Give the Gift of Health This Holiday!

How do you save money this holiday shopping season, while giving a gift that is good for your loved ones, and contains items they will actually use? Start with some healthy motivation, food and bath products that you can buy in bulk and sprinkle among several gift bags or stockings! This is what I will be giving this year…

Motivation!

- Magazines like Prevention, Fitness Magazine, Men’s Health, Woman’s Health, Runner’s World, Shape, Fitness, Self, etc.
– A fitness DVD, like the Fit Travel Workout to help your loved ones stay in shape during holiday travel, Booty Camp for spring/​summer, and the Military Wife Workout. www​.nikkifitness​.com
– Yoga paws (for travel), yoga mat (you can even personalize them)
– Free weights and exercise tubing
– Gift certificates for workout sneakers and clothing
–An ipod, shuffle, mp3 player or iTunes gift certificate for new high-​​energy workout music.

Food and drink:

- Green tea, pomegranate or blueberry tea with antioxidants, and chamomile for relaxation.
– Fruit — a basket of fresh fruit like apples and grapes, or dried fruit like apricots, prunes and cranberries
– Dark chocolate or dark chocolate-​​covered almonds (both are good for you and together they make a guilt-​​free treat much better for you than cookies)
– Vodka and club soda, or red wine (vodka/​soda/​lemon is the mixed drink with the least calories — way less than eggnog — and red wine in moderation is healthy.)
– Almond butter and blackberry jelly
– Wasabi dried peas (healthy, delicious and great for entertaining)
– Honey for tea or a healthier pancake topping
– Multivitamins

Bath and Beauty:

- Lavender– filled heating pad, so relax the neck and shoulders after a long day
– Epsom salts for after working out sore muscles
– All-​​natural Burt’s Bees products like shampoo, conditioner, sun block, face wash, lip balm or lipstick (My favorite is their Milk and Honey Body Lotion)
– Hand sanitizer to fight the flu!

Fitness, Fit it in.

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