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Buddy’s Fitness News Is Getting A Facelift
Saturday, October 11th, 2008I’m playing around with a new blog theme and am in the process of sorting through sizes, colors, fonts, pics, etc. Things are gonna look a bit goofy until I get things straightened out; it’ll probably be several days at the rate I move.
Thanks for stopping by!
Buddy’s Contest: Grand Prize Drawing
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Finally! It’s a week late, but tending to my blog hasn’t exactly been a priority lately between work, building my gym equipment, and hockey tryouts.
Here’s how the final drawing was determined: 1) it was open to Entrecard members only, since the prizes are ec’s, 2) each qualifying commentator from each of the 4 weeks was entered - so in other words, people who participated all 4 weeks were entered into the final drawing 4 times, 3) the randomizer was used to select the winners.
The contestants in the order they entered were:
1. Sassy Mama Bear
2. Fitness Diva
3. milet
4. Blue Workhorse
5. Purrprints
6. Workout Mommy
7. Michael Aulia
8. Julia
9. Sherry
10. Sassy Mama Bear
11. Sherry
12. Sassy Mama Bear
13. Greener Pastures
14. Viveca
15. Julia
16. lvs
17. Blue Workhorse
18. Get a Grip, Mom
19. Margaret
20. Sassy Mama Bear
And the winners are… drum roll, please…
17. Blue Workhorse - 1000 ec’s
15. Julia - 450 ec’s
16. lvs - 325 ec’s
12. Sassy Mama Bear - 225 ec’s
I want to thank everyone who walked with me and Buddy for the month of August, and I want to encourage everyone to keep it going (so long as weather permits).
Buddy’s Contest: WEEK 3 - Win Entrecard Credits and a T-Shirt
Monday, August 25th, 2008Sorry folks, this post was supposed to go out on Sunday night - so I’m a few hours late, will you forgive me? I’ve had an extremely busy week and weekend with work, overtime, a hockey meeting, a fundraiser, and other goodies… I just wasn’t really in the mood to spend what little time I had leftover in front of my computer!
Here’s the sad truth, I didn’t even qualify for my own contest! Yeah, you read that right - I walked ZERO minutes or miles this week! I did, however, spend a considerable amount of time shopping and walking around the mall this past week, but none of it would even come close to what I consider anything near a cardio workout for me. Ever since I got my van back a week ago, I’ve stopped walking to and from work - not a good thing. The kids clocked some miles this week though. Buddy, Rudy, and Precious each clocked about 2 miles each - still way below what they should be getting too! Doggies are supposed to be walked 2 miles A DAY!
THE CONTEST:
Just leave a comment in the comment section of this post about how many miles (or minutes) you (and/or your doggie) walked this past week, and your in. If you’re not a walker, but you spend time on a bike, or in the gym on an elliptical, bike, or treadmill - those entries count as well. NO SPAMMENTS, PLEASE. Comments must be received by 11pm EST Tuesday night. The winners will be chosen by The Randomizer.
The purpose of this contest is to bring a little awareness to how much (or how little) cardiovascular exercise each of us gets. I’m just trying to encourage people to get moving to improve heart health. One of my inspirations for this is the fact that my husband, who was not very active and was very overweight, died of a heart attack this past March after years of congestive heart failure. We live in a day and age of convenience and comfort which our bodies are not designed for. We don’t even have to get out of the car to get our fast food!
THE PRIZES:
The prize amounts will remain the same this week as last week. First place will receive a “Heart Healthy Hounds and Humans” t-shirt as well as 100 Entrecard credits, 2nd will get 200 ec’s, 3rd - 125 ec’s, and 4th - 75 ec’s.
Also, all qualifying (non-spamment) participants will be added to Buddy’s Monthly Mile Challenge Club blogroll in the right sidebar. Those who make the blogroll will be a part of a grand prize drawing (yet to be announced) at the end of the month.
LAST WEEKS RESULTS:
here is the screenshot from the randomizer:
We had six qualifying contestants last week, four of which won prizes. They were: 1st prize - Andi from Suka Download, 2nd - Michael Aulia Technology and Reviews, 3rd - Julia from Juliadamus Oracle of a better world, 4th - Sherry from iLUVcontest.
Previous week’s winners t-shirts will be going out midweek this week. You will be sent an email notification when they are sent.
Contest Results - week 1
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
We had 5 entrants and 4 prizes given out this week. But everybody in this contest wins since the whole point of it is to get in shape.
The 1st place prize winner of the t-shirt went to Sassy Mama Bear, and Entrecredits went to PurrPrints, milet, and BlueWorkhorse. All commentators will be entered into the final drawing at the end of the month also.
It’s not too late to get in on the action. There will be a Week 2 contest post this coming Sunday. Just log your minutes or miles walked for the week and leave a comment on Sunday’s post and you’re entered into the contest. All contest participants will be added to Buddy’s Monthly Mile Challenge Club blogroll on the sidebar.
We’re upping the ante this week. 1st place will get a t-shirt and 100 Entrecredits, 2nd place will get 200 Entrecredits, 3rd - 125 ec’s, and 4th - 75 ec’s.
Buddy Is Having A Contest… Of Sorts. WIN Entrecard Credits and T-Shirts
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Ok, here’s how it works…
Buddy wants to start his very own Monthly Mile Challenge Club (MMCC). He loves his “walkies” so much, he wants everybody to get out and go walking too!
