Happy Friday! I hope you all had a great week 🙂 I am taking another nice slow restful type day. Yesterday I really did absolutely nothing but catch up on blogs, had time to read an actual book, and of course my meeting with the Wofford A.A. Today will be just more of that, except I have my 6 month dentist appointment in the morning (at a new dentist as well, ah!) but all will be good. After that I might feel productive enough to send off some more college apps, but if not that is okay, I am allowing my mind to take a vacation. but I will be doing my lower body and upper body strength training workouts later today (as always on Fridays). Weights are fun though so I have no qualms with that 🙂 I am going to keep this intro short and just let you all browse the Finisher! I came across tons of great posts, articles, and pins this week so the Finisher is loaded with some awesome stuff! Grab a cup of hot tea and enjoy 🙂

SS Posts from the week:

Monday: Power Monday #18 My Gluten-Free Anniversary {+Giveaway}

Tuesday: Old-School Blogging: Liebster Award

Wednesday: My Favorite: Chana Masala

Thursday: Carrot Cake Quinoa Flakes and Weekly Happenings

Blog Posts I loved this week:

+ How Yoga Changes Your Body, Starting the Day You Begin

Still haven’t tried yoga? What are you waiting for?!

+ 10 DIY Natural Skin Remedies

No chemicals needed!

+ Ditching the Plan

Sometimes you can take being healthy to far by planning every last detail.

+ The Best and Worse: Protein and Nutrition Bars

Okay, this isn’t from this week, but I found it really interesting.

+ Why I Hate Being Told to Shop for My Body Type

Why are magazines and media so hung up on “body type”?

+ Food for Runners: B-E-A-N-S

Not just for runners. For any healthy diet! I love me some lentils and chickpeas all day everyday 🙂

+ Ironman Florida 2013 Race Recap

Meghann completed her first full Ironman! She is so awesome and I loved following all of her training up to the event on her blog. Truly inspiring!

+ Loose Lead Tea 101

How to brew the perfect cup of wonderful delicious tea 🙂

+ Downfalls of Confidence

O the problems of actually loving yourself 😉

+ Stop Facebooking What Your Thankful For: 10 Ways to DO Thanks

We are only taking November as a month to say what we are thankful for, but are we actually doing thanks?

+ Be Easy On Yourself

Just breathe and cut yourself a break sometimes!

+ He Thinks/She Thinks: The Comparison Trap with Blogging

Do you compare yourself to other bloggers through stats, comments, numbers of reviews?

+ Fatspiration is Just as Bad as Thinspiration

I am pretty sure and modified form of the word “Inspiration” is bad news.

+ 14 Signs Your Perfectionism Has Gotten Out Of Control

Yes, I can identify with a lot of these :/

+ FDA Takes Action on Trans Fats

It’s about time!

+ 5 Reasons To Get Naked Every Day

The body is so beautiful!

Favorite Pins:

(Follow me on Pinterest – RebeccaGF666)
Perfect Easy Hair. I wish I was more “hairstyling” inclined. :/

Charred Eggplant and Chickpea Stew. Just another delicious warming stew recipe for winter 🙂

“Stuffing” Nori Rolls. Vegan thanksgiving and Asian fusion. A creative combo 🙂

Sautéed Breakfast Veggies. Now this is what I call a veggieful breakfast 🙂

Pumpkin Cornbread {GF & Vegan}. This is so perfect. I will make this, I will!

Dirty Thirty Workout. Quick and intense! Perfect at home workout.

Grain-Free, Vegan Pumpkin Gnocchi with Browned Sage “Butter”. Looks so good!

Perfect Fall Fashion. I love those orange pants!

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

+ 152 days (and going strong) of being (eyebrow and eyelash) trich free!

+ My four day weekend 🙂

+ I have been feeling really good and confident with myself this week. It feels really good; happiness all around 🙂

So tell me:

How are you showing thanks this month?

Are you a perfectionist?

Any fun weekend plans? Mine are to relax and breathe! Maybe even hop over to the gym and go on my first treadmill jog/run? 😉

***Remember to enter my ENERGYbits Giveaway! I will announce the winner on next week’s Power Monday post!***