and the winner is...

I did the whole random.org thing again (so much easier than names in a hat!) and there is now an officialy winner to my Ellen and Portia book giveaway!!!
I'm thrilled to announce that it's someone who I've known through the blogging and Weight Watchers world for a long while, and who I consider a friend.  :-)

...and the winner is......................










Cyn from TheChunkyGoddess.com!

If you don't already read her blog, you should definately check it out.  She's REAL.  And has awesome shoes.  And takes really amazing pictures. 

(I didn't get permission to use this photo... Oops!)

YAY!

Cyn, please email me your mailing address and I'll get these out to you (through Amazon) soon.
leahthekindweightwatcher@gmail.com

Everyone else, thanks for entering!  I will do another giveaway soon enough, so don't be too sad that you didn't win this time around.  :-)

I promise to do a "real" post again soon, but for now I have to get back to studying.

Ellen and Portia BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!

There are very few celebrity relationships that I look at adoringly, and Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi make that list.  They are just so darn cute together, and seem to be ridiculously happy, devoted, and committed.  I love those two!

True love

Anyway, I have been truly inspired not only by their relationship, but also by their books.  Yes, they are both successful authors!  Ellen has written three books, all hilarious.  Her most recent book, "Seriously...I'm Kidding" also has many good life lessons within.  I got it as a Christmas present from my amazing bro. 

Portia's book, "Unbearable Lightness" is a wonderful read about her eating disorders, both the experience of going through anorexia and bulemia as well as her journey to recovery.  It's an important book to read, especially if you know someone with an eating disorder and would like some insider info on what they may be going through.  It was VERY real to me, and many of the "crazy" thoughts within this book are thoughts that I have had many times, and it was great to read about someone else's journey.

Anyway, I have decided to do an Ellen and Portia BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!  1 lucky winner will receive a copy of both books.  :-)

Rules to enter: 

1) You must follow my blog.  I mean, you must be one of the people who follow through either Blogger or Google, and your name needs to be in the list over THERE --->; where it currently says I have 200 followers. 

2) You must have a delivery address in the continental U.S.  I hate having this rule, but I'm a poor student right now and have to cut shipping costs!  Hopefully in the near future I'll open another giveaway to everyone.

3) You must leave a comment in this entry, letting me know which of the following below you have done.  :-)

How to earn entries:

1) For 1 entry (mandatory), follow my blog through google or blogger!

2) For 2 additional entries, "like" my facebook page

3) For 2 additional entries, link to this giveaway on Twitter.

4) For 3 additional entries, link to this giveaway on your blog or Facebook!

5)  For 2 additional entries, link to this giveaway on another website of your choice (Pinterest, Reddit, etc.)

That's a total of 10 possible entries for each of you!  I will  draw the winning name on the evening of Wednesday, February 8. 

Good luck!!!!  I hope that I get lots of entries.  :-)

P.S.  If you already own one of these, go ahead and enter anyway, and I will give the book that you don't own to a second winner. 

150 Followers GIVEAWAY - the WINNER!!!

I made a spreadsheet of all the entries, and was impressed with how many of you got the maximum 10 entries!  I think that almost everyone earned more than 1 entry, so THANK YOU to all who follow my blog and all who did everything else, including linking to my blog on your blog, Facebook, and Twitter. 

I love my blog readers!  You guys rock. 

Anyway, I don't have the energy to do a cutesy or creative winner post (still feeling under the weather, but a little better than yesterday!), so I will just tell you that according to random.org (and I agree!) the winner of my 150 Followers Giveaway is................



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Dana Jill Love!

Congratulations to Dana!!!!!

Dana, please email me at leahthekindweightwatcher@gmail.com to let me know your shipping information as well as your choices for a book and a DVD.

Thanks to all who entered, and I will be doing another giveaway at 250 followers. 

150 Followers GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!

Before I get to the giveaway, let me just let you know what's been going on with me, just for those of you who are curious and who have asked.  ;-)

First, I've been out of town since Friday, which is one reason that I've been away from my blog.  The second (and biggest) reason that I've been away is that I have not been doing too well with my eating for about a week now. 

And because A (eating poorly) always leads to B (feeling like crap), I just have been very unmotivated to blog.

But today I'm back to both healthy eating AND blogging, so I'm feeling great!  Woo-hoo!

Anyway, now that I've made you read that, here's the GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

It will be very simular to my "100 Followers GIVEAWAY" in that you get to choose your prize and the same 4 books will be options.  But I'm adding some DVDs to the mix and you get to choose both a book and a DVD!!!  I know, right?  WOW.

Note: U.S. entries only right now.  Maybe eventually I'll go international, but for now, I have to stick with the USA due to shipping costs. 

The winner will get 1 book and 1 DVD of their choice.  Woo-hoo!

Here are the options for books, copied straight from my first giveaway-

1) The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone
2) Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnuoin
3) PETA's Vegan College Cookbook
4) Intuitive Eating by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole

And the three DVD options are here.  * Note that I have never used the 30 Day Shred, but I figure that there are so many positive reviews for it out there that it's okay to give away without a personal endorsement!  Plus, if the winner wants to choose it, then maybe I'll order myself one too and we can Shred together!  Awesome. 

 The Firm Weight Loss System: Ignite Calorie Burn

(Here's a link to my review of this DVD.)

 Crunch Fat Burning Dance Party!

(Here's a link to my review of this DVD.)

Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred

Okay, now for the FUN PART!  Here's how to enter.   As promised there are more chances to win this time!

1) Mandatory entry- Follow my blog! (for 1 entry)



2) Like my blog's Facebook page (for 2 more entries)

 

3) Link to my giveaway in your blog or on Facebook! (for 3 more entries)

 

4) Link to my giveaway on Twitter and mention me @LeahKNew but not required to follow me because I tend to retweet a lot of political stuff and celebrity gossip.  I know, I know... (for 4 more entries)

5) One more mandatory thing to mention- YOU MUST leave a comment on the giveaway, telling me which things you've done in #1-#4. 

 

That's a total possibility of 10 entries per person!  YAY!!!  :-) 

 

The winner will be announced Wednesday August 10th in the evening.  You can enter up until 5 p.m. central time on August 10.

 

Okay, let the entries begin!

pssst...

I just got my 150th follower!!!    YAY!!!

This means that it's time for my next giveaway.  I will be putting it together this week, so be looking out for it! 

hint:  It will probably be shockingly simular to the last one, but with more chances to win, plus a little something extra!


***EDITED TO ADD: Life is pretty busy right now, so this giveaway will happen next week, not this week!  Thanks for understanding.  :-)

And the winner of the 100 Followers Book Giveaway is...

Before I share the results,  I thought that I'd walk you through my extremely hi-tech drawing process.  First, there was the sophisticated entry database:

Ready to go in the hat...

Here I am in my lucky Memphis Grizzlies hat which became the "drawing hat" for this event.  I'm crossing my fingers for you because I really want YOU to win!

The drawing...

And the winner is:

Shabby Chic Mom - Susie!!! 

 Congratulations Susie!  You are the winner of my very first giveaway!  YAY!!!!!  Email me your shipping address at newgilmore@gmail.com and you'll receive your copy of PETA's Vegan College Cookbook very soon.  :-)

To everyone else- Thank you so much for entering the giveaway!  I plan to do a simular giveaway when/if I get to 150 followers, so be sure to keep on following and maybe you'll be the winner next time.  ;-)  Of course... *sniffle*... you're all winners in my heart and I wish that I could give every one of you a book! 



100 Followers!!!!! BOOK GIVEAWAY (your choice!)

Okay, I'm pretty stoked to have just reached 100 followers!

As promised, I am going to do a giveaway to 1 lucky reader.

I thought that I'd give the winner of this giveaway options.  I also decided to cut out the "middle man" and to order from Amazon or Borders.com and have whichever book you decide on shipped directly from there to you!

YOUR CHOICES for giveaway-

1) The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone
2) Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnuoin
3) PETA's Vegan College Cookbook
4) Intuitive Eating by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole

Here's how you enter:

1) For one entry- Leave a comment on this entry.  Please include your email address in the comment.  Also let me know which book you want if you win! -THIS PART IS MANDATORY, since it's the only way that I can think of to keep track of the entries!  Leave that comment, folks.  ;-)
2) Link to this giveaway on your blog for 3 more entries!  Please let me know that you did this in your blog comment, too...
3) Follow this blog for 2 more entries!!  Whether or not you already follow, please let me know in your comment.

GOOD LUCK!  And thanks for following and reading my blog.  :-)

Entries will be closed in one week, on June 1st.  Winner will be announced June 2nd!!!