FREE STUFF! Giveaway: Mix My Granola

Summer is a tough time for me to be good with my snacks.  The kids are home on summer vacation and there are more snacks in my house.  So our trips to the grocery store are a battle for me and for them to pick healthy snacks as well as ones they will enjoy and actually eat.  And with more time at the pool and picnics, I find more reasons to slip in special treats.  Looking back over the last few weeks, we have gone through Doritoes, special ice creams, Summer Oreos (oh my!), and many of grandma's cookies.   So, my last trip to the store, I started looking for just the right mix of ingrediants to make a healthy granola as an alternative to these junk food treats.  But, in the rush of the trip, I just didn't have the time to pick out a set of healthy ingrediants.

So imagine my delight later that day finding a site that specializes in customized granola.  Mixmygranola.com allows you to customize your own organic, all natural granola mix from more than fifty ingredients such as goji berries, chia seeds, almonds and organic soy beans. They even have recently added new Enhancers, like caffeine, acai powder, and pomegranate powder.  The site provides nutritional information on all the ingrediants and the final mix and ships it right to your home.  It's a dream come true for me - I get a healthy snack, exactly the way I want, and without tracking down all the ingredients in the store.

I thought this concept was so cool that I reached out to them to learn more about the founders, their idea and their product.  They have had many mentions from well known media like the Food Network, Glamour, and Womens Health but were excited to do a podcast with the Lounge and tell their story.   Take Matt, one of the founders of mixmygranola, on your next run and learn about him, the company and what they want you to see in their product.

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Mix My Granola wants to share their product with runners to have you see the difference the right food can make with your running.  They are offering two $20 gift certificates for our lucky winners this week.   To be eligible, you have a unique and enjoyable task - go to the www.mixmygranola.com site and ceate a customized Runners' Lounge Half Marathon Mix or a Runners' Lounge Marathon Mix in celebration of our two 20 week series focused on Half Marathons and Marathons.

After you have the ingredients determined, stop by the Runners' Lounge forum and tell us:

• what is in your mix,
• why/how you choose the ingrediants,  and
• the name.   

We will choose one mix as the signature Runners' Lounge Half Marathon mix and one as the Runners' Lounge Marathon mix and Mix My Granola will feature the mix on their website for other runners to enjoy.   Winners will be announced on Monday, June 29th.  How cool is that?!?!?

So get mixing and pick out something for yourself as well - your running will thank you for it!

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[dr dre beats]

Right now, I'm longing for the melting sun & exhausting heat. But, I'm sure I'll change my mind in a few weeks and I'll be wishing for the ice cold air & killer winds I wished away a few weeks ago.