Vote In The Lipton 'Free Your Y' Video Contest And Win A Free Fuji Crosstown 2.0 Bike

A "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog reader will win this bike

It's contest time again everyone and this prize is PERFECT for anyone who is living healthy and enjoys the outdoors. You can win an ultra-chic, way-cool, radical-ride known as the Fuji Crosstown 2.0 Bike from our friends at Lipton Teas in promotion of their "Free Your Y" campaign on behalf of their new line of white teas.

Apparently, the new Lipton White Teas come from "young" (that's the "Y" they are referring to) tea buds to give them their amazing youthful flavor and this is the basis for developing "Free Your Y." Whether you are young, feel young, or wanna feel young again, Lipton is celebrating the things people to do recapture the essence of what it means to be youthful, energetic, and full of promise. It's a nice concept to think about, especially for those of us whose lives have been radically changed for the better through livin' la vida low-carb!

Okay, enough about the slogan, you wanna know how you can get your grubby hands on that bike, right? YEPPERS! It's pretty simple. Go to the LiptonFreeYourY YouTube page and click on the "Vote Now" button to see the entries that people submitted to the contest. Here's a brief video talking about voting in this contest with some sample videos of what people entered:



Your vote will determine who wins the $25,000 grand prize as well as two runner-up $5,000 winners. But you only have until Friday, May 30, 2008 to enter and the winner will be announced on Monday, June 2, 2008. GOOD LUCK to all the entries!

But what about the bike, Jimmy?! I hear ya, I hear ya...to win this snazzy bike for yourself (man, I'd love one!), all you need to do is vote for your favorite video and then leave a comment (no anonymous submissions permitted) at this blog post stating who you voted for and why. Since the voting at the "Free Your Y" contest ends on Friday, so will this bike contest at 11:59PM EST--SO DON'T DELAY!

The winner will be chosen at random among all the entries and he or she will have delivered to their home a Fuji Crosstown 2.0 bike, 5 coupons for a free 1.5 Liter Bottle of Lipton White Iced Tea, and a $75 check to offset the expenses for a professional bike assembly. WOO HOO!!! The Pepsi/Lipton Partnership will provide a check for $75.00 to be used for professional assembly of all Lipton Fuji bicycles awarded. Neither Pepsi Co. nor Unilever is liable for any injuries, damages or accidents that may result from the receipt, assembly or use of this bicycle.

So are you ready to "Free Your Y" and vote for favorite video submission in the Lipton contest? Then head on over to YouTube, place your vote, come back here and tell us who you voted for and why, and then wait expectantly for your name to be announced the BIG WINNER! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

Introducing The 2nd Annual Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Blogiversary Giveaway Contest

Yes, that cake is low-carb and I'll take a bite on April 21, 2007

Has it really been one year since I celebrated my first blogiversary at the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog? WOW! It seems like just yesterday I was giving away all these fantastic prizes from wonderful low-carb companies to celebrate my one year online sharing the positive message about the low-carb lifestyle.

Well, I had so much fun giving away FREE PRIZES to my faithful readers last year that I have decided to DO IT AGAIN in 2007! That's right, today I am introducing the 2nd Annual Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Blogiversary Giveaway Contest and the prizes are bigger and better than ever this year! Oh my gosh, you won't believe what all I will be giving away to so many lucky readers this year thanks to the generosity of so many sponsors who wanted to reward you for reading my blog.

In fact, there's so many prizes to share with you that I can't fit them all in one blog post. Well, technically I could, but you'd be reading until this time next year to get through them all. So, I'll split 'em up and run a series of posts over the next week or so to share all the amazing items you will have a chance to win. And there are some HUGE prizes for you, too! I've been teasing you about the grill giveaway for a couple of weeks, so I better at least share that one with you today.

SUPER DUPER DIPPITY GRAND PRIZE

My wife Christine is modeling the stupendous VCS4007 grill



Generously donated by the Ontario-based CFM Corporation, this Vermont Castings Signature series VCS4007 model grill is a top-of-the-line BBQ masterpiece worth thousands of dollars with all the latest bells and whistles to make you the king of the backyard this summer and all year round. You'll look like a pro using this grill and it could be yours just for being a reader of this blog. Special THANKS to CFM for providing this fantastic grand prize giveaway (I wanna win--LOL!).

Now that's a NICE prize, isn't it? Technically, the anniversary of my blog (thus, blogiversary!) is on April 21, 2007, but we'll be celebrating all month long by giving you a chance to enter to win that grill and a host of other prizes. I'll be conducting the drawing for all the prizes, including that Grand Prize grill, at the end of the month. Winners will be announced on the blog during the first week of May. Sound good so far? Sweet!

At this point, I bet you are wondering what you need to do to become eligible to win a prize, huh? Say what? You mean I actually have to work a little to win a prize? Yep, you sure do! But I think you're up to the task, especially since you have the chance to win that BBQ grill and so many other amazing prizes for doing so.

I promise you'll have fun doing this and the payoff when you win something will make it soooo worth the effort. Just ask any of the people who won a prize last year if it was worth it to them! :) That was fun and I'm ready to do it again!

I've make it easy for you to enter with these 3 SIMPLE STEPS:

1. Your full name/full mailing address (NO P.O. Boxes please!).

2. What low-carb plan do you follow?

3. The LLVLC scavenger hunt (answers easily found on my blog!):

a. What are three of my favorite movies?

b. What is my HDL number according to my latest blood work?

c. Which book do I consider the "must-have" for all low-carbers?

d. Who wrote the foreword to my Livin' La Vida Low-Carb book?

e. What was the name of my cat that died in 2006?

Oh, this is gonna be fun I can tell already! :) We'll see how well you know me (or not!) or at the very least your ability to find the answers by scouring over my blog in the next few weeks. See, I'm giving you plenty of time to find all the answers, so you should be able to do this. With a little basic searching techniques, you shouldn't have any trouble at all with the scavenger hunt questions. Remember all those great prizes that await you for your efforts! ;)

Send your entry to my e-mail address--livinlowcarbman@charter.net. When you e-mail me, please label the subject line "BLOGIVERSARY CONTEST" so I can easily identify it as an entry in my contest. NOTE: I MUST RECEIVE YOUR ENTRY NO LATER THAN 11:59PM EST ON APRIL 29, 2007 for you to be eligible to win a prize! You have ample time to enter, but don't delay! Get those entries to me ASAP!

Keep in mind that what you submit to me can and will be used in a future blog post, although I will NEVER mention your full name, address or e-mail address. Please limit your entry to one person per household to give everyone a fair chance to win a prize and there will be plenty of prizes for everyone to have an EXCELLENT chance to win. Winners will be selected by random drawing on Monday, April 30, 2007 and announced at my blog sometime that first week of May.

Be looking for more about the incredible prizes you can win over the next week! If you are a business and would like to donate a prize to this contest, then please feel free to contact me to discuss. THANKS and GOOD LUCK to everyone! Tell your friends and family about the 2nd Annual Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Blogiversary Giveaway Contest and to visit throughout the month of April. We may have a few surprises here and there, so keep reading! SEE YA!