We want you to join in the fun by creating your own ‘My Big Life Workout iMix’, since a good playlist can be the motivation to get up and move in your own living room or at the gym.

Win a $30 iTunes Gift Card!

Creating and sharing an iMix playlist is easy and free, and we’ll show you how below. Make a ‘My Big Life Workout iMix’, share a link to it in the comments below and tell us why this mix makes you move. One participant will be eligible to win a $30 iTunes Gift Card, courtesy of A&E Home Entertainment. The winner’s iMix will also be shared via A&E’s Facebook and Twitter. Winner will be selected 3/22/10.

iMix Instructions

iTunes users can easily create an iMix playlist by dragging and dropping songs from their iTunes Library. Once they create a selection, they’ll just have to name it ‘My Big Life Workout iMix’, put it in the Sport iMix group and publish it. When the playlist is published it can be shared on the Web. For more, read the iMix instructions page.

Kirstie Alley’s Big Life Preview

Check-out the trailer for Kirstie Alley’s Big Life and see what we’re all in for.

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Make a ‘My Big Life Workout iMix’ for Kirstie Alley’s Big Life Premiere

Chef Devin Alexander and DietsInReview.com introduce the Cook at Home Challenge, in which we want you to cook five more meals at home during the week than you already do. Then, share your experiences with the Cook at Home Challenge community by posting blogs, videos or photos, and you’re entered to win prizes each week. Prizes include a variety of cookware packages, all leading up to our Healthy Kitchen Makeover grand prize package, valued at $1,895. You could even win a copy of Devin’s new book “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Fattening!”.

Watch now as Chef Devin explains more, then click here to join the challenge or continue reading to learn more.

Now through April 9, 2010, you can join Chef Devin, DietsInReview.com and our entire challenge community in making cooking a priority in your home. It’s an opportunity to get out of the drive-thru and back in to the kitchen that will prove how healthy, cost-effective and even family-friendly this often-considered chore can be.

With a little planning you can easily add a breakfast, lunch and a few dinners to your to-do list each week. When you do, share with the Cook at Home Challenge community how you’re doing it. Share a recipe in a blog post, post a video of your kids making a delicious mess while prepping a dinner salad or pancakes, or share a photo of your family around the table or of the finished product.

Each entry makes you eligible for weekly prizes that include cookware, bakeware, utensils, and even Devin’s new book “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Fattening!“, releasing March 9. Then, at the end of the six-week challenge, we’re awarding one challenger a Healthy Kitchen Makeover valued at nearly $2,000. All of this is intended to make it easier and more enticing to get back in that kitchen.

So tie on an apron, fire-up the oven and join the challenge today!

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Join the Cook at Home Challenge with Chef Devin Alexander

Like Stress Free, another of Chopra’s and Signal Patterns’ iPhone apps, Dr. Chopra is featured in several videos in the Understand Yoga section of the Authentic Yoga app. Deepak briefly mentions other types of yoga in explaining that this app focuses on Raja yoga.

Other main sections of Authentic Yoga include Learn to Practice, Yoga Routines, and Review Poses. Not only does the Learn to Practice section teach basic yoga poses and positions, but it identifies poses for tight hamstrings, tight hips, building balance, decreasing stress, and more. Yoga Routines are divided between beginner, intermediate, and advanced and include routines for balance, flexibility, strength, body awareness, and even Deepak’s personal awareness routine. You can rate each routine on difficulty and your enjoyment, helping you easily track which routines you want to frequent and which you prefer to use intermittently. You can follow routines in their entirety or select specific poses. Routines include pictures and video of Tara performing the poses accompanied by music, while Deepak offers an explanation and instruction. In addition, you can become a part of the Authentic Yoga community and send questions to Deepak and Tara directly from the app.

Yoga is helpful for weight loss, mindfulness and relaxation, general health, and the treatment of trauma. Authentic Yoga is like a personalizable collection of yoga videos. It can be both an introduction to yoga for the beginner intimidated by going to the studio for the first time or a convenient tool to help the busy person fit a class in to any free moment of their day. Those who travel frequently will very much appreciate the flexibility and professionalism of this app.

For a limited-time the introductory price is $2.99. The Authentic Yoga iPhone App represents the most affordable private instruction with two leaders in the field of yoga. The only thing missing is personal correction, so it may be helpful for users to pay attention to themselves in a mirror to make sure their pose matches Tara’s.

Authentic Yoga iPhone App Giveaway!

Leave a comment below on how yoga has benefited you or how you think it could to be eligible. We’ll draw two winners on Tuesday, March 9, to receive the Authentic Yoga app for free.

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Deepak Chopra’s Authentic Yoga iPhone App Review

NFL Allstar Jerry Rice says of the Flex Belt, “It works those muscles, tones them, makes them stronger, and it is very easy.”

If you’re interested in winning a Slendertone Flex Belt, a value of $199.99, and trying this fitness technology for yourself, enter your mailing address here.

Then, continue reading to learn more and watch a video about the Flex Belt.

The Slendertone Flex Belt, which has FDA clearance, works by generating deep contractions within central abdominal muscles and external obliques, which work to strengthen, tone and firm the core. The Flex Belt aims to take the place of an abs workout. The gel-padded belt is discreet, so you can wear it anytime you like, for instance while walking, watching TV, or working at your desk. See our complete review of the Flex Belt.

Watch this video to see the Flex Belt in action.

DISCLAIMER: By entering to win, you acknowledge that your full name and email will be stored on our servers. We will not sell your data to any 3rd parties. The only time your data will be used is to notify the prize winners and/or to alert you of relevant product information or promotions. Eligibility requires the submission of your name and valid email address. One (1) prize of a Slendertone Flex Belt will be sent to one (1) individual drawn at random. The winner will be notified via the email address provided in the submission form. DietsInReview.com is not responsible for lost or stolen packages, nor failed shipments due to user providing an incorrect address. DietsInReview.com may replace the prize with one of equal value if prize is not available; not redeemable for cash. Prize value is $199.99.

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Giveaway: Win a Flex Belt!

Hey all you fitness and health bloggers! We’re going to FitBloggin’ 10, are you?

We really want you to be there with us, so we’re offering up free conference tickets to two bloggers. Two people will each receive one conference ticket, you just have to tell us how badly you want it! Respond in the comments below and let us know why you need/want/have to go to FitBloggin’, and why one of these tickets, valued at $99.95, should belong to you.

It’s that simple!

Two individuals will be drawn at random on February 1, 2010 and notified at that time.

Being organized by a friend of DietsInReview.com, Roni from RonisWeigh.com, “The FitBloggin’ conference is for all those that blog about fitness, wellness, good food and a healthy lifestyle.” The goal is “To educate, inspire, share, network, and learn how to blog your way to a healthier you.”

FitBloggin’ will be held in Baltimore March 20, 2010. DietsInReview.com is proud to have two names on the roster:

• Heather Ashare will host a free Yoga For Bloggers session that morning, and the first 25 attendees will receive free yoga mats in a handy carrying case.
• Carmen Staicer, our Chief Mom, will be speaking on a panel called “Using Social Media to Reach Goals: The Power of an Online Community”.

You can see the robust roster of other FitBloggin’ speakers here, including the keynote by David Grotto, RD, LDN, author of the newly released 101 Optimal Life Foods.

DISCLAIMER: Eligibility requires a comment posted on this blog post by January 31, 2010. The prize of one ticket to each of two individuals will be drawn at random on February 1, 2010. Winning individuals will be notified via the email address provided in the comments form. DietsInReview.com is not responsible for lost or stolen packages, nor failed shipments due to user providing an incorrect address. DietsInReview.com may replace the prize with one of equal value if prize is not available; not redeemable for cash. Prize value is $99.95. All other accommodations and travel expenses are the responsibility of the ticket holder.

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FitBloggin’ Ticket Giveaway

We want to welcome you back or to MyDIR, the DietsInReview.com community, with a little incentive:

Log-in to your MyDIR account before January 31, 2010 and you’re eligible to win an EA Sports Active. (A $59.99 value)

Log-in to an existing account, create a new one, or log-in using Facebook Connect.

It’s that simple!

We want to help support your weight loss efforts at the start of the year and throughout, and MyDIR can be a great tool for you.

Some of the many benefits of MyDIR include:

•    New privacy settings
•    Start or manage your weight loss tracker
•    Manage newsletter subscriptions
•    MyDIR member comments skip moderation
•    Bookmark and save your favorite pages, including recipes and blog articles
•    Message other members
•    Eligibility for giveaways

The EA Sports Active is an innovative fitness game for the Nintendo Wii that conveniently allows you to get in a heart-racing, sweat-inducing workout right in your home.

Sign-in now!

DISCLAIMER: Eligibility requires log-in to an existing or new MyDIR account by Sunday, January 31, 2010. One prize of an EA Sports Active will be sent to one individual drawn at random. The winner will be notified via the email address provided in their MyDIR account profile. DietsInReview.com is not responsible for lost or stolen packages, nor failed shipments due to user providing an incorrect address. DietsInReview.com may replace the prize with one of equal value if prize is not available; not redeemable for cash. Prize value is $59.99.

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Win an EA Sports Active with MyDIR

The Biggest Loser prize pack, valued at $286.76, will include:

• 3-month membership to the Biggest Loser Club Online
• 1 Biggest Loser Hand Blender
• 1 Biggest Loser Wii Game
• 1 Biggest Loser DS Game
• 1 Biggest Loser Ultimate Fitness Kit
• 1 Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga DVD
• 1 Biggest Loser Boot Camp DVD
• 1 Biggest Loser Simple Swaps Book
• 1 Biggest Loser Protein

It’s so easy to be eligible to win the drawing:

• Click here to post this giveaway on Twitter. (You must be following @dietsinreview to be eligible.)
• Sign-up for any of our free health newsletters, including our weekly Biggest Loser Newsletter
  
  

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Stay tuned to Biggest Loser to see the season nine premiere NBC Tuesday, January 5.

Then, we’ll announce the winner of the prize pack in the January 6 Biggest Loser Newsletter.

We want you to become your very own version of the Biggest Loser!

DISCLAIMER: Eligibility requires a Twitter post with DietsInReview.com follow and/or newsletter sign-up by Tuesday, January 5, 2010. One prize package will be sent to one individual drawn at random. The winner will be notified via the email address provided via the newsletter form or their Twitter account. DietsInReview.com is not responsible for lost or stolen packages, nor failed shipments due to user providing an incorrect address. DietsInReview.com may replace the prize with one of equal value if prize is not available; not redeemable for cash.

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The Ultimate Biggest Loser Prize Pack Giveaway

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Quorn foods, which creates a line of meatless products, has come out with a new Turk’y Burger that has 50 percent less fat than a traditional turkey burger.

Rather than using soy, wheat gluten or textured vegetable protein like many vegetarian products, Quorn relies on a mycoprotein-based ingredient that contains less fat, fewer calories and more fiber than meat. In addition, it contains nine essential amino acids making it a powerful source of protein for vegetarians or for those who are trying to reduce their intake of meat.

DietsInReview.com was one of the first to try the new Turk’y Burger, thanks to a preview package Quorn sent us last week. Each Turk’y Burger contains 90 calories, four grams of fat, ten grams of protein and two grams of fiber.

As a flexitarian myself, and a big Quorn fan, I thoroughly enjoyed the new Quorn Turk’y Burger. It tasted similar to their Naked Chik’n Cutlet but it had more flavor. Since I haven’t eaten a turkey burger in over ten years, I can’t in good conscience compare Quorn’s Turk’y Burger to its meat-based counterpart, but I can offer these tips: If you bake or grill your Quorn burger, splash it with a bit of olive oil or a few sprays of non-stick cooking spray (on both sides). Its low fat content makes it more prone to drying out. Also, a quick schmear of ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard or any combination of your favorite sandwich condiment goes a long way to enhance the burger experience of this meatless chow.

Look for Quorn’s Turk’y Burger in the freezer case of the natural food selection of grocery stores nationwide.

While Quorn provided Heather Ashare with sample product, this review is her own opinion and was not influenced or sponsored in any way.

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Food Find: Quorn’s New Vegetarian Turk’y Burgers

Each small tub contains just 50 calories, zero fat, five grams of filling fiber (that’s 20 percent of your recommended daily amount), ten percent of your calcium needs, 15 percent of your Vitamin D needs and live active yogurt cultures. Plus, this new line of Fiber One yogurts is endorsed by best-selling author and food expert, Lisa Lillien, a.k.a. Hungry Girl.

Continue reading to learn how you can try it for free, and see more of our review.

As an added bonus, Yoplait is offering a promotion that gives a coupon for a FREE four-pack of the new Yoplait Fiber One 50-calorie yogurt to the first 50 DietsInReview.com readers who sign-up below. Plus, all DietsInReview.com readers can receive a coupon for $1.25 off and weight management tips from Lisa Lillien.

The yogurts come in four flavors: Strawberry, Vanilla, Key Lime Pie and Peach. I tried the vanilla and it was creamy and smooth with just the right amount of vanilla. Key Lime Pie must be a favorite flavor because two stores near me were sold out! Four cute tubs come in one package.

This coupon giveaway is provided by Yoplait for DietsInReview.com readers. No product was offered for review and the review is of Heather’s own opinion.

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We Love New Fiber One Yoplait Yogurt and Coupon Giveaway

It’s time for DietsInReview.com’s second annual Blogs Against Breast Cancer donation drive. During the month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, if you publish this “My Blog Cares” button on your blog or Web site, we’ll donate $5 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation in honor of your site.

To participate follow these three steps:

1. Copy this code
   

   <a title="Health News" href="http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/">
   <img src="http://www.dietsinreview.com/images/breast-cancer-donation.gif" alt="breast cancer donation" border="0"/></a>

2. Place the HTML on your blog or Web site
3. Contact us here with a link to where your My Blog Cares button is placed

It’s an easy way to show your readers that you care about this important women’s health issue, one that stands to impact one in eight women in the U.S.

Start taking steps to prevent breast cancer in yourself by incorporating positive nutrition and fitness practices in your life:

• Breast Cancer Survivors Benefit from Weight Lifting
• Yoga Eases Pain of Breast Cancer
• 5 Things You Must Know About Breast Cancer Prevention, but Probably Don’t
• Alcohol Increases Risk of Breast Cancer in Women
• 7 Healthy Strategies for Fighting Breast Cancer

DietsInReview.com will make a donation of $5 for each Web site or blog that publishes the “My Blog Cares” badge between October 1, 2009 and October 31, 2009, up to $500. Site owners must email us to notify of the badge placement. This donation will be made to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

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Blogs Against Breast Cancer 2009