Reviews: Purex Crystal For Baby Review / Giveaway - Winners Announced

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Congratulations to Jennifer A., Donna C., and Lisa P. who won a free product coupon for Purex Crystals For Baby. Thank you to all who entered and for supporting Nancy's Free Selections.

Introducing a new way to add gentle freshness to your baby's laundry.  Purex's popular line of Purex Crystals now includes a product made specifically for babies.  Purex Crystals For Baby is the newest member of the Purex Crystals family and was developed with babies' gentle skin in mind.  So, now you can add long-lasting freshness to your baby's laundry!

Like other Purex Crystals, their new product is 87% natural.  it goes in at the start of the wash, spending more time with your baby's laundry and infusing it with freshness that lasts for weeks, not days.  Plus, Purex Crystals For Baby is hypoallergenic, dye free, and safe for use on all clothes, including children's sleepwear.  Just add Purex Crystals For Baby directly with your laundry detergent and take snuggle time to a whole new level of cozy with it's baby-inspired fragrance!

While I don't have a baby, I'm sure it is very important to use the right softener on your baby's clothes so that they don't irritate baby's delicate skin.  Purex Crystals For Baby is designed to do this which is a wonderful find.  I already love the normal Purex Crystals so I knew that I'd probably also love the Purex Crystals For Baby too.  Well, it's true.  What I really like is that it smells really good and that it is safe on children's sleepwear which is very important as it does not impair the flame retardant qualities the Consumer Products Safety Commission regulates on children's sleepwear to meet certain flame-retardant standards.

If you'd like to learn more about Purex Crystals For Baby and other products Purex makes you can visit the Purex website, "like" Purex on Facebook, and follow Purex on Twitter.


Check out Purex Crystals For Baby's sweepstakes they have going on right now that you can enter!




Enter the Welcome to the World Sweepstakes!

Purex is proud to introduce the "Welcome to the World" Sweepstakes featuring Purex Crystals for Baby.

One lucky grand prize winner will receive $1,000 and 250 2nd place winners will receive a coupon for a free bottle of Purex Crystals for Baby!

Just go here and fill out the form to enter.  Sadly Alaska and Hawaii residents may not enter.  Sorry.


PLUS three readers of Nancy's Free Selections will also win a free product coupon for Purex Crystals For Baby.


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Disclaimer: I am a member of Purex Insider and I received a bottle of Purex Crystals For Baby (28 oz) and three free product coupons to help me write this review and have this giveaway.  All the opinions in this post are mine and not influenced in any way.  Your experience with this product may be different than mine.  Also the link to enter Welcome to the World Sweepstakes in this post is my referral link.

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Giveaway: Premama Prenatal Vitamin Drink Mix - 30-Day Supply

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This giveaway is now live!

You may have experienced first-hand how difficult it can be to take a daily prenatal vitamin. Morning sickness is hard enough, and on top of that you're expected to swallow a giant prenatal horse pill - Yuck! Premama Prenatal Vitamin Drink Mix is quickly becoming the best alternative to the prenatal pill. Premama is a flavorlessprenatal supplement mix which can be added to your favorite beverages such as juice, iced tea, smoothies and shakes.

Premama Prenatal Vitamin Drink Mix is:
- Doctor recommended
- Nausea relief
- Contains all the nutrients baby needs
- Gluten-free, Lactate-free, BPA-free
- 100% Natural
- Just 6 calories per serving
- Recommended during conception, pregnancy and breastfeeding

Right now you can save 15% off your purchase of Premama Prenatal Vitamin Drink Mix.  Just use this 15% coupon code Sweepstakes2013 for any online purchases at www.drinkpremama.com.

If you'd like to learn more about Premama Prenatal Vitamin Drink Mix you can check out Premama's website, "like" Premama Inc, on Facebook, follow drinkpremama on Twitter, and find inspiration on Premama Prenatal Vitamin's Pinterest page.


I get the pleasure to host a giveaway where one winner will win a 30-day supply of Premama Prenatal Vitamin Drink Mix.  If you'd like to enter please enter below using the Giveaway Tools entry-form.

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Off Topic: Pillsbury.com Membership Benefits - Free Sample of Honey Nut Cheerios Medley

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Hurry and log into your Pillsbury account to sign up for a free sample of Fiber One Protein bar.  Just go here to log in and then fill out the form.   Hurry as the first 10,000 will receive the sample.

Not a member of Pillsbury? Sign up now so you can join in the fun to be able to sign up for one of the 10,000 free samples they give out each month. Next month they are giving out samples of Fiber One Protein Bars!  So go sign up here to be ready for the next giveaway.

Pillsbury has a new program that their Pillsbury.com members can sign up for. Each month a pre-selected number of consumers who were the original recipient of the valued subscriber email will be able to sign up for a free sample.  Check out this link for all the great benefits of being a Pillsury.com Member! In the welcome email they sent me it had a link to download a nice 100 page recipe magazine filled with over 70 recipes. The magazine is called Pillsbury Spring Get-Togethers.  Also here's a nice recipe booklet about brunch.  They also added this new recipe booklet for you to download too, it's called Best Recipes Ever Vol. 21, Num. 9. For my birthday they sent me an email with a link to a little recipe booklet called Oh, How Sweet It is!.

Plus if you have go here it'll show you what samples you have signed up through them and their status.

Here is an example of the fine print to the monthly sample offer, "Free samples are limited so please respond quickly. This promotion is only for pre-selected consumers who were the original recipient of the valued subscriber email. Limit one sample per household. All fields required. You must be 18 years of age or older to receive this sample. Offer limited to the United States and expires 12/1/2011 7:00:00 AM. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery."

Free Music Download From Golden Records For Facebook Members

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Do you remember listening to stories from Little Golden Records when you were a child?  Well now you can download one of them.

Just "like" Little Golden Records and click where it says "Fans Only Download".  Then click to download your free download.  It said an email address was required but I didn't see where you had to enter it and it still let me download the story.  The story you can download today is "The Little Engine That Could." starring Ed Asner.

I'm done (sort of)! :)

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Went to the doctor today for a follow-up on my June visit and for the first time in forever was told that I don't have to lose weight. All my numbers are fantastic at 189, and she said that I will be just peachy if I stay between 185 and 189.

I think I'll try to lose a little more, maybe down to 175-180 before figuring out how to maintain at a constant weight. Thankfully, given my method, maintenance shouldn't be too complicated -- just a matter of giving myself a few more calories each day. I'm already eating everything, so there's no change in what I'm eating, just a little increase in quantity.

Overall, it's pretty cool. I didn't lose half my weight, but I did lose 37.75% of my body weight in only 206 days. Yes, and that's with going out to eat with friends and travel and my 50th birthday, and a few beers. Sorry to boast -- that's not something I do much, but it's kind of exciting to have accomplished something this ambitious in this short a time.

I'll have a follow up post this weekend listing the 10 most important things I learned from this experience.  I'll also add some before/after pics for some visual motivation.

Is it wrong for a man to love a tortilla?

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There may be two things which have been indispensable in helping me achieve my weight-loss goals. The first is the support of my wife -- I don't think that I could have changed my lifestyle had she not changed hers similarly.

The second is a tortilla. Yes, a tortilla. Actually, somewhere over 400 tortillas, but all of one type.


La Tortilla Factory Smart & Delicious Low Carb High Fiber Tortillas. Yes, the name is long and unwieldy, so long that saying it all requires you to burn 10% of the calories you get from eating one. But it is truly a miraculous product. Who knew that a 62g tortilla, with only 80 calories, could also have 8g of protein and 12g of fiber. Wow! And for those times when you don't need as much tortilla real estate, there's a smaller version that's only 50 calories but with 5g of protein and 7g of fiber.

What do I do with them?

• Low-calorie giant breakfast burritos with egg whites, low fat/nonfat cheese, and salsa
• Wraps, wraps, wraps! Chicken, pastrami, veggie burgers, veggie dogs, you name it.
• Pseudo-naan to go with Indian entrees
• I've even been known to eat them on their own in a pinch.

No, they will not win an award for the world's most delicious tortilla (my wife hates them, but I think they're pretty good) -- to begin with, their whole wheat, so they're not as deliciously fluffy as regular flour tortillas. But, they're OK, and at only 80 calories with 8g of protein and 12g of fiber, that's good enough for me. An important note -- they're MUCH tastier when you pop them in the toaster oven to heat them up. I alternate between a quick warm (leaves them softer, good for wraps) and a longer toast (they get kind of crispy/tougher) which can be good for other purposes.
I buy mine mostly from Costco (they may or may not be at your local Costco), and I horde them in my freezer (they seem to store just fine, nearly indefinitely, when you put them in Ziploc freezer bags and suck the air out with a straw before closing to create a near-vacuum). Costco discontinued them once before, but they're back, so I hope they stay available, but I'm not counting on it. My local Safeway has both the small and large versions, and they seem to put them on discount fairly frequently on my Safeway shopper's card. OR, if you're desperate, you can buy them direct from La Tortilla Factory, but the pricing's more than at the local grocery *and* you have to pay for shipping.
You may be wondering, "What's so special about these tortillas? We have a bunch of tortillas at our local grocer, many of them with healthy names, and they must be just as good." Well, there are a few 
Mission Tortillas (which seem to be one of the more widely distributed national brands) has a 67g large 96% fat free tortilla. You'd think that would be a great alternative, but it has only 5g of protein, 3g of fiber, and it's over double the calories at 180. Ouch! They do have a nutritional powerhouse of a tortilla, the 70g Carb Balance tortilla which has 9g of protein and an incredible 26g of fiber, but it's 210 calories. If you're like me and eat 2-3 tortillas per day, the difference between about 200 calories (La Tortilla Factory) and 500 calories (Mission) would add up fast.
P.S. In researching this, I came across Tumaro's which offers a 8" tortilla that's 50 calories with 5g of protein and supposedly available in my area. I'll have to check it out.