prize-related stories
Giveaway Reminder - Emerita Skincare and a Stylish Bonus
When you're healthy, it shows. However, it's not just your muscles you need to take care of -- what about your skin?Luckily for all you fabulous 40+ ladies out there, this week's Fit Beauty giveaway is a fabulous assortment of Emerita skin care products, all formulated specifically for your skin. Because, let's face it -- wrinkles aren't the only skin issue women of a certain age face, right?
This really is a fantastic prize, valued at about $280. Even if it's not something you need for yourself, I bet you have a mom, aunt, neighbor, or someone else who would just love to find these products under her tree. Am I right? So head on over and enter -- it's super easy, and it just might be your lucky day!
Giveaway - Win Some Cool Shoes From KEEN Footwear
KEEN Footwear offers some of the coolest most comfortable fashions for everything from long hikes to date nights. KEEN shoes are fun, sporty, and versatile and you may just be able to score yourself a free pair! In fact, if you win the giveaway, you could win anything on the KEEN website. Socks, shoes, purses, laptop bags and backpacks are up for grabs.
Oh ... and entering is ridiculously easy. All you have to do is visit KEENFootwear.com and decide which pair of shoes you like best and then write in this comment section which style you love and what you would want to go do in them.
And just so nobody walks away feeling like a loser, KEEN has offered That's Fit readers a special promo code to get free shipping on anything you purchase. That code is FITFREE and you deserve every penny that you save!
Keep reading for official Giveaway Guidelines ...
Get More Stylish Giveaways at Holidash
I know how much you guys love giveaways. I love them too. And if I could, I would give something away to you every day. And while I can't, I can send you in the right direction. Allow me to introduce you to the Season of Schwag with Holi and Dash over at our holiday sister site, Holidash.Monday's giveaway featured a gorgeous Lilly Patent Flower Tote and a Croc Elite Posse Pouch, and yesterday's giveaway was for the sweet Adidas adiSTAR Rides sneakers you see up there on the right. You have until Friday to enter for the purse, and Saturday to enter for the shoes, but there's more. So. Much. More.
Holidash will be hosting a giveaway every day through Christmas, and we are talking about some amazing prizes. And it's not like you have to pick and choose what you enter to win -- you can check back every single day! There will be something for literally everybody, so get over there now and start entering to win.
Giveaway Reminder - Gracie's Gear Hoodie
Finding yourself a bit chilly when you go for a run these days? Forget that bulky sweatshirt -- get yourself a stylish hoodie that not only keeps you warm, but wicks away sweat while you work out. And, we've got just what you need -- a fabulous hoodie from Gracie's Gear.We're giving this prize away now for this week's Fit Beauty, but you only have until tomorrow to enter. It's a great prize by a fantastic company -- any lady would be lucky to have this in her closet.
Seriously, why are you still here? Go enter now!
What is Jorn's Secret to Beating Back Pain and Dropping Tons of Weight?
That's Fit Club, Diet & Weight Loss, Reviews & Products
That's Fit Club is our feature devoted to you, the reader! We have all learned so much on our paths to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from and inspire each other! That's Fit Club members are constantly working to better themselves. Some are perfect; some are not. But all have health on the mind. Besides showing you off, we want to reward you for all of your hard work! Everlast and Everlast Woman are giving gorgeous workout T-shirts to each featured member! To join, please send Fitz your answers to these questions with a photo of yourself. Time for you to be the motivator!
Name: Jorn
Age: 38
Occupation: "Tech Things"
How often do you exercise? Three to five days a week.
What type of exercise do you do? Resistance work; I hope to get back to TaeKwonDo soon.
What gets you to work out, even when you're feeling lazy? 1. Knowing that I have never, ever, ever said to myself, "Gee, that workout sucked. I shouldn't have exercised today." 2. Back fat. Ewww. 3. Most people peg me for being 10-15 years younger than I am. That didn't happen when I was fat a few years ago.
How did Shannon Jack Lose 55 Pounds?
That's Fit Club, Diet & Weight Loss, Reviews & Products
That's Fit Club is our feature devoted to you, the reader! We have all learned so much on our paths to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from and inspire each other! That's Fit Club members are constantly working to 
better themselves. Some are perfect; some are not. But all have health on the mind. Besides showing you off, we want to reward you for all of your hard work! Everlast and Everlast Woman are giving gorgeous workout T-shirts to each featured member! To join, please send Fitz your answers to these questions with a photo of yourself. Time for you to be the motivator!
Name: Shannon Jack
Age: 32
Occupation: Child Care Provider
How often do you exercise? Four to five days a week
That's Fit Club: Christian Mayoros
That's Fit Club, Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness
That's Fit Club is our feature devoted to you, the reader! We have all learned so much on our paths to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from and inspire each other! That's Fit Club members are constantly working to better themselves. Some are perfect; some are not. But all have health on the mind. Besides showing you off, we want to reward you for all of your hard work! Everlast and Everlast Woman are giving gorgeous workout T-shirts to each featured member! To join, please send Fitz your answers to these questions with a photo of yourself. Time for you to be the motivator!
Age: 39
Occupation: Computer Systems Architect
How often do you exercise? Three or four times a week.
What type of exercise do you do? Running, biking, and weights.
That's Fit Club: Janeen Glenn
That's Fit Club, Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness, Nutrition & Supplements
That's Fit Club is our feature devoted to you, the reader! We have all learned so much on our paths to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from and inspire each other! That's Fit Club members are constantly working to better themselves. Some are perfect; some are not. But all have health on the mind. Besides showing you off, we want to reward you for all of your hard work! Everlast and Everlast Woman are giving gorgeous workout T-shirts to each featured member! To join, please send Fitz your answers to these questions with a photo of yourself. Time for you to be the motivator!
Name: Janeen Glenn
Age: 35
Occupation: Retail Management and Mom
How often do you exercise? Five times a week.
What type of exercise do you do? Running and working out with exercise DVDs.
To see how Janeen's fitness level landed her a spot in televsion production read on!
Incentives don't work in the long run when trying to quit smoking
Womens Health, HealthWatch, Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment, Men's Health
'I'll take you on vacation if you quit smoking,' I told Jon a few months ago. An incredibly stressful situation at work lead to him taking up the habit again, much to my chagrin. And I've been doing what I can to get him to quit again, but to no avail. 'Thanks, but I have to do it for myself if it's going to last.' he tells me.
And the infuriating thing about it all? He's completely right. According to recent research, bribing smokers with incentives and prizes if they quit doesn't work, especially in the long run. So what does work? Social support, buddy systems and nicotine replacement therapies all have better success rates.
What made you quit? Or what's kept you from quitting?
And the Smoothie King winner is ...
Reviews & Products, Nutrition & Supplements
Thanks to all 29 of you who shared some pretty scrumptious smoothie creations. Some of my favorites:
- raspberries, strawberries, banana, apple juice, and cranberry nectar
- strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, vanilla yogurt, and flax seed
- strawberry, vanilla protein blend, chocolate whey, and almonds
- ice, mangoes, strawberries, bananas, fresh squeezed Orange Juice, a sprinkle of flax seeds for omega-3s, and a tsp of Agave Nectar as a natural sweetener
Win an Everlast tank top!
Healthy Habits, Stress Reduction, Womens Health, Celebrities and Entertainment, Healthy Kids, Cellulite, Obesity, Healthy Events, Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness, Celebs & Entertainment, Reviews & Products, Motivation, Nutrition & Supplements, Men's Health
The fitness equipment, apparel and boxing giant Everlast was so impressed with our That's Fit Fitzness Fiends that they're ready to start rewarding people. Not only am I, your loving online fitness trainer, proud of you all, but Everlast is proud of you too!
For the next two months (at minimum), Everlast will be rewarding an Everlast Fitzness Fiend of the Week with one of their hot new tank tops from their Spring collection. They're absolutely gorgeous, totally comfy, and of ridiculously high quality.
I'm thrilled with the grand response from those of you who've already participated as a Fiend, and even more excited to meet the rest of you!Presents aside, the Fitzness Fiend feature is a great way to share much that you've learned on your way to becoming more fit. We've all ventured down so many paths to better health, it'd be a sin not to share our secrets and successes with others!
Everlast Fitzness Fiend of the Week: Laurie
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Congratulations to our Everlast Fitzness Fiend of the Week, Laurie! Laurie has lost an amazing 104 pounds! Because of her efforts, Everlast is dying to reward her with one of their beautiful ribbed tank tops from their Spring Collection to keep her looking gorgeous while she takes her fitness training even further. Can you imagine how amazing it would feel to have lost a whopping 100 pounds (and more)? It must have taken lots of sweat, lots of focus at meal time, and lots of perseverance when she hit plateaus. I'm so proud, Laurie! Hooray for you!
Maybe you'd like to win a smokin' tank from the Big E too? Wouldn't it be nice to be rewarded for your efforts every now and then? I think you should be. I think you should be my next Everlast Fitzness Fiend of the Week! ....
Stem cell scientist trio wins Nobel medicine prize
A trio of stem cell researchers has won the Nobel Prize for medicine according to Sweden's Karolinska's Institute.The three researchers won the coveted prize for their collective work on gene changes in mice using embryonic cells, and they shared the $1.54 million prize as a result.
The discoveries made by the trio were said to have created the field of "gene targeting" -- meaning that certain genes were able to be turned off to allow scientists control and define roles of individual genes.
The Swedish Institute said that almost every aspect of mammal physiology can be studied by gene targeting -- which, taken as that, sounds quite revolutionary. We must be getting closer to the day when not only is the human genome mapped, but completely understood.
