Thanks for the sweet potato fries recipe! I made mashed sweet potatoes last week and still have several sweet potatoes left, so I’ll be preparing the rest using your directions :]

Top 3 healthy food or lifestyle items:

1. Bananas
2. Running Shoes
3. Google Reader (including your blog!) for inspiration!

I read all your posts via Google Reader, but no blog of my own… Good job on your Challenge!

holy hell i would love that giftcard but unfortunately don’t have a whole foods around me do you know if you can order food offline?! If so.. i totally want to enter this fab-o giveaway.. if not i suppose i’ll decline and increase the chances for some other very very lucky lady!

Top healthy foods: Food for Life english muffins, nonfat yogurt (oikos or TJ’s organic european style), bananas… and nut butters! (I know that’s 4, but I can’t live without them either ) Oh and you’re on my Google Reader already

Haven’t heard of that show… love those sp fries though

Top healthy food I can’t live without – Snap Pea Crisps (mmmmmmmmm), spicy tuna sushi with brown rice, and frozen mixed berry smoothies with low fat fro-yo.

Ok… um…
1. berries (any kind)
2. my yoga mat
3. my HUSBAND! He is a great health-and-fitness tool, always getting me to try new things.

Pick me pick me pick me!! Ah, alright – I will follow directions.

1a. Egg Beaters
1b. Banana’s
1c. Water
2a. Got you on my google reader
3a. Will link to you tommorrow!

I love sweet potato fries but have never thought of adding it to my omlette – very random combination but I’m intrigued!

I couldn’t live without:
1) My Running Shoes
2) Oatmeal
3) Almond Butter

And you are already on my reader. I will link to this on my post later and post again. What a great give away….I love Whole Foods!

TOP 3 healthy foods that I can’t live without: OATMEAL, HUMMUS, and BANANAS (lol of course I pick food items and not lifestyle items).

I’m going to try to figure out how to use Google Reader and add you – if not, I put you on my Blogroll. Does that count?

I’m going to link to you now.

First off, I watched a tidbit of “Dance You Ass of Off” last night and I tried to force myself to like it, but it was too cheesy.

YES! You are in my Google Reader, and now on to my can’t live without healthy foods:

1. Oatmeal
2. Blueberries
3. Lean Cuisine (yucky to some, but not to me)

Oh yeah!

Oooh! Top healthy foods are almond butter, sprouted grain english muffins, and almond milk. Yum Great giveaway – and you’re already on my Google reader!

1. running shoes
2. ipod
3. water

linked to my google reader

1. Is a personal trainer a lifestyle item? He’s so important to my fitness goals!
2. Apples. (specifically sliced gala apples with crunchy Smart Balance peanut butter)
3. Cereal. Any kind of cereal, it satisfies my sweet tooth at night when I would otherwise reach for ice cream.

You’re on my iGoogle home page already Annabel! I’ll get a link up and let you know.

My top three foods are boiled eggs (quick in a hurry), grape nuts, and oatmeal. Most people HATE grape nuts, but they are a great source of fiber with almost no sugar. Yum yum yum!!! I think I might eat some for breakfast!

Top 3 healthy food or lifestyle items:

1. My Crossfit trainers and gym!!
2. My Garmin 305 for my runs!
3. Almond Butter

Oh, forgot. I do read all your posts on my Google Reader. And sorry, but I don’t have a blog.

My Top Three:

1. Gym Membership
2. Peanut Butter (it satisfies my need for sweet)
3. Hot Teas (they keep me distracted from eating)

I already follow your blog in my reader. I’ll link to your contest in tonight’s post.

Thanks for your sweet, affirming words today. You can probably tell I was a bit bummed over the whole thing. xoxo

Can’t live without:
1–my elliptical
2–sweet potatoes (loved the post)
3–lowfat strawberry kefir from Trader Joe’s

I’m all subscribed and linked, and would LOVE the gift card!

You’re already on my Google reader! And I couldn’t live without:

1. running/gym shoes
2. yogurt (preferably fat-free Greek)
3. strawberries! (fresh in the summer or frozen in smoothies year-round)

I so want to see “Dance Your Ass Off” but I don’t get that channel! Maybe I’m not missing out on much

I could not live without:

1) bananas
2) Ipod shuffle for working out
3) avocados

My top three are:

1. My dogs – they force my lazy butt to walk – ALOT!
2. Soups – so many healthy ones to choose from, and they fill me up.
3. Veggie Chips – total potato chip junkie so these definatley help.

Have just added you to my google reader! Love the post!

Egg Whites (pretty good with spinach and low fat feta cheese from whole foods)
Tabasco (when you need a little flavor it’s a saver!)
My MBT’s that keep my leg/butt trim! (they are expensive but worth it)

Top 3 I can’t live without:

1. Turkey Bacon
2. Egg Whites
3. Special K w/ Protein

Mmmmmmmm turkey bacon and egg white breakfast sandwich.

Awesome giveaway! Things I cannot live without:

A. Running shoes/Zune
B. Fruit: typically plums, peaches, berries
C. Gigantic veggie filled salads.

I am working on revamping my yahoo reader with all the new blogs I read and you’re now on it.

I’ll link the giveaway soon.

Top 3 healthy food/lifestyle items I cannot live without:

1. 5:30am sunshine to get me outside and walking;

2. Woody Allen films to make me laugh (and to quote later only to laugh);

3. My CSA subscription to encourage me to EAT fresh, locally grown veggies. )

Top 3 healthy food/lifestyle items I cannot live without??

Apples with Peanut Butter!
Yoga *ahhhhh*
Fruit Salad (I know that could be misconstrued with the first, but I loves me some fruit!)

Also, I live in Whole Foods mecca (aka Austin, TX) and it would be a shame to not give me the card.. :p

Thanks for this great offer!

Whee! I love your blog. There, do I win?

Seriously, I did just subscribe (ding) and altho my “I Do Things So You Don’t Have To” format doesn’t allow for easy on-the-fly posting, I will list my three healthy items I can’t live without:

spinach (cooked or raw, in soups, omelets, salads, ANYthing)
olive oil
apples (the only fruit I like)

That omelet looks delicious, but I am not sure about the sweet potato fry bits.

1. rosted, fresh-ground almond butter (DIVINE on a banana)
2. sprouted grain cinnamon raisin bread (preferably toasted and slathered in almond butter)
3. fruit ( couldn’t pick one because I love them all so much! mango, papaya, figs, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries- the list goes on)

Hi Annabel.. LOVE SWEET POTATOES!!! Have done a similar recipe in the past but with different spices on it.. YUM!

Health/lifestyle choices can’t live without. Way too many but here is 3:

Weights
Good workout shoes
Lean protein

Check my post tomorrow.. I have you linked for this give away there.

What is Google Reader????

I make sweet potato fries like that too! But I use cumin and black pepper on mine, and parchment paper rather than Pam. Never thought of adding them to an omelet!

I’m going to Texas in August and to be honest the most exciting thing about it will be visiting Whole Foods for the first time ever. We don’t have them in my area of Canada.

Hi Annabel! Thanks for doing this!

My must haves…

1. Ezekiel tortillas
2. Pop Chips
3. My newfound love for Veggies

I’ve linked this post on my blog, and you are already on my google reader…

PICK ME!!!!

Hmmm.. top 3, eh?
The first one that sprang immediately to mind is peanut butter. After that it’s hard to choose, but I’d probably say black beans and apples. And avocado. And basil. And tomatoes.
I don’t have a blog or know what google reader is, but I’ll hope all the same….

Very cool giveaway. Here is your comment and I added you to my google reader.

Ok, my first comment sucked and left off the good part!! Here ya go:

1. Egg whites.
2. Turkey bacon/sausage/everything!
3. My ipod for workouts.

Almond butter, fruits and veggies, and tofu!! Oh and hummus! (I need to restrain myself cause I have way too many things I consider staples that I always make sure that I have in the house…I’ll stop there!:) -Monica:)

PS: Why does my name/website sometimes show up & sometimes not.. have not figured that out with your site…

Thx!

Jody – Fit at 51

I can not live without
1. Greek yogurt
2. Bananas
3. Peanut butter

HI! You are in my GOOGLE READER!! I get cranky if I am not fed, so I completely understand your blog title. 3 things?? Um well…
1. PB
2. Weights
3. spinach
Have a great day!

This post just got me SOOO excited!!!!! Top 3 health food items:

1. EGG WHITES
2. ALMOND BUTTER
3. SPINACH

You are already added to my google reader and I have made a special post just for your link :):):)

Top three…mp3 player, chicken breasts, new balance sneaks. These three get me thru most sit-e-ations

Hopefully you know you’re in my google….

And I loooove me some sweet potatoes! Living here in the south, I’m more familiar with its…slightly less healthy incarnations *cough, cough* pie/muffins/pie *cough, cough* But these recipes look yummy. I’ll have to give them a try

whole foods! my love!

top 3 things i can’t live without:

1. lentils, legumes, beans…etc.! oh man, these are my saviors!
2. turkey bacon
3. unique nut butters (sunflower seed, cashew, pumpkin seed, PISTACHIO! and honey roasted peanut…i LOVE the grind-your-own butters at whole foods!)

p.s. most certainly added to google reader!

Three things I cannot live without:
- Meal planning
- Lots of lemons & limes to add to water, salad dressings, pasta sauces – basically anything
- Workout DVDs to mix things up and to get in workouts on non gym days

I just found your blog, and I can’t wait to read more!

I just added you to my Google reader!

Top 3 Healthy Foods/Items:
1. Eggs
2. Almond Butter
3. Crossfit Gym Membership

I’m going to subscribe to you right now! My blog address is: http://marthasmoxie.freepressblog.org/

Oh man I love Whole Foods! One is finally opening close to me!

I haven’t seen the inside of a whole foods in what seems like ages!! Stupid economic recession…

My healthy addictions:

1) Natural nut butters
2) Cottage cheese (I know…a little weird)
3) Spinning classes

I have already linked the giveaway to my blog and added you to my Reader!

1. my dog – she makes me walk her every day – and she’s my buddy
2. fruit – it’s hard to pick one because whatever is in season seems to be my fave – right now it’s melon and cherries
3. eggs

Whole Foods…mmmm… count me in!

Healthy Addictions:

1. Running
2. All Berries & Pineapple… seriously… could live off it all!
3. My Asics

Alright now I’m off to add you to my reader and blast you on my blog! Thanks for holding the contest!!!

New here.. came over from Yum Yucky – what an awesome give away!

Just linked your give away on my page as conveniently enough I was talking about Free food at Whole Foods on my post today!

My top three healthy foods.

1. Sweat Potatoes
2. Almond Butter
3. Prairie Bread (Whole Foods Oraganic)

Christina
http://geegs23.wordpress.com/

Opps that would be.. sweet potatoes.. not sweat potatoes.. ha ha ha

Oh Boy. Whole Foods.
1) Fresh fruit!!!
2) good running shoes
3) Polar HRM

bottled water
strawberries
veggie burgers

Hi, (in no particular order…)

1. Dark Chocolate
2. My daily exercise sessions with my husband (walking/jogging partner = stress reliever)
3. Carpooling to work with my husband every day. If I didn’t have the ability to carpool with him every day it would seriously limit our time to connect with each other.

I’m adding you now to my blog and look forward to reading more of your posts.

Laughing cow cheese wedges
spiralized zucchini
Arnold sandwich thins!

And I’ve added you on my reader. Great website!

Cannot live without:

1. Fage 0% plain yogurt
2. Strawberries (eaten in conjunction with the Fage)
3. Brad and Linda (my trainers), who keep me moving even when I think I’m done!

Great contest!

1. fat free plain yogurt
2. spinach
3. almonds

The 3 things I cannot live without:

1. My better half – not only a great workout partner, but she was integral in helping me give up meat for good!
2. New Balance running shoes – vegan-friendly varieties AND wide widths. Comfy, too!
3. Bananas – they give me someplace to put my peanut butter.

Ooh top 3 health food items I can’t live without:

Fruit – many different kinds ‘cuz variety is the spice of lige
Tea – stops me over eating at night – I like to try different ones & herbal infusions
Weights – I may not run everyday, but I love weights, so I can easily do some kind of exercise at home.

I’m new here and delighted to have found your blog. (Love the “Before & Forever” label and wish I’d thought of it first.)

My top 3:
1) iPod Shuffle
2) Good quality sneakers (hugs my Asics)
3) Almonds

As far as contest conditions #2 and #3: happily completed!

1st – yes, yes, yes on the Dance Your Ass Off.
How can someone live in the same building as a free 24/7 gym plus have access to doctor, diatician, trainer PLUS learn a new dance routine each week & only lose a pound or two?
You can really tell who is working it & who is just…who knows what they are doing.
The dancing…oh my. I don’t know what to say about that other than like an accident on the highway it is really tough not to gawk for just a moment & think OMG

Okay, foods.
1) dried, unsweetened mangos
I don’t know why but I just love the flavor & 2 little pieces really *do it* when I need something sweet — and they aren’t even super duper sweet!
2) fat free yogurt
Love it with my Kashi in the morning – more filling than milk
3) Kashi Go Lean Crunch
Have it almost every morning. Stays with me, tastes good & has lots of crunch

Thanks for the giveaway!

I’ve already added you to my google reader (no small trick that, it didn’t automatically detect the feed when I hit my “subscibe” button) … came across you on another blog about a week ago.

Anyway, here are my three:

Organic, free range eggs– I need protein, and eggs are just the thing… except I’m allergic to the antibiotics most eggs are treated with.

Warm water therapy pool– When I started warm water therapy I couldn’t lift my legs high enough to go up the stairs and I walked with two canes. I gave the canes away a year ago, and now jog up stairs. I still do a minimum of 6 hours a week in the pool, usually 10, to keep strong and flexible.

Organic chicken (just about anything)– Sure, there’s a lot you can do with boneless, skinless chicken breasts (and I do!) but sometimes I like the option of throwing a chicken sausage on the grill or having a chicken burger instead of a hamburger.

Oh, and I’m adding that link now, please count all three entries!!!! I’d LOVE me some WHOLE FOOD!

LOVE Sweet Potato:)

3 foods/things I can’t be without:

1-WATER in my Tutti Frutti Pink bottle:)
2-My Greens…mainly raw spinach. I eat sooo much spinach that PopEye ain’t got nothing on me.
3-My Pink Polar HR monitor…It’s worn with EVERYTHING. Screw my rolex..i just want my pink polar!

Great Blog~

B

Three things I can’t live without:

1. Walking in the McMansionland hills near my house (great exercise, with bonus points for daydreaming about what *I* would do with That Kind of Money)

2. The Best Broccoli of Your Life: http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/11/the_best_brocco.html

3. My Fitness Coach for the Wii. There are days when the only exercise I can fit in is Maya, who has unnaturally broad shoulders and a penchant for terrible techno beats. Thanks, Maya.

Re: Dance Your A** Off, it *is* like a train-wreck, isn’t it? And yet, I’m still watching…

Just discovered your blog via Fab Kate- I’m really looking forward to reading through the archive!

3 things I need:

1) my bf (support)
2) internet (ideas and inspiration!)
3) wii fit (goal tracking and yoga ^_^)

1. My bike
2. nonfat Fage Greek Yogurt smothered with berries & ground flax seed
3. egg beaters followed by a low-sodium V8 chaser

Top 3 items: iPod, audible.com (for d/loading books), baby carrots. Off to fulfill conditions 2 and 3! Thank you for the giveaway. Love Whole Foods.

Your blog is now on my google reader. What a great discovery!

I cannot do without granola, 2% string cheese and fresh fruit! These are my go-to snacks and sometimes they even make up my lunch or dinner when I’m busy running around.

Awesome!

Top 3 lifestyle/health foods:

1) iPod – makes the world go ’round!
2) Cooking Light Subscription – best recipe ideas
3) Costco Membership – Makes all the good recipes happen!

You are already on my google reader!
And I am going to link back to my post tonight!

1) Clean Eating Magazine, which has great recipes.
2) My treadmill.
3) My Ipod (I hate walking or running without music).

And I just wanted to add a 4th thing, (4) My blender for making fruit smoothies.

PS: I’ve also added you to my Google Reader.

Healthy items?

1. Sigg Water Bottle *can’t leave home without it!
2. Canned beans- what? yes protein, cheap, quick and the possiblities are endless- burgers, rice dishes, etc. etc.
3. Good sneakers- sometimes going to the gym, yoga studio, popping in a DVD etc. seems daunting… but sneakers and 20 minutes around the neighborhood and you feel refreshed and healthier than ever!

1. water
2. Avocadoes
3. Fresh summer fruits

and i’ve now added you to my google reader

Three things I can’t live without for a healthy lifestyle are:
1) bananas – I sometimes feel like I could eat them for every meal and be happy
2) Zumba – This has keeps me looking forward to exercising every week. I don’t know what I’d do without my Zumba classes
3) HRM – I know exactly how many calories I’m burning and I try to push myself a little bit further every day because of it.

I’m adding you to me google reader right now!

Top 3 Healthy Foods I cannot live without:

1. Steel Cut Oats
2. Clif Bars
3. Apples

Three things – Fiber One Yogurt, Veg Refried Beans and sugar free maple syrup!
(Don’t use google stuff right now…so can’t link….sorry.)