We have partnered with Ensure to bring you this article – so while I have received compensation for my time, all opinions are my own and I’m happy to share with you!

As an influencer I often get to try products so I can share my opinion with you, my reader. Most of the time these products are ways to make our life easier or more fun. This campaign with Ensure Enlive has been a four-month venture and during these months I’ve gotten to know the brand inside and out. I researched and read it’s benefits and how it affects me. What I didn’t expect was how Ensure Enlive would change my life. I learned so much about myself during this process. If you follow me on Facebook or follow my site you know I’m the adventurous type, I can be edgy, I love activities, and I will try almost anything once.

People looking in from the outside see all this and automatically assume that I take good care of myself. I thought the same thing! I knew some of my bad habits like smoking, not eating right, and lack of exercise took a toll on me but I thought I felt fine. I never looked back to the previous year to see what I was avoiding because I couldn’t do it anymore.

What I learned and why you should take a look at yourself:

• I was losing muscle mass– I associated this to aging when I couldn’t do a cartwheel anymore, but we can help our muscles
• Although I eat lots of veggies and fruit- I wasn’t getting enough nutrients
• I wasn’t exercising enough – going on adventures once a month isn’t enough, being consistent is the key
• I wasn’t taking my overall health serious and I needed to set realistic goals 

What I’ve done in the past 4 months:

• I researched how I could stop or at least slow down muscle loss- See 3 major facts about our body after 50
• I started drinking Ensure Enlive to help regain my strength and energy
• I started walking each day and slowly adding other daily activities into my life
• I included my husband and we support one another with our goals. See how Ensure has helped after an injury
• I take my health seriously and stay up to date with what I should be on the lookout for and how to “ensure” (pun intended) I lead a healthy and active lifestyle
• I’ve also picked a date to quit smoking!

I plan on staying on the road to a healthier lifestyle and you should too, especially if you’re 50 or older. Add activity, healthy foods, and good nutrition (perhaps even Ensure Enlive if you aren’t getting your nutrient needs) into your daily routine. Start thinking about muscle loss and how Ensure Enlive could help you maintain your muscle mass as you age and let’s enjoy the cartwheels of life!

Yes, I’m back to doing Cartwheels- not great but I’m doing them!

A little reminder about how Ensure Enlive can help  

• Ensure Enlive is a new, advanced nutrition drink that helps adults 50+ get the key nutrients their body needs to help maintain muscle mass so you can “always be you.”
• Ensure Enlive includes key nutrients that work together to help support muscle health for older adults, whether they are recovering from an illness or rebuilding muscle lost naturally with age.
• Ensure Enlive has been shown to significantly improve health outcomes after illness, injury, and surgery so you can get back to your daily activities.
• The NOURISH Study, one of the largest clinical studies of its kind, found that Ensure Enlive, which has HMB and protein, significantly improved health outcomes. Patients who drank Ensure Enlive twice daily saw improvements in:
  • Nutritional status
  • Weight gain
  • Vitamin D levels
• Ensure (as a brand) is the #1 doctor recommended nutrition drink
• Ensure Enlive is the first and only complete, balanced nutrition shake that has the unique ingredient HMB, plus 20 grams of protein, to help rebuild muscle for strength and energy. Every ready-to-drink shake has:
  • Unique ingredient, HMB and 20 grams of protein
  • 26 essential vitamins and minerals
  • 350 nutritious calories
  • 3 grams of fiber
  • All-in-one blend to support your health: Muscle, Heart, Immune, Digestion, and Bone

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