{"id":4902,"date":"2013-09-02T21:33:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T03:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2013-09-03T20:45:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T02:45:52","slug":"colourful-smoothie-challenge-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=4902","title":{"rendered":"Colourful Smoothie Challenge Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"I<\/p>\n

Dah, dah, dah, duh (my very rough trumpet fanfare sound effect)…<\/p>\n

It has come to this…the end of the Smoothie Challenge<\/a> has come and September is here! I meant to have this post up earlier, but I was moving back to the city for my last year of Exercise Science, so it was a crazy day.<\/p>\n

Anyway, now<\/p>\n

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I’m here, camped out at Starbucks, to bring you the news. Out of 32 ladies participating, three of them went CRAZY in the smoothie department…and I mean crazy…these girls had a LOT of smoothies! I loved getting messages from many of them who reported having more energy and feeling better…and some gals were just feeling empowered by the fact they committed to the challenge and STUCK to having a life-giving smoothie EVERY day. They crushed their goals! I have to say though, it was tight…the scores were neck in neck.<\/p>\n

\"Smoothie<\/p>\n

(A handful of the lovely ladies participating<\/em>)<\/p>\n

I also had a ton of fun…<\/p>\n

\"BCAA<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/p>\n

I admit I had a lot of this smoothie – my Chocolate PB Dessert Shake<\/a>, but it kept me away from sugary chocolate. I had this one for breakfast. No shame.<\/p>\n

\"Spirulina<\/p>\n

This Creamy Strawberry Spirulina Smoothie<\/a> (and the one above) were my two favourites from the whole challenge. Obsessed.<\/p>\n

But enough about my smoothie obsession, so who won?!<\/p>\n

First prize goes to Renee<\/a>! This girl went to town by maximizing the points and made probably every single smoothie I’ve ever posted. I loved getting her tweets!<\/p>\n

Here are a few of her smoothie creations:<\/p>\n

\"Naylynn<\/p>\n

And she wins all of this…wow, congrats girl!<\/p>\n

\"FIRST<\/p>\n

Second prize goes to the girl who created a lot of BEAUTIFUL smoothies…it’s Molly from The Happiness Recipe<\/a>. This girl just radiates with sweetness! She also gets extra brownie points for drinking the MOST smoothies of anyone in the whole challenge. This girl had 59 smoothies in 31 days! Whhhaaaa!<\/p>\n

\"Happiness<\/p>\n

And she wins all of this:<\/p>\n

\"SECOND<\/p>\n

Third prize goes to Danielle<\/a>…she is very awesome and all her tweets made me grin!<\/p>\n

\"L‘<\/p>\n

And this girl wins all this:<\/p>\n

\"THIRD<\/p>\n

A BIG thank you to Vega,<\/a> Quest Nutrition<\/a>, Nutrex Hawaii Spirulina<\/a>, BlenderBottle<\/a>, and Maine Drinking Straws<\/a> for sponsoring this challenge!<\/p>\n

I also wanted to mention that if you’re interested in those super cute stainless steel straws, the owner of Maine Drinking Straws is offering my readers a special discount. Their straws are special because:<\/p>\n