CONFESSION: basically I have a pretty poor diet. I try my best to get active everyday but some days my workout only consists of chasing my kids around the park. A healthy diet is important to me on those days where I don’t get in a TIU workout, T25, MixxedFit, or go the actual gym. That’s why my new goal is trying to focus on my diet and eat better-healthier foods. As a mom, I pride myself on my kids {mostly} eating healthy. I’m not a crazy person and I don’t deprive my kids of In and Out BUT for the most part they eat healthy which is why I need too!
My diet currently consists of making meals and getting them eaten by my kids because my breakfast apparently looks so much better than theirs. My son often will eat his meal and mine! Or my meal is left to get cold because I have to attend to a dirty diaper then come back to my dinner looking totally unappetizing after the stench of poo. I’m often snacking on my kid’s uneaten snacks and meals, you know that last chicken nugget they leave on their plate-or the one I swipe when they aren’t looking. wink. wink. I might finish the banana they start and then try to toss, or the apple they take one bite of that’s all of a sudden ‘not good.’ Every night my husband and I reward ourselves after parenting and working hard all day by treating ourselves to a low-cal dessert. So yep my diet is ummmm not great but not necessarily horrible.
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Here are some goals I have for improving my diet:
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Eat a good breakfast-not just coffee
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Make myself a REAL lunch not just eat my kids left overs- preferably a salad or sandwich
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Add more vegetables into my diet as I snack on fruit all the time
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Only eat dessert 3 times a week {haha like that will happen}
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Lately due to some health issues I’ve been really wanting to amp up my veggie intake and start taking vitamins. That’s when I came across Kiwami Greens! {KEEP READING FOR A PROMO CODE FOR 10% off!}
With anything new, I wanted to read up on the product and do some research. I learned that Kiwami Greens is inspired by the Japanese tradition of Aojiru, a traditional Japanese greens blend known for its great nutritional properties. {Don’t ask me how to pronounce that word! haha}
I think its pretty cool that Kiwami Greens is crafted to complement your daily intake of vegetables in the most convenient way by adding it to water or into a smoothie! Also Kiwami Greens is JAM PACKED with calcium, vitamins B, C, and E, iron, fiber, and folic and amino acids. It also has an ingredient called Ashitaba, a very unique plant that’s long been used in traditional Japanese medicine — it’s a rich source of vitamins B1, B2, and B6, dietary fiber, calcium, and vitamin E. These are all things I KNOW I’m not getting in my mama on the go diet.
Being a mom it’s SO IMPORTANT to take care of yourself and your health, because if you are not healthy and not at your best it’s impossible to take care of your children. With these added veggies in my diet I did notice myself having a bit more energy-which being a mom of two toddlers is a life saver!
I love that Kiwami Greens comes in individual packets so that you can easily toss them in your purse or diaper bag. You can quickly pour it into a water bottle give it a shake and you are on your way! This drink is approved for kids as well {although personally I haven’t given it to them yet}.
Real Talk: lets talk taste! Honestly to me most vegetables taste like shi…I mean…crap….unless they are smothered in cheese, dressing, or some other disguise so I was scared to take my first sip of this drink. BUT you guys its actually good! If you are a green tea lover like me-you will become OBSESSED with the taste of Kiwami Greens. {My mom actually downed her drink in a matter of seconds.}
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Have fun adding in those veggies with Kiwami Greens! How do you stay healthy with the on the go mommy duties of everyday life? Please share with me your healthy recipes too!
XOXO
Your Redlocks and Shamrocks Girl,
Lisa Doyle
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So I am the first to admit that Pinterest has sucked me in….sucked me in SO DEEP that the last few years all the parties I have thrown have been themed, had fancy handcrafted decor, and had food that is obviously carrot sticks and hummus but has to have an over top oh so cutesy name. I am losing the energy people!! Having two under two I just can’t keep up, I don’t know how some supermoms do it! Those parties take SO much time, effort, energy and MONEY. This year for Logan’s birthday I just couldn’t come up with the energy to throw her an over the top party which she wouldn’t even remember. It made me think of my birthday parties I had as a little kid. They were SO much fun! Most of the parties consisted of pizza delivery, a decorated table covered with a plastic table cloth coordinated with matching plates and hats, and a fun decorated cake-usually handmade by my mom, the current queen of crazy-over-the-top-Pinterest-Parties. So for Logie’s birthday she wasn’t going to get an expensive birthday party that her budgeting parents would really be throwing just for “show” but she was going to get a MEMORABLE celebration of being TWO YEARS OLD! Here are some of the inexpensive ways we said HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY to our princess! 
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