More Almond Buttery Goodness: Wild Squirrel Nut Butter

Ready for more super delicious snacks? Try Wild Squirrel Nut Butter, a smooth and tasty snack that's low in calories and gluten free, it's the perfect treat when you want something to stick to your belly when you're hungry between meals. 

What I love about Wild Squirrel Nut Butter? It's smooth but also kind of chunky, so it tastes home-made. In fact, it's close to home-made. It was created by two awesome ladies while they were college students, with nothing less than their blender, some peanuts and other natural ingredients. Check out their fun story HERE.

The butters come in packets and containers, and in various ingredients, including chocolate sunflower, vanilla espresso, and chocolate coconut. 

Ask your local whole foods store to carry them or order them ONLINE.

Heather's Snack Attack: PB Thins

When I get hungry I get cranky, so I need to always arm myself with emergency snacks for when I am on the go!

Unfortunately so many of my favorite foods or snacks are loaded with calories or fat. That's why I always prefer to snack on something that comes in a package and that makes it easy to gauge what and how much I am eating.

My latest favorite snack attack item are PBThins, peanut butter crackers. They are all natural, no preservatives, and even better they have only 100 calories!

Today I munched on them while I was drinking my daily coffee and almond milk, and they went so great together! The ingredients list speaks for itself: no artificial colors or flavors.

What's even better is that they taste delicious - nutty and just right.

Get them at your nearest Whole Foods or buy them online.

14-day Fresh Start Nutrition Program!

There's still time to get healthy and slim before 4th of July! 

 Join Urban Girl Wellness for a 14-day cleanse.  You’ll learn the exact steps to getting to your ideal weight, cutting carb and sugar cravings, and choosing the healthiest, best tasting foods and recipes that fill you up and make you feel great.

Even if you don’t have weight to lose, the Urban Girl Nutrition Program will teach you life long healthy habits, and help you detox your body in an easy, healthy way to keep you feeling and looking your best

Click on the link for additional information.  Use discount code: PLATNIUMPILATES  for $10 off the program.  Don't miss out on this great summer special! 

CLICK HERE for more info and to sign up! Check out everything that you get below -

• Start with your Free Health Assessment that we will review in detail and provide you with our suggestions for your long term goals for continued health and longevity
• 5 Day RESET Detox & Cleanse (5 full days of food, no stimulants, no hunger)
• 14-Days of Urban Girl Nutrition Content, delivered everyday to your inbox via videos, handouts,shopping lists, recipes and action steps
  
• After the RESET, 9-day supply of healthy, delicious breakfast smoothies
• After the RESET, 14-day supply of yummy nutrition bar snacks
• In total, that’s 24 meal replacement smoothies and 24 snacks included in the cost of the program!
• Access to the Urban Girl Nutrition Online Forum for support and to connect with other participants for ideas and motivation
• 14 video trainings to teach you the in’s and out’s of Proper Nutrition 101
• Shopping lists & recipes that you can personalize towards your tastes so you know exactly what to eat that’s both enjoyable and keeps you healthy.
• Food charts, handouts, and tons of other resources to continue on with your healthy, slim and sexy self!
• Lifetime access to all Urban girl Wellness bonuses and resources – You can repeat the program as many times as you want
• Incredible FREE bonuses like exercise videos, ebooks, and bonus video trainings given by leading wellness industry experts – all included in the cost of the program!

Born to Glow Tanning

Everyone knows it's really unhealthy to tan  - it increases your risk of skin cancer, and makes your skin leathery and wrinkly before its time.

Luckily there's some fun, safe alternatives to tanning that will have you looking just like you spent the day in Malibu.

Born To Glow is a mobile spray tanning salon that offers heated sunless airbrushing, which involves using warm air and infused heat directly in the tanning spray. This gives the whole experience a completely new twist than if you do Mystic tanning.

The tan lasts longer and looks natural! None of that embarrassing streaky look and no  fear that you'll come out looking like Snookie's older sister.

The tanning process takes about 30 minutes and starts at $150 for a full body spray.

Try them out and tell us what you think!

Justin'g Almond Butter: The Perfect Snack

I love finding good snacks to go, and that's why I am totally in love with Justin's Nut Butter. It' a creamy and tasty nut butter that you can get in different flavors: almond, peanut, hazelnut, honey almond and chocolate hazelnut.

You can get them in individual packs or in big bottles. But the packs are why I love this snack so much. It's an easy way to watch your caloric intake and to monitor exactly how much you're actually taking in. Whenever I'm hungry, I just snap open one of the packs while knowing exactly how many calories and fat content I'm really eating.

What's even better are the ingredients. Justin's is a really clean food. The ingredients include only the following: Dry Roasted Almonds, Organic Evaporated Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Powder, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Palm Fruit Oil, Natural Vanilla, Sea Salt.

Get them at Whole Foods or at your local health food shop. You'll love them!

EatMe Cookies' New Eggless Egg Salad

I have blogged about EatMe Cookies before, but they have a brand new product that I am totally digging. 

It's their new Eggless Egg Salad, which is fabulous because it's vegan, gluten-free and oil-free, and without any preservatives that traditional egg salads have. You can use this spread on crackers, bread, vegetables or anything your heart desires.  Trust me, this doesn't taste like any old vegan egg salad, it's to die for. It's rich, creamy and everything that egg salad should be.

You can find this new dish at Erewhon Natural Foods: 7660 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90036

Pilates Platinun's Giving Keys

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Goodies in a Box: KLUTCHclub

There's a really neat trend I've noticed in health, fitness and fashion, and it's practical, cute and useful. Various companies out there are offering monthly subscription services that you join to get monthly goodies. These goodies can be related to fashion, makeup or health and fitness. 

One of my favorite service is KLUTCHclub, which ships out a monthly box of health and fitness products. You simply pay a monthly fee, which starts at $16. Each month the box contents are different and unique. 

You can also score points and snag lovely items with your points. 

April's box includes an energy drink, a yoga DVD, and other cute items.

•     A detoxifying Yoga workout from MTV Power Yoga star, Kristin McGee
•     A brand new energizing drink product to kick-start your workout
•     Post workout coconut water hydration to replenish electrolytes
•     Soothing teas with plant based anti-oxidants to improve your skin
•     A cleansing organic deep-pore facial wash
•     Organic omega 3, flax and fish oil supplements in new flavors
•     Satisfying healthy snacks and nutritious treats
•     A gift from an organic yoga clothing company

A Sucker for Chocolates!

I am a sucker for chocolates! So when I find something that I really like, I get obsessed. I especially love finding raw chocolate things, because they're healthy and clean.

A few days ago I tried Organic Darkest Cacao Truffles, and absolutely fell in love. They're by Living Raw, with products that have no sugar nor extra fat. They're hand rolled, creamy and delicious! And best of all, they're guilt-free.

They also offer Coconut Truffles, Double Trouble, and other mixed packages.

Try them out for yourself and tell me how you liked them!

For A Healthy Jolt: Steaz

I really don't normally drink energy drinks, but sometimes you run into an emergency at work, or you have to pull an all-nighter because of an important project.

At these times, coffee might work, but it gives you a really gross "hangover." It's that anxious feeling afterwards, coupled with stomach cramps.

Red Bull is no better, and with all of those chemicals in the list of ingredients, why would you want to put that stuff in your body? Plus it just makes you feel sticky and icky. Steaz is a great alternative to coffee and Red Bull. It gives you that kick, but without the headache or caffeine hangover.

Why is it different? First because it just tastes better. I personally like the original flavor - berry energy. It tastes great without the weird chemical aftertaste of most energy drinks. The great part is that it's better for you than other drinks: its ingredients include organic green tea, organic yerba mate, organic guarana & organic açai, AND it's also Fair Trade Certified. How much more goodness could you ask for?

Buy them at your local Whole Foods or other health food store, or order them online.