I have some fun news to announce. At the end of this month, I’m jetting off to Chicago for Tropicana’s “Get Your Fruit On!” weekend. I’ll be joining about 10-15 other health and fitness bloggers at Tropicana’s headquarters to learn more about the company and its healthy living and sustainability efforts. In addition, I’ll be joining some roundtable discussions where I can interview Tropicana execs and other guest speakers.
I’m really looking forward to it, and it’s a great chance for me to mingle with the Tropicana folks and the other healthy-minded bloggers from around the country.
I’ll be doing some live-blogging and picture-uploading from the event, so look out for that. Chi-Town, here I come!
Free Fruit Baskets
In the meantime, Tropicana is allowing me to give away four “Get Your Fruit On” baskets to my readers. Here’s a picture of the basket which includes: 1 64-oz carton of Tropicana Pure Premium No Pulp, 1 12-oz bottle of Tropicana Pure Premium No Pulp, 1 8-oz serving Tropicana glass, and a variety of fruits (looks like apples and oranges).
Submit your entry to win one of the 4 baskets by leaving a comment in this post with your answer to the following question:
What’s your biggest challenge to eating healthy?
All entries must be submitted by Wednesday, July 29 at 11:59pm EST. The 4 winners will be chosen at random and notified by email. If you win, I’ll need your name and address to give to Tropicana so they can send you the refrigerated basket.
Update: The four winners have been chosen and were notified by email. Thank you all for participating!
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Time. I am always too busy, and I really struggle to make time to go grocery shopping (preferably at a health food store which are not close to me), prep/store the food, and then actually cook healthy meals during the week. Frozen meals and eating out are my usual backup plan, and these typically are not healthy alternatives.
Congratulations on this recognition, Laurel!
Finding organically grown food and organically raised chickens remains a challenge.I have a marvelous farmer’s market in my town—in the summer.However the real challenge is during the winter. How does one “eat locally” in Ohio in the winter ? Frozen and canned veggies and dried legumes,soups and warm bread are pleasant—for a while. Fresh fruits and veggies from across the world are delicious in the coldest months. We struggle with our conscious and wait for harvest time in Ohio.
my biggest challenge is honestly my husband just when i get myself on the right track he likes to bring home my favorite donuts, candy whatever, all out of love and thoughtfulness but sometimes such a hinderance.
Hi Laurel, I’d love to be included in the drawing! Congratulations too in being a part of such an interesting blogging event.
To answer your question; my biggest problem is snack cakes, pies, and various deserts. I have always had a wild craving for baked deserts. To this day even with my blogging I indulge more than one might think. I have fought this by simply limiting the quantity of my indulgences. I still believe it’s OK to eat stuff that’s bad for you as long as it’s in moderation.
Its not as popular or as accessible as unhealthy meals, so I forget that a healthy meal is an option. If they were advertised and packaged with a gimmick then I would be more prone to seeking it out on my lunch hour.
Thank you for your comments everyone! Keep ‘em coming!
The biggest challenge to eating right is the prices. Alaska has the highest prices on food period. I have to shop for the sale items and it is not always what’s healthy. I do try to remember to, “eat to live rather than live to eat.”
I will have to agree with Erica. I just started my diet and my husband brings me breakfast this morning. But I ate it anyway of course! I would love to have some fruit. The basket looks great. Hope that you have a great trip!!
Cravings – My biggest problem by far is craving things that are just not healthy. Pizza for instance. I can spot a pizza place at 65 miles per hour on the freeway. I’m two weeks pizza sober though so I’m hoping for the best! I love your site by the way – it’s my first time here.
Nick
My biggest problem is finding afforable organic and healthy foods.Most things that are good for you tend to cost a bit more. And as a single mother of 4 every penny counts.I do grow as much of my own vegetables as I can during the summer which helps.
Thank you again for the comments!
I plan to use some of your answers to help write some new blog posts in the near future. Stay tuned.
Hi Laurel,
I am going on the Tropicana weekend too! I thought I’d visit your blog and say hello before we meet in person. I won’t arrive till super late on Friday, so I’ll see you Saturday morning
Michelle
Time, money and a deep and abiding love of carbs.
Love to find new resources to keep me motivated – good blog!
Those are beautiful baskets. Have fun at the weekend!!
~Mary
I am addicted to everything that tastes bad, and I think if I learned how to cook things that were healthier I would do it more. Food always tastes better when you cook it yourself.
My biggest challenge with healthy eating is keeping all the elements of my life in balance with proper “nutrients” of exercise, spirituality and creativity, so that the “food” food digests properly. It is amazing (and usually gross) what I want to put in my stomach when I am stressed or upset.Finding a healthy alternative doesn’t even enter my mind when I am in that mode. Also, cheese. Cheese is my challenge to eating healthy. And finding time in the day to drink more water to cleanse my body…okay, so my list is long
But I am working on it.
We are truly what we eat and it’s vital that we choose our food wisely coupled with sensible exercise.