Thursday, March 19, 2009

Giveaway: The Engine 2 Diet by Rip Esselstyn (5 Winners)

The wonderful people at Hachette Book Group are helping me give away five copies of The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter's 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds, which was just published February 25th!! The books will be shipped directly from the publisher.

From my review:
In a nutshell: This is a great book for anyone who needs to lose weight or lower their cholesterol. It is a pretty strict diet, eliminating dairy, processed foods and meat, but the author has provided explanations and the science behind why this diet works (this helps provide encouragement). He even says that if you don't do the entire diet, you can still use the basics to eat healthier every day. In my case, that is what I am trying to do. With two adults and a toddler in the house, I really don't see a strictly vegetarian diet working for our family, but I do understand the power behind adding more plant-based foods to our diet. Rip Esselstyn has also included some basic exercises and a whole section of recipes, with some great tips worked in. This diet has been endorsed by Lance Armstrong, as well as many medical doctors, and was tested by over 65 people when the author was first validating it.

You CAN enter daily, but make sure you leave different cleaning or organizing suggestions each time!

To be included in the giveaway:
1. Leave a comment here and tell me your favorite fruit or vegetable and leave your email (1 entry daily)
2. Leave a comment on the review (1 entry)
3. Post a link to the giveaway on your blog and report it here (1 entry)
4. Become a follower and leave a comment here (or "remind" me you are already a follower so I know you want to be included in this giveaway) (1 entry)

The drawing will be held April 30th. Winners: I will send you each an email, you will need to reply with your address so I can forward it to the publisher or send the book directly to you. In the event that a winner does not respond, I will go to the next name in the drawing and notify them.

This giveaway is open to residents within the United States and Canada, but books will NOT be shipped to PO Boxes.

~ Wendi

148 comments:

  1. would love to have this book. sounds great.

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  2. I love honeydew melon (fruit) and I love spinach(vegetable).
    msgb245 (at) gmail (dot)com

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  3. This book would be so helpful. My favorite fruit is apple and vegetable is zucchini. thanks for this great giveaway.

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  4. Please enter me.

    My favorite fruit is mangos. And my favorite vegetable is green beans.

    I am also a follower.

    bacchus76 at myself dot com

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  5. Favourite fruit is cantaloupe! Favourite veggie is asparagus!


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  6. I left a comment on your review!



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  7. I also follow your blog and subscribe via Google Reader!


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  8. I love corn on the cob and strawberries!

    micaela6955 at msn dot com

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  9. my favorite fruit is banana

    teechbiz at gmail dot com

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  10. My favorite fruit is a banana! Because they're so portable I can take one with me when I head out the door!

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  11. My favorite fruit is blueberries. drala625 at yahoo dot com

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  12. I'd love to read this book, my favorite fruit is blueberries.

    I'm a follower already!

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  13. I love fresh tomatoes, cucumber and squash...just about anything from our garden. As for fruits, I can really get into a great watermelon or cantalope!

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  14. I love mexican squash (chayote )!
    I live near Austin and have been reading about this fireman turned food author and the remarkable results dieters have been experiencing on this diet in the Austin Statesman newspaper!

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  15. I love cucumbers.

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  16. Tomatoes are my fav!

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  17. I have two favorite foods: tomatoes and chocolate (does chocolate count as a vegetable since it comes from a plant?) Thanks for the offer!

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  18. Tomatoes and corn are my favorites. jelly15301@gmail.com

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  19. love avacados now, only toook 21 years to try them.

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  20. I follow your blog. jelly15301@gmail.com

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  21. I left a comment on the review. jelly15301@gmail.com

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  22. Linz said :
    Interesting book !
    Favorite fruit - green grapes.
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  23. I love Red Bell Peppers

    jason@allworldautomotive.com

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  24. Sounds Fab :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  25. I love anything fresh out of our garden...tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash....and I'm a sucker for a great slice of watermelon!

    I've heard a lot of great things about this book! Thanx for the awesome contest!

    toadallycute1(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  26. My favorite vegetable is brussel sprouts believe it or not!!

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  27. Sounds great :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  28. I love watermelons

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  29. I've yet to meet a fruit I didn't like. But, i relly love avocados. My favorite veggie is brocooli. :)

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  30. love tomatoes. would love to try this

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  31. Bananas are best!

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  32. Strawberries are a fav fruit.

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  33. I love watermelon

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  34. tomatoes grown in my garden are my favorite fruit(though most people incorrectly assume they are a vegetable).

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  35. as a child I would sit in the kitchen sink and eat all the tomatoes like apples. Can't remeber if I got in to trouble or not. But, Mom would always catch me. So, I love tomatoes.

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  36. Sounds like a good book

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  37. Berries - they are full of antioxidents :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  38. My favorite is blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and apricots mixed together. Add some mandrian oranges and you are set. Would love this book, need all the help I can get, and besides all that who doesn't want to look like a firefighter. Thanks r

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  39. book sounds good. I like bananas

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  40. My favorite fruit is Gala apples.
    They're great..This book sounds terrific.

    Marion G

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  41. Tomatoes are my favorite.

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  42. My favorite fruit is blackberries. My favorite veggie is brussels sprouts (I'm weird, I know!).

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  43. Nothing better than a golden delicious apple!

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  44. Awesome.

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  45. Sounds like a great book.

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  46. I love baby carrots and pineapple

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  47. red grapes are great :o)

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  48. My favorite fruit is bananas--they taste like they have lots of sugar.

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  49. cdrury@gmail.com
    love grapes and love raw spinich

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  50. well sounds good to me, we read anything we all can get our hands on, a good old friend of mine from Vanguard School sent my kids "Gone with the Wind" for them to read and keep its one of the oldest ones he'd had in his collection, I'm sure with him, its worth something, which my kids will have to a very long time.

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  51. Sounds great :)

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  52. Gotta be peaches

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  53. Enter me please :)

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  54. I love broccoli cold and hot with cheese!
    Carla
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  55. Gotta be avocado.

    adrian309@juno.com

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  56. My favorite fruit is the black grape! So delicious.

    sinoche ____@____ gmail.com

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  57. Would love to win this :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  58. My favorite fruit is strawberries.

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  59. I'm a follower.

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  60. Green beans are by favorite - you can do so manything things with them.

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  61. Sounds wonderful :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  62. I love spinach, red peppers and blueberries.

    julieplourde(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  63. Sounds great :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  64. I would really love this :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  65. I still like green beans the best. Your review makes this book sound like a good read. Actually I love any book that contains even one receipe.

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  66. I like fresh peaches.

    adrian309@juno.com

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  67. Enter me - I want to win :)

    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  68. I love oranges! Especially when they're dipped in chocolate!
    pleaseundress@yahoo.com

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  69. Elton John!!

    No, seriously carrots for the vegetable and pears for the fruit.

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  70. My favorite vegetable is cooked broccoli with melted cheese. Thanks for the contest. lrussel1@rochester.rr.com

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  71. Sweet Potatoes :)

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  72. Advocados and tomatoes are sometimes considered fruits or vegetables, but these 2 are my favorite! I saw this on a news show yesterday and would love this book! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net

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  73. I'm on a raisin kick currently.

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  74. I love asparagus :)

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  75. My favorite vegetable is still green beans.

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  76. I love red peppers. They are kind of sweet raw and then go great with pasta and sandwiches when they are cooked. Yummy!

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  77. I posted a comment on the review.

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  78. I love fruits and vegetables. Corn and beans are my favorite vegetables and strawberries, peaches and bananas tie as my favorite fruits.

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  79. My favorite vegetable is baby squash, and I love Honeydew Melon.


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  80. I love broccoli, yum yum!
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  81. Spinach is my favorite vegetable!

    theyyyguy@yahoo.com

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  83. my fave fruit are cherries and my fave veggie is the avocado. trinitygsd at yahoo dot com

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  84. Please count me in! Thanks for the chance to win :) Tryingtostaycalm@gmail.com

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  85. My favorite fruit is banana and my favorite vegetable are potatos

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  86. I love asparagus. :)

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  87. Mu favorite fruit would be pineapple

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  88. Asparagus is my favourite especially cooked just right with a little crunch.

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  89. I would love the chance to win, thanks.
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  90. Please enter me. Thanks!

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  91. I saw these guys on the Sunday Morning News Show on CBS this past Sunday. I would love to read this book! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net

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  92. Black plums are my favorite fruit, and asparagus is my favorite veggie. Thanks for the great contest!
    teresa690 at gmail dot com

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  93. Cherries are my favorite fruit. Sweet Potatoes are my favorite vegetable. garrettsambo@aol.com

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  94. My favorite fruit is Watermelon.
    Thanks
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  95. I posted a comment on your review.
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  96. follower fly18grl21 at aol dot com

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  97. I would love for my mom to read this book. She has High Cholesterol. Thanks for the giveawy. I also love bananas.

    jesskaufman at hotmail dot com

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  98. I commented on your review.
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    THANKS

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  99. Follower

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  100. I love Cherries. Thanks

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  101. I commented on your review. Thanks for the chance to win this book it sounds like a life changing read!

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  102. I follow your blog also.
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  103. My favorite vegetable is the avocado

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  104. My favorite fruit is strawberries and my favorite veggie is tomotoes

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    thanks so much

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  105. we heart cucumbers,squash,and tomatoes:)ty 4 the entry into this awesome giveaway:)

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  106. I have lots of favorites, blueberries, tomatoes, avocados, etc.

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  107. following

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  108. Most people think I'm strange, but I love most vegetables...with broccoli topping that list. Love it!

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  109. I am crazy for all meleon!
    My favorite is Watermelon!
    I love Cantalope too a whole bunch!

    I could eat avacodo's until I passed out!

    Bananas are always a favorite in our house too!

    zestywonderland@gmail.com

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  110. Oops. Forgot my email, but the good thing about that is that I can put it here and also tell you that I follow your blog.
    heatherpooh (hotmail)

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  111. I follow on blogger!

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  112. I love eggplant!

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  113. I love Grapes and Peas

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  114. Nice review,sounds like a good diet.I like that Lance Armstrong endorses it


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