I don’t know about you, but I indulged a little too much over the holiday season. It’s okay, but now that the holiday season is over, Brady and I are starting to focus more on our health and wellness. Not only are we setting new health goals for ourselves, but we also want to set a good example for our children and include them when we can. Deciding to change a lifestyle is the easy part though, but it can be hard to stick to. With the help of some intentional planning and helpful products, keeping your health and wellness resolutions can be easy.
Four Products to Help Kick Start Health and Wellness Goals
I’ve partnered with Green Giant, Optimum Nutrition, vitafusion and L’il Critters as part of an Influencer Activation and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.
One thing that I know I need to prioritize in the New Year is working out. For the last five years, I have been nursing or pregnant and working out hasn’t been a huge priority. But now that the kids and I are getting more sleep at night, I’m ready to get back into shape and honestly, I love working out.
I’ve never been good at eating or drinking the right things before and/or after a workout though. This year, I am planning on fueling my body correctly before or after a workout with two products from Optimum Nutrition.
Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey in Double Rich Chocolate
I like working out in the morning before getting ready for the day. But I have never been huge on eating breakfast right after waking up. Usually for the first few hours of my day, I am just drinking coffee and water. Its not the best pre-workout routine and if I want to have a killer workout I need something more to sustain my energy through my workout.
Instead of drinking coffee first thing in the morning, I am planning on making a smoothie with the Gold Standard Whey protein powder in the flavor Double Rich Chocolate before my thirty minute workout. The double rich chocolate flavor pairs nicely in a smoothie made with strawberries, bananas, and a nut butter. For the liquid part of the smoothie, I use 8 oz of water. After blending everything together, I’ll sip on the smoothie while checking emails before getting into my workout.
What I love about the Gold Standard Whey is it is made with whey protein insolate. Don’t know what that means? It is just a fancy way of saying that fat and carbs have been isolated or removed from the product. At 24 grams of protein, this powder is sure to help energize any workout.
Optimum Nutrition’s Essential Amino Energy
Another great product that I am adding to my daily life in 2020 is Optimum Nutrition’s Essential Amino Energy. Combined with 5 grams of Amino Acids and 100 grams of caffeine, it is the perfect drink to supplement to any workout routine or an afternoon pick me up. Just mix a couple of scoops with water and help support energy, focus, and muscle recovery. I have been using my little handheld milk frother to mix the drink with. I love the grape flavor and it’s fun to drink out of a wine glass!
Adding more veggies to the kids’ diet
I have been seriously slacking on making sure the kids consume enough veggies. With the help of Green Giant Cauliflower Veggie Hash Browns, I can feed the kids a quick and easy breakfast! I usually throw a few Green Giant Cauliflower Veggie Hash Browns in the oven while I cook eggs. In 15 minutes we have a breakfast filled with healthy goodness. Like regular hash browns, the Cauliflower Veggie Hash Browns have a tasty crunch, but they also have one full serving of Cauliflower in every two hash browns. Sounds like a parenting win to me. The kids usually will dip them in our favorite sugar free ketchup. I also think these veggie hash browns would make a nice addition to a mid day snack charcuterie board. Since Green Giant products are free of artifical colors, flavors, and preservatives, I can’t wait to try some of their other frozen items like the Cauliflower Gnocchi!
Stepping Up Our Vitamin Game
And when I say step up, I really mean begin our vitamin game. I haven’t taken a daily vitamin since I was a couple months postpartum with Piper. I don’t think Brady has ever taken a daily vitamin and Rowan at four is just able to start taking some kid vitamin products. Vitafusion Gummy Vitamins are a great addition to our lives. They carry vitamins for the whole family. The vitafusion Men and Women’s Gummy Vitamins are a fun way for Brady and I to get our nutrients and we feel good taking them because vitafusion is the only gummy vitamin brand with clinically proven* absorption. Rowan has started to take L’il Critters Children’s Gummy Vitamins. He loves pointing out the bear shape of the gummy vitamin and I feel good giving it to him because they are made with no artificial sweeteners or flavors, high-fructose corn syrup, synthetic dyes, or gluten or dairy! Because Rowan is four, I give him two vitamin gummies a day and when Piper turns two in June, she’ll get one!
{*For Vitamins C & D3 in products that contain those nutrients}
Here’s to a healthier 2020
What are your plans to support a healthier lifestyle in 2020? Let’s come together and help support each other because focusing on health and wellness is easier with friends and family cheering us on!
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