On The Go Snacking (Giveaway)
Posted: August 26, 2011 at 1:00 pmThank you to LUNA Protein for providing me a LUNA Protein sample pack to review. The opinions I've expressed here are solely my own and represent my honest viewpoint.
News Flash – I’m a busy mom. A super busy mom. I won’t go through another full rundown of my daily routine in this post, but let me give you a glimpse into all that I carry on my plate right now:
- supporting my husband and enriching our relationship
- loving and caring for my children
- maintaining relationships with friends and family
- blogging and living out my dream/passion
- training for a half marathon
- facilitating two separate adult study groups in my church
- volunteering in M’s preschool
- studying to become a personal trainer
- having some fun along the way
I think busy mom just may be the understatement of the century. I juggle all of these things because I have four areas of my life in which I refuse to settle: my growth in my faith, my relationships with loved ones, my passion for blogging, and my personal health and well-being. Just because I have a million and one things to do in a day doesn’t mean I need to forget about caring for myself. And for someone who has battled binge eating in the past, part of caring for myself is making sure I fuel my body properly.
I try to ensure I sit down and take time for balanced meals at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But snacks? Those can pose a challenge. Those often require grab and go options as I head out the door to whatever madness awaits me next.
My preferred snacks will always be green smoothies (Chocolate Covered Strawberry por favor), yogurt bowls, handfuls of Love Grown granola, veggies and hummus, or fruit and peanut butter. When I need something fast, though, I resort to bars.
Recently I had the offer to try out the LUNA Protein bar line. I have loved the regular LUNA bars for a long time now and usually have a stash of them for emergency grab and go snacks. I know from experience that protein does help me feel fuller longer, so I welcomed the chance to try these out for my on-the-go hunger.
The bars come in five different flavors – Chocolate, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Mint Chocolate Chip, and Chocolate Cherry Almond. Each bar contains a dense, chewy center (that reminds me of cookie dough) surrounded in a light chocolate coating.
The bars contain 200 calories or less, 12 grams of soy and whey protein, and 3 grams of fiber. Other highlights I find in these bars:
- no artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup or trans-fats
- no ingredients from genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- gluten-free (recently updated to gluten free bars earlier this year)
Now for the verdict?
I really enjoyed the flavors and texture of the bars. The Chocolate Cherry Almond and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough were my favorites! The bars were pretty small, but I found they held me over as a snack just fine for a couple of hours between main meals. I will always strive to choose natural, whole foods over processed snacks – but I can definitely see me buying these again for when I need something fast on the go. Let’s face it…it’s a must to have such options as a mom of two young kids!
Would you like to try some of these bars for yourself? LUNA is offering to giveaway a pack containing each of the five bars plus an extra small prize to FIVE winners! More chances to win equals more fun in my book. So let’s get started! 
To enter this giveaway please leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry option.
- Leave a comment telling me what is your favorite grab and go snack OR which flavor you want to try of the LUNA Protein bars.
- For the Twitter lovers - Tweet the following: [ I’m trying to win this #cleverLUNA giveaway from @TinaFFF - http://bit.ly/pKHWt9 ]
- For the Facebook lovers – Like Faith Fitness Fun on Facebook or let me know if you already do!
US Residents only. One week to enter – ends Friday, September 3rd at 5 pm EST.
Please click here to learn more about LUNA Protein. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions are my own. #cleverLUNA
Tags: giveaway, healthy eating, motherhood, review
Love me some Luna bars 🙂 My favorite grab and go snack are either the White Macademia Nut Luna bar or a Vitatop–but i often need something in addition to feel complete–like a glass of almond milk, a fruit smoothie or a greek yogurt 🙂
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My favorite grab and go would either be some form of clif bar or larabar. I love the chocolate chip cookie dough luna protein bars 🙂
My go to snack lately is fruit. BUT Luna bars are the ONLY protein bars that I eat. I love them. They actually taste good!
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I’d love to try the mint!
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Yum! I love luna bars. I would choose the Mint Chocolate Chip bar. There is just something about that combo that I love!
The chocolate peanutbutter sounds delish!
I love Luna bars, they are my goto bar when I need a snack ro a small meal replacement, I love the Nutz over chocolate. i’ve yet to try the Luna protein bars!!
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Yum! My favorite on the go snack is homemade protein bars or peanut butter sammies 🙂
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Chocolate peanutbutter!!! (Sorry if this post is a duplicate)…
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My favorite to go snack is honey crisp apple, but I love the chocolate chip cookie dough bar from luna too!! I’m a big fan of the extra protein to keep me full longer!
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I’d love to try the mint chocolate chip luna bars. i always need a little somethign to get me through the home stretch of work and class! love kashi bars too!
The mint chocolate chip bar sounds yummy!
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My favorite on the go snacks are protein bars! My favorite right now is the cookie dough Balance bar, but I’ve never had Luna Protein.
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I love the Luna mini bars, especially as a pre-workout snack. I’ve been wondering about the protein versions, so it’s good to hear that you liked them. The cookie dough sounds extra appetizing.
I would love to try the cookie dough flavor! Honestly I’m not a huge fan of the regular Luna bars — but I’d be interested to see if their other varieties taste better. And you can’t go wrong with cookie dough!
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Oh those look so good! I would love to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter!
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I’m in my early twenties and my friends always make fun of my for bringing snacks everywhere…until they’re hungry. Fruit snacks and pretzels are my go to on the go snacks.
My favorite on the go snacks are bars, fruit or almonds!!
Oof! That mint flavor sounds pretty great 😀
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yum! the chocolate chip cookie dough bar sound delicious!
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My favorite grab and go snacks are apples and pistachios (or both!)!
I usually have homemade protein ‘cookies’ w/ me in a baggie to snack on. I’d love the cookie dough – yum!
Choco chip cookie dough for me!
I usually grab almonds for a snack on the go.
I love the Smores Luna Bars, they are a good snack. I also snack on apples a lot here at work. I can go through a bag of apples pretty quickly, in like a week even. Natural is good but bars are also a good snack if you’re on the go. I’d love to try any flavor of the Luna protein bar, but chocolate chip cookie dough sounds really good!
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I also tweeted the giveaway (I’m @ProudPatriot07)
Oh, I am all about the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!!! Wish they’d do Cookies ‘N Cream, though.
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I want to try them all..okay okay, PB first, the Cookie dough second 😉
I want to try Chocolate Cherry Almond 😀