I used to chase Rock Stars......

NOW, I chase health guru's, author's and spiritual teacher's. I had an opportunity to meet one of my favorite, vegetarian/vegan athletes, Brendan Brazier at Whole Foods last week. Woo-Hoo!!

Brendan Brazier is one of only a few professional athletes in the world whose diet is 100 percent plant-based. He’s a professional Ironman triathlete, bestselling author on performance nutrition, and the creator of a line of whole food nutritional products called VEGA. 

I was first introduced to Brendan Brazier's line of plant based whole food products after talking with my chiropractor. Last year, I increased my workouts and noticed that my body wasn't recovering efficiently.

• Increased the duration of my workouts by adding an additional hour to my day.
• Participated in a bootcamp style type of class (plyometric's, indurance, interval training, muscle building and toning, and bodyweight exercises).   
• Running outside and on the treadmill.   
• Increased weight training from one day a week to 2-3 times a week.

This increase in my exercise routine left me with a lot of lingering aches and pains and body fatigue. My chiropractor reviewed my diet pre and post workout and suspected that I wasn't getting enough protein in my diet. I rarely consume meat so animal protein was not an option for me. My chiropractor, being a Vegan (does not consume any animal products), suggested the Vega plant based health-optimizing supplement has a post workout meal replacement. I researched the products and the creator, Brendan Brazier. I was immediately hooked, even before I sampled my first Vega product. What really hooked me and reeled me in is that all the products are exclusively natural ❤plant-based whole foods❤, ❤nutritionally complete❤, ❤alkaline❤ and easy to ❤digest❤. Also, the products are free of common allergens such as gluten, dairy and soy. Everything that I've been striving for in my post cancer bodacious body.


So, I picked up THRIVE The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life and my first Vega products: Vega Whole Food Healthy Optimizer (berry) and Sport Performance Optimizer (lemon-lime). I loved it! I did, indeed feel a difference in my post workout recovery. It wasn't immediate but after 2.5 weeks my aches and pains went away and I felt better and stronger during and after my workouts.


I buy the Vega products every now and then. It's not something I take on a daily basis. It's too expensive for this stay-at-home, crazy sexy, post-cancer "moddess" (Mom + Goddess = Moddess). It's  $43.00 for the smaller tub (7 servings) and  $75.00 for the large tub (15 servings).  Ideally, I would love to consume it after each workout (five times a week).  However, financially I just can't do that,  So, I stretch my tub out, by consuming it only 2-3 times a week when I have it in the house.  It works for me and it continues to help my body recover, recharge and refuel.

❤Vega❤Real Food❤Fast❤