7,000 Facebook fans juice fest giveaway!

Time for another giveaway!  The ol' Facebook page has reached (close enough!) 7,000 followers and I am thrilled!  This giveaway is a fun one, too! Since I did the 7 day juice feast to celebrate the 7,000 fans, I thought it would be fun to do a juice-themed giveaway. I will be doing separate blog reviews on all of these awesome companies, but just know that these are TOP OF THE LINE, amazing products.  Cuppow is blowing my mind with their mason jar line of products. Endless possibilities there. Strawesome's glass straws are superior quality and I love mine so much. It's pretty and very durable and FUN!  The Juice Master book "Lose 7 pound in 7 days" is full of great tips for anyone considering adding juicing to their lives, whether as a fast, or just as a fresh way to start the day.  And, Atom Acres is a Fort Wayne company, so I am proud to include a farm that uses organic, sustainable practices to their produce that is right here in my own home town.

Please take some time to check out each other their pages and support these wonderful companies.

For the Grand Prize winner:

1 Jason Vale Juice Master book "Lose 7 pounds in 7 days"

1 Strawesome Straw (artisti's choice)

2 Cuppow jar attachments

1 Whole to Healthy Juice Plan

For one LOCAL (fort wayne area) winner:

1 bag of Atom Acres fresh produce

2 Cuppow jar attachments

1 Jason Vale Juice Master book "Lose 7 pounds in 7 days"
(NOTE: Local winner will be chosen separately from this drawing)

**There will be 18 additional winners of the Jason Vale book that will be drawn randomly after the first two prizes are drawn.**

Good luck!

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Arnold Schwarzenegger walks into a juice bar...

If you follow my facebook page, you already know that I'm planning to do a 7-day juice fast in honor of reaching 7,000 fans.  There will be a big, juicy giveaway too, which I'm very excited about! I always feel like Oprah when I do giveaways!  YOU GET A JUICER!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!! <bitches be faintin>

But, I digress.  Another, more serious, reason that I want to do this juice fast is because I've had a minor health scare. Or major, depending on how you look at it.  I have an under active thyroid that I've kept in check with Armour Thyroid for about 15 years, but recently my doc said my TSH levels were too high, while the other numbers were in normal range.  He suspects something might be going on in the pituitary gland. The word tumor may have been mentioned.  I just keep pretending I'm Ahnuld and saying, "It's NOT a toomahhh," like the mature adult that I am.  But seriously.  It may just be a blood clot or something, so why freak out? Anyway, he wants to do an MRI. I want a month to fix it "my way", which is what led him to call me a pain in the ass.  He loves me. He really loves me.

My reasons for not wanting to do the MRI right away are:
a) the MRI will cost me about $450 (my insurance is just pretending to be insurance)
2) I am not convinced the labs were accurate, because I feel fine
D) if they found a tumor, I'd still want to do a juice fast to hopefully cure myself anyway
iii) I'm a pain in the ass

The plan: Do a 7 day juice fast with the hopes of actually making it much longer.  Preferably 15 days or more. Eat mostly raw after. Focus on other detox methods (dry brushing, lymph massage, etc) and then appease the doc with the MRI and probably a new TSH blood draw. Cross fingers.

So, while a juice fast isn't for everyone, and I have a seriously horrible track record with juice fasting, this is the best option that I feel I have right now. I know many of you will write to me and disagree or have other options, but I've been instinctively drawn to juice fasting for a long time now.  This is the right time. And to make sure that I don't completely bail on this like I did last time, I have a genius plan.  And I mean, GENIUS.

This time I will plan ahead.  I know! Genius.
This time I will enlist a buddy!  Genius, right?!?!?!
This time...wait for it.....I am spending the first 3 days of  the fast at an amazing, peaceful, relaxing, gorgeous lake cottage! No one to cook for!  No food except produce to juice!
G-E-N-I-U-S.

I can't guarantee more than 7 days, but I can guarantee that I will at least make it past the dreaded first 3 days!  From what I hear, if you can make it past 3 days, it's smooth sailin'. And, this time I have the ok from my doc *and* a juice expert on standby to help walk me through any bumps.  I wasn't fooling around when I said my plan was genius.

Juice fast starts August 20th. Everyone is welcome to join.  I am still figuring out recipes and menu, but keep watching the facebook page for details. I'll be working closely with a local farm, too, which I am very excited about!  Nothing like juicing fresh from the garden, organic goodies!

And the giveaway is going to be B-A-N-A-N-A-S! <jumps up and down> Take THAT, Oprah!


*PLEASE NOTE: I am in NO way suggesting anyone attempt to cure their cancer/tumors/anything that ails ya with a juice fast. This is just my gut instinct. Consult your own doctor. Consult your own gut.  Make the right choice for YOU.  Be well. <3

4,000 FIERCE FANS Giveaway!!

Happy 4,000th LIKE to us!!  We absolutely love all of our fans sooo much, that we're offering this seriously awesome Fierce Forward bracelet as a prize! 

Ashley at Fierce Forward is the coolest chick around, and has a very inspirational story. She has so much to offer and is really making a mark on the world!  Watch out for her, because I predict she will be a huge name someday.  

She's also the real deal. The beads she uses for her bracelets are fair trade and the little bag that each one comes with is made of 100% recycled burlap. How fitting, for this Earth Day!  <3

And, if all of that wasn't enough, she's from my own state of Indiana!  We're practically sisters now!  Ha!

So, for real, enter to win this awesome dealio, and if you don't win get your butt over to her page and buy yourself one.  I adore mine!  I have three!  A black lava bead bracelet with a "Strength" charm, the "Less Sugar" and the "Eat More Greens" bracelets.  Each of those have a tiny little Fierce Forward logo dangling from them.  I love to mix and match my bracelets. I wear one at a time, or in a stack like this:

The rafflecopter is pretty self explanatory, but ask me any questions if you're not sure!  The more options you choose, the more chances you have of winning, so share/tweet and LIKE away!

Good luck!!  And, keep in mind that this is for U.S. addresses only.  Sorry to the international peeps, but shipping is pricey, yo!

I probably won't do another giveaway for awhile.  Maybe for 10,000!  Oh, what fun that will be! I love planning these giveaways and trying to find the most amazing things for you guys to try.  So, hopefully 10,000 comes soon!

Now, go WIN this!  xoxo








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What's in Christy's Kitchen giveaway/Anniversary/3000 Fans!

Well, well, well!  Here we are!  I've been talking about this giveaway for a few months now, and it's finally here! I am super excited about this one, too.  Not only is it called "What's in Christy's Kitchen" and represents typical foods found in my kitchen, but it has some of my very, very favorite companies in it.

To start with, I will be drawing not one, but TWO lucky winners!  What do you win?  Well let me tell ya!

Grand prize winner will receive:
1 Omega Juicer (Model number BMJ390B)
1 sample size bag Simply Hemp Milk
1 bag Rockin' Wellness
3 sample packs of Foods Alive raw flax crackers
Sample packs of new Super Food butters from Artisana foods
8 oz bag of Hemp seeds from Nutiva
1 package Sea Tangle kelp noodles
A few recipes from me!

Runner up winner will recieve:
1 bag Rockin' Wellness
3 sample packs of Foods Alive raw flax crackers
Sample packs of new Super Food butters from Artisana foods
8 oz bag of Hemp seeds from Nutiva
A few recipes from me!


This is so great!  I feel just like OPRAH!  Well, maybe not quite, but VERY CLOSE!!  :)

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