Your Perfect 7.10-7.12 Weekend

EAT

We now know how to discern the healthy chips from the tales, but can you play them right? When you finish a bag of Guiltless Gourmet chips (through September 30th), enter its code on the Web site to see if its your ticket to hundreds of prizes. Personally, we’re playing for the 4 day/3 night stay at a five-diamond Las Vegas resort, a $1,500 spa gift certificate and $1,500 in cash. http://www.guiltlessgourmetsweeps.com/entry.form

SWEAT

Bungee chord meets trampoline at the Women’s Health free one-day Are You Game? event where the mag’s reps encourage you to try new cardio options (like we do!). In addition to the experimenting with Euro Bungee, you’ll play Million Dollar Knockout, hula-hoop Pilates and get some spa treatments. July 11, Hudson River Park at Pier 46 (Charles Street and West Street), 10a.m – 5 p.m. http://origin.www.womenshealthmag.com/areyougame/

CHILL

We’re not sure how a slimming massage works, but we’re not asking questions. Dashing Diva’s citrus-based aromatherapy summer special, “Slim Diva,” comes with such a ten-minute leg and foot rub, cooling neck kneading and pedicure.

http://www.dashingdiva.com/DashingDivaStore/t-salons2.aspx, $48 through August 31.

SHOP

We posted Omala’s Bamboo Double Layer tank in our Dip Deeper section on Wednesday, before, we found out that Skinny Dippers would be treated to 25% discount off all purchases through July 13th. It’s def going in our Skinny shopping cart now. Enter the promotion code SkinnyDipOMALA at checkout. http://www.omalausa.com/

We may not scream for them, but chips are indispensable in our summer snacking. Still, scanning rows of sustainable, low fat, low sodium and fair trade options fills us with more anxiety than the seductive Cheetos guy does. The organic aisle has us questioning (are they for real veggies?) and shaking (are there more than ten chips in the bag?). So we went ahead and tested some of the healthful looking items to determine which are good for us and which are just dressed in colorful costume. At least they all agreed to be trans fat and cholesterol free.

Cals 105 (30 gm). Sodium 120 mg. Fiber 3 gm.

Crispy Delites: Carrot Chips Baked and jam-packed with a pound of vegetables, 390 mg of potassium, (helps all cells) and lots of Vitamins A and C, this snack has your green needs in mind. No. You’re not seeing things, they’re helping you see better.

Not much of a rabbit? Try cucumber, celery, red onion or Fuji apple.

Extend Crisps: White Cheddar Soy Crisps

Cals 130 (32 gm). Sodium 160 mg. Fiber 3 gm.

This light, airy low glycemic index snack gets its mild cheese taste from a combo of dehydrated cheese and whey. That, together with the uncooked corn starch (read: a slow burning carb that controls blood sugar release) keeps us fuller, longer, preventing us from tearing through another bag.

Cals 140 (28 gm). Sodium 140 mg. Fiber 3 gm.

Garden of Eatin: Multigrain Tortilla Chips with Everything Actually packed with Multi (seven of them) Grains (organic corn, cracked wheat, steel cut oats and flax seeds to name a few), this speckled snack is baked in sunflower and safflower oils (high in monosaturates, like olive oil) and combined with savory additions of poppy seeds, onion, and garlic to really give you everything.

Cals 140 (28 gm). Sodium 80 mg. Fiber 3 gm.

Food Should Taste Good: Sweet Potato Tortilla Chips

Although sweet potato isn’t the first on the nutrition label’s list (its stoneground corn), we get all the benefits of the soft orange vegetable’s Vitamin A (20%). With just the right balance of sweet and salty flavor and conveniently sized for dipping, this chip goes well with mango salsa and bean dip. Though something that tastes this good doesn’t need much added kick.