Healthy Bites Giveaway Winner

How was everyone's weekend? Mine was great. Friday night included spending some time with my roommate and some friends and then Saturday my dad picked my sister and I up from school and we headed to my aunt's house to celebrate her birthday! At her party there was some delicious food including homemade hummus, homemade tabouli, chocolate fondue with fruit, fresh veggies, chips and dip, and a few other desserts. The food was too good and I didn't even bother taking any pictures of what I ate but I did manage to get a few pictures with the family, so here are a few pics from the weekend: (Sorry about the grainy phone pics!)

Here is myself with my cousin and my aunt Nada, the birthday girl!

It was a great weekend to say the least! Also when I arrived home, there were a few packages waiting for me! More on that later this week :) Now it's time for the good stuff..

Giveaway Winner

Thanks for all who entered in the 3rd giveaway of the New Years Resolutions Blog Giveaway! A winner has been chosen to receive a box of Healthy Bites.

Congrats to Heather! Please email me at trufflesntreadmills [at] aol [dot] com so I can give you Lindsay's contact information so you can choose your flavor of Healthy Bites and let her know of any allergies you may have!


Did you do anything fun this weekend?

New Faves & New Years Resolutions Giveaway #3

* This giveaway is closed *

I can't believe how fast this week has flown by. You would think with it being the first week of classes, reading syllabi over and over, and working full time that it would have dragged on but it didn't! I am so glad it didn't. I still have one more class to go to this afternoon and work tonight but I have some fun plans for the weekend. Tomorrow my aunt is having the family over to celebrate her birthday which should be a blast!

I want to share with you guys 2 new products that I have tried in the past week. The other night I was craving some chips but instead opted for something a little healthier - PopCorners. They were delicious and definitely healthier than eating a bag of chips. They come in several other flavors like Kettle, White Cheddar, and Cheesy Jalapeno. I tried the Sea Salt flavor and thought that it tasted just like popcorn! They are also all natural and gluten free, so if you have a hard time finding gluten free snacks, this one is for you.

Some of you may know that I enjoy Naked juices. I never tried anything other than Red Machine, Strawberry Banana, and Berry Blast before today. I only bought those flavors because I knew that I would like them. I like berries so I knew that they would all be good but today the Green Machine caught my eye. At first I wasn't going to get it because I didn't think I would like it very much but I love it. It is made up of apples, bananas, kiwi, mango, and pineapple and is so tasty! I am so glad I went out of my comfort zone and tried it and think I will be trying many more flavors soon. The drinks are made of all natural fruit, no added sugars, and some even have extra boosts inside!

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It's giveaway time!

One of my favorite bloggers, Lindsay is the blogger behind Cotter Crunch. She is a nutrition manager, fitness consultant, and lives a gluten free lifestyle. In addition to blogging, Lindsay also runs her own company called Healthy Bites. Healthy Bites is a company dedicated to fueling all types of people in a healthy way by using mostly all-natural, gluten-free and organic ingredients.

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She has created 4 main flavors and offers fun flavors of the month. The four main flavors she has each have a different taste and purpose. For example the Apple/ Peach/Apricot Cinnamon Vanilla bite and the Muddy Buddy Mocha bites are great for pre-workout fuel, the Whey Good bite is great for post-workouts and has added protein, and the Cookie Dough/Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough bites are the perfect "I just want something sweet" bite and they won't ruin your hard work or healthy eating habits!

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Don't those Healthy Bites look delicious?! Well lucky for you, Lindsay has offered to give one lucky reader a box of her Healthy Bites. The winner will be able to contact Lindsay once the giveaway is over and tell her of any allergies you have or special dietary requests.

How to enter

Mandatory: Head over to Lindsay's blog and then comment on this post saying which Healthy Bite you would chose if you win.
Optional: Follow Truffles n' Treadmills on Twitter or Facebook and leave a comment saying you did


A winner for this giveaway will be chosen Sunday night!

Uncle Sam's Cereal Review

Hello everyone! I hope your week has been going great so far. I can't believe the week is almost half way over. I have been getting used to my new schedule and have been able to get all of my workouts in. All of my classes are in the morning and I work in the evenings so I have been working out between the two. I feel like that some of my classes are going to have a lot of homework and reading assignments so I hope I can still manage everything once the classes get more in-depth. I started today off with coffee from my Keurig! I used one of the Vanilla Latte k-cups, added some Silk Vanilla PureAlmond milk and ate a Peanut Butter CLIF bar. I would say that it was a good start to my day.

Workout 

 

Yesterday I was able to get a quick 2.5 mile run in. After not running as much as I had planned over winter break, my legs were pretty sore today. For today's workout I focused on arms and threw in a few weighted lunges and plies. I was going to do my Superset Arm Workout but I wanted to get in and out and some guys who were working out were using the bench so I changed up the workout and made up a different, but similar, circuit of front and side arm raises, bicep curls, and tricep extensions.

Uncle Sam's Cereal

 

A few weeks ago I contacted Attune Foods to see if they were interested in participating in the New Years Resolutions Giveaway and they said yes. They also offered to send me a couple of their cereals to try out and review on the blog. I was more than happy to try out the cereals and they arrived on my doorstep a few days later.

The first thing I noticed when I opened up the package was a handwritten note. This just made me love the company even more and loved that they had put in a little extra effort which makes their company feel more personable!

Attune Foods sent me two boxes of their Uncle Sam's Cereal. I was sent the Original and the Raisin Bran to try. When I browsed around on their website I also saw that they have a Strawberry cereal as well and I think that I would really love that one.

I love that the cereals have so few and simple ingredients. They are made with whole wheat kernels which makes the cereal high in fiber and heart-healthy! The 10 grams of fiber help to make you feel fuller, longer and I agree that it did just that. I also love that the cereals have less than 1 gram of sugar because most cereals, even if they are supposed to be healthy, still have a lot of sugar in them.

I liked the Original but I really loved the Raisin Bran cereal. The Original wasn't sweet enough for me (I will probably use it when baking) and the raisins in the Raisin Bran cereal added a natural sweetness. Uncle Sam's is also very generous with the raisins which made me really happy.

Overall, I would recommend that you try this cereal. If you are not a cereal person in the mornings, the Original would also be great in yogurt, cookies, crusted chicken recipes, and many more! You can find some great recipes submitted by others by clicking on this link. I will probably be buying the Uncle Sam's Strawberry Cereal in the near future and be making some Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies with the Original cereal! Yum!

Disclaimer: I received these products free of charge, however all opinions are my own.

100 people, Thirteen Dollars

 

I am still collecting donations for my aunt's charity account. I am aiming to get 100 people to donate $13 (one dollar for every mile I am running in the race). If you would like to donate you can via the PayPal button on the top right corner of my blog. To learn more about my aunt click here or visit the Donate tab on my blog!


Do you have any tips for managing a busy schedule?
Have you tried Uncle Ben's Cereals? Do you have any fun recipes made with the cereal?