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
My favorite grab & go is a piece of fruit, regular Luna, or Gnu bars!
The luna protein bars are awesome! I love the chocolate pb version!
The lemon one!.. or the PB cookie…
i would LOVE to try the mint chocolate chip. it’s my favorite ice cream flavor 😀
my favorite grab and go snack is yogurt. love it!
already like you on FB ♥ and i tweeted @acidentlydlish
I’d really love to try the Chocolate Cherry Almond bar!
just tweeted about the giveaway!
I already “like” Faith Fitness Fun on Facebook! 🙂
I would love to try the chocolate peanut butter flavor. Can’t go wrong with that combo!
My favorite on the go snack has always been a simple handful of almonds!
I like your FB page.
I already like your facebook page!! 🙂
Just tweeted about this giveaway! Now keeping my fingers crossed 🙂
http://twitter.com/#!/Happy_by_Nature/status/107221965349208064
I already ‘like’ it on facebook.
I’ve tried the chocolate peanut butter one, but would love to try to cookie dough!
My favorite “on the go” snack these days has been the super simple PB&J (half or whole) wrapped up to go. I’ve found myself craving things like that over bars lately, but as you said bars can be so convenient in a pinch and while traveling.
Chocolate peanut butter please! And my on the go snack is usually fruit or some nuts!
The chocolate chip cookie dough flavor sounds divine! I’d like to try that one first, then the other ones after 😉
I LOVE Luna Protein bars! Best thing – they are gluten-free! 🙂
I tweeted!
I’m a fan on Facebook
My favorite grab and go snack is a bag of nuts. But these would work, too 🙂
I like you on Facebook!
Cookie Dough flavor sounds delish, and I love that they’re gluten free!!
I think the cookie dough is the best. It tastes like a real treat!
I’d love to try the chocolate pb one!!
I just liked you on FB, too…..
LUNA is my favorite! I love their Chocolate Raspberry bars…they are just like brownies. I’ve tried the Choc Chip Cookie Dough protein bar and loved it…I think I’d love the Chocolate Peanut Butter one, too. 🙂
I like you on FB, obvi
Recent follower of your blog and I love it! I love all Clif products and would love to try the Chocolate flavor!!
I like you on FB 🙂 I even liked you in the old days on O2 – always inspiring!
[…] into my pillow. I think I just may do that too. I have a long run tomorrow and we all know that busy life I lead needs some good rest. PS – Did you catch the giveaway in that busy life post? Hint hint. […]
Tweeted!!
I like you on Facebook…but I like you a little more than that too 😉
I’d love to try the mint chocolate chip version!
I want to try the chocolate cherry almond flavor….lately my favorite snack has been chocolate dipped coconut luna bars!
I don’t just like you on facebook, I LOVE you! ;o) I would love to try the chocolate chip cookie dough bar! Bars are my definite go-to snack! Perfect to keep in the purse just in case the blood sugar drops a little too low!
I love luna bars! Though somehow I’ve never tried the protein one! Sound delicious.
I would try the chocolate chip cookie dough…bar none one of my favorite flavors.
I tweeted the giveaway (@rachelkyle0402)
I “like” you on Facebook 🙂
I already like you on Facebook!
I love the Luna Protein bars, but since I didn’t know there was just a plain chocolate flavor, I’m dying to try that one!!
i would love to try the chocolate flavor!
i tweeted!
I love the Cookie Dough flavor!
http://twitter.com/#!/vivalameaganx3/status/107252669684527104
I would love to try the chocolate cherry almomd flavor! Luna bars are amazing!
Give me chocolate please!
I liked you on FB too.
I have one of the cookie dough ones every day. Would like to branch out and try the mint chocolate 🙂
my snacks at work every day are a luna bar, banana, and whole grain goldfish.
happy weekend!