by Anita Muniz | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
[vc_row][vc_column tooltip_color=”color1″ tooltip_text_color=”color3″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]On race day, especially if you are in a triathlon, your body needs some seriously healthy and delicious fuel to perform. Fit Snack nutritionist wanted to share a snap shot of her diet on race day!
Dinner the night before: Spaghetti topped with marinara sauce with lean bison meatballs.
“These carbohydrates would keep my glycogen levels high, to ensure my energy would be spread evenly throughout the day. Also, helping me get a good nights rest.” – Anita
You can never go wrong with healthy carbohydrates pre race, pre workout or pre anything that requires a ton of your energy!
Morning of Triathlon:
1 cup oatmeal with flaxseeds and honey
½ cup of almonds & blueberries as a snack
6 cups of water pre race – spread throughout the morning
1 hour Pre Race:
1 can of Safe Catch Tuna
1 cups water
Snack During:
One Bar Fruit Bar
The right snack during a race can be difficult to find, but this Fruit Bar offers light and healthy carbohydrates to keep you going strong.
2 cups water
Post Race:
4 cups of water
¼ c. Almonds
1 bag Protein cookies from Bite Fuel
Followed by more water!! These foods and snacks served as fuel for a 1/4 mile swim, 10 mile bike ride and a 2.6 mile run![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
by Anita Muniz | Jun 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last night, our founder, Rose, cooked Wondergrain’s Sorghum and incorporated it in an original recipe – Fit Snack’s Shrimp Tandoori Curry. As I savored the mix of flavors, it brought to mind a slew of possibilities for recipes. When I asked Rose where she had found her recipe, to my surprise she created it herself. Sorghum will inspire you to think out side of the box to create meals that incorporate the light whole grain and leave you feeling perfectly satisfied. If you are not great on the creative cooking front, you can go to the Wondergrain website and visit their recipe collection.
What is Sorghum, you ask?
Deemed Whole Grain of the Month for June 2015 by the Whole Grain Council, it is a very special ancient whole grain. Sorghum is unique, not only because of its versatility in the kitchen, but because of its resilience as a crop. This ancient grain is only now being rediscovered in the U.S., but in other countries it has been a primary cereal grain. Here are some names you may have heard before:
“Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is known under a great many names: milo, guinea corn in West Africa, kafir corn in South Africa, dura in Sudan, mtama in eastern Africa, jowar in India and kaoliang in China.” –Whole Grain Council
Wondergrain Sorghum is unique in that it is the fastest cooking Sorghum on the market. This product is so easy to include in your Sunday meal prep because the grains never get soggy and they hold all of their nutrients. Unlike other whole grains, this ancient grain does not have an inedible hull and the outer layer can be eaten while retaining all of the nutrients.
Popcorn lovers – here’s a fun fact: you can pop sorghum! It’s just like popcorn, only smaller. Enjoy your Shrimp Tandoori Curry recipe compliments of Fit Snack.
by Anita Muniz | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Oberto has delivered Fit Snack some high quality beef jerky in their very low fat, all natural, GF treat with no added MSG – this list goes to show how much needs to be excluded to make a tasty and healthy jerky. It is clear they are committed to offering a high quality product bringing me to my next point, the incredible flavor.
Eating the original Oberto Jerky you can taste the natural flavors of the high quality ingredients. If the original jerky tastes this great I can’t imagine how the rest of the jerky flavors taste. They have an array of options from Spicy Sweet to their Teriyaki Turkey Jerky.
Another interesting nutritional point about this snack is the high protein content, protein is unique in that it can support your weight loss goals and your muscle gaining goals. In the U.S. the recommended intake for women over age 19 is 46 grams and 56 grams for men. So the original Oberto Jerky in your fit snack, ladies, is providing you almost a quarter of your protein needs for the day, and since it is an animal product you are getting all of your amino acids too.
This protein powered snack can be appreciated after any workout. As the Oberto slogan says “You get what you put in.” Fitting especially for a company sponsoring the Tough Mudder.
by Anita Muniz | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Crunchy Bean Snacks are free of gluten, soy, nuts, and GMOs, and they are packed with protein, fiber and iron. Snack on!
Background of the beans. Snack Out Loud bean snacks are made with high quality organic beans that are grown right here in Colorado.
Liz Myslik, chief bean for Snack Out Loud, said, “We did meet directly with some of the farmers last year when we started. They told us most of the beans they grow are actually exported to Mexico, Central America, South America, because the market for beans, especially these high quality beans, just isn’t here in the United States right now. They’re very excited, too, to see the crops that they work so hard to grow to be enjoyed by consumers here in America.”
Beans, a Super Food. Find out why beans are an awesome super food at http://snackoutloud.com/beans-101/. Some major reasons to eat beans are for the B vitamins. In the typical American diet we often lack these crucial vitamins, which serve to support your energy systems and prevent anemia. B vitamins are essential for energy and support the body in utilizing what we eat to provide the energy we need.
Flavor. The Jalapeno Cheddar flavor has a spicy after taste fulfilling any craving for a mix of salty and spicy snacking. If you are looking to incorporate all of this flavor into a meal check out the double crunch veggie roll @ snackoutloud.com/double-crunch-veggie-roll/. There are some delicious recipes on the website Crunchy Bean Snacks can add that burst of flavor to a meal or simply be a delicious snack to keep on hand.
by Anita Muniz | Apr 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Rose Muniz, a Denver native and international business consultant, experienced firsthand the difficulty of finding healthy snacks on the go. She developed Fit Snack, a monthly subscription box, to save consumers time and money while discovering delicious full-size goodies. Rose and her team of nutrition experts curate their taste-tested top picks each month from thousands of local regional and specialty items helping her subscribers turn time spent at the market into time spent getting fit.
Rose’s passion for healthy living started when she was just a child she always ordered salad on Pizza night. Her journey was a continuous evolution as Rose’s family grew up on traditional Mexican American dishes with little focus on balanced whole food nutrition. She accepted this challenge and has since been an inspiration to her family including a recent clean eating pantry delivery to her Grandmother. Rose is also proud to be congratulating her baby sister and best friend on her graduation in Human Nutrition and Dietetics and on becoming a certified personal trainer this year.
In addition to a focus on healthy life and corporate success, Rose co-found non profit Hope Connects with her best friend in 2010. The two and their supporters have impacted lives of women and children throughout Africa and locally in Colorado.
Her vision with Fit Snack is to merge her passion for business, fit life, philanthropy and inspiring others into one beautiful company. She is honored that you are participating in Fit Snack and that you have taken the steps to live consciously in life, love and health.
Rose’s goal in this life is to be her best self and to inspire others through action. The only way she could achieve this goal was to learn and do. After college, she began an 8 year international travel career which had many nutritious challenges.
During this time, she entered the world of Bikini Fitness Competitions and where she received 2 gold medals. From there and thanks to her coach, Rose had the tools to incorporate fit life into everyday, no matter the travel or work ahead.
