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Episode 408 – Dr. Emory Liscord – Problems With Healthcare

The Pros & Cons of Hormone Replacement Therapy for Primal Women

Brunch at Plane Jane’s Place (Plymouth Municipal Airport)

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Hi, guys! It’s nap time over here, so I wanted to pop in real quick and share a recap of our morning. Quinn is home with me today since I’m off to Des Moines on Friday, and his school kindly agreed to swap days. Quinn actually slept until 7:00 AM this morning, so by the time we got ourselves ready for the day and walked Murphy, we didn’t have much time for breakfast. I whipped up my usual iced coffee with vanilla bean collagen and almond milk and then grabbed a banana for the road. Quinn ate a PB&J bar and drank some milk. Breakfast was on the smaller side for us, but we had brunch plans, so our quickie eats actually worked out quite well! After breakfast, we headed to CrossFit for a “gym day.” I worked out while Quinn played with the kids in the playroom. The workout was a fun running one, and I was a sweaty mess by the end. The Burpees actually kind of bothered my tailbone (weird), so I ended up substituting air squats for a round. Even still, it was a great workout! A

Block Scheduling + Weekly Eats

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^^Our tomato surplus is finally here. What should I make!? Now that Mazen is settled in school during the day, I have about 6 weeks to get my life together until the baby comes. Because I know life with a newborn needs to be go-with-the-flow and unpredictable (two things I do not do well!), I think this need to hyper control my days now is in preparation for that. Efficient post-bus stop breakfast of yogurt with fruit and almond butter + frothy Nespresso I’ve been trying to implement a block schedule for my daytime to compartmentalize my tasks and focus on one thing at a time. One of the pleasant surprises of having such an early bus stop is that my day now starts with a bang at 7:15. I suddenly have two hours that I didn’t use to have, and I need to make the most of that time. Lately my days have been going something like this: 7:15 / Kiss Mazen goodbye on bus 7:15 – 8 / Morning chores, tidy up, laundry load in, kitchen clean, dishwasher empty, prep dinner if necessary 8-