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
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I’d love to try the cookie dough flavor! These would be perfect for snacks to throw in my bag now that classes are starting up again.
I’d like to try mint chocolate chip
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I’ve tried the PB and loved it! My go to snack is almonds!
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I love having these types of things in my desk drawer for the 3pm munchies:) ALL the flavors look fantastic!
I’m a big fan of the Luna bars, especially the protein variety!
My favorite on the go snack is usually a bar or piece of fruit – anything that I can throw in the diaper bag and not make a mess.
My favorite snacks are almonds and cranberries, Larabars (but they can get expensive), pieces of fruit, and I do like Luna bars as well. I love snacks and usually eat at least 2 every day!
I’m a fan on Facebook 🙂
Oh and I like you on FB as well! Maybe I will have to sign up for twitter because it kind of looks like fun, but have resisted thus far.
Tina, you’re a rockstar! 🙂
I’ve actually never tried a Luna bar so I want to try all the flavors, especially if there is peanut butter involved. Right now my grab & go snack is usually a Gingersnap Larabar
I’d love to try the Chocolate Chip Cookie dough flavor–it sounds delicious! My grab and go snack is usually an apple or granola bar.
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I tweeted about your giveaway!
I would like to try the chocolate peanut butter please!
I want to try Cookie Dough! And my go-to snack is actually usually bars.
I love protein bars for on the go or grab and go fruit – bananas or apples!
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My favorite grab & go snack is roasted almonds.
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I would love to try this line!! The chocolate mint one would be my choice!
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I like Luna, Clif Mojo and Larabars for snacks.
I already like FFF on FB. That’s a lot of acronyms.
I’ve tried these before and like the cookie dough flavor too! My favorite grab and go snack is always a piece of fruit.
I love their regular bars! I’d like to try mint chocolate chip or cookie dough! 🙂
Favorite grab and go snack: either an apple, banana, or Larabar!
The cookie dough flavor looks amazing!! yum!
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Just tweeted! Thank you for this opportunity, Tina!
The chocolate peanut butter flavor would probably be my first choice, but honestly, they all sound yummy! My go to snacks are hard boiled eggs, Greek yogurt, and string cheese. I really need protein in my snacks because otherwise I am hungry one hour later.
I would love to try the mint chocolate chip one! YUM!
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Did I see a cookie dough Luna Bar?? SIGN ME UP!!! 🙂 P.S. I love all the changes and updates you’ve made to your blog, it looks AMAZING!!
I really would like to try to chocolate peanut butter flavor! mm mmm!
I would LOVE to try the cookie dough…b/c who wouldn’t like to eat a protien snack that tatses like cookie dough! 🙂
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Since I live on airplanes much of the time, I often bring a protein bar to tide me over in airports. How is the sugar content in these? I’d love to try the chocolate PB!
I would LOVE the chocolate chip cookie dough flavored Luna protein bar! Sounds yummy!
I also just “Liked” your Facebook page! I don’t know why I hadn’t done that already…
I’d love to try the cookie dough or mint chocolate chip! I am constantly carrying protein bars around as an emergency snack.
I already like you on Facebook. 🙂
Aaaand, I tweeted about the giveaway. 🙂
My favorite go to snack is mixed nuts or trail mix. I also tried to keep some boiled eggs in the fridge to grab and go.
my fav on the go snack is an apple and a handful of almonds!
Chocolate chip cookie dough sounds delicious. These would be a perfect go-to snack for between classes.
I always have us stocked up on homemade granola…and I usually grab a little handful when I need a pick-me-up. 🙂 Thank you for the giveaway Tina!
I think they all would be good but cookie dough would be my pick.