Top 5 Healthy Snacks on the GO!

I know your all successful millionaires, super busy trying to read my blog on the go. So I was thinking I have to post this idea, this post is just for you! haha Ok were all broke, wannabe millionaires...but hey for some reason were still busy. So I'm sure you can still relate to this post.

You know I just always find myself telling my clients things and always say "Damn I need to put that up on my blog that for everyone!" Well this is a great topic and something I always go over with my fitness clients. So here is my personal pick list of the top 5 healthy snacks you can take on the go: (please note these are just in my opinion, if you have others comment below or start a debate and we will hash it out)

1. Beef Jerky
1. This is the real deal, straight meat and some seasonings. Greattt source of protein plus it can outlast any weather condition. I finally found a site that offers delicious varieties! Check it out, my favorites the Fajita style. 
2. Trail Mix

1. Once again weather proof and can go anywhere! However you must beware, some of these flavors are just filled with chocolates...which I'm sure this is not making it any less attractive for most of my readers, but I would highly recommend the classic or spicy mixes. 
3. Greek Yogurt
1. With the high quality protein content and probiotics this snack provides it's like a healthy punch in the gut from Iron Mike Tyson! Their prices have come down a bit with their new popularity. 
4. Peanut/Almond Butter Toast
1. C'mon this is a classic. I gotta have a comfort food on here. Remember lil ol' Nana in the kitchen calling you in from the sandbox for some lunch, sitting you down for some PB & J with a tall glass of whole milk! (Don't hate on or blame grandma for making you fat, she was just looking out for you growing physique...plus they didn't know any better back then ;)
5. Protein/Energy Bar and or Shake
1. A big favorite of mine because they are quick, easy to get some decent protein in the system and great for on the go! The pic below is one of my favorites.

Hopefully this helps you on your healthy snack eating endeavors. Now go throw those twinkles away!

Eat healthy, Exercise often, live better! -Coach Nick

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Learning Journal #1: Individual and Ecological Approaches to Health

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-Nick Reyes

Learning Journal #1: Individual and Ecological Approaches to Health




       In certain ways people develop subconscious judgments about one another. When someone’s sees another person that is overweight, they almost instinctively think of that person as lazy, unsuccessful, or maybe even that they don’t care about themselves. Leaving out the many factors that play into one life. In this nation we have a tendency to stick to our “Everyman for himself” way of thinking when it comes to individual responsibility. As if it’s a way of being mature. When we are young are parents take care of us, as we grow older we learn to do things on our own. So in a way, we seemingly connect an immature connotation to being unhealthy as said “That person cannot take care of themselves.” Some beliefs and values that I have about individual responsibility of ones health is the seeking of knowledge, or of a professional. If you don’t know anything about your health, then wouldn’t you either read up on it or seek a professional’s advice? I believe that if a person truly wants to do something, then they will do it. However this is not being sensitive to a person’s individual situation. We commonly relate respect to achievement when it is acquired by a person who can do it on their own. Just like in the business world, such as an entrepreneur develops a business and goes from rags to riches, I think the same connotation applies to someone that goes from extremely overweight to a healthier new them that is at or below their suggested normal weight. And in our age today, we are becoming more well off and knowledgeable than our generations before. Information is becoming more readily accessible for people; a great example would be the internet. Anything you would like to learn about most likely one can find it on the internet. So for one not to take advantage of these opportunities can be labeled lazy, but its up to us to put ourselves in their shoes to find the real true reasons individuals continue with unhealthy actions and behaviors, and becoming more knowledgeable about how their social and environmental health is a perfect perspective to acknowledge in order to do so.

      My response to the idea that social conditions and arrangements play a substantial role in individual health choices and status would be that I agree with it totally. If a gym is one mile away or seven, if there are safe streets to get their or are they crowded with gangs. If somebody has enough money to eat organic food, join a gym, have a lot of free time, makes a huge difference rather than someone that can only settle for the dollar menu at McDonalds and maybe do push-ups at their house once a week. As you have stated that we are socially determined, our relationships, environments, and economical status influence the lifestyles that we lead. Such that you have stated on ecological level, that “Unhealthy behaviors are acquired as part of the socialization and cultural forces within groups.”