thinkThin, thinkWellness Bar Giveaway!!

It's Monday and I am SO excited to have a AWESOME "weightWellness" giveaway to start the week off with!

You know how much I LOVE thinkThin Protein bars right?

Well, thinkproducts and I have teamed up to give you a pretty awesome giveaway, all in the name of "thinkWellness"! I love this product. 
And even more, I love the message they are sharing about weight wellness.
Read this:

thinkThin® promotes weight wellness. What we feel this means is that this is the optimal weight range at which our bodies feel happy and healthy. This is not dictated by aesthetic, shape, weight or tape measure - it is the physical outcome of feeling energized, confident, and living a life that is vibrant, varied and fulfilling. thinkThin® products contain uncompromised quality ingredients that provide an excellent source of energy without the punishing side effects of gluten and refined sugar.

Love? Then you'll LOVE these bars!

What will you win by entering?

 1) Weight Wellness Sampler

2) thinkThin Protein Bars

2) thinkThin Crunch Bars

Here are the details of the giveaway:

1- There will be 10 winners! (no I'm not kidding)

2- You must like Think Products on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thinkproducts

(1 entry)

3- You must follow @thinkproducts on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/thinkproducts and you must follow ME on TWITTER https://twitter.com/#!/StayfitJILL

(Scared of Twitter? Don't be it is SO easy to sign up and you will LOVE it!)

(1 Entry)
4- Answer my question (below)
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5- Retweet this or post it on your Facebook for another entry
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6- This giveaway is open to US residents only

Do you know how important weight wellness is in your life? 

Well here is your chance to tell me:

(4 possible entries for all of you! Remember to have each be a separate comment)
How does eating healthy and exercising make you feel?

Ready? Set? Go!!

*This giveaway will end on APRIL 9th 2012 and the winners will be announced on Tuesday April 10th!

Productivity...

So I need to share something with you.

I absolutely love social media.  

I pick everything out of social media that uplifts me, drives me, inspires me, and gives me a more meaningful purpose, which I believe is the true power of social media.

This is a perfect example: (of which I have many to share...some other post though k?)
I found this certain photographer's blog somewhere between 3-4 years ago (and I don't exactly remember how I came across her blog).  BUT, I immediately knew I had a "viral" connection (for lack of better words) with this photographer!  She was living in Hawaii at the time and I loved her work, and her posts were inspiring to me.  I have always LOVED photography so I found a lot of interest checking her blog and her work as often as I could find time. This viral "friend's" name is Natalie Norton.

I was especially interested in her morals and values and how she wasn't afraid to share them in her own way with the world.  She was open and REAL, and it was very refreshing to me.
So you will imagine my SHOCK when I opened up her blog one morning and it said...
"I will be in SALT LAKE CITY, UT to do some mini shoots.  If you are interested contact me ASAP"
So I immediately contacted her and set up a family session photoshoot.

Here are some pictures from that shoot (taken in 2008):

These pictures are some of my most prized possessions and looking back I am so grateful that on a whim I contacted her.

I continued to follow her and the next year or so she had her 4th child, a baby boy.  She named him Gavin after her brother who she lost a few years back.  Come to find out she has some family who lives in the next city over from me and she was coming over Christmas to spend time here in Utah.  At the complete dismay and disbelief of her and her family, while she was here, her little baby contracted Pertussis and passed away all within a week.  She was incredibly open about this experience and it truly was her faith that got her through that hard time.  And she continued to be open and very poetic through her following posts.  Absolutely amazing strength I tell ya.

Anywho, she came back to Utah 2 summers ago and I had her do our family shoot again.
(I do not have digital files of those however, but they were awesome as well!)

She also (in her spare time right??) does business mentoring and holds workshops on improving your own business and personal life and balancing family at the same time (which I know I could use some mentoring on!) And the whole purpose of this post is to share this video post that she posted a few days ago.
It's Real. And I love the message.

Watch the video here:  
 http://natalienortonblog.com/2012/03/06/thoughts-on-proactivity/

P.S @thinkproducts just sent me some thinkThin Protein bars to giveaway...so watch for that next week!!

Loves,
Jill

My Candy Corn Wreath and Porch Ideas...

Candy corns line the grocery stores this time of year.  And for some (ok...most) they are a true temptation.  So you can imagine the struggle I had when I decided to make this and not eat all the candy corns before I got them glued onto the Styrofoam wreath.  I did really good, it was my kids and husband who couldn't keep their hands off them :) btw I saw this adorable wreath idea last year in (I believe) a Woman's Day magazine!

 It was really fun to make and super easy.  I bought one of the white Styrofoam wreaths from Roberts.  Then I spray painted it with brown spray paint.  Then my kids and I started gluing the candy corns on in the pattern that you see in the photo above.  This was super easy and way fun to do with kids.  When we were done gluing I sprayed it really good with a clear glossy top coat. I found a brown ribbon in my ribbon stash and attached it. Here it is on my door!

 And the rest of my porch...

  

Time for the summer flowers to RIP

 

My neighbors made this adorable ghost out of a Mason Jar and gave it to us.

Halloween is almost here and my kids are counting down the days! We are enjoying this time of year and bracing ourselves for the snow which is soon to come. Time to get out the winter bin and see what winter clothes my kids have grown out of :)

p.s. If you haven't entered my thinkThin Protein bar giveaway you can do so here  The giveaway ends on Wednesday, November 2nd
p.p.s  Have you heard of the #plankaday challenge?  If you are a Twitter lover search the tag #plankaday and join the movement! 

Loves,
Jill

thinkThin GIVEAWAY!

 

 I was in a hurry this morning.  I taught a PUMP class and had to leave at 8:50, I also ran home from that class, another 3.5 miles workout.  I had to have all my kids ready to go and breakfast in them before I could leave for class.  Some mornings are crazy and when they are I eat one of these natural, satisfying, high protein bars (because I NEVER skip breakfast!)


Here's why I think they are aaaaamazing:
(I'm getting this from the label)
Total Fat 9g
Sugars  0g
Protein 20g
Total calories 230
Calcium 6%
Iron 6%
GLUTEN FREE
Best of all, they curb my hunger! In fact it goes away, and I have the energy I need until the next meal :)


SO, I'm giving away, not 1 bar, but a whole box (10 bars) because I know that you will love these as much as I do.  And very rarely a product comes along that actually lives up to it's name! (thinkTHIN!)

 What you need to do to enter:

1. Leave me a comment, and tell me how many days a week you workout.

2.If you want a second chance to win, find me on Facebook and become my Friend. Then come back here and leave a second comment saying you're now my friend :)

Jill on FB 

Make sure you leave me an email if I don't have your info with the comment :)

This giveaway will end on Wednesday, November 2nd 2011

Good Luck!!