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Trade-Up Tuesday: New Years’ Resolutions

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 06:55 AM

New Year's GiveAway

Welcome to Trade-Up Tuesday, my weekly feature where I tell you about a Trade-Up I’ve made since learning about NuVal and where I give away Free Stuff!  Today I’m featuring two products that were not in my pantry on January 1st of 2009, but will most certainly be there on January 1st of 2010.

First, what would a New Year be without Special K?  Have you turned on the TV lately?  December 26th begins the unofficial “Diet Season” and all the commericials begin.  I don’t watch a lot of regular TV (I’m a Netflix fan) but I suspect that this Special K commercial will be airing.  Did you know that Special K, while low in calories, only scores a 23 on the NuVal scale.  Special K with Protein, however, scores a 60!  I find it to be much more filling and satisfying too!  That’s why it made my Top Ten Favorite Foods.  So, if you’re getting sucked in my seductive Special K commercials, be sure to pick the box that says “protein plus.”

Next, since it’s a holiday and all, I’m throwing in my favorite pita: Joseph’s Flax, Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Flour Pita Bread.  This Super-Pita, which also made my list of Top Ten Favorite Foods,  gets a NuVal score of 65, better than most whole grain wheat breads.  My husband and our kids love this pita also and we go through at least 2 packages every week. 

Today’s GiveAway:

Since I’m giving away not one but TWO fabulous prizes on this Give Away, I’m asking you to do Two Things.  To enter the drawing, just:

  1. Tell me one of your New Years’ Resolutions
  2. Go to www.nuval.com, find a score that you find interesting, and come back here to tell me about it

Enter both of these things in the Comments section and you will be entered to win TWO boxes of Special K Plus Protein and TWO packages of Joseph’s Pita.  The contest closes at 11:59 pm Eastern Time tonight!  Good Luck!

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Posted in: Special K, Top Ten (Mommy), Trade-Up Tuesday

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