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When it comes to picture driven social media sources, we all have perfect (or at least extremely adorable) lives. I know it isn’t true, but often when I am very tired, exhausted from a day, I grab a snack bar, browse through these pictures and smile. It is like having a 5 minute summary of my perfect life.
However, there is a flip side to every picture. As adorable as my husband and my son might look sitting at the craft table, this was a difficult day. I was late making dinner and the pre-school project had to get done. Exhausted and hungry, I only wished the dinner would cook fast enough, preferably without my help.
The Apple Run
Love this picture – we drove to the market to get enough apples to last us for months. So much deliciousness!
However, this was a very early morning and despite all of my preparations, I forgot the most important part of the equation – breakfast! I can remember my stomach rumbling and grumbling as I pulled into the parking lot of the farmers’ market. From personal experience: shopping on a hungry stomach just isn’t a good idea. Thanks to the emergency snack in my purse, I got a quick breakfast that made my tummy happy once again.
Happiness is…
This is one of my favorite pictures. It is not every day you get to see your kids sitting quietly hugging each other – it is my definition of happiness.
This was a long day for me – I just came back from a business trip and was ready for sleep. Since the kids missed me so much, we ended up playing, camping in the middle of the living room with the headlamps, snack bars, and stories.
Personal Shopper
I love taking my daughter grocery shopping and she loves being helpful.
However, this grocery trip wasn’t one of my favorites as we were both hungry and irritated. The upside of this day was us discovering Life Choice Bars.
I picked up Energy “Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bar” – creamy peanut butter with rich chocolate, packed with protein and nutrients. To my delight, it costs a lot less than regular protein and weight loss bars.
The energy bar combines protein, carbs and sugar to deliver an extra burst of energy, which makes a perfect afternoon snack or a just-in-case-you-forget-to-eat bar. Life Choice Energy Bars has all of the right nutrients to power you through a long afternoon or a long workout. Considering the nutritional content, I was surprised to find it in the cereal aisle at Walmart – not near the pharmacy, where weight loss products are generally located.
Life Choice bars offer a variety of great tasting bars. They are organized into four distinct categories – wellness, protein, energy and meal replacement to help take the guess work out of choosing the right nutrition bar for you!
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It’s important to realize that even the challenging moments in life lead to rewarding ones. It’s great to have a protein boost for energy to keep those memories on track.
You’re right, the mommy moments on blogs and social media aren’t always a true picture of our lives. But it’s great to be completely normal, realizing that the moment we DO show is still special. I love the headlamps one with your kids playing. Those are my favorite moments at home.
These look like great tasty snacks to keep you on the go. I want to try the peanut butter extreme with mint. I always need to add a little more protein to my diet and this will help. Thanks for the info!
ooo these sound good and would probably be a better “go to” snack for me! I’ll have to see if they have them by me when I hit the store next!
Such a lovely little look into real life with your and your kids. I don’t know what I would do without good snack bars for on-the-go moments. These sound great.
Energy bars have saved me on more than one occasion since I have hypoglycemia issues. You do NOT want to get caught in a hypoglycemia spell without some sort of food to nosh on otherwise you’ll end up hitting the floor!
So many reason why these energy bars are working for your life style right now. I think it’s a mindset too with kids…get them thinking healthy now with energy bars over candy bars.
It’s great that you’ve found a solution that works for you and your family. I’ve not tried this particular brand but the flavors look amazing.
Great ideas for snacks that are healthy. I think the Double Chocolate bar looks yummy.
Looks like your family is having a great time! I love the headlight picture of your kids. Mine spend so much time arguing that I have to remind myself of those sweet moments.
I’ve never heard of Life Choice bars, I think the energy variety would be the one I would grab first. Love these family pics too 🙂
Great post! I need to try those. It will just depend on the type of protein in them if I can eat them or not. I think it’s great that you showed the behind the scenes and how the product helps you in real life (and that real life isn’t so pretty sometimes!)
Isn’t it true that there’s always a different story behind every picture that we post on social media? I’m glad that you were able to find a nutritious snack for on the go and in between. #client
I hate shopping when I’m hungry, but I admit I often skip breakfast. So bad!