For many of us, the season of gluttony begins with candy-laden Halloween, continues through bountiful Thanksgiving and festive Christmas, and wraps up with party-time New Year’s Eve. January hopefully represents a clean slate and, for many people, a cleaner plate.

While lifestyle and diet resolutions are not new, the new year is still a welcome and opportune time to make a fresh start in healthy eating, including developing better snacking habits.

Indeed, finding snacks that fit into a resolved new way of eating is not always easy, especially when snacks have long been viewed as an indulgent reward. The good news for those intent on starting 2011 with a different snacking mindset is that a wider array of better-for-you products are available and the overall approach to eating better is more focused on sensibility than on fleeting fads….

Find out more about healthy eating for your new year resolutions, the scoop on protein and how to reduce your waistline AND make a positive impact on your environment…

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Enter our Holiday Jingle Contest, show us your holiday jingle and tell us why you love us, what’s your cause or charity and who will benefit. Then have fun, be creative and submit your festive jingle to our ELEVATE ME! Team for your chance to win!!!

 
THE PRIZE:

WIN $100 CASH – stuffed into your favourite box of ELEVATE ME! Bars
GIVE $100 CASH – we will donate $100 to your favourite cause or charity

HOW IT WORKS:
Check out our Jingle Toolkit by clicking here

1. Follow instructions in our Jingle Toolkit
2. Have fun and create your Holiday Jingle using multimedia or anything else creative
a. Video – just send us your 5mins or less video YouTube link
b. Photos, maximum of 5 photos can be submitted
c. Written – 250 words or less of your best written festive verbiage
3. Submit by January 1st 2011
4. ELEVATE ME! Team votes and the Winner Announced January 7th 2011

SUBMIT YOUR HOLIDAY JINGLE:

1. Submissions sent to: marketing@prosnack.com
2. Include your full name and contact information
3. Remember to include your link and/or document attachments

Good Luck!

With the holiday season quickly approaching, comes the frantic hustle and bustle of trying to fit it all in, and sometimes, trying to fit it all into those jeans. Egg nog lattes, eats and treats are key signs that Happy Christmas is in full swing, but that doesn’t mean your waistline has to. Here are some savvy ways to stay healthy and happy this holiday season.

Who likes free stuff? Great time to stock up and stuff those stockings, or give yourself the gift of health and try our newest flavor “Strawberry Apple Pie.”

2 FREE BARS with every purchase order. This fantastic offer is for a limited time, don’t miss out on our festive offer!

If you haven’t checked out our HOLIDAY JINGLE CONTEST, scroll down and take a peek or visit our facebook page.

WIN $100 – GIVE $100. Win a Christmas box of ELEVATE ME! bars stuffed with $100 cash for yourself AND we’ll donate on your behalf $100 for your favorite charity! We’re looking for fans and social change makers who are committed to making a positive impact in their community.

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I first discovered Elevate Me organic energy bars through a friend I worked with at North Shore Athletics. He was diagnosed with Celiac disease a few years ago and had to change his diet drastically. One of the things he was able to fuel himself on were Elevate Me health bars. Besides being Gluten-Free they are packed with whey protein, making them the perfect snack on the go for a hungry athlete. I have experimented with a lot of different energy bars and Elevate Me protein bars are THE BEST! My favorite is the Acai Berry Bar.

Background:

I grew up playing team sports, mainly soccer and basketball. After high school I went on to play Varsity Basketball at Capilano College for 2 years. It was during these years that I discovered my passion for running. After College, I trained for my first marathon and I absolutely fell in love with the sport. I went on to work at North Shore Athletics and a co-worker introduced me to Ultramarathon running. Since then, I haven’t looked back and have run distances such as 50km, 50 miles, and 100km. I hope to run my first 100 miler in 2010! Many of the ultramararthon’s I have done are on the trails. I love spending time running in nature and it is definitely where I feel most at ease.  There is something magical about running in the trees listening to the sounds of the river flowing along side the trail.

After Capilano College I transferred to U.B.C to finish my Human Kinetics Degree. I ran on the track and field/cross country team for 2 years. I currently work as a Personal Trainer and run coach in North Vancouver. I work with a wide variety of clientele who have their own individual goals.  Some people want to lose weight, improve core strength, learn to run, and/or gain strength and improve balance and flexibility. I am also a Certified Lactate Threshold Tester through F.a.C.T Canada. This certification allows me to measure your current level of fitness and provide training recommendation based on your own personal physiology.

I am very passionate about health and fitness and I am proud to support and promote a health product I believe in.

Past Accomplishments:

2007:

• Iron Knee 25km: 2^nd place female, 16^th overall/Time: 1:51 (First time)
• Knee Knacker 50km: 2^nd place female, 14^th overall/ Time: 5:48 (PB: 52 minutes)
• Stormy 50-miler trail race : 1^st Place female

2008:

• Knee Knacker 50km:  1^st place female
• Iron Knee 25km: 1^st place female
• Comfortably Numb: 1^st place female
• Hallow’s Eve 21.2km: 2^nd place female
• Haney to Harrison 100km: 1^st place female
• Giv’r Take Around The Lake 30km: 1^st place female

2009:

• Way Too Cool 50km: 4^th place female
• Iron Knee 25km: 2^nd place female
• SFU 5 peaks 10km: 1^st place female

Upcoming Races in 2009:

• Giv’r Take Around the Lake 30km, 17/10
• Mountain Masochist 50-mile (Virginia), 07/11

Nicola Gildersleeve
http://www.ngildersleeve.blogspot.com/

CSC Pacific dietitians agree that ELEVATE ME!® bars are one of the highest nutritional quality sport bars on the market today.

• ELEVATE ME!® bars deliver an excellent source of protein and carbohydrates to replenish fuel stores, build muscle and promote recovery after training.
• ELEVATE ME!® bars are also a great source of antioxidants to boost the immune system.
• ELEVATE ME!® offers 7 flavours: Chocolate Acai Berry Brownie, Matcha Green Tea with Cranberries, Banana Nut Bread, All Fruit Original, Blueberry Cranberry Gojiberry Boost, Espresso Cocoa Crunch and Cocoa Coconut Cluster.

But are you getting enough protein?

Protein is the building block of muscle, so you’re protein requirements will increase with any form of training. A lack of protein will result in muscles loss, a weaker immune system, slower recovery time and less energy.

Try this simple calculator: The recommended daily allowance (RDA) of protein is 0.36 grams per pound of body weight or 56 grams of protein a day for the average male and 46 grams for the average female. For people with an active lifestyle the protein requirements jump to 1.7 grams of protein per kilo of bodyweight. If you want to build muscle as fast as possible, you will need at least 2.5 grams of protein per kilo of bodyweight.

Why Whey?

Whey protein contains amino acids such as leucine which increases protein synthesis and speeds up recovery time. Studies have also shown that whey protein increases cellular glutathione levels. Glutathione is an antioxidant that combats free radicals in the body and helps reduce the risk cancer.

Now for the fun stuff!

Here at Elevate Me! We are running a contest for the best Elevate Me! picture. The first 3 people to send in a picture of you and your Elevate Me! bar doing any of the fantastic sports you enjoy, be it yoga, running or simply walking in Lynn Canyon will receive a box of Elevate Me! bars.

Start sending in those awesome pictures now!!

Email them to marketing@prosnack.com

Coreylee
Marketing Manager

For just a few days save $2.00 per box of bars as we welcome you back to school and work!

This is a great time to start planning those lunches and getting organized as we head into September.

The brain is a hungry organ that cannot function at optimal levels without the proper fuels. To keep the brain functioning at top performance, diets packed with brain boosting essential fatty acids and good quality proteins are a must! Next to water, protein makes up most of the weight of our bodies. Muscles, organs, hair, nails and ligaments are all composed of protein, so it’s obvious why protein is an important part of the diet.

This is your chance to try a flavour you haven’t tried before or to stock up on the ones you love. Keep these bars in your car, your gym bag and at your desk and next time you are hungry and need a snack, do something healthy for yourself and your brain and reach for a low fat, high fibre Elevate Me protein bar!

Enjoy!
Coreylee Essig
Marketing Manager
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ELEVATE ME! energy bars

As you know, we love to support athletes any way we can. So if any of you Elevate Me! fans are in the Toronto area and would like to check out the Grapple Girls Open Grappling Tournament this Saturday August 22nd we have 3 tickets set aside for our company. The first 3 people to email me at marketing@prosnack.com with the code “ Grapple Girls” will get in for free. I will put you on the guest list under Elevate Me! Information on the event is below:

Toronto Wrestling Development Center (TWDC) Aug 22d Start: 11:00 am

http://www.womensgrappling.org

I look forward to telling you all about the kind of fun and exciting events that are coming up! Stay tuned and stay active with Elevate Me! Bars.

In GOOD health,
Coreylee Essig
Marketing Manager

We just signed on with Canadian Sports Centre Pacific so we will be working closely with hundreds of professional and Olympic caliber athletes to fuel their incredibly arduous training, with the Olympics here in a few months the timing is perfect. We’ve already sold tons of bars to the snowboarders, speedskaters, lugers, ski jumpers etc., Now we just need to share our bars with all the pro sports teams out there, once they try them they’re hooked, so that helps.

We’re offering some guerrilla freebies away so let’s start now: the first 3 people to email me at info@prosnack.com and mention the codephrase “Flumoxed by Calamity” will get a free mix box sent in the mail, no strings…offer good now until Aug 7th 2009….keep on enjoying the ridiculous summer heat.

in GOOD health,
Earl Ellingson
Chief ELEVATE ME! Officer