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Friday Finisher 2/21/14

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This is going to be a really long Friday Finisher! When I gather posts I think are interesting or love for the Finisher, I start on a Friday and add them in a special bookmark folder for when I put the post together. So if I read any posts today that I like, they will go on next weeks finisher and so on. Well last week…MAN…you guys just kept pumping out the great reads! I found so many interesting posts and articles this week (I think I forgot to include some) and just have to share them all with you! You will definitely find something you like in the post…I guarantee it!

I have some super exciting news! But I can’t really tell you…yet. You will have to wait until March, but believe me, it is the coolest thing! I am still jumping up and down about it. I can give you a hint. It has to do with yoga! I know, you are on the edge of your seat right now. Well I am too and I can not wait to share it with you…I can barely sleep!

Since I have so many links to share I will keep my intro a bit short. But this weekend I plan on testing some new recipes which I neglected to do last weekend. Relax and breath. Finish my novel (it will happen!). Do some work on scholarship essays, grocery shop, blog work, yoga, and well yea, all the usual! And tomorrow will be my February Recipe ReDux post! I don’t like posting on the weekends, but you have to do what you have to do sometimes and my day to post for the ReDux is the 22nd of each month. Make sure you stop by!

Here is my 7th link-up to FTSF (Finish The Sentence Friday)! FTSF is that you are given a sentence each week and you finish it however you want, long or short. This week’s sentence was, “One of my hidden talents is…”

Janine's Confessions of A Mommyaholic
One of my hidden talents is that I can make a 3 leaf clover with my tongue! One day in elementary school during music class, I was really bored and just started practicing folding my tongue this way and that. Haha, yes I know…weird. I had always been about to fold it, but had never tried the clover. Well a few minutes later, I got it! And I have been able to do it ever since; it always freaks people out though. Apparently it is a genetic thing, as not everyone can do all the cool tongue folding tricks. My dad can, but my mom and brother can’t. So hey, there you go! Another really random fact you now know about me 😉

Friday FinisherSS Posts from the week:

Monday: Power Monday #33 American Heart Health Month

Tuesday: Reading…What Happened?

Wednesday: Peanut Pumpkin French Toast

Thursday: The Perks Of Working Out At Home

Blog Posts I loved this week:

+ There Are So Many Blogs To Read, A Confession, And Things I Am Sick Of Seeing On Blogs.

Haha, this is funny and I totally feel the same way! Enough of the Fro-yo, overnight oats, and smoothies!

+ Simple Steps To Improving Yourself – Self Love Saturday

Give your self the love and focus it deserves!

+ Utah Company’s Banana Flour Hits The Shelves

This is a kickstarter campaign company and they are so cool! Banana flour?! Gluten-Free an awesome! I can’t wait!

+ How To GAIN (Not Lose!) Weight In A Healthy Way

These articles don’t come around often enough!

+ Tips For A Healthy Gut

Always love the digestion posts! Great tips and insight 🙂

+ 1 Year And Life Lessons

I am a newer reader to Krysten’s blog, but anyone can tell what a beautiful and strong women she is by this post!

+ 9 Things You Should Never Say To Someone Who Eats Gluten-Free

Umm. Yea. Don’t.

+ What Is “Healthy” To You?

Great topic and great explanation by Katie. She is simple her form of a “Healthy Diva”!

+ The Thing I Hate About My Blogging

Coming from such an open and honest blogger, Claire wishes she could be even more honest. But people can be just too sensitive…

+ Guard Against Getting Tired and Rest.

We need to remember to plan our rest before we get tired!

+ 10 Ways To Improve Quality Of Sleep

I love #1…Wake-up with the Sun!

+ You Wouldn’t Give A Drug Addict A Cheat Day

Interesting perspective.

+ The Prob With Pinterest Workouts

Some of those workouts…are really stupid. I hope people know that doing 25 crunches and 25 push-ups before going in the shower will not give them the hot body of the girl in the picture.

+ I Am On The “Middle Ground” Diet.

No extremes; choose the middle ground! It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Do what fits you.

+ Eat To Perform With Proper Nutrition

The perfect fundamentals to a healthy diet and an active life!

+ Seafood: What To Buy

The 3rd “meat” post from Jo-Lynne. I love these. If you are going to eat animals, know what is best before you buy!

+ Creating Fitness-Loving Children

Start them at a young age and teach them just how wonderful movement is!

+ The Single Piece Of Fitness Equipment That Builds Strength & Blasts Calories Like Crazy

The Sandbag! Not something most people think of working out with, but it is a great functional training piece.

+ Own Your Positive Body Image & Own Your Workouts. Own It.

Stand up for your workout style. Who cares if you are a women and you weight lift or do Crossfit? I say you are a crazy awesome beast!

+ On Unfriending

The people who I never talked to in my life  or gave me the time of day got deleted this summer. I had almost 1000 friends, but boom, now I am down to less than 300 and most of them are all you wonderful blogger friends now 😉

+ Breaking The Bubble

Challenge your self always and get out of that comfort zone!

+ It Has To Stop

Danica is never afraid to write the truth! This is so important. Even though I always joke about not liking kids and not wanting them myself, if I ever do I would never put garbage into their bodies. We need to raise out young generation to be strong and healthy. We can’t fuel them with chemical laden processed fake foods. It is not fair to them or the world.

+ Meal Planning & Reducing Food Waste

I hate wasting food! I always make sure I use up all my groceries and can not stand to see something get thrown out. I don’t meal plan though, but I always get a general list of things in my head that I will have for dinner that week. Then I just jot down some things on my grocery list (but never have to look at it) before I go to the store.

+ Positive Body Talk

It is hard to do 100% of the time, but when we feel down about ourselves we just need to remember that we are worth it as we are.

+ Fitness Is A Journey

Fitness changes over time. It is different for everyone. It will change from year to year and what might be “fit” to one, might be totally different to another.

+ 100 Planks (YouTube Video)

Every variation you could ever want of the best exercise 🙂

+ 12 Things Everyone Should Do More Often

I still have to work on #1. I like #3, #5, and #10 too!

Favorite Pins:

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Simple Chopped Salad. Yum! This has me craving all.the.veggies!

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ae/d6/9a/aed69ae88cb4b522ce4779e84df6a75c.jpgHealth Benefits of Tea Infograph. Tea = Love <3

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Spring Style. Such a cute outfit! Now all we need is spring!

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Gluten-Free Vegan Pumpkin Roll. This is so clean, easy, and healthy! Crazy delicious!

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Caesar Salad Version 2.0. Vegan yummy goodness!

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Gluten-Free Quinoa Flour Naan. Ah, Indian gluten-free love! I have never made Naan (crazy right?) But now I can!

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/5a/45/d3/5a45d3621b245749aa8454ab2fb27842.jpgThe Balance Bowl. Basically these types of dinner bowls are the greatest things ever. I could eat them everyday! (Which I usually do, haha!)

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A few things I loved about my week or am grateful for:

+ That awesome thing I told you about in the beginning! I still can’t believe it!

+ Wink sent me their products to sample! I love the company and met them at the GFAF Expo. They are so sweet and so are their desserts 😉 Stay tuned for a review within the next couple of weeks after I finish testing out all the flavors 😉

+ You know, it is starting to warm-up a bit! Just a bit, but I notice it and just keep encouraging Mother Nature to keep it up!

So Tell Me:

Do you have any hidden “talents”? Can you fold your tongue? Are you badass enough to do the 3 leaf-clover?

Tell me, tell me, what you favorite post/article was this week!

What’s on the weekend to-do list for you?

P.S. I have to congratulate Janetha on her news! I am so excited for her and Marshall! She was one of the original bloggers I ever started reading and I have missed her posts so much! But now we all know why 😉

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Comments

  1. Paper Doll (@LilacPaperDoll) says

    Awesome post, it is such a great idea! I can’t wait to get stuck in to so many of these, especially the blogging ones. That pumpkin roll looks so good, I think I’ll have to give it a go! Thanks for taking the time to share so many interesting reads! I’m happy I discovered you on SITS

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  2. bonnie says

    Hey thanks so much for including me! We need to connect more – you seem so neat! I’ll be following! 😀 SO many great links…hoping to get through some of those posts this week. 🙂

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  3. jasteck says

    Where’s the picture of the tongue folding? That’s one for the Guiness Book of World Records. I’m processing pictures this weekend that I took at a photo shoot in Orlando. It’s a perfect day to do it, since it’s snowy outside.

    Reply

  7. Julie says

    I love all the links you shared! Some of those were my favorite this week and you just helped me discover some new ones.

    Can’t wait to hear about Wink – have never heard of it.

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  9. Alison @ Daily Moves and Grooves says

    These are all such awesome links! I loved the first one, the one about what not to say to a person who is gluten-free (good to know!), and the one on how to GAIN weight healthily. One of my best friends can do the three-leaf clover thing with her tongue too— it’s pretty neat!
    My hidden talent…I’m a really good masseuse!

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  11. rynolexson says

    Did you know that the four leaf clover tongue trick is a genetic talent? Some people are genetically incapable of making it! I just read that in an article last week-thought it was cool to share! lol. Love your weekly re-cap posts too! What a great idea.

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  12. janetha says

    Awww thank you so much for the congratulations! So thoughtful of you. I adore that spring outfit! And I am now off to check out some of these great links 🙂 xoxo

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  14. Megan @ Meg Go Run says

    Rebecca, thanks for including my link! I’m glad it made you laugh. I was worried about posting it because I didn’t want to “dis” other bloggers. I meant it to be funny too. But yeah… NO MORE OVERNIGHT OAT PICTURES!!!

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  18. Danica says

    Thanks for sharing my post!
    I just spent a whole bunch of time clicking through and reading a bunch of the other links you posted…so many great ones!

    Reply

  21. Tina Muir says

    I do not even know where to start! So many posts to comment on! Banana flour!?!?! YES PLEASE! SO many of those meals sound amazing, I LOVE tea (as I am British that is pretty much a requirement), and how to eat and perform, well that is me too as I am an elite long distance runner and my blog is full of nutritious meals that i consume to run the times I do I look forward to checking out another readers version of what they do! Thanks for the ideas!

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  23. Sami says

    I love the outfit and I am SO ready for spring wear! I will def. utilize the tea infograph, I’m a big tea drinker and I know it has tons of benefits, just not sure with all of them. Thanks!

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  24. Janine Huldie says

    Seriously you need to take a picture of that. I honestly love 4 leaf clovers and the Irish girl in me can’t get enough. That said, I can’t wait to hear your big news, too!! 🙂

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  25. karem says

    I am so jealous of your tongue trick, that is pretty cool, trick. I always wanted to tie a cherry stem into a knot…but I wound apmost choking on it. LOL

    I am so with you on not wasting groceries…it kills me if something is not used or thrown out…I can see the money being thrown out. I make sure we use everything and freeze and eat our leftovers.

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    • Strength and Sunshine says

      I can not tie a cherry stem. I am pretty sure that is impossible, I have never seen it happen in real life!
      I am really good with using my food up, but the rest of my family…not so much. It is really annoying!

      Reply

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