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Eat! Move! Play! Review + Giveaway (Updated)

[ 36 ] 05/22/2010 |

Comments Closed.  Winners are Leann H., BabyBoy3, Tami, PrairieKnitWit, and SkinnySushi.  Please forward your home address and phone number to lisa@shrinkingjeans.net as soon as possible.  Conrats!

Summer is quickly approaching and I don’t know about you guys, but I am scrambling for ways to keep my three children busy, active, and NOT driving me bonkers!

Teaching my children how to make nutritious choices and to encourage eating healthily is important to me.  Just as important is helping them choose and enjoy an active, “let’s get moving” lifestyle.

Weight Watchers has come out with a new book- Eat! Move! Play!- that addresses these issues, a book that focuses on the family unit, understanding that we moms play a HUGE role in the food choices our children make and how active (or NOT active) our children live.

An excerpt from the Weight Watchers website about the book:

Whether it’s 24/7 snacking, daily fast-food runs, or nonstop video-game marathons, nowadays it’s tougher than ever to get kids to eat right and move more. Yet it is possible to encourage nutritious eating habits and a healthy active lifestyle in your kids—if you have the right tools.

Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play! gives you trusted information on how to develop and maintain the right habits for keeping the whole family happy and healthy.Designed to help you become a healthier role model for your children, Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play! demystifies the four vitally important elements for a healthy lifestyle, including developing a positive body image; a taste for wholesome, nutritious foods; smart eating habits; and a love of physical activity.

In addition, Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play!

  • Presents five simple rules that all families can live by for keeping the household fit
  • Supplies quizzes and self-assessments for parents to understand their parenting styles better
  • Explains what a healthy weight is for a child, while providing advice on how to talk to children—and their pediatricians—about healthy weight and nutrition
  • Delivers hundreds of doable tips, ideas, and checklists to help parents implement the best practices for eating healthier and moving more
  • Includes more than 75 kid-friendly recipes that encourage children—from toddlers to school-age to help out in the kitchenWeight Watchers Eat! Move! Play! shows that when followed consistently, just a few simple household rules and practices are all it takes to get and keep your family living a healthy, active lifestyle.

Anyone that has a relationship of any sort with a child can gain useful knowledge from Eat! Move! Play!- grandparents, aunts/uncles, caregivers, etc.  It gives pratical, easy to follow activities and recipes for the entire family to follow.  Not only that, it talks sensibly to us moms about our children and how to positively influence them.

The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans will be starting a new challenge on June 1st that actively targets moms and their children and getting us to be more active.   Stay tuned for details!

Guess what?

We are giving away FIVE COPIES of Eat! Move! Play! to our readers.

To enter:

  1. Tell us what you most look forward to doing this Summer with your children (grandchildren/niece/nephew).  We want to know!
  2. For an extra entry, follow Weight Watchers on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway! Be sure you’re following the Sisterhood on Twitter so we’ll see your tweet, and make sure to come back and leave a separate comment for the extra entry.
  3. Become a fan of the Sisterhood on Facebook and tell your friends about this giveaway in your status.
  4. Contest ends Wednesday, May 26th at 11:59pm PST.  Winners will be chosen randomly.

For those of you who are chomping at the bit to purchase your own copy of Eat! Move! Play, you can do so HERE!

Disclosure:  The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans received review copies of Eat! Move! Play! from Weight Watchers. No monetary compensation was provided. Of course, as always, the opinions expressed are our own!

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Category: Fitness, Giveaways, Lisa, Product Reviews, Review, Uncategorized, Weight Watchers

About lisa: I'm a runner, duathlete and future triathlete. I love to cook, drink margaritas, socialize with friends, and I laugh with my entire body. I'm the mother of three kids (ages 8, 6 and 3.5), I turn 40 years old in 2012, and I'm trying to find a peaceful acceptance with my body. I am slowly coming into my own, finding a true passion with empowering and motivating women to conquer their fear of the unknown when taking up running for the first time. View author profile.

  • http://knitwitcooks.blogspot.com Prairieknitwit

    I am loving watching my kids play soccer. This is our first foray into organized sports and it is great seeing them figure out how to play on a team.

  • http://skinnysushi.com Skinny Sushi

    I am really looking forward to taking my daughter to the playground this summer. Now that she's walking, she should have a great time!

  • http://skinnysushi.com Skinny Sushi

    I'm following the Sisterhood and WW on Twitter. Here's my Tweet: http://twitter.com/SkinnySushi/status/14493288235

  • http://skinnysushi.com Skinny Sushi

    I'm a FB fan, and here's my sharing post: http://www.facebook.com/heatherhurd#!/heatherhu…

  • http://christy.shrinkingjeans.net Christy_TheSistherhood

    I cannot wait to get my very own copy and gear up for our challenge! I know we'er going to have a great time with it this summer!!

    Thanks for the excellent review, Lisa :) xoxoxo

  • ChaoticWanderings

    I'm taking a two-month vacation up north to visit family (I'm a teacher). While up there, I'll be the “babysitter” for my 6-month old niece. I'm looking forward to taking her to the park for swinging time, going on walks, and just playing with her!

  • Nancy

    The grandkids and I are looking forward to playing in the pool and hiking at the dunes.

  • Nancy

    Already follow both and tweeted.

  • Nancy

    Already a Facebook fan and put it on my status.

  • Lacey

    I am looking forward to many, many days at the park with my children. Hoping for lots of playdates there!

  • http://diabeticsnacker.blogspot.com/ barb

    Wow what a great original book idea. Kids and parents do need for options for outdoors time during the summer so this would be great for everyone. Myself, I'm looking forward to sitting on the swing and watching the neighbor kids have fun playing but this would make an idea gift.

  • Shelley

    We are planning on camping/hiking and going to the beach!

    saz AT chainreader DOT com

  • Nancy

    Can I guess from your comment that the next challenge involves kids?

  • http://www.jeninreallife.com/ jeninRL

    This summer my daughter and I have big plans! We are going to hike in the local parks once/week. We are going to go explore Franklin Institute (and other museums in Philly). We are going to beach it as often as possible!

  • Carla Pullum

    Going to the beach!! Surfing!
    Carla
    cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com

  • http://www.jeninreallife.com/ jeninRL

    I follow @WeightWatchers and I tweeted out giveaway

  • http://ThisMomsDelight.com Tami

    I'm looking forward to getting back into God's Word with my children. We have neglected God for some time now.

  • moziesme

    Getting the sprinkler out! We've got a little wading pool with sprinkler attachment…

    janemaritz at yahoo dot com

  • Adah

    I'm spending a girls only week in Hawaii with my mom, daughters and granddaughters! We are so excited!

  • Erin P

    My daughter will be in tennis lessons, volleyball camp, basketball camp and YMCA camp, so she will be busy. Although I won't be doing these with her, I love to watch!

  • Stephanie

    Water fights! Those are the best in the summer, followed by a nice piece of watermelon. Delicious! :D

  • Leeann H

    I look forward to having my oldest home so we can all go have lunch with my husband any day. I miss the freedom of having my kiddo home. I'm glad all the kids will get to spend more time together.

  • Leeann H
  • Leeann H

    I'm a fan on facebook

  • http://mommasgoneoverthewall.blogspot.com/ Staci A

    We're looking forward to playing water games in the yard and going hiking!

  • babyboy3

    I am already a fan on facebook, told friends about giveaway.

  • babyboy3

    I most look forward to doing things together as a family: Doing the Bellin Run, going to Grandma's for the week, the zoo, visiting friends, etc.

  • Lisa_ShrinkingJeans

    Congrats- you are one of our winners! Please see above for instructions.

  • Lisa_ShrinkingJeans

    Congrats- you are one of our winners! Please see above for instructions.

  • Lisa_ShrinkingJeans

    Congrats- you are one of our winners! Please see above for instructions.

  • Lisa_ShrinkingJeans

    Congrats- you are one of our winners! Please see above for instructions.

  • Lisa_ShrinkingJeans

    Congrats- you are one of our winners! Please see above for instructions.

  • Lisa

    Due to non-response from an original winner, we had to pick a few new winners and you are one of them- woot woot! Please email your address/phone # to me today so that we can get the book out to you. Congrats!!!!

  • Lisa

    Due to non-response from an original winner, we had to pick a few new winners and you are one of them- woot woot! Please email your address/phone # to me today (lisa@shrinkingjeans.net) so that we can get the book out to you. Congrats!!!!

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