March 10, 2009
Fiber One Bars and a Spa Break Giveaway!
I am not a snack bar kind of person. Granola bars generally make me gag, and as much as I might like to be satisfied by a breakfast or snack bar, it's just not my first choice. Ever.
The Fiber One Chocolate Mocha Chewy bars are making me reconsider though. Let's start with the obvious. If you're looking for a way to add fiber to your diet, then look no further. One of these bars provides 35% of your recommended daily intake of fiber. If you're watching your weight or trying to get in better shape, an increase in fiber is a must. Here is one tasty way to do it.
The Fiber One chewy bars have the consistency of a Rice Krispie treat with the flavor of rich chocolate and just a hint of coffee (mocha) flavor. I ate one (without any gagging), and actually returned for more the next day. Even if you're not the bar eating type of person, you might want to give the Fiber One bars a try. Plus, did you see what's in them? That's right, chocolate.
The only negative about these bars is that they contain the newly-determined-to-be-evil- high fructose corn syrup. That's the only negative I could find. So, if like the popsicle commercials on TV, you're not that worried about corn syrup, then I highly recommend you give these a try.
If you'd like to find out if you're getting enough fiber in your diet, you can check out this handy Fiber-O-Meter here. If you'd like to try the bars for yourself, you can download a coupon for $1.35 off one box here.
In addition, we have a special giveaway to offer you! Three lucky winners will be receiving a "Spa Break" basket in the mail like this one:
Each basket contains a fantastic bath pillow (I've tried mine so I know), chocolate scented soap and lotion, bath salts, and a coffee scented candle. Winners will also receive a coupon to try the Fiber One bars for free. To be entered to win, leave a comment below telling us why you need a spa break. Winners will be chosen and announced in one week! Good luck to you!
BBM gives Fiber One Chewy Bars. . .
I have 2 boys…7 & 5…is there a better reason out there? Should I post a pic of what i look like all ragged and soccermomish? I need a spa day!!!
Ya know, I really need a spa break. Between trying to cook all natural for my family and working so hard to lose the 40lb I’ve lost so far, and dealing with a constant pain disorder, there is never a moment to myself. Now my husband has lost his job and we’re looking at a lot of uncertainty. I’m clipping coupons and trying to boost our home business so that he doesn’t have to worry, but I’m worrying a little myself at this point.
But you know what? I believe there is a plan and we just don’t know until it comes to pass. But me? I need a break. A spa break 🙂
ok.. spa break is all me! I’ve been trying to get my son into kindergarten, dealing with a crazed public school system that attacks its teachers, a husband who is working more hours than a normal 9-5.. and I’ve just been given a diagnosis of narcolepsy… I need a break from the hectic lifestyle of an overworked, underpaid teacher, mother, friend and wife… (and maybe some time with some close friends I haven’t seen in a while??)
I NEED A SPA BREAK!
I need a spa break because the unicorns refuse to come and take my children to rainbow land for an afternoon with the sparkle fairies so I can be alone in a room for five minutes, or at least long enough to consider the question: Do I have to go to the bathroom?
I need a spa break because the magic laundry nymphs refuse to visit my house and transform this cackling, shuddering heap of whites, colors, and towels, into an orderly pile of recognizable clothes, and it just sits there cackling at me, leering at me, taunting me from the laundry room, which smells mysteriously of the neighbor’s cat.
I need a spa break because I accidentally knitted my own hair into the shawl I was making, and my first instinct, rather than sitting there patiently picking it all out, was to decapitate myself, just to make it easier.
I need a spa break because between the children watching Spongebob and my husband watching the Simpsons, I’m starting to feel alarmed when I see people who aren’t bright yellow and can’t pull their eyes out of their sockets without medical repercussions.
I need a spa break because when I hear the word, “MOM” coming from my children’s lips, I would like to feel something resembling joy, instead of feeling like maybe, maybe, if I crawled under the house and deep into the earth, they would forget they had the option to call me just to flush the toilet.
I need a spa break because I’ve never been to a spa – not even a day spa – and my annual “vacation” is BlogHer. 🙂
Lydia’s comment was absolutely hysterical!!!
My reasons:
1. Three jobs
2. A house that is sucking the life’s blood out of us, physically, emotionally, and financially
3. One child who is constantly crabby and will not fit any of the textbook “fixes”
4. Currently on our sixth year of infertility with the emotional and financial baggage to prove it.
5. A father recovering from two major strokes that robbed us of a Merry Christmas AND a Happy New Year.
6. A hysterical sister about to undergo major abdominal surgery.
7. A goddaughter I thought was dying (but isn’t, praise the Lord!)
8. One of my bestest friends insists upon living 5 hours away from me
‘nuf said…
I’d like to nominate my husband for the spa basket…yes you read that right…my husband deserves a bit of pampering and at this point he’d LOVE to take a bubble bath with that bath pillow, just to be alone…for five seconds.
We had our fourth baby boy in October 2008. Seven weeks later I almost died from a massive bi-lateral pulmonary embolism. Follow that hospital stay with the bad news that my heart was damaged from the clot passing through it and well, there you go. My husband, my love and heart has taken EVERYTHING on his shoulders to make my life so much easier in this very stressful time. Our boys are 9, 6, 2 and 4 months. He has taken care of them, the house, made dinners, done laundry, stayed home from work amidst the pressure that he might not have a job to go back to. I love him and think he deserves a little something (and ok, I think he might need some of those fiber bars, hehe).
The fact of the matter is that he would want light the candle, rub the lotion on my feet for me, and draw me a bath but I would do that for HIM…and he’d love it (and wouldn’t have a problem saying so).
K.
2 Points,
1) I too love these things, but YMMV. DW cannot eat them as the fiber in them comes from Chicory which does really BAD things to her digestive tract (I’m just sayin).
2) While I may not be in need of the spa basket, DW surely is. We just finished her birthday weekend (it was Sunday), Here is how it went
Friday night our youngest woke up at 10:30 PM throwing up everything she had eaten that day (stomach flu) so after 3 rounds in the bathroom and a shower to clean her hair we went to bed about 1AM.
Saturday we canceled the baby sitter (youngest still wasn’t better) and bailed on the night out together we had planned for her birthday (Wing Dome for dinner and a comedy club after).
Youngest daughter still wasn’t up to snuff on Sunday so we canceled the friend taking the girls for the day Sunday so we could spend time together and spent the day at home with 2 sick kids (oldest has a sinus infection).
Then on Sunday night DW found out that she and I both had picked up the flu, so the two of us spent the next two days in gastronomic distress (I am being polite here) while our youngest kept asking if we were going to get better.
We are both doing better today, but this is NOT how she should have spent her birthday so she definitely deserves the spa basket.
Why do I need a spa break? Well, I could list all the reasons above; mom, wife, chauffer, photographer, Homeroom Mom, rehab from ACL/MCL surgery on my own.
But you know what? It’s my hubby that so deserves this. While I was being taken away in an ambulance to get my knee looked at, his whole life was changing. He has spent the last year taking over all my duties, including homeschooling our four children, while maintaining his ‘regular’ role of dad, coach, sole breadwinner since mama couldn’t work and was self-employed and principal. And he did it all without complaining. Me? I wouldn’t have been that nice. I’m not that nice when he has the flu and is resting in bed! I can’t imagine waiting on him hand and foot, let alone being so sweet about all of it.
He is my hero. He deserves some time alone to relax and unwind.
Compared to the other comments here, I don’t think I deserve a spa day – I’m just chasing a 12 month old. However, Lydia, among others, absolutely cracked me up.
I do think that chocolate is a food group, and slathering myself in it would be heavenly, and I can’t drink coffee with caffeine, but I do enjoy the smell 🙂
I do agree though, the Fiber One bars are yummy! My husband got the chocolate oat (or some name like that), and I just had to sneak one without him knowing, once in a while!
Your spa and party crashing weekend sounds like a wonderful treat.
ok, definitely compared to everyone else, I don’t need a spa day… though if this is a good enough reason. because sometimes i feel like a dude walking around in a woman’s body…. UFC’s on the DVR, books about MMA are on my nightstand (right next to the scrapbooking mags, mind)…I’d rather sit in front of the tv with pizza and a beer, watching football than watch a sappy movie…you name it. I hit and kick my friends for fun?
But the kind of pampering that a spa entails definitely should go to someone who NEEDS it. Not that being a momma of three, two of which are twins, doesn’t occasionally qualify me for a spa day! 😉
Fiber One bars totally rock, aside from that whole HFCS thing. Everything in moderation, though, right? If you get your fiber from here and get a good snack, but that’s the bulk of you HFCS intake (which, unfortunately, is found in darn near EVERYTHING!), you’re still not doing too badly!
Well I think as the mom of two sets of twins that are only 22 months apart in age that any kind of break I can get would be much needed.
However after reading what Renovation girl just posted I do think that her husband deserves the spa basket.
My friend deserves the basket. She just finished a 22 hour active labor that included 2 1/2 hours of pushing! Baby is 7#5oz and a major conehead, but she sure is cute. Due to the fact that she is jaundiced, it looks like she is going to remian at the hospital for a few more days under the lights. When they finally get home mom will certainly need to take a break to the bath! What could be more wonderful than a cushy pillow and chocolate/coffee scented items to relax and recharge?