Contest Winners Announced!

Yep. This is the test of my time management skills. Not to see how good they are but to prove how HORRIBLE they are!

You see, I am crazy. I've elected to go to graduate school, continue working my day job, continue this blog, two other part-time jobs and...oh yeah...the kids, dog and cat. Them too.

So all that is to say three things:

1. I'm going to work hard to ensure nothing slips through the cracks over here but please understand if I go quiet from time to time!
2. If I seem to have forgotten about announcing a giveaway or anything else I promised...I probably have forgotten. And it's 100% ok to remind me! (I'm going to try hard not to forget.)
3. But you guys encourage me so much so as always I say thank you! And keep reading!

Anyhoo, the order of the day is to announce TWO contest winners from the past few weeks. Stay tuned later today for my next giveaway (which, blessedly, is automated and not dependent on me to ship ANYTHING so it should all go on schedule!). 

The Will Power Challenge

I asked you guys to abstain from doing one thing for one day a few weeks ago. This was an interesting experiment as it showed me that we, as a population, tend to be highly motivated. Most folks wanted to go for more than one day or made goals that are longer-term. Much as I love you all for your energy, if you remember the expert who taught the session on will power said it's a muscle you build up! So if you are looking to exercise it, I'd highly advise gradual training. I think this is how we, as a population, can sometimes shoot ourselves in the foot. We want so badly to do it right that we skip steps 1-9 and go straight to 10! Baby steps. Still, so many folks took part and I promised one of you would win some of my OAC swag. And that person is:

Kelly Rae!!! 
(Comment #9 on the will power blog post)

If that's you please email me at bariatricfoodie@yahoo.com with your mailing address to claim your prize!

The "Bariatric Foodie Guide to Perfect Protein Shakes" Amazon Review contest

These will be on-going for...I dunno...forever. I'll do them in cycles. The concept is simple. If you bought my shake book, leave an Amazon review! It can be a good review, a bad review - I just want honest reviews! I do read the reviews but I do not exclude anyone from the drawing (so that is to say you can still win even if you say my book sucks!). Everyone who has left a review since the book's publishing is eligible for every drawing, with the exception of someone who has won before.

The prize at stake, again, is some of that awesome OAC swag! I ended the last entry period on August 31 and this cycle's winner is:

Jules!!! 
(Username on the Amazon review)

If that's you please email me at bariatricfoodie@yahoo.com with your mailing address to claim your prize!

There...now that I'm all caught up on reviews I can forge ahead into my next giveaway! Watch for the blog post later on this afternoon!