September has arrived and I decided that I want to start a new health regime so I decided to take the Activia 14 Day Challenge.
Activia has been advertising their Activia 14 Day Challenge for several years and I guess it’s about time that I gave it a try. Yogurt is supposed to be good for you, isn’t it?
Activia Yogurt contains a probiotic bacterial culture, an exclusive strain of bifidobacteria, called Bifidobacterium (animalis) lactis, or BL Regularis. We need some good bacteria in our digestive tract in order to digest our food properly, so it only goes to reason that eating a yogurt that has live bacterial culture in it would help out our digestive system.
I’m not normally a yogurt eater. My husband is. We always have yogurt in the house, but I usually only have one once a month or so. Obviously this is going to change over the next two weeks as I do the Activia 14 Day Challenge.
Yesterday I went out to the grocery store to scope out the selection of flavors. Activia comes in wide selection of flavors in both regular fat and fat free. Some of the flavor choices are vanilla, strawberry, prune, peach, apple and raisins, pear, raspberry, sweetened plain, peach and cereals, red fruits and cereals, apple-müesli and nuts.
I bought two 8 packs for my 14 day challenge. One of Fat free Raspberry and one Fat Free Strawberry and Rhubarb. Yummy. I have enough for at least one a day and a few extra for snacks. Of course, knowing my husband, he’ll eat a few, so I’ll probably have to buy a few more before the challenge is over.
So let’s see. I’m feeling pretty good right now, let’s see if I feel even better by the time I’m finished the challenge. I’ll post again next week at the half way point and tell you how the challenge is going.
Has anyone else taken the Activia 14 Day Challenge? If you did it, how did it go? Are you still eating Activia? What’s your favorite flavor?
My 4 year old daughter had to go on antibiotics for a chronic sinus infection and the doctor recommended I give her Yukult to keep her good bacteria levels up. Well she didn’t like it so we switched to the Activia. She loved the taste and I had no problem getting her to eat them. She loved both the strawberry and the vanilla. She didn’t end up having any side effects from the antibiotics so I would consider it a success.
Best of luck to you!
This is one I have not tried yet. I am not a yogurt eater, but I have friends that swear by it. Let us know what flavor you like best.
I love Activia with cereals – it’s great, and although I can’t say that i tried the program, I’m eating Activia yogurt 2-3 times a week, and it feels great.
Personally I eat Light ‘n’ Fit yogurt, but my husband eats Activia and loves it! It’s kind of a compromise because really he wants the high fat yogurt, and I want him to eat a healthier version. So Activia is creamy enough for him and healthy enough for me to be a good compromise. Also, he really loves the prune flavor (I know he’s weird, but he’s British so I cut him some slack) and it’s the only brand that we can find with prunes.
Go Tricia go! I feel the same way about yogurts, except that I eat one every three months and my husband eats 1-2 every day. I’ve been also thinking about the 14 day trial, but I just can’t make myself taste Activia. Let me know how it goes and maybe I’ll have the courage to do it as well.