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Friday, May 27, 2016

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Hi friends! How are you? Cheers to the (long) weekend! Any exciting plans? We will definitely be spending some time on the beach, hitting up a birthday party (preschoolers have birthday parties every weekend it seems), and BBQing with friends. I can’t wait. I hope you have some fun and relaxing on the agenda, too!

My workout buddies

(Pic is from this morning’s PBB newsletter)

It’s time to start the weekly Friday Faves party! This is where I share some of the things I’m eating, wearing, reading, listening to, and enjoying from the week. I always love to hear about your faves, too, if you’d like to join in the comments below.

Some food finds from the week:

Food finds

I haven’t had dulse in way too long, and when I saw it at the co-op, I picked up a bag. Something about the saltiness sounded extra delicious to me, and I ate some straight out of the bag. It’s also delicious on wraps and salads. If you haven’t tried dulse, it’s a sea vegetable, and similar to the nori they use to wrap sushi rolls. (I find dulse to have a milder taster than nori, which tastes more like.. the ocean.) It’s high in minerals (calcium, magnesium and iron), vitamins A and C, iodine and fiber.

I also grabbed some calming tea (Liv loves it, too), pink lemons, and pre-cut butternut squash. As much as I love wrestling squashes and everything, the convenience is A+.

Same goes for these jicama sticks! I LOVE jicama dipped in guacamole, but it’s not the most fun to cut into pieces.

Jicama

I shared my supplement routine on Snapchat, and quite a few people asked if I would break down what I’m taking.

(Snap code if you’d like to follow along! It’s mostly random videos of the girls, workouts and food haha.)

I thought about going over each herbal supplement, but I don’t think it would be super helpful, especially since I would only be consulting the Googles. Each herb has specific benefits, and it’s also a matter of how they all work together to treat what’s going on. If you have questions about any herbs or supplements, I recommend talking to a doctor or naturopath in your area.

I’m working with my naturopath (Dr. Flynn) to boost my hormone levels, because they’re still pretty low after the birth. I had a pretty comprehensive blood test a few months ago, and the results verified that some things need a bit of a boost. (3 of them were flagged in the post-menopausal range. Cool bro.) I’ve been taking many of the same herbs that I took when we were trying to get pregnant with Liv, in addition to these two supplements:

Supplements

Collagen, and aloe vera juice concentrate. At first I was a little “ew” about the collagen because I’m not a huge gelatin fan. The good news is that this is not like Jell-O in the least. It dissolves beautifully into liquids (you hardly notice it’s there), and I wash it down with a couple of tablespoons of aloe vera concentrate. This is the papaya orange flavor (which is ok), and I recently bought the cherry berry flavor which is not delicious.

My friend Julie is taking a similar collagen supplement and talked about some of the benefits on her blog here! I’ve noticed that my hair has been growing like crazy and feels much healthier since I started taking it a couple of months ago. I’ve had two haircuts, and usually I have wait forever to get my hair cut.

Love these funny workout shirts.

Well this sweet short video made me cry.

Tips for jet lag.

A simple coffee scrub recipe.

Back at the barre. I start teaching again next week, so I took a class last night to get back in the zone. It killed me. How did I do that when I was pregnant? Muscle memory, please kick in.

LOVE these Apolis bags, especially for farmer’s market trips and beach days. I already have the Tucson, Arizona one and added the San Diego one to the collection. Here’s a pic of it from this post! I can’t believe how much Livi has grown since then.