My Favorite Healthy Snacks

Well hello, I hope you had a great weekend - it was odd being away from this space for a few days.  We had a great weekend which included beautiful weather, shopping for an upcoming trip with my bff, and a kid cupcake & cake pop decorating party!  Pretty great if you ask me.

While I wouldn't consider myself health crazed, we do try to eat healthy at home. We buy organic meats, organic peanut butter, organic or almond milk.  We eat a lot of fruits, veggies and yogurts and have always made it a priority for the kids to do so too.  I'm not saying they don't eat snacks - but when they do, we mostly try to choose snacks that are organic or are not filled with artificial sweeteners and tons of junk.

Some examples of things we choose are:  instead of buying Pringles or other chips that have a lot of artificial ingredients, we go for the brands that only have potatoes, oil and salt.  Same goes for ice cream - we don't buy brands with tons of ingredients - only the ones that have natural ingredients.  We also pop our own popcorn kernels at home instead of buying the microwaveable bags.

My snacking choices are a little different from the kids (obviously) so I thought I'd share a few of my favorite "healthy" snacks.

Wasabi Peas

 

These are my probably my favorite snack.  I love spicy food and these hit the spot, and I love how crunchy they are.

 

Roasted Seaweed

 

I know these may sound nasty to some, but these are so good!  They're salty and delicious, they also are seasoned with sesame oil - which is my favorite #chinesefoodjunkie

Kale chips are another favorite of mine (my recipe here) You can season them up how ever you'd like and they are crunchy and delicious - my son loves them too.

And of course wine is another favorite snack ;) just look at the health benefits below!

What are your favorite healthy snacks?

Easy 10 Minute Workouts + A Giveaway!

Something that I'm not good at is exercising.  I don't know why, but it has never appealed to me... actually I do know why -  I'm just plain lazy, don't know where to begin and the fact that I am "skinny" doesn't help because I don't really have any motivation.   I do know that in order to be healthy I should do some form of exercising, I just can't rely on red wine to help my heart ;)

While on Parenting.com I came across a few easy workouts that only take 10 min and would be perfect for a busy mom or for those (like me) that are working out amateurs.  I think that doing them would be a great starting point and get you in the mindset of taking out a few minutes a day for yourself to feel better, more invigorated and ultimately do something that's good for your body.  I'm really going to try to implement some of these exercises... who's with me?!

To keep up with the all of the "fit talk".  I'm joining forces with some awesome blogger friends (so make sure you check out their blogs too, I guarantee you'll love them) to bring you a prize package of Tone It Up goodies including The Beach Babe workout DVD, Tone It Up apparel and... well the rest is a secret! Who doesn't love a good surprise?

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Energy Boost!

I don't know if it's just me, but I find myself feeling sluggish throughout the day.  It may be that I'm with two kids all day long, or the fact that I don't exercise, or that I go to bed too late.  Either way, I need a boost of energy.  There are a lot of things that I should be doing differently so that I feel more energized and ready to tackle my days.  I found this chart on Pinterest and I'm going to try putting these tips along with some others to practice.

Another few things I need to do are: 

Drink more water -- I'm terrible at getting eight glasses a day.  I get maybe 4-5 and I'm sure that has to do with my energy levels.

Vitamins -- I'm always hit or miss with taking them, it's terrible.  I'm not quite sure why it's so hard for me to remember to take them.

Go to bed earlier -- I so cherish my quiet time at night to blog, watch tv, and just vegetate since I'm always on the go with the kiddos during the day.  I cherish my time so much that I go to bed at midnight almost every night, and then J is up by 6-6:30 every morning ready to party.  I need to try getting at least an hour more sleep.

Exercise -- I never do this, I'm terrible!  I need to at least incorporate stretching to my days.

What do you do to feel more energized?