

:-)

I have been wanting one of these books.

Someone recommended these books to me. They are on my wishlist.

Please enter me too! I’m a new follower (via Google reader though – not the official blogger stalker function so not sure if that counts) and I’ll post about it on my blog. Thanks for the info about the book – I’m just learning how much there is to learn about nutrition!

I’ve seen the book a few times, but never actually looked inside. It looks great!

I’ve heard about this book, and it sounds great.

Happy 100!

I would love that book!

I’m also a follower, and I’m posting a link to your giveaway too.

I am buying this if I don’t win too. Sounds like just what I need.

I was referred to you by Sasha. I have been wanting to get my hands on one of these books. I just heard about them a few days ago.

Would love to have that book! Saw it on Biggest Loser! I’m posting a link to the giveaway on my blog this morning! I am also a follower!! Woo whoo!!

Oooo I was JUST reading about this book a few days ago. Looks awesome.

Super exciting!! Oh, and now I’m following you!

Great books! Love them. I am a follower!

What a great book, please enter me and I’ll be stalking you and posting it on my blog, so that’s 3 tries for me, yay!

What a great book to win!
I’m following. :D

This book looks fantastic, thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!

oh i’d love to have this book!

This is a great giveaway! I have heard lots of good things about the Eat This Not That books. I am also a follower. Thanks!

I perused this book at the bookstore and it is awesome!

I would love to get this book. It looks so interesting, and I added myself as a follower. Can’t wait to see who wins!

I’d love to win this!

I already left my comment (and am following), but I just linked to you on my blog, too!

Oh my gosh I could so use this book. I have a ton of weight to lose before my wedding day. ACK!

I am now a follower and I am making a comment ;)

This book is amazing. I think that it would be a great tool to go over with the kids before we go grocery shopping too. What a wonderful book and tool for changing your eating habits but not giving up foods you love. I’ll link you and post a spot for you on my blog. Thanks!

i just added myself as a follower and im leaving you a comment. :)

please enter me twice :)

I soo want this book! I just became a follower too!

Fun fun fun – didn’t even know this book existed!

I saw that book at Costco the other day and almost bought it!! It looks awesome! xxoo

Pick me! Pick Me! I am already a follower! (doesn’t that sound pathetic)

Oh I have always wanted this book! Count me in on the giveaway list x 3! I just became a follower and will post back to you!

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I’ve had my eye on this book every time I go to the bookstore. What a great giveaway! :)

This book sounds awesome, and definitely something I could use! (And I’m a follower!)

I also tried the Biggest Loser workout video..I was surprised at how sore I got!

I would love to win! Thanks!

Just found your blog Mojito Maven. I am just starting to run and need the motivation . . . in you enter :-) I am becoming a follower too!

I was so ezcited whne I found your blog today because someone posted about your giveaway! I am trying to become a runner and I find that I am an absolute head case. I can totally convince myself that I can (or can not) run another mile with out even trying. I love reading your posts! I became a follower and am looking forward to hearing all about your quest for a healtier lifestyle.

Such a great giveaway!

Wow….I’ve been stalking this book at the store :) You are my hero LOL I am a follower and I will be posting about this give away today when I’m not working :) Thanks!

I’m a follower now too!

I have heard such great things about this book, I want it!!!

I would LOVE to have this book – please enter me three times :)

I have been wanting this book for ages!! Pick me Pick me!!!

Oh wow..I totally need this..lol
I also became a follower :)

Great book–I’d love to get it.. I’m a follower too!

I think I like you. And I’m going to become a follower.

Wrote about you in my blog for tomorrow….

I just became a follower and can’t wait to read the rest of your blog! I saw the guy who wrote this book on Oprah and wanted it ever since!

oh i need this :) i want this :) now now now :)
enter me, and of course i am a faithful follower :)

Hey! I have been reading your blog for quite some time but never commented and figured this is the perfect time!

Please enter me for your amazing giveaway! I also became a follower. I truly admire your dedication and love for running. Thanks again :)

That book looks really cool. I’ve been ignoring those books (seeing them everywhere) but after you showed us those blown-up pages, I think it could help me!

I’ve heard great things about this book!

Yay, I’m entered. Sorry about the surf shitty report…I’ll be reading that next =(.

This book looks great!

p.s I’m a follower now.

I’ve heard nothing but great things about this book!

I am mentioning your giveaway on my blog tomorrow!How exciting!

Oooh, I’m in for 2 entries. I’m already a follower!

I keep hearing about how great this book is and I’d love to win it! Thanks. utgal2004[at]yahoo[dot]com

This book looks great! I just became a follower too. Love your blog! I’m a runner too, although I can’t say that I am chic! :)

Great giveaway Danica! I am already a loyal follower (brownie points) as you know! Great job on your half as well!

I love the first one and am pretty sure i need this book too! I am a follower! You are on my google reader!
Love the site!

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I’d LOVE to have this book! Sign me up, girl!

I just started following your blog, and I love it! I would love to win this book!!

I’ve heard alot about this book on TV, glad to hear that you’ve found it useful.
Count me in on your giveaway

I’m leaving a post because I’m a sucker for a contest, but I already don’t like that it’s telling me not to eat Smart Start! :( I heart Smart Start! Out of the box, I don’t even need milk! :(

Glad you are feeling better!

My son loves these books! I haven’t seen the supermarket one yet.

BTW, I really love you blog!

Just letting you know I added a link to the contest on my blog, so you can enter me one more time. :)

This book looks great! I worked the book fair at the middle school recently and one of the hot sellers for the kids was the Eat This Not That for fast food. Thanks for offering this give-away.

I definately need to read this book.
I just found your blog and will definately be back.
I’m following you and will post about this later today!

Thanks

enter me please! I am a follower

I am a new follower and I will post about it. Just looking at your post I am now going to have to starve. I love the little Totinos pizza (on the do not eat list) and the only cereal I eat id Life (on the do not eat list).

I’m hungry.

I’ve seen the book, but never bought it so hope I win now!

That is so funny! I just saw this book on Amazon yesterday. It looks really cool. Thanks for the chance to win it! I’m also stalking you now.
Nikki

I am in need of one of these. I just lost my best friend at the age of 41 and I am determined to start living healthy.

I will now be able to keep up with your blog. Thanks!

I have wanted to read this book for awhile. Great giveaway! Please enter me!

This is the first time I’ve heard of this book, but I sure hope I win It looks amazing. My boyfriend is a chef so when he’s home I know I’m eating fresh and healthy, but he travels two weeks a month and when he’s gone I’m often clueless and rely on time tested classics. Maybe this book will help me break the routine!

this looks like a great book. i’d love to read it and start applying it to my lifestyle.

i follow 1

I heard about this book! If I don’t win, I’ll still go pick up a copy. Thanks!

I came across your blog completely by accident. It started with dropping into the Running Room, where the salesperson told me about an upcoming talk by Sylvia Ruegger. Then I googled Sylvia Ruegger and found Sarah from PPWBG. Clicked on one of her “blogs I read”, found Mission to an(other) marathon, and found you!

While I’ll find this useful, I’d really like to give it to my Dad.

Wow! This looks like a really cool book!

Awesome! I’m a follower and I blogged about it here: http://melanieblair.blogspot.com/2009/02/giveaway-mania.html

I’d love 3 entries please. :)

I have the first book and I would LOVE this one!

Wow! Lots of comments on today’s bloggie! No mention of this week’s Bachelor episode? Sad, sad, sad… Glad you are feeling better! I’ve been stalking you for awhile now :) Pick me! Pick me! LOL

OHHHH i want it.. that is genius, why have i been living in the dark and not heard about this.. I am a follower to. Two entries for me woowoo

Just started reading your blog…looks great!! I added myself as a follower and put a link to the giveaway on my blog…yay!

Would love to have this! Love your blog… going to link to it!

Cute blog! I am now a follower. :)

Looks like a great book!!

i just saw this book on amazon! love your blog, just started reading :)

Looks like a great book. Really handy for all the everyday food dilemmas we face.

Omg, I’m like the 172nd to comment here! WOw!! Your giveaway looks like it’s super popular! Btw, I already follow you and as soooooon as I write up the next post, I’m gonna mention this giveaway, of course. Can I tweet this for an extra entry???

This book looks great. What a novel idea for those of us who just need a little help figuring out what is best.

Hi there – I like your blog! I’m also training for a marathon, and very into food and nutrition. I ran my first marathon last May and had a great experience, and ran my second in October and had the DAY FROM HELL! I look forward to reading the rest of your training stories and recipes!

oh my gosh! I over heard my hair dresser talking about that book but I never caught the name of it! I have been hunting for that book!

Wow, the reaction to this contest is amazing! I guess I’m not the only one who has next to nothing in the way of nutrition smarts and needs a book like this…

Anyway, great blog! (I got here from a link on Aaron’s blog over at Runner’s Rambles.)

And, oh yeah, I’ll choose the stalking option right after I hit “publish” on this comment.

Looks like a great book. I could use some help in making better choices.

HEY!! Here’s my comment :) I’m a follower :) And I’ll post this link on my side-bar — When’s the “The Big Reveal”?

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I would love to have this book. I need all the help that I can get when it comes to grocery shopping. I also became a follower of your blog!

Ohhh! I’ve been wanting this book forever! I’m also a follower!

That sounds like a fantastic book. Thanks for hosting the giveaway. I’m now a new follower! Good luck with the draw!

This series is so eye-opening! I’d love to win! Thanks!

I have this book on my “To Read” list on goodreads.com. Hopefully, I won’t have to buy it!

I am totally a follower! Congrats on the 100!

I would like to be entered! You’ve been on my Google Reader for some time now and I posted about this here.

great blog and great giveaway!!!

pick me pick me pick me! i stalk you daily. in the most non-creepy way. : )

I forgot to enter this earlier! I saw this book last week at B&N and it looks great! I'm already a follower, so hit me up twice :)

Sweet giveaway – I posted, now commenting, and I’m stalking you! Great blog by the way – I’ve linked to you! Keep it up :)

I’m loving the pink and black!

I just became a follower of your blog… and I would love to win this book!!! :)

What a great book! It’s time I pay more attention to where I get my fuel! Oh…I’m feeling lucky!

I’ve paged through these books at Borders but never bought. Maybe it’s time I should!

i love your blog! i just found it and find it inspiring as I am training for a half…oh and now i am going to be a stalker :) haha

i need this book to survive the grocery store! pick me pick me!

Update for my entry
I’ve posted about it, follow you, and now I’m commenting again.

Thanks for the giveaway chance!

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