My Healthy Journey: Breakfast With Protein

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Okay, so this must be the earliest I’ve ever published a blog post but since I am writing about my breakfast, I may as well have it up for you to read it while you enjoy yours. You’re probably wondering how my journey to becoming a stronger mom is going and I have to make some confessions to you. It got off to a really rough start.  I mean, I was so busy prioritizing my kids, my home, my business and my blog that I gave my body no love at all. I hopped on and off the clean eating bandwagon and I exercised sporadically. Last week that changed. As many of you know, I am a huge green smoothie girl but I sometimes skip breakfast early in the morning when I am in too much of a rush to get my kids out of the door to make a smoothie. Skipping breakfast left me craving carbs (mainly bagels) and too sluggish to exercise. So last week, I decided to try a breakfast with protein, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®.

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I discovered Carnation Breakfast Essentials® at Walmart and thought that with 13 grams of protein, it would be a good boost for my morning exercise. I purchased both the Chocolate and French Vanilla flavors and I really love the taste of them both.

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It was a good decision because last week, I met my goal of exercising three days all thanks to my “Incredible Mommy Drink”

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Having a breakfast with protein really pushed me to go the extra mile although my body was aching. It’s still aching!

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The first morning I ran from my home to local coffee shop to meet my husband and I was burned out and in pain after two blocks. I alternated between running and speed walking the rest of the way and I made it in pain.

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By the second day, my stamina had increased a little bit and so did my confidence. The burst of adrenaline that I experienced the first day had me excited to get that runners high again.

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By day three, I was really starting to get into the routine and I woke up excited to get my exercise out of the way. I just love the I can grab just one drink and my breakfast with protein powers me through the workout.

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I’m really excited about getting back out and running today as I took the weekend off to let my muscles rest. I also plan to add planks and squats to my regimen this week. I’m definitely going to stock up on more Carnation Breakfast Essentials® especially since they will donate $25,000 to such an important organization as Feeding America to help those in need.

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Carnation is celebrating 50 years of breakfast across America so whenever you buy any 2 Carnation Breakfast Essentials products you can get free breakfast. Just take a clear photo of your entire receipt.  You then have 3 options, either send a text with keyword BREAKFAST to 811811 for submission instructions or email it to [email protected] or upload your receipt to get a free breakfast. You will receive a code back once the receipt has been verified that you can share with your friends and family for a free breakfast! (up to a $7.99 value). Participants can enter by texting a number, emailing, or uploading a photo of the receipt to the website.

 

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