It’s FRIDAY!!! Can you tell I’m a bit excited? It’s been quite the action packed week filled with my first Organic Avenue juice cleanse, a great yoga class and dinner date with my girl Liz, Spirit of the Marathon 2 movie with local running friends, lots of work, and an Uplift Friday class that is always a great way to kick off the weekend! The best part is that there is blue sky and sunshine in Manhattan right now which is such a treat after all this rain!
Since I have so much to share with you guys, there will be more than a few posts going up this weekend. I’m going to be super cool tonight and spend the evening blogging while Bo is running errands for his scuba adventure tomorrow.
While I was on the Organic Avenue 3 day juice cleanse, I thought a lot about the way I eat each day on a regular basis. I’m not perfect by any means but I definitely have done well sticking to the 80/20 rule over the past year which is one of the things I attribute to the way I feel right now. But, as my sister-in-law, who also did the juice cleanse, and I talked further about the things that make us feel good on a daily basis we both couldn’t go without mentioning vitamins. It sounds so silly. Really how much can a few little pills do for someone?
While I know the debate is still out and everyone has differing opinions, I see a big difference when I take vitamins on a regular basis. The top drawer of my office desk is a bit of a health and wellness cabinet filled with teas, snacks, medicine, lotions, and vitamins. What can I say? When you spend at least 10-12 hours a day at the office, it’s nice to be prepared! Yes I believe that it’s best to get nutrients and vitamins from whole food but vitamins just feel like a little extra nutrient support.
For the past year I have taken the following vitamins on a regular basis:
- Multi-vitamin
- Calcium
- Hair & Nail
Therefore, when my friends at Fitfluential offered me a chance to sample VitaFusion Multivites the answer was easy! Heck yes! When it comes to vitamins, I’m 29 going on 6. I can’t handle horse pills or anything that leaves a bad aftertaste.
Since receiving these last week I’ve started to not only look forward to taking my vitamins but even thinking of them as a fun after lunch treat. I am often tempted to take two servings since they taste like candy!
If you find yourself forgetting to take your vitamins or dread the huge pills, give gummies a try. They are like Flintstone vitamins of 2013!
Do you take vitamins & supplements or do you get all your nutrients from whole food?
This post is sponsored by VitaFusion through FitFluential. All opinions expressed are my own.
I definitely take vitamins and supplements. Mainly fish oil, C, Calcium. But I do expect to get a lot of nutrients from whole food as well. I want to be super nourished. lol.
Oh yes Fish Oil – that’s one I should probably take more regularly!
I take an iron supplement and I definitely noticed a slight uptick in energy when I started taking it. For years I was told my iron was low and just recommitted myself to eating iron-rich foods, but a few months ago, after being rejected yet again from donating blood and having a doctor recommend an iron supplement, I bit the bullet. Er, vitamin.
Jen, I’m the same way with low iron. I usually go through cycles of it every year or so.
Jen that is the exact reason I started taking them ages ago. I had low iron and my doctor recommended making them a regular part of my diet.
Like many people I’m not always good at remembering to take a daily vitamin but my current regime is Multi-vitamin for women, probiotic pill, fish oil tablet. When I’m having a busy stressful week at work I will take a Vitamin C tablet to help boost my immune system.
Trust me Meghan – take gummies and you’ll remember. 🙂 Vitamin C is something I always pop when traveling!