As people have progressed through the decades with technology, it is mind boggling how far we have come. If you look at just the last 50 years, we have introduced cell phones, personal computers, electric cars and so many other amazing products. What is surprising is for a country that is so advanced technology, we are so far behind nutritionally. When it comes to food, it seems we have taken many steps backwards. We are the heaviest country in the world and people have more negative health issues that are directly connected to our weight than in any other country. We should take cue from athletes who eat for energy instead of eating for comfort, entertainment and a boredom buster. Here is some great information to help you see food differently:
- Know Your Limits: Your body and food are like a car and gasoline; both need fuel. When you are filling your car’s tank, you always stop before it overflows. So should you treat your body! When you eat and become full, you need to stop. That is all your body needs and anything more is like the overflowing gas in a cars tank.
- Quality Not Quantity: You may have heard that when you are eating healthy, you should shop around the perimeter of the grocery store. This is because your fresh produce and proteins are located their. Where are the cookies, chips and sodas sold? Yes, in the middle aisles of the store. Just like your mother told you less is more when it comes to makeup, the same holds true for food.
- Change Your Mind: Many who overeat, do so based on an emotional cue rather than a physiological cue. Once you are able to see food objectively you can begin to switch off the emotional part of eating. When you want to turn to food for comfort, you must find another distraction. If this happens to you, read a book, go for a walk, play tag with your kids. Just don’t eat!
- Gain Control: Once you get the emotional side out of eating, you are able to begin to take control of your health. No longer are you looking for a high in your food but rather in your life. You are in control of what goes into your body, so exercise that dominance and refuse the processed foods and sugars.
- Eat With A Purpose: When you are eating to fuel your body, you cannot be lazy about eating anymore. Where it is too easy to open a bag or chips or the container of ice cream, it does take more effort to eat healthy. To make things easier, pre cut your veggies for snacks, portion out your carbs and proteins. Â When you feel lazy, look to the athletes of the world who eat only those foods that give them the energy to perform. One of those foods is the Chia, an edible seed that is a member of the mint family and can be found in Mexico. This powerhouse can be found in a variety of ways from Health Warrior, an online company who is serious about health.
See Food As Fuel
Once you make the decision to see food differently, you are empowering yourself. Power is knowledge, so when you arm yourself with the facts about how your body needs to be fed, you gain the power to change your health. At Health Warrior, they understand very well how important it is to treat food as it is meant to be treated. Their belief is that once you see food as fuel, and eat those fuel foods, your body can do amazing things. Chia, the powerfully nutrient dense food, is rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, fiber, and many important minerals. If you mix water with the Chia seed, it forms a gel coating in your stomach, which slows down the process of turning carbs into sugar. Health Warrior sells the Chia seed, either black or white, in its natural form by the 16 oz bag. By buying the Chia in seed form, you can use it in recipes, ground and sprinkled on food, mixed in water and many other ways. You can also buy Chia Bars, which come in three delicious flavors: Coconut, Acai Berry and Chocolate Peanut Butter. With the Chia bars, you can grab one and go and it will keep you full and fueled for hours. My favorite is the Coconut. I keep one of these in my purse just for a healthy snack to grab on the go. I love that they are only 100 calories. The perfect guilt-free snack.
This is not only the perfect food for maintaining a healthy body, but for a weight loss tool that can be added to many diets. You can purchase a 16 ounce bag of Chai seeds for $12.99 as well as a box of 15 bars for $23.50 online at Health Warrior as well as Amazon and many healthy grocery stores nationwide. Two winners will be chosen from Makobi Scribe each receiving five of each flavor of the Chia Bars at a value of $25.
I would like to try the Acai Berry!
Thanks for the giveaway…CHIA BARS, CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER !!!
My fave would probably be the Coconut Chia Bar.
I think the CHIA BARS, CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER sound amazing. I eat chia daily, but this sounds like the best way to accomplish that!
I love chia seeds, and I add them in a lot of my food. The chocolate peanut butter chia bars definitely look like a winner for my favorite. That combo always works for me!! 🙂
My favorite product is the chocolate peanut butter chia bar!
The Coconut bar sounds scrumptious!
🙂 Rhea
http://store.healthwarrior.com/product/Chia_Bars_Coconut_15_pack/64652.aspx
Chocolate Peanut butter Chia Bar!! yum!
PREMIUM WHITE CHIA SEEDS, 16 OZ. POUCH. I have been looking everywhere for these since seeing them on Dr. Oz. I want to add them to my morning smoothies.
The Chia Coconut bar is my favorite product.
Thanks for the chance.
Chia Chocolate Peanut Butter
my favorite product is the Chia Bar in Chocolate Peanut Butter
the acai berry bar
The Chia Bar Coconut sounds delicious!
jo_jlem@hotmail.com
I like the CHIA BARS, CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER
The Chia Bar Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar is my favorite.
chia bars, coconut!
CHIA BARS, COCONUT
they all sound good,I’d like to try the Acai berry bars
The CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER bar
Coconut chia bar
I like the chia seeds.
The coconut bar is my favourite
I’ve never had any of the products, but I’d like to try the chocolate peanut butter bars.
The chocolate peanut butter sounds delicious!
The CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER bar
My favorite product is the chocolate peanut butter chia bar!
I bet the coconut bar would be my favorite one!
Chocolate peanut butter sounds great
Chocolate peanut butter
CHIA BARS, CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER
acai berry
I would like to try the Coconut Chia Bar.
chocolate peanut butter one
Acai Berry bar!
I want to try the Acai berry
I’d like the Coconut Chia Bar.
Chocolate Peanut Butter
I would love to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bars 🙂
Chocolate Peanut Butter
Chia Bar
The Coconut Bar looks appetizing.
Chocolate Peanut Butter.Thank you 🙂
chocolate!
Acai Berry Bar
Chocolate peanut bar
The Premium Black Chia Seeds
chocolate peanut butter
i like the chocolate peanut butter bars
Chocolate Peanut Butter would be my Chia bar of choice!
Acai Berry Bar
Would also love to try the white Chia Seeds
choc one i am going a diet and think i can have the chocllate
Coconut Chia Bar looks good
I like the white chia seeds
The coconut sounds great!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia bars
Coconut chia bar.
I think I would like the Coconut Chi bar the best! It looks so tasty!
Great giveaway! I’d love to showcase it on my blog if you’re interested! 🙂 http://www.wifemotherteacher.com/2013/04/thursday-giveaway-linkup-41113.html
The white Chia seeds!
i like the Chia Bars, Coconut 15 pack
Black chia seeds
vmkids3 at msn dot com
berry
the coconut bar
I love to try them all thanks
acai berry bar
Black chia seeds.
I would love to try the Acai Berry Chia Bars!
After visiting Hawaii I’d like to try the Coconut Bars.
The Coconut Chia Bar looks good
Chia Bar Coconut
I’ll start with the Acai Berry Chia bar.
ACAI BERRY BAR
I like the CHIA BARS, COCONUT
I would love the chocolate peanut butter
I would love to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar.
the ‘chocolate peanut butter bar’ has two of my favorit-est things in it.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bar
I like the Chocolate Peanut butter! Yum!
Would love to try the coconut bars!
Coconut or chocolate peanut butter bars.
I am for chocolate peanut butter
Acai berry
Chia Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter
acai berry!
Chia Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter.
I’ve never tried them, but I’m guessing the coconut would be my fave. Now if they’d make chocolate coconut, I’d be all set 🙂
coconut flavor
Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bars
The Chocolate Peanut Butter bar sounds delicious. Thanks!
Coconut Chia Bar would be my favorite.
The coconut Chia Bar looks great.
I think I would pick the seeds them self and add it to yogart or fruit juice
Chocolate peanut butter sounds like a favourite but the berry and coconut are a close second.
chocolate peanut butter
coconut bars
My favorite would be Chocolate Peanut Butter!
My favorite product is the coconut bar. YUM YUM YUM …..
the coconut bar
My favorite is Premium White Chia Seeds, 16 Oz. Pouch.
hschonrock at yahoo dot com
Anything coconut!
CHIA BARS, CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER 15 PACK
coconut
Peanut Butter & Chocolate, thanks
black chia seeds
I’d love to try either colour of the Chia seeds. I make a smoothie everyday and right now Im adding hemp hearts, but these seem WAY healthier.
Black chia seeds.
Chia Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter
chia bar coconut
I haven’t tried these before, but the black chai seeds look yummy!
black chia seeds
black chia seeds
Chocolate peanut butter for sure
My favorite product is the coconut bar. I love anything coconut!
oohh acai berry!
Coconut Chia Bar!
chocolate peanut butter
Acai berry sound really good
coconut
Chocolate Peanut butter sounds very good
I’d luv to try the ACAI BERRY CHIA SEEDS:)
jmatek AT wi DOT rr DOT com
I would like to try the chocolate peanut butter.
tarter95 at hotmail dot com
Acai berry sounds good. My sons would love the coconut.
Chocolate Peanut Buttter!
The coconut sounds so good!
id deff love to try the coconut!!!! i’m in love with anything with coconut in it!!!
The chocolate peanut butter chia bar sounds yummy and nutritious!
My favorite would be the chocolate peanut butter bar, I really love peanut butter.
The Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bar
CHIA BARS, CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER
the coconut bar
the coconut bar sounds great
The Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bar
I have never tried these before and would like to sample them before I buy them.
I would lean towards the Chia Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter
Chia Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter 15 pack
The peanut butter chocolate one!
Coconut
I would like to try the coconut
Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia bar
chai chocolate p.b.
Definitely want to try the chocolate peanut butter bars!
chocolate peanut butter
I would love to try the Acai berry bar 🙂
love the coconut bar!
The Coconut CHIA bar for me. Thanks.
I like the coconut bar. It’s got an island flair.
The Coconut Chia Bar
The Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bar sounds amazing!
Coconut Chia Bar
Coconut Chia Bar.
Hope to win!
My fave is Chia Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter 15 pack
coconut chia bars
chocolate peanut butter
Chocolate peanut butter 🙂
I like the PREMIUM BLACK CHIA SEEDS, 16 OZ. POUCH.
the coconut bars
Chocolate peanut butter chia bar
I like the chocolate peanut butter.
Chocolate peanut butter! Always a winning combo.
I think I would like the Chia Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter.
Coconut Chia Bar
I like the Chia Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter
Chocolate peanut butter
Chia bar acaia berry
The coconut bars looks delicious! I LOVE that they are vegan!
white chia seeds
The coconut chia bar sounds good to me. I have chia seeds and love using them!
chocolate peanut butter
coconut
coconut is my fav
I like the Coconut bar
Chocolate peanut butter
The Acai Berry Chia Bar.
the acai berry sounds great
I think I would love to try them all at some point.
I’ve been using Chia Seeds for about 3 years–love the ALA’s. I add them to cereals (hot and cold),
yogurt, salad dressings, sauces, baked goods. So much more convenient than flax seed–they are
tempermental about their storage and need to be ground to make the ALA’s available.
I’d have to choose the premium black Chia seeds, without a second thought.
I would try the premium black seeds
I like the chocolate peanut butter chai bar
Would love to try the COCONUT CHIA BAR
Would love to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter!!
I would love to try the Chocolate & Peanut Butter Chia Bar! 🙂
I think my favorite product would be chocolate peanut butter chia bar.
My favorite product is the Premium Black Chia Seeds
chocolate peanut butter chia bar
I like the CHIA BARS, CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER
i would like the coconut chia bar
My favourite product is the acai berry chia bar.
chocolate pb bar
The black chia seeds. I add them to my yogurt every day.
I think I would like the Coconut Chia Bars.
coconut chia bar
I’d like to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bars.
jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com
The Premium Black Chia Seeds would be my pick! Great giveaway…thanks!
The Coconut Chia Bar looks great
The Acai Berry Chia Bar sounds great!
I would like to try the Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Bars!
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