Week of giveaways: Final Giveaway- ENDED
This week has been pretty much amazeballs. Thank you again to everyone for participating, sending blog love, and for your kind and wonderful comments. I’m truly lucky to *know* all of you, and am also grateful to the companies who generously sponsored the week of giveaways.
Congratulations to the Home Goods giveaway winner!
Mary:
“I LOVE the poppy flower wall decals in my kitchen. They do a great job brightening up the space.”
Please send me your info (fitnessista at gmail dot com, subject: HOME GOODS WINNER!) and I’ll get your prize on the way 🙂
Today’s giveaway, the final one, is sponsored by one of my all-time favorite workout companies, along with Livi and Bella.
I fell in love with Physique 57 two years ago, and if we had a studio in Tucson, it would be one of my regular workout spots. Nothing has made my thighs thighs and biscuits burn quite like P57. I’m so glad they have DVDs you can do at home if you don’t have a studio near you, and I’ve done the DVDs quite a few times in addition to the usual workout suspects. I see and feel a huge difference when I have P57 in my life, and anytime I’m in NY or LA I’m excited to take a live class.
The winner of this giveaway will receive a volume 2 Physique 57 DVD, courtesy of Physique 57,
and will also win a Polar FT40 heart rate monitor, which I’ll order for you,
plus a batch of custom macaroons (chocolate, mocha, blonde, super roon with cacao nibs and goji berries, or Meyer-lemon lavender)
and whatever Whole Foods/TJs goodies find their way into the box 😉
I absolutely love my Polar heart rate monitor and wear it for all of my high-intensity workouts. Since I know how much I’m burning, I can get an idea of how much more I need to eat that day, and I always push myself a little harder when I can see how hard I’m working. It’s a fantastic workout tool and was even more helpful while I was pregnant, so I knew not to let my heart rate get too crazy high.
-With the Summer Shape Up beginning this week, this giveaway will end on FRIDAY, 6/15.
This giveaway has ended! Congratulations to the winner, Natalie.
This is my favorite giveaway so far the DVDs and the polar monitor are some things I have wanted for a very long time but I could never afford them on my own! There are sooo many reasons I have been reading this blog for the past four years but mainly because you offer so much variety! I love the Focus On post, they may be my favorite and I go back to them frequently whenever I’m deciding to try a new fitness class or DVD. I’m only 21 but I love the family post because I take of a baby full time, and you have been very helpful! I would like to see more videos! Things like how to’s (more hair ideas please!) , product reviews, fitness challenges/ quick workout videos. Hope this helps 
Thank you so much to all of you for your amazing feedback, comments and sweet wishes. I’m so fortunate to have you in my life, and stay tuned for many more giveaways!
Thank you all so much for reading my little blog and for hanging out with me over here <3
Here’s to another amazing year!
xoxo
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More recipes and general tips & advice. Maybe a day in the life type thing? Also love all the how to videos! Don’t really do many of the workouts …..
This is the first blog I check in the morning and the last one I check at night. My favorite part is how real you seem to be day after day. I know sometimes readers are hard in you or misinterpret your intent, but I always respect how you handle yourself and continue to put yourself out there. Keep up the great bloggin’!
I absolutely love and adore your blog! My favorite are all the really easy healthy recipes, and your workouts are killer! Reading your posts is something I look forward to every day! Thanks Gina!
And I tagged you on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/katielizabeth7/posts/248338638604752?notif_t=like
Being a fellow military spouse to a soon to be pilot, I would love to hear more about how you juggle your healthy lifestyle with the stresses that come with being a military spouse.
What a great giveaway!
If I could alter your blog, I would include some more recipes. It’s always nice to see healthy meals broken down – it makes me think that even a kitchen novice like me could conquer it!
I have a 8 month old, so I love all the baby posts! I would love to see more vegetarian recipes….I stopped eating chicken when I was pregnant, and am having fun cooking meatless meals for my hubby and I, but could always use extra ideas 🙂
I love how real you keep everything. You have an adorable family!
Love the positivity of your blog.
I love your recipes and photos of your eats in general. I could definitely do better with what I put into my body, and your recipes help me do that! More of them would be great!
I do love your blog the way it is, though. It’s easily the one I visit the most. Although I don’t post almost at all, I thought I’d use this as an opportunity to let you know that you’ve had some serious impact on making me a healthier person these last couple of years! Thank you! 🙂
I would love to see more recipes, especially based on the season (ie: summer, fall, etc.). Also, it would be cool if you would do “blog challenges” – challenge readers to do certain things each week. Ie: a week of drinking green smoothies, a week of doing some kind of workout for at least 20-30 mins. Having a challenge that gets a lot of people involved will encourage more people to participate! 🙂 But – I love your blog, and appreciate all the time you put in to it! 🙂
I am super excited about this giveaway- all of yours have been awesome, but fitness DVDs are super amazing for my lifestyle! I only semi-recently found your blog and love it, so the only constructive criticism I can think of is to create pinnable/printable images for some of your workouts so we can quickly grab them and bring them to the gym. Again, thanks so much for being so great to your readers!
I also pinned your Week 1 Winter Shape Up 2012 workout- the set-up is perfect! :]
Through your writing, I love how delicately you’ve navigated the changes that have occurred in your life. You have an awareness and thoughtfulness of/for your reader that is unlike any other blog. You’ve experienced some amazing changes, and with kindness, brought your readers along with you. You are always a joy to ‘click-to’. Thank you for the grace that you bring into so many of our lives.
I love when you post your meals that you bring with you on the go. I find myself in packed lunch “ruts” all of the time, and you provide inspiration for for packing creative/healthy meals and snacks. I also randomly love your “Pics from the day” posts!
I have already pinned tons of your recipes, but just now I pinned your sweet potato spaghetti recipe. GENIUS!!!
I love the variety!! You also present a very real and relateable perspective on life, it is refreshing! Keep on keepin on Fitnessista 🙂
LOVE the summer shape up and look forward to it! But the ‘Focus On’ reviews are awesome too. Thanks for giving do much to your readers Gina!
I love reading your blog it flows really well and is very readable. You are a good writer, not at all awkward. I think you provide a good balance between fitness, food, fashion and your private life. I would be interested in your tips for developing and growing your blog. And how you decide what not to blog, I’m sure it is largely intuitive. 🙂
I Love our blog! A post about your organization would be great. All the pics you take make your house seem very “put together”
I love the Family page and seeing how your baby is growing week by week. I have a new baby too and love seeing what works well for other new moms :). I also love the recipes you post. I would love to see some more recipes that introduce new ways to incorporate some super foods into my daily diet.
The workouts are my FAVE! More workouts always 🙂 And I love the focus on posts!
What a great prize, I would love it! I would like to see more workouts posted like the ones you’ve been doing lately ( plank variations, stability ball, etc).
I love your blog Gina! Yours is the very first healthy living blog I stumbled upon and you inspired me to start blogging in the first place! I love your commitment – keep up the excellent work! 🙂
I love your blog. I do not think you should change anything. Unless you want to! I love the family page/fashion page separation, and I LOVE the fitness page!! You are blog queen. <3
Ummm amazing prizes!!!! I love your workouts and all of the amazing fitness advice you provide.
http://pinterest.com/pin/24347654205561381/
Love all the Livi updates and your product reviews!
More recipes & MORE LIVI! I can’t get enough of either 🙂
what a great giveaway! such a cool heart rate monitor! i love all the posts about your day-to-day life, and of course little Livi!! 🙂 thanks for your generous giveaway1!
I am about to prep a breakfast cookie. Only appropriate that I tweeted about it https://twitter.com/kelster/status/212034382641373185
I realize that you a busy new mama, but I always love it when you post new meals and recipes!
I love the Family page! I can relate so well with it and love how real you are! I’m pregnant with my fourth so that’s right where I am in my life! 🙂
Sent the following tweet: https://twitter.com/lwhitney105/status/212035185867366400
Shared your facebook status on my page
Pinned the cool kale chips!
I love the stability ball workout tips, I’ve shared it with many friends!
I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog the past year. It is what has inspired me to eat better
and to find joy in working out and being healthy.
Things I love,
Recipes. More! Maybe a weekly one? I always eat the simple staples but I love when you post something
More complex.
Workout plans are awesome.
Love the addition of Meg to the fashion page!
Changes,
Uhhmmm..
Sometimes I have to scroll down realllllly far to see your post. It isn’t right up under the
foodbuzz add. Kinda weird. Doesn’t happen all the time.
content
Ah! I’m so embarrassed my post posted twice. I blame the phone.
Shared on pinterest and has been re pinned 32 times, http://pinterest.com/pin/104779128801044228/
You are just amazing! I must reference your blog once or twice a day in conversation with my husband. You are so down to earth–keep that coming! 🙂
I love your blog! It’s such an inspiration to me! I think you do a great job of balancing different topics. I am ALWAYS partial to family posts 🙂
I like how you balance details about your life and practical workouts/ health tips. It keeps things approachable and fun while still giving us lots of good info!
I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog the past year. It is what has inspired me to eat better
and to find joy in working out and being healthy.
Things I love,
Recipes. More! Maybe a weekly one? I always eat the simple staples but I love when you post something
More complex. Love when you just post pictures.
Workout plans are awesome.
Love the addition of Meg to the fashion page!
Other changes,
Uhhmmm
Sometimes I have to scroll down really far to see your post. It’s kind of weird. I’m not sure if
its something with the blog or just my computer.
Honestly I’ve been trying to think up helpful things but yours is the only blog I actually LOVE
And I read religiously haha. Keep up the good work! I hope you get some good feedback!
I love your recipes and workouts. I really love when you try something new, like cookie butter or a lululemon clothing item. It gives me the courage to try it too! I could write a list a few pages long of things you’ve inspried me to try: zumba, larabars, coconut water, raw foods, spin class, zevia, breakfast cookies, almond butter (and even making my own!), weight lifting class, I could go on and on! Thank you for the courage you give me to try something new! In a few months I’m doing my first mudrun! eeeeee!
Pinned the ever-wonderful breakfast cookie: http://pinterest.com/pin/142285669447764972/
I love your focus on posts. It’s great to get an honest review of new to me classes or DVD’s. I’ve also really enjoyed following your journey of becoming a Mom on the family page. You have captured it so well and many of your posts have taken me back to beautiful memories with my daughters. Thanks for continuing to share your balanced approach to life!
I am also a personal trainer, so I love when you talk about the ins & outs of that business. From practical considerations like insurance & certifications to day-to-day stuff like boredom busters & new cueing. Thanks lady!
i’d say more food ideas. you have opened my eyes and exposed me to things I wouldn’t have dreamed of eating since 2 years ago.
I would love to see more videos of things:D It’s always fun to see how you are in “real” life.
Thank you so much for doing all of this, your blog posts are one of the first things I check for when I wake up. It’s a cute and fun way to start my day!! 😛
I love this blog! I think it is perfect as is…..this is the most positive, inspiring blog on the web. Thanks for all of your hard work to keep this going, and for the killer workouts and healthy eating ideas. 🙂