How bout a roon?

February 3, 2011 |

Heyyyyyy 😀 How are you? It’s almost Friday! I guess the Superbowl is this weekend? No idea who’s playing, haha.

After class last night (we had 6 people! yeahh!), I came home for a super simple yet delicious dinner:

dinner

Roasted fennel and carrots, red quinoa and organic pinto beans

While I made dinner, I also packed today’s lunch so I wouldn’t have to deal with it this morning 😉

salad

Salad with bell peppers, fresh guacamole (onion, avocado, tomatoes, garlic, cumin, sea salt, lemon juice, pepper), salsa for dressing + a blueberry smoothie + an apple

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Every now and again, I like to do giveaways just to say thank you for being amazing. I have a blasty virtually hanging out with all of you, and love all of the creative and fun discussion that we have on the bloggy.

so….

It’s ROON GIVEAWAY TIME!

roons (2)

mmmmm…. roons 🙂

roons (3)

One lucky winner will receive:

-a batch of macaroons (chocolate, blonde, cacao-chip, or super-roon)

-a goodie package stuffed with Fitnessista faves (examples: almond butter, seaweed snacks, mung bean pasta, Larabars, mesquite flour tortillas, something from lulu)

I don’t kid around when I made goodie packages… 🙂

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Here’s how to enter:

-Leave a comment with your all-time favorite fitness move (mine? burpees!!)

-“Like” The Fitnessista on facebook

I’ll announce the winner tomorrow am when I wake up 🙂

Ready…. set… go!

xoxo

G

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1,363 Comments

  1. Whitney on February 3, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    My all time favorite move is the plank. It hurts and I hate it while I’m doing it, but it’s so worth it!



  2. Dana M. on February 3, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    My favorite fitness exercise would be alternating jumping lunges. They burn in a good way:)



  3. Kate on February 3, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    My favorite move is the shoulder press/squat combo – hold two dumbbells at your shoulders, squat down, press the weights up above your head as you rise up.



  4. Sara Stainbrook on February 3, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    gotta love deadlifts or pushups! and I have to say burpees are the least fave 🙂



  5. Emily on February 3, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    I’ve already “liked” you on FB. 🙂



  6. Christine on February 3, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    My favorite work out move is the “teasers” in pilates!



  7. Sassy Molassy on February 3, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Oooh, I want some ‘roooooons! 🙂

    The hardest workout move is the burpee by far! We did 40 last night during the boot camp class I took. Nearly killed me. 😉

    But lately, lunges with weights and T push ups w/ weights are killing me as well.



  8. jc on February 3, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    i love plank and almost all ab pilates routines



  9. jc on February 3, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    already follow you on facebook!



  10. Lindsey on February 3, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    I have to go with The Plank, you feel it everywhere!



  11. Jessica on February 3, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    my favorite leg move is reverse lunges!

    and i love to try your famous macaroons : )Jessi



  12. Libby on February 3, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    I love dying bug. Sounds silly, but really works your lower abs.

    I like you the facebook as well. 🙂



  13. allison on February 3, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    my favorite fitness move of all time is a basic plank! or maybe dead lifts. it’s a close tie!



  14. Stephanie on February 3, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    My favorite fitness move is the plank….I love the way it makes me shake!



  15. Maureen on February 3, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    Push-ups! It actually shocks me that I just wrote that, but I love them! They make me feel badass.



  16. Kristin (Cook, Bake, Nibble) on February 3, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    I love burpees too! They’re my alltime fave 🙂

    Thanks for such an amazing giveaway!



  17. Elisa on February 3, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    Mountain climbers!



  18. Kristin (Cook, Bake, Nibble) on February 3, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    And I “liked” you 🙂



  19. *Andrea* on February 3, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    i love mt. climbers!! they’re so hard if you keep them up and alternate with other strength training exercises

    ps best giveaway everrr



  20. Laura J. on February 3, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    What an awesome giveaway! My favorite workout move is the Plank- I always get great results when I do them consistently.



  21. Laura J. on February 3, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    I’ve already “liked” you on Facebook 🙂



  22. Sara on February 3, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    I think that my favorite move is probably speed skaters with weights (that you drop and pick up with each movement). You REALLY feel those the next day!



  23. ashley nicole on February 3, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    Gina!!!

    I need this little pick-me-up, so I’m praying to win this one 😉 (it’ll be my first!)…my favorite fitness move right now is crow in yoga because it’s challenging me to push myself past my comfort zone to a place where i may fail but i’ll have to keep trying and can eventually get it ;).

    xoxoxoxo,
    ashley

    ashleyave.wordpress.com



  24. Yin on February 3, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    I loveee squats! They hurt so good 🙂



  25. Caitlin on February 3, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    My favorite fitness move is the side kick series from my pilates class. It’s a killer workout for the legs :)!



  26. Sara on February 3, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    Oh, and I liked you on FB!



  27. Katie on February 3, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    My favorite has to be side plank. Help to get rid of the ever dreaded muffin top.



  28. Beth B. on February 3, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    What a great giveaway! I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, and I absolutely love it! My favorite workout move is burpees combined with pushups – it leaves me tired and sore, but in such a good way! I also liked you on facebook 🙂



  29. clemmy on February 3, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    i never EVER win on these giveaways, but i try every time cos the idea of one day maybe getting lucky is too good an opportunity to miss!!! (and plus, cos im in the UK its virtually impossible to get my hands on those US goodies, so i live in hope!)
    ANYWAY!!! my fave move is the plank. i never really know what strength exercises are good to do, but someone introduced me to the plank and it became my failsafe move!! (i especially liked your post on ways to switch up the plank, side plank, moving plank… PLANK-LOVE!!)
    🙂



  30. Namaste Gurl on February 3, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    Best fitness movie around would have to be the classic, Workout starring Jane Fonda. Hehe, I love how she used to be back in the day! Those classic workout movies, especially starring Jane Fonda are THE BEST!



  31. Kerry on February 3, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    I’d have to say sumo squat jumps. I love the turbo fire HIIT workouts that include these.



  32. Sara (Miles and Manhattan) on February 3, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    Oooh fitness move…plank push up!!!
    xoxo
    s



  33. Hanna on February 3, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    My all-time favorite fitness move is most definitely plie squats! They never fail to give me a great workout : ) p.s. Love the “this afternoon:… ” part – it gives me a little something to look forward to at the end of the day!



  34. Melissa (MelissaLikesToEat) on February 3, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    I like you on Facebook. 🙂
    My favorite fitness move is the good old jumping jack!



  35. EmGGrover on February 3, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    Jumpking Jacks! Kinda a lame one, but I know when I am feeling not so motivated in the morning I can do a few and it will get my heart pumping and get me ready for a workout!



  36. Kerry on February 3, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    Oh and I already liked you on facebook. 🙂



  37. Haley D. on February 3, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    My favorite workout move is pushups, because they work a ton of muscle groups, and there are a lot of variations you can do to keep them interesting (I just did stacked-foot pushups today!).

    … That, or cartwheels for “cardio” 🙂



  38. Brittany on February 3, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    I love planks! No matter how many times I do them, I can change them up and feel my core working hard!



  39. Susan on February 3, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    Bicycle crunches!



  40. Michelle on February 3, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    one of my fav fitness moves is the plie squat! I still can’t find mung bean pasta at our whole foods in NJ!



  41. Rachel on February 3, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    I love walking lunges with dumbbells. Works so well!!



  42. Allison on February 3, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    Oh i wanna win!! My all time favorite fitness move is squats! Not those sissy halfway-ish down ones! All the way down, butt to the ground kind with the bar loaded with as much weight as you can bare:):)



  43. Natalie on February 3, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    Bulgarian split squats–so painfully good.



  44. MMiller on February 3, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    OOOHH! That looks wonderful! I would LOVE to find that in my mailbox!

    My favorite move at the moment would be Squats on the BOSU ball!



  45. Allison on February 3, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    oh and i liked you on facebook:)



  46. Ryan on February 3, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    I love mountain climbers!



  47. Amanda- The Nutritionist Reviews on February 3, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    I love crunches!



  48. Liz on February 3, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    I love static lunges with bicep curls. Thanks for the giveaway!



  49. Tracey @ I'm Not Superhuman on February 3, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    I think this is the 567th time I’ve entered a giveaway for ‘roons. I’m hoping this is my lucky day! Favorite fitness move: the plank!



  50. Sarah R on February 3, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    Hum… I guess I would have to go with lunges. They hurt so good.