6 Weeks to a New You! April 23- April 29 - Wk 5

[mamalove]

Ayj, my mom LOVES the Red Rasberry Tea from BulkHerbs. She usually buys the half pound bag, and makes 8 cups at a time and it lasts FOREVER. She really likes it cold.....

[ayj67]

Ayj, my mom LOVES the Red Rasberry Tea from BulkHerbs. She usually buys the half pound bag, and makes 8 cups at a time and it lasts FOREVER. She really likes it cold.....

Abbie, the forever means how long? I want to order enough for a year. The shipping cost to HK eats me alive (by minimum $60 in the large flat rate box, it is not even that big), I buy once and ship once.

[mamalove]

Oh, not as long as a year! It probably lasts--if she's consistent--2 to 3 months. I would buy your sister at least 5 half pound bags, just for safe measures. Shipping is really expensive, OMGosh!

[ayj67]

Abbie,

Thanks.

It is actually $61 now, I shipped a box of vitamins and herbs to my mother 2 weeks ago.

Ok, will get 3 lbs. How does your mother like the Mama's milk tea? Does it help at all? You have to drink it daily or you just drink on the growth spurts? I wish I found these herbs out when I was pregnant and nursing. Although my lactation consultant have me try raspberry tea (Medicine Tradition) and fenugreek capsule, but they are not as good as these herbs. I found enough sleep, food and water does more on my supply.

Yup, you guess it, buying enough for that too, might as well, cheaper in the long run.

[mamalove]

3 pounds sounds like plenty, Ayj! You only use like a TBL. or so per cup.....it goes a long way! My mom drinks whenever her milk supply is getting a little low or when the mood strikes. I even like it during the summer with ice. Mmm. It isn't a sweet tea but it isn't bitter either! Very good, imo!

[ayj67]

Abbie, 3 lbs is for the raspberry, she is going to drink for the next 9 months. The milk tea, I will just get a lbs, that should be plenty. She will be eating well. Chinese feed nursing mother like you won't believe. It seems like it has detox and other property, maybe I should try half a lb of Mama's Milk too.

[BlessedMama]

Ayj, I've not used the Bulk Herb Store's mama's milk tea, but I used another one (was before I found BHS) and I would drink it when I knew there would be growth spurts or dips in my hormones (esp. about 2-3 months postpartum) and whenever I needed a boost. Great stuff!

And yes--overseas shipping is OUCHIE! My girls have sent a few blouses and aprons overseas--they can really pack things in the tiniest flat rate boxes! LOL!

[ayj67]

Ok, ordered 5 half pound bags of raspberry tea, and 1 new mama kit. She was looking for essential oil for the belly itch and stretch mark later, the Eden's Slave's ingredient looks good as all purpose salve and diaper rash oilment, and there is 4 oz. The kits has 1/2 lbs of raspberry tea and 1/2 lb of Mama's Milk tea, along with various other tea for her and milk bath for baby.

BulkHerbs will ship international, it was not outrageous price like some other online shipper, so I just order hers and let them ship, definitely will be faster that I wait for the free shipping and then I find a day to take to the post office.

Taryl, do you want the link just in case? No pressure! http://www.bulkherbstore.com/New-Mama-And-Baby-Kit

[mamalove]

OH! I thought you meant the Red Rasberry tea! LOL! No, my mom doesn't have any of the Mama's kit stuff....just the RRT. Sorry about the confusion Ayj! 5 half pounds will be plenty I'm sure!

[chi.trumbo]

I am trying to do my form as good as possible too. T-Tapp is my martial arts and my sports, I am approaching it that way.

Me too, sister. Me too.....

Trisch I can't believe it, but I DID the whole Ladybug standing. My legs were quivering during TTT, and I kicked out a lot in between moves. I wanted to see if I could do the whole thing....so I did. I had to take a few extra water breaks to catch my breath actually...but I DID IT. My focus this week has been knees out/butt tuck. When you do that with your toes up inside your shoe WOW you feel your inner thighs! I also did a lot of extra stretching after and I brushed so hopefully I won't be so sore tomorrow that I can't move. I went ahead and did my OIP/HF and PT for the day. I told myself PT is practicing the form for Balance Sequence (you would have laughed to see my Balance or TTN today.) I made it. I feel like I just did a hard day in Basic Training. But it felt so good to mark a big X through the day on my schedule.

My mommy's here. She made it. It's funny, because the first thing out of her mouth was "I can tell you've lost inches" YAY!! Looking forward to tomorrow's day off, and the week of MORE ahead. I've watched it a bit so I won't be totally unfamiliar with it.

My biceps, triceps, intercostals, lats, glutes, calves, inner thighs are all SORE. I feel beat up, like a stunt man in a Donnie Yen movie. He side kicked me across the room. Ha!

This is how I feel today, although, tomorrow I may not be able to lift my legs.