Celebrity Leg Challenge!

I love watching the Emmys, Oscars, MTV Award shows… all of that stuff! Not because I particularly care who wins (when it comes to came to LOST and Mad Men I care though!) but because I love seeing the celebrities. I find it fun to see how everyone looks, what they are wearing, and hear about their daily regimen. I also like playing trivia games. Combining those two loves has resulted in a little challenge game :)

Which one of you can guess who the six women pictured above are?

No Googling to match up pictures, either! Fair and square :) I even forgot who two of them were when I was putting the picture together, haha!

Also, let’s play a little rating game. After guessing who the legs could possibly belong to, tell me which pair of legs YOU think are the best lookin’. Don’t think of it as judge-y or shallow and just have fun picking which pair you think is the best.

Personally, I’d go for the first or second pair.. they look the most fit to me.

I can’t wait to read your answers!

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"The American"

A few days ago, Matt and I went to the movies and saw The American, the new spy movie starring George Clooney. We were in a small theater and there were not too many people. The person in front of us annoyed nearly everyone in the theater! He did a few really annoying things that I found out right disrespectful and led me to create a list of things I think people should NOT do in movie theaters!

First of all, if you’re going to be eating snack-bar items during the movie, make sure they are OPEN before the movie starts. I don’t want to hear bags ripping open when I should be hearing just a movie! Also, DO NOT EAT LOUDLY! This man had a bag of peanut M&M’s and he was biting each M&M in half and SUCKING the peanut out… loudly! It was gross, loud, and completely annoying. Plus the movie was a rather quiet one with out much dialogue so his peanut sucking sounds were magnified! Gross!

And just like you shouldn’t text or even have your cell phone out (the light from the screen is super annoying) you also shouldn’t TALK during the movie. Whispering to your partner/friend is one thing, but TALKING IN YOUR STREET VOICE is rude. No one wants to hear your commentary and lame, inappropriate jokes! This man must’ve made at least 20 comments throughout the whole movie. People were looking back at him and getting frustrated.

Stadium-seating theaters mean comfort. But for them to be comfortable for everyone YOU CAN’T PUT YOUR FEET UP IF SOMEONE IS A SEAT IN FRONT OF YOU. This man had his big gross foot up on the chair in front of him and someone was directly to the left of that chair. That person had to lean away the whole time! So rude. It bugs me when people are not aware of others and considerate of their feelings.

Have to go to the restroom during the movie? Hey, it happens. Try to sneak out and not obstruct the view of people for more than a few seconds. Don’t stand up and stretch first. That’s completely unnecessary.

Okay so my recent movie experience left me bitter… can you tell? :) These are just things I WOULDN’T DO at a movie theater.. so no one get offended, okay?

I just hope that guy doesn’t pop up to go see the new Ben Affleck movie The Town on it’s opening night because I’ve been dying to see that one! Does anyone else think that movie looks great?

Now that I’ve shared my list of things I do not think people should at a movie theater, please share some of your pet movie theater peeves! Or one of your worst movie theater experiences!

I can’t wait to read ‘em :)

Oh and P.S. If you have velcro shoes, don’t wear them to the movies and adjust them throughout the film. It’s rude. And obnoxious. And the rest of us are mad at you because of it! :D

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Diet v Exercise

They are both important, obviously. But when you’re looking to accomplish something specific, which one weighs more heavily? In the artcile Diet v. Exercise: The Smackdown, Women’s Health writer Ellen Page breaks it down…and I’m recappin’ it in case you aren’t the article readin’ type! :)

What are you trying to achieve?

If you said weight loss: diet wins. You can easily (with self-control) eliminate 500 calories from your diet but to burn 500 calories at the gym? That takes far more work. So here, you diet is key to losing weight. Exercise (followed by diet) is key to keeping the weight off.

If you said to be more energized: exercise wins. When we exercise, our brain sends all kinds of good neurotransmitters out (like norepinephrine) which causes an energy boost. You know what else I think? I think it causes a happiness boost, too :)

If you said to prevent diabetes: exercise wins. A lot of people think it’s all about diet but exercise is actually important here. My mom has diabetes so I know if I don’t take care of myself, I could be at risk. Page says: “Achieving a healthy weight through diet and exercise is the strongest defense against the disease, but physical activity has a slight edge. Active muscles gobble up glucose from the blood for fuel, which helps keep blood-sugar levels stable.” Good to know!

If you said improving your mood: exercise wins. Did you know that a 20-minute workout can be enough to boost your mood for 12 hours? Man, if working out alone doesn’t provide enough benefits this added bonus really makes it even better! I need to exercise for like, 5 hours after work then :)

I was surprised to find out diet isn’t the leading factor in preventing diabetes but then again, it does seem like getting exercise is key to overcoming a lot of mental barriers.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday!

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Element Bars

Didn’t win the last giveaway? Guess what? You have ANOTHER chance to win an awesome prize! This week’s giveaway is hosted by ELEMENT BAR. If you haven’t heard of them, they are a company that makes energy bars custom to your taste. It’s a very cool concept because you buy YOUR OWN FLAVOR bar so you’re getting just what you want and nothing else!

Element Bar was kind enough to send me a free 12 pack of their most popular bars: The Cherry Dates Nuts, Detox Therapy, Fuel Up & Go, and Choco-lata-fun.

My Element Bar Package

Here is a little about the company:

At Element Bars, we invite you to pick and choose the elements (or ingredients) that you want (or don’t want) in your nutrition bar. We want to make nutrition personal again by letting you customize your bars to your liking. We are also committed to using unprocessed or minimally processed elements for your bars, in order to retain the maximal nutrition for you.

The four bases for their bars are: dates, peanut butter, rice & soynuts, and oatmeal. My favorite was (of course) the peanut butter-based bar. So delicious!

Four of Each Flavor

And guess how NICE this company is? They not only sent me a 12 pack but they are going to send the GIVEAWAY WINNER one box of twelve bars! That’s a $30 value! I was thrilled when I found out how generous they were going to be!

Bars for the Grabbin'

These bars are BIG! Some of the biggest energy bars I’ve seen yet! Getting excited? Then I guess I better get to the details… :)

For this giveaway, there are 2 ways to enter. Please leave a separate comment per entry!

1. Comment on this post telling ELEMENT BAR what your dream combination bar would be! They use this information to better suite your needs when building your custom bar so please share!
2. Link to THIS GIVEAWAY on your website, blog, Facebook, or Twitter and come back here and share the link with me. Spreadin’ the word makes me happy!

This giveaway is open from Thursday September 2, 2010 until 8:00pm on Thursday September 9, 2010.

Choco-lata-fun Bar

Good luck to everyone! :)

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Larabar Giveaway

Wow! This giveaway brought into 50 total entries. My biggest giveaway to date! I want to take a second to thank everyone for their thoughtful comments! It was really fun seeing everyone’s sweet ideas for Larabars and what people thought was the best pre-existing flavor. Maybe Larabar will create YOUR flavor and name it after YOU?  :) That’d be cool. Anyway, thanks again to everyone who entered! Now…

Want to see if YOU are the winner? Click “continue reading” to find out :)

And the WINNER of the LARABAR GIVEAWAY is…

KRISSY!

Krissy you have been randomly selected to win the LARABAR GIVEAWAY package! Please e-mail me your full name & mailing address. The sooner I get it, the sooner I send it :)

Thank you to everyone who participated! I love seeing the interest in these products!

And after reading all of the “I Wanna Get to know YOU” quizzes you all filled out, I see that a good giveaway would be:

-A gift card (Amazon or a work-out apparel shop)

-More health bars!

-Tempos or Gym Clothes

Are there any other giveaways you’d love to see on here? If so, please comment on this post or drop me an e-mail.

And as always, if you didn’t win this time, I got another great giveaway coming RIGHT up! And… September is the first month I am starting the “Top 5 Commenters Contest” so if you want to win a prize, just comment :) Click here to read about the details.

Thank you again to everyone who entered!

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