thursday’s theme and a blend for blend

Thank God it’s Thursday!!  That means it’s almost Friday, which means it’s almost the weekend!  This week has been a doozy for us!  Anyone else?

Before I get into the Tuesday Trainer theme, I have to ask for your help (don’t worry, it’s a fun kind of favor!).

Nuts About Granola is this awesome company (run by healthy living bloggers), that sells all sorts of granola flavors (they have one called CARROT CAKE!!!) and focuses on all-natural, organic products!  They also happen to be BLEND sponsors!

That just makes them cool to begin with!  What’s even cooler is that they are creating a custom blend of granola for the BLEND swag bags!!!  (are you dying at the word play there?!?! A custom blend for BLEND?!!?  I die!)

This is where I need your help!!  YOU get to pick the ingredients!!

Just go here to take the survey!

The Fine Print – Votes will be collected between March, 15 2012 beginning at 12:00am and April 15, 2012 ending at 12:00pm. The winner of each category will be used to create the custom blend.
The new flavor will debut at the 2012 BLEND Retreat.  All retreat attendees will receive a free sample of the flavor as well as a discount code they can use themselves and/or pass along to their readers to purchase the flavor online at www.NutsAboutGranola.com.  The new flavor will be available for sale to the general public beginning Monday, May 7, 2012.

I just love this idea!!  Thanks, Lauren and Sarah for thinking it up!  And remember, even if you can’t make it to the retreat, you can still vote and buy this granola when it goes on sale to the general public!!

Moving on…

As I told you on Tuesday, we’re resting this week!  Which means that the theme is “Meet Your Trainers”.

We “rest” every 4 weeks or so and answering these questions gives us a chance to vlog about our likes/dislikes and experiences.  I happen to love these weeks!  The questions that you’ll need to answer were submitted by fellow bloggers.

THE QUESTIONS:

Jess, at Blonde Ponytail, wants to know:

**Do trainers prefer personal training or group instruction and why?

Heather, at Better with Veggies, asks:

**What inspired you to start working out?
**What would you tell a friend who says they don’t have time to be active?

Mrs. Cotter Crunch wants you to tell us:

**What is your most embarrassing workout story?

And I want to know:

**What team do you pick to win the NCAA Championship?

Fun, fun, fun!  Here’s my “Meet Your Trainer”:

Some helpful guidelines:

• If you’ve never participated in Tuesday Trainer, you can still submit a “Meet Your Trainer”!! Anyone can participate – blogger or not!
• Don’t afraid to be yourself!
• Wear comfy clothes.
• Try not to ramble on – submissions should be no more than 4-5 minutes long.
• If you do blog, remember to introduce yourself and your blog.

***DEADLINE for submitting moves is Monday night, the 19th, at 8pm EST. Again, go here to learn how to upload your video!***

QUESTION:  If you were creating a custom “blend” of your three favorite foods, what would it look like?  ME –> Brownies, chicken pot pie, and sunflower butter soufflé.  Annnnnd that sounds disgusting.

**Don’t forget – go take the Nuts About Granola survey!**

splendid…lindsay