Oil Pulling

Today was the first time I've tried the ayuverdic tradition of oil pulling. Basically you use oil as mouth wash and swish for 20min. You can use coconut, seasame, or sunflower oil for it. Its supposed to help kill bacteria and whiten teeth. Its also been shown to have some detoxing qualities and some people swear it helps boosts their energy levels. So my experience: I used a little over a teaspoon of organic coconut oil and swished for 8mins. I wanted to do the full 20 but I needed to communicate with my kids.. tomorrow I will definitely shoot for 20 though. The only thing I really noticed for my first use was that my gums stinged a little bit afterwards! I'm thinking that means some germs got killed! For more info here's a pretty good site

Its A New Year!

It would take a massive amount of writing to catch up on the last six months, terrible I know! Anyways here's some highlights. I delivered my third beautiful baby on nov 8th! She is amazing! I finished a school term with all A's! Woot woot! And my son started his last year of preschool. .. crazy.. Things starting with the new year: school term starts jan 6th, the girls parent participation class starts jan 8th, and I signed up for a tabata (excersize) class three days a week which also starts the 6th! The whole house has had the stomach flu this last week and now were transitioning into some sort of cold.. ugh... Needless to say I'm excited byt nervous about all the new things for the year. Ive re-dedicated myself to the paleo/primal world and I'm determined to continue on this lifestyle change journey. With three kids I need to be a beacon of health and a role model to them... Jan 1st weigh in.... 240lbs