A few months ago I decided to see if I could meal plan for a whole month at once. It turned out to be way easier than I expected and I absolutely love it!! Thirty minutes of work is all it takes at the beginning of the month and then we’re all set. Each week when it’s time to make the grocery list I don’t have to think about what we’re eating – I just look at the meal plan and make our grocery list accordingly. It’s been wonderful!
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Free Third Trimester Workout Videos for a Fit Pregnancy
Of my three pregnancies this is the first one where I really focused on healthy habits – eating healthy and exercising. For most of the first two trimesters I just continued working out as I had before getting pregnant (I even trained for a 5k during the first half of my pregnancy and ran the […]
How to Make Your Own Homemade Sauerkraut
If you’ve been wanting to start fermenting your own food, this homemade sauerkraut recipe is great to get your feet wet! It is SO yummy, filled with good, healthy probiotics for your belly, and super easy to make. I am no expert and am just learning how to ferment myself, but I thought I’d show you how […]
26 toddler approved, healthy pre-packaged snacks
I don’t know about you but when the weather gets warmer we start going out more and traveling more and therefore are eating on the go more frequently. And while there are lots of healthy snacks you can easily make yourself, sometimes it’s just nice to have some pre-packed things that aren’t total junk that […]
Losing the baby weight: how I’m doing it
It’s been a year since I started working hard to lose the baby weight (x2) and the results are in…45 pounds down in a year since the first day I weighed and measured, 49.3 pounds down as of this morning (one year and six days since I started – this last week I finally busted through […]
The FasciaBlaster: a Beginners Guide
Heyyyyyy friends. I bet you just clicked through this post and were thinking…”WHAT weird thing has Caitlin gotten in to this time?” Because though I am not trendy (SO not trendy) I tend to be the crazy one among my friends that’s always sharing about my crunchy endeavors – essential oils, cloth menstrual products, babywearing, […]
my Young Living skin care routine
I’m 29 and until about a year ago I used pretty much the same skin care routine that I’d followed since I was, I don’t know, 12? Just some drugstore facewash and some drugstore lotion and occasionally if I got a sample or a gift of something else I’d try that too. Thankfully I’ve never […]
my natural makeup search – what I found and what I’m loving
I’m dubbing 2016 The Non-Toxic Beauty Makeover Year. Apparently being pregnant makes me want to totally overhaul things. In January of 2014, when I was pregnant with Hudson, I decided to quit thinking about trying essential oils for a household cleaning solution and use my Christmas money to dive in and get a kit (and […]