Highlighting Howard Co. Business
Serving up a healthy treat - Notorious Nutrition
A new healthy lifestyle, a new business and an opportunity to impact the community in which she lives. Three goals that Justice Terrazas and her husband had, and with one leap of faith their journey began.
Notorious Nutrition opened their doors and began serving the Big Spring community on May 29, 2020, just as a pandemic was starting to hit Howard County. The business has continued to grow over the past seven months and has providing an alternative meal option for those seeking a healthier lifestyle in the hustle and bustle of every day life.
“I've always struggled with a good healthy lifestyle and now with my business i am able to offer it not only to my self but my family, friends and the community of Big Spring,” Terrazas said.
Notorious Nutrition offers nutritional shakes, energizing drinks and more delicious goodies. Throughout the holiday season, Terrazas was putting a holiday twist to the different creations that she offers. The shakes are a protein based product and can work in combination with the other products offered in the store. In addition to the daily visits to the shop, more of the products can be found online through Terrazas website which will also allow her customers to make the shakes and the teas at home when they are unable to make it inside to the shop.
“Each day I open the shop doors, I believe I bring a fun and exciting way of living a good healthy lifestyle with my many varieties of shakes and drinks. Plus you don't just become a customer when you come to the shop you become a friend, sometimes close to family with me,” she said.
For Terrazas it isn't just about selling a shake, but instead, it's about watching the healthy transformation of her friends. In addition, as many know progress happens best when progression takes place with someone else, and to help motivate her customers, she shares her experience and her story.
“I love that when people are having a bad day they come into the shop and always leave in a better mood not just because of the items they got but because I was maybe that one person that listened to them, or I said the right thing they needed to hear the most in that moment.”
She continued, “I got into this business to help as many people as I can rather it be
One of the upsides for Terrazas as she travels down this healthy journey is that she gets to share it with her family. In addition to her own shakes, her two daughters – who are 5 and 1 – also get to enjoy the healthy shakes with their mom. The shakes provides the needed vitamins and minerals that may not be eaten in another meal that day.
As a new year rolls in, Terrazas is looking to expand her outreach and impact in the community.
“My goal for 2021 is to help as many people get back into a healthy lifestyle here in Big Spring and to also help the girls that help out at my shop build a successful business for their family like I get to do for my mine and keep their family healthy as well,” she said.
Not only has Notorious Nutrition been an avenue for a healthier lifestyle and a business adventure, but in the midst of the pandemic it was the
safety net for Terrazas and her family. Just as many across the nation experienced layoffs and downturns in the economy, her family was not any different. Her husband ended up being laid off from his oilfield job and the family was able to offset the impact through the business.
“I was very fortunate in the beginning of this crazy pandemic I was able to replace my husband income with this business working out of the nutrition club in Snyder. His layoff actually led me into opening my shop here in Big Spring right in the middle of the pandemic. I have been very lucky to have barely slowed down these past couple of month, but even during that I have continued to get new customers.”
While there are some who may doubt the products, Terrazas is willing to share her own personal testimony, but also wants to remind the community of the benefits brought by the products. Not only do they provide needed nutrients, but they also offer immunity products that can help fight against viruses and common colds. Each product offered is created with sugar free products.
“I just want to thank the community of Big Spring especially the customers who have continued to support me since I was the six-month pregnant girl running around town putting flyers on cars and in businesses that allowed me to do so,” she said. “To those who supported me in doing countless tea drops to let people who have never tried our drinks before try them.”
The dedication and commitment not only to a healthier lifestyle, but to the community and her business, shows in the countless hours that she put in to the start up and that she continues to put in daily. At the beginning her tea drops took her all over the community, just as one of the many ways she reached out to as many potential customers as possible. She continues to do outreach activities like that just to make sure the community knows she is here and provides an opportunity for her to show appreciation to local businesses and allow those who have never tried her products before an opportunity to do so.
Time off is a phrase Terrazas is not so familiar with. The shop and her customers have become like family. When she delivered her newest addition to the family, while many will take off six weeks or more, she jumped right back in – after having a C-section – just a week after delivery her baby. For those who don't know, Terrazas is so invested in the community she commutes from Snyder on a daily basis to ensure the Big Spring community has the opportunity to walk this healthy lifestyle with her and enjoy a shake and tea daily.
Notorious Nutrition is located at 1907 Birdwell Lane Suite E, next to Goode Party Events and Sunny Side Up. For more information follow the Notorious Nutrition Facebook page or Instagram (notorious. nutrition). To try out the different flavors of shakes and teas, stop in the shop and speak with the staff at Notorious Nutrition. Business Hours for Notorious Nutrition are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday. Terrazas is even open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more info call, 325-207-6017 or you can e-mail justice_ nicole@yahoo.com for more information on products.