Pursuit of Wellness - Girl Chat: Birthday Recap, Estrogen Dominance, Bacteria Overgrowth & Juicy Tea w/ Fi
Episode Date: May 30, 2024Ep. # 103 This week, we're catching up after my big 30th birthday bash in Mexico! From life lessons learned in my 20's to tackling estrogen dominance and detoxing, we're dishing out all the juicy deta...ils. Plus, we're serving up some nutrition tips for all the ladies out there. Stay tuned for insights on gut health, skincare, and a rapid-fire Q&A session! Leave Me a Message - click here! For Mari’s Instagram click here! For Pursuit of Wellness Podcast’s Instagram click here! For Mari’s Newsletter click here! For Fi's Instagram click here! For POW Brand Promo Codes click here! Sponsored By: Listeners of my show can save $250 by going to mylifeforce.com/pow that’s mylifeforce.com/pow. Give Lifeforce a try and find out what the healthiest version of yourself is capable of Save 15% and get free shipping on your Starter Kit when you use code POW at www.branchbasics.com Use code POW15 at checkout for 15% off your entire order at www.vionicshoes.com when you log into your account. 1 time use only. Vionic Shoes. Wearable well-being for your feet Show Links: Acre Resort Inositol Powder Sol & Sky Sunscreen Topics Discussed 01:07 - I’m officially 30! 03:39 - Birthday trip to Mexico 06:51 - Life Lessons from my 20s 07:46 - Estrogen dominance 10:37 - Detoxing estrogen 15:21 - Nutrition & recipe tips for women  18:41 - Getting to the root of my acne 24:14 - Gut issue treatment 29:37 - Having compassion for myself 32:01 - Antibiotics 33:13 - Ozempic updates 35:02 - Rapid Fire Q + A 43:16 - Horsegirls 44:21 - Sunscreen RecommendationsÂ
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This is the Pursuit of Wellness podcast, and I'm your host, Mari Llewellyn.
Hi, guys. Welcome back to the Pursuit of Wellness podcast, also known as
POW, my POW girls. My name is Mari Llewellyn. I am the host of the show,
and I'd like to bring on my bestie slash work partner, Fiona. Fi, welcome to the show.
Thank you for having me again.
You guys always tell me how much you love when Fi comes on because we just have like
a girly chat and it feels very organic, very real. These episodes tend to be more personal,
like what's going on in our lives wellness wise, personal wise, relationship wise, all of the
things. So welcome to the show if you are new and welcome back if
you've been here for a while we love you so much and we have lots to catch up on the last time we
did a solo it was when we were in LA and I had just come back from New York or both of us had
come back from New York and I'd been to the time 100 event now we are just coming back from oh my
god we're always on the go we're always traveling now
we were just in mexico for my 30th birthday got back yesterday i'm officially 30
wild how do you feel older wiser the same okay the same but like i do feel very different this year versus...
What?
I go, do you feel any different?
You're like, the same, but I do feel very different this year.
Okay, hold on.
Let me clarify.
Let me clarify.
Like, as of today versus last week, the same.
But in terms of where I'm at mentally when I turn 29 versus 30, like night and day.
Think about your life when you were 20, like your birthday at 29. Insane. What did we do? We were in Newport Beach. Remember we went
to Nobu? Right. We were like full in our LA, went down to Newport, did Nobu on a party bus thing,
like very different vibe. This sounds so bad, but I remember when I turned 29 being so concerned with like my body and the way I looked.
And like, I didn't really think about that once.
Like, yes, I put on some fun outfits, but I wasn't really thinking about the way I looked.
I was so like in the moment with our trip and with the people we were with.
I realized I felt that way too, actually, when I got back.
Like, I think going into the trip, we had talked about this. I was like, wasn't feeling like my absolute best or maybe most like bikini ready, whatever that means.
But like, I got back and I was like, I didn't think about it once.
When I was like with everyone and having fun in my bikini, I was like, I was just on that boat having a good old time.
I felt silly, actually, because I feel like I got so worked up about my skin.
And I actually was saying this to Sammy on the boat I was like it's so funny because I spend so much time worrying about oh my gosh I'm
not gonna have makeup on on the boat people are gonna see my face like when I go in the ocean like
my acne will be out it's anyone listening who's had acne it's a very vulnerable position to be in
when you show up at a workout without makeup or you know i'm around you without makeup on and for me that's completely different
like you and greg i don't really think about it because i'm so close with you guys but with
a group i spent a lot of time before the trip having anxiety about my face and then when we
were there i literally didn't think about it once and And no one made me feel weird. I didn't feel like anyone was looking at my acne.
Like, not once.
And it just goes to show, like, we can get so trapped in our own heads for such silly reasons.
Yeah.
Like, we make a mountain out of a molehill, you know?
I'm glad you felt that way.
Anyway, the trip was so fun.
So much fun.
Fi planned the whole thing.
So shout out to Fi for coordinating.
It was really nice for me to not stress about the itinerary or anything.
Thank you.
I really enjoyed that.
And like not being stressed about timing and everything was really nice.
Very much like wholesome fun.
Like we got a villa.
It was how many of us was it?
Nine. Nine people got a villa um it was how many of us was it nine nine people in a villa gorgeous in carbo in this residential neighborhood we spent a lot of time at the villa just hanging
out played a lovely game of fishbowl which i loved i haven't laughed that hard in years
it was it was it was epic hilarious like crazy We should insert the clip of your man pretending to give birth to a placenta.
Yeah, guys.
Our final round.
It got down to like sudden death.
And boys, we did team boy, team girl.
And sudden death, I should say, was like acting it out.
No words, new word.
So like it had not been a word used prior.
And we picked placenta.
Poor Kenny, guys.
Didn't even know. He goes, what is that? He thought it was a vegetable. Yeah. He we picked placenta. Poor Kenny, guys. Didn't even know.
He goes, what is that?
He thought it was a vegetable.
Yeah.
He didn't think it was a vegetable.
He goes, I thought it was a vegetable.
I did, of course, proceed to show him
a bunch of photos of a placenta
and tell him that like women
could actually eat their own placenta after.
And he will never be the same.
But the video I have of him
pretending to deliver a placenta is quite good.
You got to post that yeah
we'll share it we'll share it um that was amazing we had an amazing boat day lots of swimming lots
of sun i for some reason thought that i could lay in the sun for two hours and not burn which was
like i burned my eyeballs you and sammy were on the front of the boat for literally like two of
the hours like no umbrella like in the sun yeah but sammy turns brown i know when i was looking up there
like okay like this poor british girl thinks she can sit up there yeah i went really red became a
lobster i think my scalp you recovered great though like you're not peeling or anything
i'm peeling on my chin my face is peeling a little bit. Yeah. I think our face is just very sensitive. Yeah. Such good food.
Amazing food.
Ugh, the best food.
Had my, like, proper birthday dinner at Acre, which is a resort that Fi loves.
And it's, like, in the jungle with animals.
And we had a private table.
And it was amazing.
Like, so special.
It was so fun.
So much fun.
And, yeah, we just had a great time. Like, everyone there, and um yeah we just had a great time like everyone there
i felt like had a great time it was four couple four couples yeah three four four four couples
plus our friend logan which we love logan he's a great ninth wheeler honorary ninth wheel he loved
it he was like all ninth wheel anytime. Yeah. That was great.
He's so sweet.
I love Logan.
He's our friend from LA.
Just a really good group and 30 flirty and thriving.
You know it.
Guys, I'm going to do an episode.
It's either already up or it's coming out next week
on things I'm leaving in my 20s and things I'm bringing into my 30s.
So look out for that one.
I have some thoughts on what I want to bring into my 30s. I feel really good about being 30.
I feel like I've been 30 for like 10 years. You've always been very mature. I mean,
like from the day I met you, I just, and like, not because your looks are like,
you look very young, but I was just like, from all you had accomplished at such a young age,
when I found out you were like my age, I like you're 25 what do you mean I like always just assumed you and Greg especially
Greg like I feel like Greg's such like a boss CEO guy you just like assume he's like in his mid-30s
you know what's funny he's even younger than you before like losing weight and going on my fitness
journey and everything I was like a Peter Pan girl like i was sure i would be the
girl who like kept partying into their 30s and would like go back to my back to drexel
and oh my god be stuck in that yeah i was certain of it because i was like i never want to leave
this time of my life you could not be more i know it's not weird that just goes to show what you
think about yourself when you're that age yeah Yeah. You never know. Never know.
What updates do you have?
Like, what's going on with you?
Well, I had a couple kind of, like, realizations, actually.
After getting back from Cabo, where, you know, we were indulging, having a good old time.
We've been back for 12 hours.
What have you realized?
No, I really, I got home last night.
You know, it wasn't, like, anxiety necessarily, but, like, I got i got home and i was just like okay you know when you get back from a trip
and you're like i'm ready to like get my shit locked down i actually have a couple like three
day weekend trips coming up for a friend's wedding and another thing and so i'm like when i'm here in
austin i want to be like on my a-game like i'm trying to so on that note um i'm really trying
to work on my estrogen dominance, which like I've
been doing with supplements and stuff. I fell off a little bit. I'm getting back on. I got all my
supplements in my tray. I'm doing that again. And yesterday I went on a deep dive, a little rabbit
hole about kind of like the best foods and stuff to be eating when you're trying to do that. Carrots.
Carrots are like massive for it. I don't know why. Like all these girls really eat too big,
like raw carrots like at night. And I was like, okay, so I'm definitely gonna start doing that. Brussels sprouts. Honestly, it's a lot of stuff you eat. I'm gonna say the word like...
Curfusurus? Curfusurus.
Curfusurus.
Curfusurus.
Curfusurus.
Curfusurus.
That word.
This is a wellness podcast.
We are scientists. We know what we're talking about.
A lot of those. So like broccoli, like kale.
Carciferous.
There you go.
Sorry.
Just trying to implement more of that. So the big takeaway when I was reading this was like good protein and fiber and limit sugar, limit like starches that like aren't really doing much for you.
And I think when I'm like trying, you know, along with the semaglutin I've been doing, which like I do want to touch on that too.
I have really been trying to put in work on my diet.
But I feel like when I focus on my diet, I immediately go to just like bodybuilder mode. Like, and I feel like you could relate to this in your past too. I'm just like,
okay, I'm going to eat like a protein shake for breakfast, rice and ground beef for dinner and
rice and ground beef at lunch too. And like, that's it. And like, I'm not getting any, I mean,
I'm getting protein and carbs. Like I'm not getting any nutrients and like, I'm not getting
any fiber and I can feel it and I just from everything I've
been reading like fiber is like huge because you want to be detoxing I just had a realization
well you always struggle I hope you don't mind if I say this you always have a hard time
going to the bathroom oh no it's 100% and that makes you um like all that estrogen is floating
around in your system because it's not getting released. No, I was watching.
Not that TikTok has any, well, helpful.
I don't know.
I feel like all of us are getting our medical advice from TikTok and it's awful.
Yeah.
But at the same time.
But I did see this one TikTok.
That this woman said like literally when you are struggling with estrogen dominance,
like she's like, you got to get that shit out.
Like it just stays in you. No pun intended. No, literally, pun intended. Like, it stays in you and you're not
detoxing properly. Like, there's, I'm gonna get this wrong, but there's, like, three steps to
detoxing and, like, my body's doing the first two and not the third, which is why, like, doing
lymphatic drainages and stuff like that, like, do lymphatic drainage massages, I should say,
do help me a lot because, like, they can't keep me regular. But also, I should say, do help me a lot because they can't keep me regular.
But also I will say a common side effect of semaglutide
or any of these kind of GLP-1 medications is it slows your digestion,
which then slows that end.
So that combined like definitely probably doesn't help in a way.
So I am trying to get my fiber up.
I am going to Trader Joe's after work today, and I'm getting all my veggies.
Nice.
I also randomly was looking back at some old videos during COVID.
When I was like, funny enough, I was looking back when I was doing your guides and starting to use Bloom.
And I was eating so many more veggies than I am now.
Like for breakfast, I would make like an egg scramble
with like onions and spinach and tomatoes and bell peppers.
I feel like I thought I was like simplifying things
by getting like barely anything at the grocery store,
but I'm actually getting absolutely no nutrients in.
I think this is such a
good epiphany that you had. And also just mentioning like greens, like taking your
bloom greens every day is going to help a ton. And I find that I like go to the bathroom more
regularly when I'm being- I brought them on the trip. Yeah. You have to. Because like when I know
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Our default is, oh, what did I do when i wanted to lose weight in the past i ate a bodybuilder
style meal and it's almost like it's our default programmed way of living and i even notice like
when you bring lunch you always have rice turkey green beans every single day and yes that's like
perfect if you're trying to become an ifbb pro and you're like a man. But it probably would be better if you did like maybe still turkey,
but you did bell peppers and onions and sprouts and maybe potato instead of the rice.
And made like a little concoction.
I bet you would see a lot of improvement.
I used to make, so I was looking back at these videos,
I made all these yummy like stir fries and stuff.
And I'd like put like a little salsa on it or hot sauce.
And they were so good.
And like, to be honest, I remember feeling really good at that time.
And granted, I was like, you know, it was COVID.
So we were all just walking a ton, I feel like.
Like I was walking so much every day.
But I really feel like that aspect of it was huge.
And I have been really lacking there.
Also with your results from Emily,
you had such crazy gut dysbiosis.
I think the good bacteria would help.
Yes.
You know what you should do, which I do try to?
Prep the veggies, like do a huge sheet tray of tons of carrots.
I like to slice them into medallions.
I also love parsnips lately.
The root vegetables are really good. And then just put them in a Tupperware because those are so annoying to make every night because it takes 45 minutes. Yeah. Or get them like, I guess,
like pre-cooked from Trader Joe's or something. But yeah, I'm trying to up my veggies too. So
I'm with you on that. Yeah. So that's kind of my big like, aha. And yes, it literally did happen
to me last night. I was like, I was like filling all my trays with my supplements. I was like, I need to go to the grocery store tomorrow. Yeah, I did not
want to go. We just went to sweet green, our little. I'm glad you're bringing this up, though,
because I think like for any girls listening who are on a weight loss journey or wellness journey,
it is tempting to like simplify, simplify, simplify until the point where you like are
not getting the nutrients you need. Like, I'm guilty of this too. Whenever I'm freaking out about my skin, I'm tempted to
just eliminate everything. But then the reality is I'm not getting enough vitamin A. I'm not getting
enough fiber. Like this happens to me all the time because I think we get scared of eating the wrong
thing. That's exactly what it is. Like I started just feeling like everything I was eating was triggering me in some way or like I was having a reaction. I'm like,
no, it's like all in my head exactly what you're doing. I felt like I was just taking away and
taking away and taking away until all I literally have is like rice and ground beef or ground
turkey. And it's not enough fat. No, it's not. It's not. I haven't even been eating avocados.
Yeah. I have not had an avocado. I had a lot
of guac in Mexico, but I haven't eaten an avocado on a lunch in three months. I don't know why. I
don't know why I suddenly got freaked out, but I'm working on it. So that's kind of my health
epiphany as of late. I think you'll feel more full. And don't freak out if you're bloated at
first. I know. Oh, oh i know sometimes when you up
the veggies out of nowhere your body's like what's happening and you'll get bloated that happens to
me yeah you can increase it incrementally but just know that it's like your body's getting used to it
too because obviously you're not going to feel as bloated when you just have rice and turkey yeah
you know what i mean exactly love that i want to hear about your bacteria. Just the bacteria, babe.
Just call me bacteria, babe, from now on, guys.
Did I talk about this at all on the last solo?
Possibly.
I think I maybe touched on it.
Yeah.
Basically, guys, for anyone who didn't hear,
I think I have gotten to the root of my acne. I would say that. I know that's a bold claim, but I think I have gotten to the root of my acne.
I would say that.
Like, I know that's a bold claim, but I think I have.
I think we're onto something.
I think we're onto something.
And the way I realized this was I did a GI map test,
which is a stool test.
And I knew that I had some gut issues in the past.
I had mold, I had SIBO, but that was shown to be gone.
Like, it showed that I had gotten rid of had SIBO, but that was shown to be gone. Like it showed
that I had gotten rid of it. So I did another gut test recently and I was shocked at the results.
It was far worse than I anticipated because I had so much bacterial overgrowth. And some of
this bacterial overgrowth I've seen in my past labs from like
two plus years ago. So one of them being H. pylori. And if you look up H. pylori, it's spelled H-P-L-O-R-I.
Quite common. A lot of people have it, but I have it at a really high level.
I compared ours after and yours was double mine.
And mine was red. Mine was in the red zone. Yours was double mine. Yeah. You guys, I have like an
exuberant amount of H. pylori. And when you have high levels of H. pylori, it allows for other
bacteria to take over because it essentially weakens your whole gut lining. So everything's
messed up. So not only do I have h pylori i have a parasite i have
the stoff thing i what else did i have the streptococcus i think so um the parasite
sebo everything and i said to emily i was like why why is this so bad like what did i do wrong
and she was like i don't think you did anything wrong oftentimes H. pylori is coming from your house or your spouse and at first I was like do you
literally mean like my house and my spouse and she was like yeah like your house or your spouse
and then I was thinking was like okay well I've moved house I don't know eight times in the past
five years five Yeah, whatever.
I've had acne for about a decade.
What has been consistent in my life for a decade?
Greg.
I have been with Greg for about 10 years.
And then I was like, huh.
Acne kind of started like 10 years ago.
I think my husband is the reason I have acne.
And that's like a very simple way of putting it.
Like, here's what I think.
Greg and I used to be very different people.
Back in the day when we met 10 years ago, we were both up to no good, doing all types of things.
You know, rolling around Philadelphia, eating things, doing things.
I don't even want to get
into details of that but we've traveled to many different places we've been to Ecuador we've
traveled the world together either one of us could have been exposed to H. pylori at any point
and then H. pylori is incredibly contagious when you are like not with just like sitting next to
someone like I'm not going to give feet well actually maybe I did give you my H. pylori
now that I think about it.
But you have to exchange.
Sorry.
You have to like exchange saliva.
I don't know.
Well, we share drinks.
Okay, yeah.
But like you have to exchange saliva and whatnot.
So obviously one of us gave each other H. pylori
and we've essentially been passing it back and forth
for 10 years.
And then when you think about it, we're obviously trying to have a baby right now.
We've been on top of each other nonstop. Extra close. Extra close for months. So, and...
Do you think it can be spread through other bodily fluids?
I know. I thought about that too. I know.
Yeah. So, moving to Austin, I feel like it got my acne
got so much worse. I think when you go through a big life transition where there's stress,
your immunity goes down and H. pylori has more room to take over. But at the same time,
I've been really on top of Greg. So anyway, Emily and I, and by the way, guys, like I did a post
about this on Instagram and people were like flooding to Emily's DMs being like, I thought you helped Mari.
Why does she have H. pylori again?
Giving her a hard time because they know I know they were like, you didn't really fix her skin.
Guys, Emily is the only person I've ever worked with who did fix my skin.
My skin was clear for a solid four months last year.
The protocol she gave me worked.
However, H. pylori is so stubborn. We tried every natural method possible and it did work for a
little bit, but now it's back and that's not Emily's fault. I'm so grateful for Emily and she
was the one who flagged this to me and made me realize that Greg could be a reason that I have
acne. She has guided me through this whole thing. And she very respectfully said to me,
hey, like maybe you should reach out
to another gut specialist
just to get another opinion on this.
And I really respect that she said that to me
because I think a lot of doctors
are very like territorial.
And don't want you talking to other people.
And Emily has been nothing but gracious
and so smart and kind.
So anyone who's like reaching out to her saying you're not helping Mari,
like back off, get a life, bro.
Anyway, sorry, I just had to get off my chest.
But I am beginning to work with other people for this gut issue.
Emily will always be in my life and always be such a guide to me
and such an inspiration.
We're working on something together actually,
which I can't wait to share with you guys.
But yes, I have been kind of asking around and getting opinions.
And I think, and this might shock you guys,
but I'm at the point of my journey
where I think I have exhausted every natural method possible.
And I almost think, and I'm going to be really self-aware right now,
I think my obsession with health and wellness and also potentially just the amount of information
that I absorb from podcast guests and research and things like that i never considered that as an approach like in my
head i was like that's evil i tried that in the past and it didn't work like i only want to do
natural methods and so for years now i've been doing natural supplements diet which are amazing
like that has to be the base of your recovery. Let's get it
right. Like if I was neglecting my health, that would be a whole other thing.
They go hand in hand. I think there's people that do the medical route the whole time and then find
like the more natural route and together that helps them. But you've kind of done the opposite
way. I've done the opposite way. And I think I ran myself into the ground. I got to the point where I was like,
my whole life is revolving around avoiding food for my skin,
like taking every supplement under the sun that might help.
Red lighting, saunaing, cold plunging, castor oil packs.
Constantly searching for a new answer or whatever from a guest
or anyone that is like, this worked for me.
Constant. And it was exhausting. And I think I'm finally at the point where I'm like,
your girl might just need an antibiotic. I know.
Mari?
I know. I know. I know. And I want to say this because I don't want anyone listening to think like I am anti-medicine.
And maybe I was a little bit.
Like I think I was having some self-judgment on myself.
I think there is such thing as overusing antibiotics.
Which I have been.
I've done that in the past.
But right when Mari kind of shared this with me for the first time, I was like, this is what medicine and antibiotics are for. Like in this case, when you have exhausted all other opportunities,
like you've tried absolutely everything, you're literally like driving yourself into the ground,
like really a big mental health toll on yourself because you feel like you're trying absolutely
everything. Maybe it's time to try another route. And it's almost like-
With someone you trust, you know? It was so much good stuff that...
How do I put this?
It was having a negative effect on my life,
the way that I was digging myself...
What's the right phrase?
Yeah, you were like digging yourself into such a hole of this like...
Looking for the right answer and trying absolutely everything that you
like buried yourself in it and I almost I actually want to say this I had this like emotional reaction
to finding this out because I think it was the first thing that really resonated with me as like
the reason and then I had this epiphany where I was like I think subconsciously this whole time
10 years of acne I thought it was my fault.
Like in my head, I was like, I'm doing something wrong. Whether it was eating something wrong,
like anytime I even had a little treat meal, I was like, dang it, Mari, like that was your fault.
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I think because of the transformation you had and you living a certain lifestyle and like doing one
thing and getting the result you wanted and like you were the force behind it and you living a certain lifestyle and like doing one thing and getting the result you wanted
and like you were the force behind it and you were the one making those decisions every day and like
you were the one eating x and not y and going to the gym and not drinking like you had the power
to make those changes so I think then when something isn't changing you're like I'm doing
it wrong because you're like I changed it in the past how, like that's how I see it, to be honest. I think that's why it drives you so crazy because
you had such control and power over that part of your life. That's true. That literally
made your entire life. Yeah. And now you feel like you don't have and like kind of similar,
like fertility stuff. It's like the moment it feels like it's not in your power. It's like,
it's a control thing. You like, you like know you have the power but you like
don't actually no it's like it i didn't have control yeah and i had this emotional reaction
because i was like you have beat yourself up so much for something that was never your fault
and nothing you ever did would have helped because this is the type of bacteria that's so stubborn
you need antibiotics and it's to the level of like nothing i ate would have helped because this is the type of bacteria that's so stubborn you need antibiotics.
And it's to the level of like, nothing I ate would have ever undone that bacteria.
Nothing would have gotten it.
No herb was going to get rid of the H. pylori.
You're removing sweet potatoes and raspberries from your diet?
And it's going to cut it, girlfriend.
That's all I'm going to say.
If anyone listening gets that reference
then you are a real one um no i'm still very much eating sweet potatoes and raspberries just so
everyone knows you should yeah um but yeah i had this moment where i was like oh my god you've been
so mean to yourself for what like you have been so anxious and so like i mean the tears i've shed
the freak outs i've had the opportunitiesouts I've had, the opportunities I've
missed out on, the way I've held myself back, like I am not doing that shit anymore. I'm done.
I'm so done. And just hearing that it wasn't my fault and that there's maybe a solution
was just like, I had such a like, oh my God, like I freaked out.
A weight lifted off your shoulders.
Yeah.
I can't imagine that.
Like I was crying. And I'm not saying that i didn't like i
woke up feeling so much better about my skin i didn't like i want this acne to be gone so so so
so badly but like this has given me a light at the end of the tunnel i would say so um just an
update of where i'm at with the antibiotics haven't started taking them yet. I have all of them sitting in my pantry.
Reason being, I have to see if I'm pregnant or not. And we're currently in between. I overshare so much on this podcast. Like, I don't need to be saying this right now, but I just want the girls
to know. I'm in between ovulating and having my period. And I don't want to start taking heavy
antibiotics if I'm pregnant. So guys,
we need to wait. We need to wait. And the good thing is if I do get my period, I probably will
be sad. Like every time I get my period, I'm a little bit sad. But at the same time, then I can
start my healing journey. And I'll have a plus either way. So yeah. So we now call greg bacteria boy that's his nickname so if you follow greg on instagram
which if you don't his name is greg greg's love life greg lave's life greg's love what is it
lave's life greg lave's life go comment on his pictures and say bacteria boy how you doing
he's gonna lose his mind he's gonna hate that so much how you doing baby bacteria boy baby back okay well that was all my updates really yeah
oh do you want to say anything about the response you got with the semi-glutide yeah sure why not
um overall very positive very positive. Very positive feedback.
Like the amount of DMs I got from girls being like, I either have been on it and haven't told
a soul because I'm embarrassed that I'm on it or I really want to try it, but I don't know where to
go or I'm scared or no one really talks about it or I just hear negative things. I got a lot of positive feedback.
So thank you guys.
And lots of really nice messages thanking me
for being honest and sharing about it.
The way you shared it was so eloquent and so well done.
I had like people calling me asking
if you had practiced beforehand
or how did she come up with that?
Like you just did it off the cuff.
Yeah, I actually wasn't even gonna tell you guys we were sitting in la marie's like do you
want to say it i was like should i but i'm glad i did i'm glad i did it i didn't force it no no no
absolutely not i've been waiting to it's just like i was like when is the right moment and like when
when is the right moment there's never a right moment so overall very well. You know, a couple people with, you know, maybe a negative thought here and there.
But like, I'm embracing it.
I'm not going to make it my entire personality.
I've decided that.
But I am embracing it.
And I am just going to say, for any of the haters,
I'm still putting in daily effort.
Like, I am still working out.
I am still working on my diet as we just discussed. Like I am not trying to take an easy route with a cheat at all. That's
all I'm going to say. So yeah. Period. Period. Thanks for your feedback, guys. Yeah. Okay. I'm
going to pull up a Q&A that I posted for me and Fi. Haven't looked at the questions at all.
Let's do maybe, let's make it a little rapid fire since we've already been talking for a while.
By the way, guys, if you don't follow me and Fi on Instagram, you should.
Because that's where we ask for questions and we interact with you guys.
And the PowerPage.
And the PowerPage.
Pursuit of Wellness podcast.
Oh, this is a cute one.
How to live a healthy lifestyle going into freshman year of
college I have like I was the least healthy person in freshman year of college I mean
do you have advice um I actually I was I went to like the gym on campus I would try to time it out
like it was right next to Greek village so I would go to the gym and then go get lunch after at the sorority house. Like I, I tried to do little
things here and there. I mean, it's college, like try not to drink too much and like take care of
your body, but also have fun. It's college, you know, walk, walk everywhere, walk to class. If
you can. Smart. Yeah. Healthy snacks. Yeah. Um, healthy options at the cafeteria. There were
girls who were definitely doing it.
Oh, yeah.
I just wasn't one of them.
Me either.
I mean, I was eating biscuits and gravy and all the good stuff.
You were having a Southern experience.
I was.
I certainly was.
Why do you take inisotol as a supplement?
I take D-chiro-inisotol because, oh, I wish I could
explain this as well as some people, but it helps with insulin resistance. So it helps shuttle
the insulin into the cell so that you don't have high blood glucose, which is a common issue for
PCOS. I take it. I take a capsule at night. Yeah. it's good for like hormone balance, PCOS, that kind of thing. And I actually did a genetic
test recently, guys. And it showed that I have a hard time with insulin, like certain things about
my cell. Oh, I don't discard of the waste in my cell easily. Like my cell kind of has a hard time releasing the garbage
as you would like the glucose. So this helps with that. And I'm also taking it for fertility
purposes. I heard that it's good for that. Do you meal prep? If so, what are you keeping every week?
I meal prep every now and again, as I mentioned before, I meal prep veggies or sweet potatoes
because those take a long time. Or I'll do like a whole bunch of ground beef. But I'm not like the queen of meal prepping.
I'll like on a Monday night or Sunday night make three lunches for the week. I'll do,
well, I'm trying to spice it up now. So I don't know about that. But like I do rice and ground
beef and some green beans and like for three days basically. And that helps me with like my lunches.
Lunch is a big one to meal prep because that's the one that you're like i'm not trying to throw down in the kitchen right now we're working middle yeah we're
working we're working is there anything about your character you're working on example being more
patient excuse me wow this person i actually feel like i have one this person knows that I'm impatient. Oh. I mean. Maybe it was just an example.
I.E.
Obsessive.
Compulsive.
Go ahead.
I am trying.
And I actually feel like you call me out on this sometimes.
And my mom calls me out a lot on it.
Like, especially with Kenny.
I think sometimes I can be.
I'm not going to say mean.
I just like. I kind of tease. But I think sometimes I can be I'm not gonna say mean I just like I kind of tease but I think sometimes I can tease not meanly just like like I don't know do you know what I mean yes and I've tried to I try to
catch myself doing that like when I feel like I'm kind of teasing him like oh my god what am I trying
to say like you want me to say it like I kind of like embarrass him sometimes in front of everyone and Mari's like why did you just like out him like that I'm like
it's like cute and she's like I don't think he appreciates that like that no I love you and I
you don't have a mean bone in your body that's not what it is I think you assume this is a really
weird Freudian uh analysis but I think you assume a mother role with him.
Yeah.
And you are like,
fix your shirt.
You need to work on your form.
Don't do that.
Like, it's a little bit, it's a little bit motherly.
Yes.
Perfect.
Exactly.
We were at the gym in Cabo
and he was doing flies,
chest flies.
And I said,
Mari, can you please fix his form?
She's like,
let him live.
Let him be. I was like, but his, she she's like let him live I I think I get it because I used to be a little bit more
like that with Greg and kind of nitpick his character yeah and I've I think accepting that
they are not us and they are not a representation of us and if they're going to embarrass themselves
let them embarrass themselves in a good or bad way So that too, like I really am trying to just be like,
guys, I love Kenny. I love him exactly as he is. I love him because he is Kenny and he is a goofball
and crazy. We're on the boat in Cabo and I look around and Kenny's not on the boat. And Leo and
Priya are like, oh, Kenny swam to the boat next door. And I look over and it's like, you know,
those lily pad things, like the foamy things. Kenny's just laying on this pad with all these people. You didn't see that? No. Oh, yeah. There was one
point I look around like Kenny's gone. Was I on the beat? I actually didn't notice Kenny was gone.
I will be honest. And Leo and Pri were like, Fiona, Kenny like swam away. And I was like,
was he on a different boat? Yes. He literally went to another boat. But I was just like, oh,
and Pri's like, like, that's it? I was like, it's Kent.
Like, he won't see her talk to them.
Were the other people on the boat?
It was another 30th birthday.
Were they talking to him?
Yeah.
Oh.
He was literally, like, laying on the thing with them talking.
I'm dead.
But, like, I think old Fiona would have been, for some reason,
not for some reason, I know why, like, triggered by something like that.
And I was just like, I love my man.
Get it.
Yeah.
Go socialize that's
like when Greg you know Greg I don't think people would expect this but Greg like kind of gets the
drunkest of the group like when we go out Greg gets wild but he he's so funny when he's like he
gets crazy so silly he's so silly but everything that he's thinking will come out of his mouth
and I'm very much someone who's like, I don't want to offend people.
I'm very polite.
Like I, but honestly, it's nice because-
You almost love Greg for that.
Because it's like, he's gonna tell you how he's feeling.
Yeah.
And he's so himself to the core.
Like no one could ever change Greg.
And I love that about him.
Yes, sometimes I'm cringing and my butt cheeks are clenched.
But the whole dinner at La Lupita, Greg's like has like a mezcal. Greg and Kenny did a mezcal flight.
They have like a whole flight of mezcal. Greg's surrounded by literally 15 tacos, bone marrow.
Him and Kenny both got bone marrow. And they're at the end of the table, just like Greg doing his
laugh. Like, hey. And Mari's literally there like. me while Greg is saying everything he's thinking
sorry sorry everyone
love it okay maybe one more
how to get your parents to believe that red meat
isn't bad for you the dads need help
our parents generation has the
weirdest perception of food like
my dad doesn't eat red meat really
never has
my dad eats well
my dad eats all kinds of meat.
Kathy eats a lot of red meat.
Our parents' generation were marketed to during the time of like,
Cheerios are low-fat and good for your heart.
Butter is bad for you.
Margarine.
All the wrong information because companies were like,
oh, if we just tell them that it's good, then they'll eat it.
It was the low-, low fat like phase.
Yeah.
Low fat and then like sugar-free.
Vegetable oil, like literally the worst things ever.
I think lead by example.
And when you're with them be like,
oh, the reason I eat this way
is because I learned this information
instead of like telling them what to do
and kind of like trying to,
I mean, guys, if your if your parents i mean my dad's
65 they've been living this way for a while they might not change you're not gonna change them but
just lead by example and be like oh yeah the reason i eat this is because of x y and z i learned this
information about it for example greg's mom has absorbed so much of the information she listens
to the podcast hi leslie um she uses ghee now She eats her whole eggs. Like she eats really well. And
by the way, looks amazing. Like Leslie looks way younger than she is and is so athletic and fit.
So maybe there's some parents listening. Wait, I have a funny story about Leslie. Can I tell
this really fast? Yeah. Her and I had to have a little call last week and she was like, I hate
to sound like Mari, but can we do it between this window or this window? I'm riding.
I love that.
I said, Leslie, this is my life.
I said, what window works best for you?
I was like, Mari's riding tomorrow.
I get it, girl.
Yeah, guys, Leslie picked up horseback riding.
So now me and her are horse girls together. And it's so amazing.
And she's like, I hate to sound like Mari, but I'm going to the barn.
I love that.
Like Leslie. Setting a boundary. Yeah, no but I'm going to the barn. I love that. Like Leslie.
Setting a boundary.
Yeah, no.
It's got to be done.
I think you're pregnant, someone said.
We don't know.
We actually don't know.
To be very honest, we don't know.
TBD.
How tall are you, Mari?
I'm 5'10".
Fi is 5'9".
Let's do one more.
Okay.
Do you use tallow-based sunscreen?
Tell them.
Yes.
Oh, my gosh, you guys.
I'm going to put them onto it.
But if you sell this out, I will come for you.
Sky and Soul, I think it's called.
Soul and Sky.
Yeah.
You sent it to me.
I think Daisy Keech posted about it.
Her episode comes out soon, guys.
People keep asking.
Guys, I use it.
Yes, very soon.
I used it in Cabo.
Bought two bottles. They're pretty small bottles, and they're definitely not used it. Yes, very soon. I used it in Cabo. Bought two bottles.
They're pretty small bottles and like they're definitely not the cheapest.
Amazing.
Mari knows.
I have like ridiculous reactions to like normal sunscreen because they have octicrylene and
octibenzone and all this stuff in it.
This stuff was amazing.
I did not burn.
I put it on like twice all day and was chilling.
Like it was amazing. And the sun
combo was really strong. Yeah. So I'm obsessed. Yeah. Fee has super duper sensitive skin and has
like full on allergic reactions to regular sunscreen. And this Tala one, she was perfect.
You're not burnt either. Yeah. And it wasn't, I didn't put it on my face. I didn't, I used my
ClearStem face sunscreen. Yeah. We like ClearStem Hello Sunshine for the face.
So good.
Just like everyday base too.
Use code POWER for 20% off, by the way, on ClearStem.
Yes.
But yeah, the Sky and Soul one put it all over my body.
It was amazing. And I find I've tried a lot of zinc-based sunscreens
because that's what the difference is.
Like a lot of brands either use zinc
or like the octicrylene, octibenzone stuff.
Zinc-based sunscreens really have a white cast.
They come on so white and they're so annoying to rub in. This one, I think because it had like
shea butter and olive oil and like a bunch of natural stuff, rubbed in really easily.
Yeah. And you looked like you were glowing too.
Thank you.
Yeah. Shea butter is an acne pore clogger. So just be careful with it on your face.
Yeah. Body, body only.
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