Stay Active & Balanced This Summer

Have you entered my Freekeh giveaway? Go do that now, and enter this one too for your chance to win some healthy snacks + a $15 gift card to Walmart! :D (More details at the bottom of this post!)

Now that boards are behind me (I’m still terrified that I didn’t pass, but all my limbs are crossed that I am wrong about that), I’m finally tending to everything that I threw on the backburner while I was in hibernation. (I’m sorry I’ve been such a terrible friend, everyone!)

I was packing up my belongings for my first audition rotation and decided to bring along some healthy snacks to keep stashed away (lest I get super hungry), so I went to Walmart in search of the new Balance bare bars. (I’ve been a long-time fan of their Cookie Dough & Yogurt Honey Peanut bars!)

It took some time because the Walmart in the town I was in recently shuffled everything around. We went down the snack aisle first, but they were nowhere to be found, so we looked for the “healthy food” aisle, which had also mysteriously migrated elsewhere. The lady at the pharmacy counter told us it was probably by the protein powders/supplements, so off we went!

My inner thought process, in case you were curious:

C’mon, Balance bars, where art thou?

There is everything but the Balance bare bars here. Why!?!

Is this because I live in a town with 3000 people?

Dude, where you at, bro?!

Ah hah!!!

My Walmart only had the Sea Salt Caramel Nut flavor (located next to the Cookie Dough! <3 ), but that’s the one I had been craving anyway, because I tend to really like the sweet & salty combo for snacks, so I was rather overjoyed. :D

I was trying to hide all the other stuff I was carrying. Failed miserably, but that’s okay. This is arguably the most put-together I’ve looked since the start of boards study hibernation. Contacts in and hair brushed?! NO WAYYY! :O

The new bare Balance Bars come in two flavors:

• Mixed Berry Nut
• Sea Salt Caramel Nut

They’re non-GMO, gluten-free, soy-free, and dairy-free, and are available in a box of 4 (+1), including a $1 off coupon, so hooray for good deals! There are 4g protein + 3g fiber in each bar, and I can definitely vouch for the deliciousness of the Sea Salt Caramel Nut. <3

Need some ideas on how to stay active & balanced this summer?

Explore your area on foot or on a bike!

Whether or not you’re new to where you’re living, not traveling by car offers a whole ‘nother perspective. I was without a license or a car for the first 22 years of my life (as well as the year I was in my grad school program), so I walked and biked everywhere. I miss that dearly.

Since I’m currently on my first audition rotation, it’s a great excuse to go exploring! My friend and I walked downtown on our first weekend after we went to the gym in search of delicious BBQ for dinner, and happened to stumble upon First Friday!

Confession: I’ve also been thinking of taking up running again, because let’s face it, there’s probably no better way to explore this area!

Make a date with a friend and take it outside!

Since I’m now only 3 hours away from Trish, we made plans to go hiking through White Clay Creek in Delaware, so packing healthy snacks was a definite must! <3

At-home workouts!

We broke down and paid for a monthly membership to the Y that is literally across the street from the hospital, but on days where we get out too late to go there, YouTube is a wonderful resource, as is Gabby Reece–you can check out several simple exercises you can incorporate into your daily routine (at home or wherever you are). It includes a lot of my favorite exercises (e.g. glute bridges, lunges, squats, back bends)!

I also have a giveaway package for 1 lucky reader that includes a $15 Walmart gift card and a variety of Balance bare bars! Enter below! :]

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• Have you ever heard of Balance bare bars?
• Which flavor would you want to try?
• How do you stay active & balanced in the summer?

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