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{$497 Giveaway} Get Your Mama Mojo Back!

My Story.

Many of you know about my weight loss goals. And that I’ve been looking for some type of direction, some type of plan, some type of something to help me get motivated and moving.

I’ve never really had much trouble with my weight, although it has gone up and down a bit over the years. Then, during my pregnancy last year, I gained over 60 pounds! Yep, I was a BIG momma.

I lost about 20 pounds in the first month and a half after I had Abby, and was really excited. I thought it would all keep coming off that easy, but I was wrong. Super wrong.

Everyone said, “It takes nine months to put the weight on, give it another nine months to get it off.” Well, it’s been 10 months and I still have waaay too much baby baggage attached to these much wider hips!

My struggle.

I’ve always eaten pretty healthy, and while I didn’t exercise, I was really active at work {I worked in retail management and fashion merchandising, where you’re running around all day, up and down ladders, and never standing still!} and so my weight was never much of an issue.

Now, facing a weight loss goal of 25-30 pounds, I feel kind of lost on where to start.

I know what I DON’T want:

A quick fix. I want something I can stick with to keep the weight off.
Something unhealthy. I don’t want pills or supplements with weird ingredients.
A bunch of “diet” foods. I want to eat real foods, that I know are healthy.

So, when I got an opportunity to partner with the “Lean Green Mama” Jennifer McCay, I was SO extremely excited! Her approach seems like just what I have been looking for!

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That’s right, get your Mama Mojo back!! I love it.

Here are a few things that I’m lovin’ about Jennifer’s program:

Jennifer has struggled with her own weight in the past, and understands how hard it can be to change your shape.
She is a mother herself, and her program is meant for other mommas like her. She knows that as a mom you are super busy, and helps you make changes that can actually work in your life.
Her approach is meant as a lifestyle change, not a “diet”. This means that she is teaching you not only how to take off the extra weight now, but how to keep it off and stay healthy, for life.
She talks about how some women can eat junk and not exercise, and they’re still thin. But if you’re reading this, then that’s probably not you! Most of us can’t get away with that type of behavior, and you just have to accept that. But it’s not a bad thing! When we eat too much, eat the wrong foods, and aren’t active, our body’s SHOW that by gaining weight, which is a reminder to make better choices.
Jennifer also reminds you that you don’t have to feel guilty for having trouble getting the weight off! If your life is out of sync, and your suffering from cravings, stress, anxiety, or fatigue, then she can teach you how to eliminate those problems with better choices!

Sounds great right? So much of weight loss sounds so simple, “Eat healthy. Move more.” But if losing weight really was easy, we’d all be thin, right?

Want to learn more?

If you’d like to learn more about Jennifer’s program, check out her FREE video series, “Get Your Mama Mojo Back, and Lose the Weight for Life” by signing up at LeanGreenYOU.com right now! You’ll learn some of the tips that she usually only shares with her private clients. I have watched the first two, and they are FULL of helpful tips and useful information.

Why am I {SUPER DUPER} excited?

Jennifer has invited me to join her new 6 Weeks to a Lean, Green YOU Online Lifestyle Bootcamp {$497 value}, and share my experience along the way with you guys! I feel so lucky to get this opportunity, and learn the strategies that Jennifer herself has used to lose weight.

The Lifestyle Bootcamp includes:

6 weeks of in-depth online video training, guidance and instruction.
Live, personal 1 on 1 time with Jennifer for help and inspiration.
Diet plans to help you change the way you eat for the better.
A guide on safe, natural supplements and what to avoid.
Print outs for keeping up with your system and progress offline.
And much, much more!

And… I also feel super lucky to be able to offer one of my readers the opportunity to JOIN me in this Lean, Green YOU Lifestyle Bootcamp! Jennifer is so generous to provide this, since she normally only works with a select group of private clients!

Lean, Green YOU Lifestyle Bootcamp Giveaway!! {$497 value}

How to Enter:

Mandatory Entry: You MUST be an email subscriber to Sunshine and Sippy Cups or a GFC follower to be eligible for this giveaway. To subscribe, just add your email to the box in the top right corner. Easy peasy! Then leave a comment letting me know which way you follow!

Additional Bonus Entries:

Sign up for the FREE Video Training at Lean Green You today!
Like Lean Green Mama on Facebook.
Follow Lean Green Mama on Twitter!
Like Sunshine and Sippy Cups on Facebook.
Follow Sunshine and Sippy Cups on Twitter.
Share this giveaway any way you want! You can Tweet it, post it to Facebook, share it on your own blog, post it to another giveaway linky, Stumble it, whatever! Just get the word out about this amazing program! You can get TWO bonus entries each day, simply leave me a comment with a link to show me where you shared it. Share it two places, leave two comments!

Remember, leave a NEW comment for each entry!

One comment = One entry. Giveaway ends on June 5th, and the program will start on June 8th!! I will choose a winner on June 6th using Random.org, and they will have 24 hours to respond to my email and confirm, or I will have to choose an alternate to start the course with me! Giveaway is open to U.S. Residents, 18+.

Another chance to win!

And, for another BONUS chance to win a spot in this amazing weight loss bootcamp, check out Jennifer’s site and enter HER giveaway too! Go on over to LeanGreenMama.com to enter and read the details!

Good Luck to all of you!! I am so excited to get to bring one of my AMAZING fans along with me during this course!!

{I did not receive any financial compensation for this review, but I get the opportunity to join this weight loss program without charge in exchange for sharing my honest opinions and experience with it.}

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 26, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Contests | 133 Comments

Ebates + Groupon = BIG SAVINGS, TODAY ONLY!

So… I’m sure you’ve heard of Ebates, right?

{Sign up for Ebates and get: FREE $5 bucks today, another bonus $5 each time a friend signs up, plus FREE cash back when you shop online! Use Ebates to search for a store, and you’ll find coupon codes to save you money on your purchase, PLUS earn cash back too!}

And you’ve also probably heard of Groupon…

{Groupon brings you ONE amazingly discounted deal each day! If enough people want it, you all get it at the super low price, up to 90% off!}

Well, for today only you can get an AMAZING deal:

Groupon is the “Daily Double” cash back site at Ebates!!! But it’s even better than doubled today, they more than TRIPLED the regular cash back, from 3% to 10% for TODAY ONLY!

That means, if you’re already a member of both, go over to Ebates and find Groupon, and buy a super discount deal, and earn 10% of that in CASH BACK. Awesome, so awesome.

If you’re not using either yet, then you get an even BETTER deal! Sign up for Ebates, get your FREE $5 right now, search for Groupon, sign up and see if they too have any “new sign up” offers, and make a purchase to start earning your first “BIG FAT CHECK” from Ebates!

And… Make sure to check out my giveaway, Win an Amazon Gift Card, just by answering a question about Ebates!

And check out the link in that post to head over and “Like” Ebates on Facebook to WIN some BIG prizes from them, just for being a fan!!

Ebates already ROCKS my SOCKS, but right now, during their 12th Birthday Celebration, they’re extra amazing.

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 17, 2011 Filed Under: Deals and Coupon Codes, Freebies, Contests | No Comments

{Twizzlers} Family Road Trip Contest!

Twizzlers wants to help you have more fun on your family road trips this summer!

Are you planning a road trip this summer?

I am {hopefully!} taking my little girl on her first trip to the zoo! I haven’t decided if I want to go to Seattle, so that we can also go to the Aquarium and waterfront, of if we should travel a little farther and go to the zoo in Portland, which I hear is super amazing!

It’s not too tough to keep the baby happy on road trips… A couple linky toys hanging on the car seat, and she’s happy as long as that car keeps moving! But she is a little chunky butt, and loves her some snacks!

So, when I pack a few of the new Twizzlers goodies in our snack bag for us {I hate spending money on food while on the road, so I always back a cooler and snack bag. Saves money, and saves time!} I’ll also share just a bit with baby girl.

Watching her eat her first gummy worm was one of the funniest things we’ve ever seen, so I’m sure she’ll love to attack a yummy Twizzlers with her little gummy grin too!

Win a Trip:

Twizzlers® Candy, the perfect on-the-go treat, is helping to sweeten family travel this summer with the Twizzlers Landmark Summer™ promotion. The promotion gives consumers the chance to win a trip to a well-known United States destination plus daily, road trip-themed prizes throughout the summer. Visit www.Twizzlers.com! Daily entry runs from 5/15/11 – 9/4/11!

Memories…

Roadtips always make me remember being a kid, and traveling with my brothers to our family reunion every summer. And Twizzlers were such a favorite of ours when we were little, so it pairs perfectly with those memories! And if you want to learn more about the giveaway, fun new products, and other ideas from Twizzler, visit them at www.Twizzlers.com!!

DISCLOSURE: I am writing this post as an entry into the Twizzlers Landmark Summer promotion prize pack as a member of the Mom Bloggers Club. Thoughts and opinions are of course my own. You know me, no free goodies or compensation can ever make me tell ya anything different :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 16, 2011 Filed Under: Contests | No Comments

Win a $1,000 Amazon Gift Card!!

Sign up today for a chance to win a $1,000 Amazon.com Gift Card!

Amazon is one of my VERY favorite places to shop. Seriously. And this is the easiest thing to enter:

Win a $1,000 Amazon Gift Card!

Just click the link, hit enter, and say Yes to subscribe to email updates on clothing sales. That’s it. Easy peasy, right?

And, if you are a big fan of Amazon too, let me share a couple of tips to save you some money.

1. Sign up for Amazon Mom. You don’t even have to BE a mom. It’s a pretty easy sign up, and then you’ll get two whole months of FREE 2 DAY shipping on all Amazon Prime purchases (which is most stuff). Also, you get discounts on diapers and wipes too. And every time you make a purchase of baby items over $25, you get an additional month of free shipping added to your account. To sign up, just go into the “Your Account” section and find “Amazon Mom”.
2. Speaking of diapers… I ONLY buy diapers through Amazon. I sign up for the “Subscribe and Save” option, which takes 15% off of the price. Then, if you’re signed up for Amazon Mom, they’ll take an EXTRA 15% off too. Plus, your shipping is free. And each diaper purchase helps you to extend your months of FREE shipping. {Plus, you can change your subscribe and save options ANY time, and not have the shipment sent if you don’t want it}
3. Another great tip is to sign up for Swag Bucks. There are a lot of different rewards you can choose from, but I think the best deal is the Amazon Gift Cards. And ALWAYS get the $5 gift cards. If you do the math, they are a much better deal than any of the higher dollar amounts. I earn enough Swag Bucks to get a $5 Amazon card about once every week or two. Then you add ’em to your Amazon account, and let them add up until you’re ready to use them. This saves me a ton of money. Sign up Click Here.

And, just for fun, here are a couple of great deals on Amazon today:

Love this book, “Peek a Who?”, perhaps partly because I have a current obsession with Owls. But this is a super cute book that our kids think is so much fun.

Another favorite at my house is this adorable giraffe soother. It plays 4 different sound settings, from a white noise to a fun jungle beat. It also has a little velcro strap that you can use to attach it to the stroller or carseat. So cute.

Our current favorite movie. Seriously, so good. The little yellow guys’ laugh is just so contagious. Even I like watching this one :)

So, get on over and enter to win the $1,000 Amazon Gift Card, and sign up for some of these other programs too, to save some extra money! Have a great Sunday… I hope you’re all getting some sunshine today!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 15, 2011 Filed Under: Contests, Deals and Coupon Codes, Shopping | No Comments

My Birthday = Gifts for YOU!

Happy Birthday to ME, Happy Birthday to Me….

This is a really terrible quality picture of my birthday cake last year. But I love it. This was a great cake. It came with plastic flower rings. How can a cake get better than that, right? And they spelled my name right. That’s always a bonus.

Anyway, in celebration of my birthday, which is coming up next weekend, May 22nd, I’m doing a few giveaways that will all end the 21st, so that I can announce winners and give away “birthday presents” to you guys on my birthday! Man, I rock, right?

So, make sure to get entered!! I don’t want you to miss out on the fun.

The BIG giveaway is this one…

The Spring Flowers Beauty Bag Giveaway {$80 Value!} Notice how the pink flowers match the pink flower rings from my birthday cake? Nice. Enter here: Win Me!!.

Next I have a fun giveaway to welcome you to my favorite product testing company, BzzAgent:

This is my most recent campaign for the new Tresemme color care line. I’m just getting ready to dye my hair again, and am excited to see if this helps keep it fresh. If you’d like to get boxes of free product like this, join me as a BzzAgent, and then sign up for MyPoints, which is how they reward your activity. Then just leave a comment right here and I’ll send the first 10 people one of the fun coupons I got in this BzzKit as a little welcome gift!

And another little giveaway…

Check out my post here: Ebates Giveaways!, and learn how you can win some pretty darn amazing prizes right now from Ebates, why it’s so awesome, and enter to win a $5 Amazon Gift Card from me, just for answering a quick question! Easy peasy, right?

I’ll make up a few more little giveaways next week too, just to add a little more fun!

And if you want to get ME a birthday present, I’d LOVE any of these gifts:

Leave some comment love on my posts!! I end many of my posts with a question asking for your opinions, but it seems like everyone is being shy :) Leave me some comments, share your experiences, add some new tips. I love conversation!
Suggest my blog, twitter, or facebook to any of your friends who would appreciate it! I love sharing fun new stuff, so of course the more people I get to share it all with, the more fun it is! And, the bigger Sunshine and Sippy Cups grows, the more cool stuff I’ll get to offer to you guys!!
Leave me a Happy Birthday message on my page on May 22nd!! I get to be a bit of an attention diva when my birthday rolls around… I’ll admit, in my early 20’s, I celebrated my birthday WEEK each year, and planned parties and events each day. What can I say? I love an excuse for a party!

So, get your name in the drawings, and look forward to a few more freebies and giveaways next week!! Have a great weekend :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 14, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Contests | 2 Comments

Facebook Freebies {Limited Time}

Here is a round up of freebies and giveaways on Facebook:

Free Trip: This summer, a legend will rise. See Conan the Barbarian in 3D on August 19. Join the Barbarian Army! LIKE Conan now to be entered to win a trip to San Diego Comic Con. Conan hits theaters August 19. Click Here to enter!
Bounce Free T-Shirt: Enter to win a FREE t-shirt from Bounce. Click Here.
Dial For Men: Enter to win a super cool trip! Click Here.
Suave: Enter to win one of 10,000 FREE Suave Body Wash or Lotion, or grand prize. Click Here.
Secret: Check them out for TWO giveaways, I hear one gets you a free sample when you submit! Click Here. After you fill out that one, click the other giveaway tab under their profile pic to enter the other!
Degree: Gone, but check back on May 18th for NEW giveaway of FREE products. Click Here.
Caress: Go on over and “Like” them now, and watch for their new giveaway coming next week!! Click Here.
Right @ Home: See their facebook page for coupons and offers, Click Here and sign up for their FREE gift packs and newsletters too, Click Here.

If I’ve missed any great contests or freebies on facebook right now, let me know so I can add them, and give you credit for mentioning them :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on May 13, 2011 Filed Under: Contests, Freebies | No Comments

{Win!!} Super Duper Giveaways List!

I love giveaways, contests, and sweepstakes.

At the end of my pregnancy, I was having a lot of complications. I had not one hernia, but two. One on each side. My doctor told me that this was very uncommon. Well, of course. I’m weird. Uncommon is how I roll.

So, I was in a bit of pain. {and by a bit, I mean the opposite of a bit. Like, a ton maybe.} The doctor couldnt do any surgery to fix it, because baby girl was sort of in the way. Their solution? “Stay off of your feet.” Problem was, I worked as a manager in retail. And that sort of involves standing. And running. And ladders.

I couldn’t afford to leave work early, so I was on my feet all day. ALL. DAY. Oh boy. So when I got home I didn’t even want to stand up for anything at all. Nada. And I’m not much of a TV watcher. So I started getting online a lot. A. LOT.

That’s how I stared with giveaways. I entered a few, and won. So I entered more, and won even MORE often. Then I got hooked! Over the holidays, when there were a ton of giveaways going on, I seriously won at least something almost every single day for months. Amazing.

I’ve backed off a little, since I’m so busy with the new baby, watching the nephews, finishing up school, housework, the new blog, etc. But I’m starting to get back into it again. And I’m starting to win again.

Yep. Momma needs a hotline.

But hey, it’s not like I’m gambling. It’s harmless, even if it is a bit of an addiction, right?

So, after this looooong story, here is a list of super duper giveaways for YOU to enter. Yep, this freebie junkie wants to get you hooked too :)