{"id":19432,"date":"2024-08-17T00:22:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T00:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=19432"},"modified":"2024-08-20T07:04:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T07:04:21","slug":"8-16-friday-faves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/8-16-friday-faves\/","title":{"rendered":"8.16 Friday Faves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi friends! Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? It\u2019s a pretty normal weekend around here with basketball, dance, time with friends, and time to plan and catch up for next week. It\u2019s also our anniversary \ud83d\ude42 I\u2019m looking forward to a family dinner with my favorite people; I can\u2019t believe I actually got to marry to Starbucks guy and feel blessed every day for this beautiful life we have together.<\/p>\n

17 years <3<\/p>\n

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I\u2019d love to hear what you have going on this weekend.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for the weekly Friday Faves party! This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love to hear about your faves, too, so please shout out something you\u2019re loving in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

8.16 Friday Faves<\/h2>\n

Fashion + beauty + random:<\/h3>\n

New Amazon watch band<\/a>! I got this to wear with me \u201creal people\u201d clothes aka non-workotut clothes, and the quality is surprisingly good.<\/p>\n

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I loooove this gentle exfoliator.<\/a> It isn\u2019t too abrasive for sensitive skin and is also unscented.<\/p>\n

Tangle teezer!<\/a> Our girls\u2019 friend had one of these and loves it, so I got some for the girls. The hype is real! It takes out tangles without pain and while the Morrocan oil always helps, this has been a gamechanger with all of the siwmming they\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n

Read, watch, listen:<\/h3>\n

The girls and I have been reading old American Girl books<\/a> before bed and friends, they have stood the test of time. They\u2019re just as lovely and interesting as I remember and the kids have adored them! It\u2019s been fun to share the thing that introduced me to historical fiction when I was P\u2019s age.<\/p>\n

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My friend Ana and I went to see\u00a0It Ends with Us<\/em> the other night – a weeknight movie with a friend felt like such a huge treat – and it was SOOOOO good. The book was ok for me – I get the hype but I don\u2019t think she\u2019s the most captivating author, please don\u2019t throw anything at me – but the movie was excellent. The casting was A+++ and it was very well done.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t forget to check out this week\u2019s podcast episode here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mindset shifts to reduce the need for external validation.<\/a><\/p>\n

Fitness, health, life, and good eats:<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m on the prowl for quick, tasty, healthy dinner recipes to switch up our usual rotation. I\u2019m back into school mody and activities shuffle with the kids, and sometimes we get home at dinnertime (or past dinner). We have our usual faves<\/a>, but if you have any family meals you love that I can either make in advance, make in 15-20 minutes, or pop in the Instant Pot, I\u2019d appreciate some recs so much!<\/p>\n

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Back on the Nutrisense train for me and it\u2019s been very helpful to see the data after a summer of restaurant food in Spain and Hawaii. I\u2019m focusing on blood sugar and hormones this fall and this is one of my favorite tools. You can check out my full review here<\/a> and use GINA50 here for $50 off.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Functional testing sale<\/a>! Both the starter kit and the Big 5<\/a> are on sale until Sunday. They only do this twice a year. If you\u2019re interested in doing some digging to find the true root causes for how you\u2019re feeling, I highly recommend these tests. They\u2019ve helped me when I thought things were hopeless, and they\u2019re the tests I read every day for clients and friends. If you decide to purchase the Big 5 or Starter kit,<\/a> send me an email gina@fitnessista.com subject TEST and your order number, and I\u2019d be happy to provide a complimentary call to go over the results with you.<\/p>\n

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Heads up- we\u2019re going to be doing another community detox in September, so I\u2019ll have all of the details up next week!<\/p>\n

Have a happy weekend and I\u2019ll see ya soon. Have a wonderful weekend, friends!<\/p>\n

xoxo<\/p>\n

Gina<\/p>\n

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