Friday Faves
Hi friends! Happy Friday! The weekend is heeeeeere. Whatโs going on? After being gone pretty much all week last week, it will be nice to have a weekend at home. Weโll probably get into the usual shenanigans: I have a girlsโ night planned with friends, weโre meeting up with friends + their kiddos for dinner, church, chores, prepping for the next week. Pโs birthday is going to be here before we know it – I literally have to remind myself every day that sheโs only 2, because sheโs really like a 4-year old trapped in a 2-year oldโs body – and Iโm excited to start party planning. Iโm thinking weโll do something here at the house but get a jumping castle and a taco truck (necessary). Iโd love to hear what youโre up to this weekend!
Now itโs time for the weekly Friday Faves party. This is where I share some of my favorite finds, reads, wears, and laughs from the week. I love hearing what youโre enjoying, too, so please shout out some faves in the comments if youโd like to join in the fun!
Random/life:
– The decaf almond milk lattes from Cartel are A+.
– Last night, I took a baby meal over to a friend who has a lil newborn. All of the usual staples were there: cheesy enchiladas, Instant Pot Mexican rice, beans, salsa, chips, brownie/cookie/Oreo bars, and margarita mix. I pretty much make the same thing for every baby meal, so if you have new ideas, please throw them my way! Even so, Iโm cool with being the token enchilada girl.
Read, watch, listen:
– Tips for better conversations.
– All the happy tears for Lindsay, Bjork, and Sage.
– Wonโt You Be My Neighbor. I cried during parts of it because Mister Rogers was such a rare, genuinely kind human being. I highly recommend this documentary as it gives insightful background into his life, his true genius, and is very well-done.
– Another reason to get in endurance exercise
– Donโt forget to check out this weekโs podcast interview here! Jess and I are chatting all about injuries: what to do about them, how to prevent them, when to use heat/ice, and cryotherapy.
Fashion/beauty:
– I met Merrick briefly at last weekโs CJ event and love her style! She looks so put-together without being over-the-top. (Check out her blog if you havenโt already!!) She inspired me to try a couple of new things in my wardrobe, so I ordered these studded booties (on super sale. Going to wear them with a black top, black jeans, and this long blush cardigan I recently picked up from Express), this pleated skirt ($25! and you can dress up or down), and this tiger dress. The tiger dress is outside of my normal comfort zone, but I loved the way it looked when she wore it with black buckle booties.
I feel like Iโve gotten really comfortable on the fashion front lately and heading into fall, I feel inspired to switch things up a bit. (Stay tuned for a fall capsule-ish wardrobe post since I literally have like 4 articles of fall clothing here. Iโm pretty much starting from scratch since I stored and donated so much in Valdosta.) Also, this is a problem that isnโt really a problem but I recently realized how much I was depending on Stitch Fix to pick out clothes for me. It feels oddly freeing to pick things out for myself again after quite a few Stitch Fix duds.
Maybe it will look cute. Maybe it will look like Iโm wearing pajamas. We shall see.
Eats + recipes:
– Yesterday was low-carb day, so I thought Iโd share my breakfast: 2 eggs, 6 egg whites, 2 tablespoons of guacamole, a Mikeyโs Paleo English muffin with butter and cinnamon
– Give me this Instant Pot curry
– Best services for healthy prepared meals
Fitness:
NEW FIT GUIDES ARE HEADING YOUR WAY! (<โ yelling a little because Iโm so excited) Iโll have all of the info up Monday,. Be sure to check in if you want first dibs because spots will go very quickly. If you havenโt taken the free fitness quiz yet, check it out here and see what plan Iโd recommend. I put so much love and work into these plans and the response has been amazing.
Check out Lauraโs results after only 6 weeks:
Leave your fitness personality in the comments below and Iโll pick a lucky winner to receive a free Fit Guide on Monday!
Happy Friday, friends!
xo
Gina
Fitness Freak
Lean Machine!
Lean Machine
Benchmark Babe
Lean machine! ๐
Lean machine
Fitness freak!
Also, can you link to your enchilada recipe? Have you ever made them with the siete tortillas? I like them, but they always fall apart! Any tips?
I second this, I’d love your enchilada recipe – and also knowing if you’ve made them with Siete tortillas.
Home Workout Warrior!
Fitness freak
Fitness Freak!
Lean Machine!
Home Workout Warrior (which will be even more true upon the arrival of our baby in just about 6 weeks!)
Lean machine!!
Lean machine – even though I’m kind of fat and puffy right now due to having my third baby 10 months ago! Need to fit in my pre-pregnancy pants!
Fitness freak!
Cardio queen
Fitness Freak!:)
fitness freak
Fitness Freak1
Fitness freak
Fitness Freak!
Home Workout Warrior! We just finished updating our garage gym and I’m so excited to start with the new Fitness Guides!
Lean Machine
Home workout warrior! I found the best balance of workouts AFTER I I stopped going to the gym. Iโm an cardio outside/weights in my spare room kind of gal.
Definitely a fitness freak. Thanks for the giveaway!
Home workout warrior, even though I feel Cardio Queen is appropriate too.
Cardio queen!!
Fitness Freak!!
PS my old trainers company used to be called Fitness Freaks!!
Home workout warrior!
Cardio Queen! Also, I want to see that Mister Rogers doc….I loved him growing up. And that Cartel coffee pic makes me miss Tucson so much!
Home workout warrior! Although I wouldn’t say this is normal, but I just moved to a new city (Hello, Seattle!) and am focusing more on running than getting into a gym.
Fitness Freak ๐
Lean Machine!
Fitness freak
Lean Machine
I got Fitness Freak!
Cardio Queen!
Fitness Freak
Home workout warrior!
Home Workout Warrier ๐
And I made that Oh She Glows curry in the Instapot last night. SO GOOD!!!
Cardio queen but I could have already guessed that. Only think I do a bit on my stationary bike at home but I prefer to walk, walk, walk outdoors as long as it’s warm!
Cardio queen! Really need out of the treadmill rut. Would love your enchilada recipe!
i’ll do a post on them! <3
Benchmark babe
Fitness freak!
Lean Machine ๐
TGIF!!
Fitness freak!
Fitness Freak!
Did not even realize there was a documentary on Mr.Rogers!! I will have to go watch it at some point soon!
Home Workout Warrior! Btw, have you shared your enchilada recipe somewhere on here? Those look amazing!!!
i don’t think i have! i need to do a post ๐ xoxo
Home workout warrior!
Fitness Freak!