This is covering the spread. Here are your hosts, Jim Saunas and Dr. Ed Fang. What is going on everybody? Welcome on into covering the spread. That's right here on the FanDual Podcast Network and NumberFire.com where today we're getting you set for the 2022 Kentucky Derby by talking to Megan Devine getting her read on this year's horses. We're talking to her actually live from Churchill Downs. So pretty fun addition for this year once again to get her read on her favorite bets for this year's Derby. My name is Jim Saunas. I am a senior writer and analyst for NumberFire.com. Joined here as always by Dr. Ed Fang. You can find his work over at thepowerinc.com. Ed, we were off last week kind of. We had an episode of Ariel Epstein, but like I was not here because I was in France and Spain chilling. How was your quote unquote off week in the show? Quote unquote. I don't even remember what I did. Let's talk about what you did. How was your honeymoon? Awesome. So like we did Paris and then Marseille and then Barcelona. And we're in Paris. We were talking about like our itinerary and we're like, oh, we're going to Marseille next. And like everyone there was like, why are you going there? And I was like, we have friends there. So like we were visiting friends and I think Marseille wound up being my favorite part of the trip. Honestly, cause like we did like a hiking experience and they have you think called Kalonks and it's kind of like, it's a big mountain where you have like beaches in between the mountains and stuff like that. It's like we hiked it and it was really fun. It's like a gradual incline. That's not like you're like hiking a mountain. It's kind of just like you're walking in an incline for a very, very long time, but it was really cool. Got some awesome views. We had like Baguette lunch once we got there. So I had blue cheese that like tastes like a punchy on the face. So that's not a good stuff supposed to be. Yeah, it was, it was awesome. I had a, I had a great time and I'm awesome. I'm like happy to be back because I missed sports when I missed like work weirdly and miss my dog. But like it was a, it was a great time. Yeah, that's awesome. I mean, there's plenty of soccer going on over there right now. So yeah, we were actually in Barcelona the day with Sunday. They were, I don't honestly remember what they were doing because I don't pay attention to soccer, but like they had a big game that day and we were there. It was fun atmosphere like being around people. We were in Paris during the French election. So like weird timing to be in different places. Luckily, like it was not a bad situation for the French election because like it seemed like it could have been pretty bad in terms of like people's reaction to it, but one of being okay. Have you been to either Paris or Barcelona? I've definitely been to Paris. I love it. I would like to go back for an extended amount of time.  One of these days. So we got to get you to Barcelona too then because yeah, great. See a game at the camp new and yeah, and then you know in Madrid, there was a huge game yesterday. Champions League semi-final Man City was up two goals on aggregate after the 90th minute and somehow we on Madrid scored twice in stoppage. It was unbelievable and then they won. Yeah. In extra time. It was it was one of the more unbelievable sporting things I've ever seen. I don't know what the odds were. When it hit the 90th minute and they were down two goals against the best team in the world. Right. But I can't think that they were. They were very good. Yeah. So, and I believe that the Bernabéu has. I mean, it's one of these places that's in excess or near 100,000 people and that must have been fun to go from, you know, down to like right like one of the most electric wins I've ever seen. Yeah.  Right. Like an important one, I should say too. Like that would have been really fun. We didn't have time to do it because like we were just kind of buzzing around from place to place. But it would have been really fun to do still would love to go back and do that, you know, maybe trip to Barcelona, but we got a lot of other places on our bucket list. We got to get to first. So, but so great time. Very sunburned at one point. Luckily no longer there, but it was a blast for sure. Happy to be back though. Just in time to talk Kentucky Derby. So we're going to talk with Megan Divine. You can find her on Twitter. She is at Megan Divine TV. She is also one of the hosts in the horse racing happy hour podcast. She is on America's best racing and also owns her own company called vid horse, which does a lot of horse racing videos. So well versed in the world of horse racing. We're talking Megan about this year's Kentucky Derby. Get her read on this year's field. Who she likes and she has a different opinion of the favorite than what you may get at the sports books and get a read on this year's race in just one second. But first a quick reminder to make sure you are subscribed to covering the spread wherever you get your podcast. We're an Apple podcast Spotify Stitcher Google podcast. You name you can find us there and while you're there, if you like what you hear, leave us a rating and review as well before we talk to Megan though got to go back to the NFL draft, which was this past week and recap what went down there. Covering the past. So the one downside of being in my honeymoon last week is I didn't get to watch the NFL draft. I would wake up in the morning and check my phone and I remember the first round. I was like looking at the picks like, okay, this this, you know, this is interesting and didn't realize that the trades had happened until like at least 10 minutes later. I was like, oh man, Traylon Birx and AJ Brown play inside by side. That's kind of fun.  That's not happening. But it seemed like kind of a fun round. And also it seemed like a lot of people profit from a betting perspective and Ed, you talked about Kenny Pickett going top 10 here on the show, but it sounds like the stuff you sent out in your email performed pretty well. Yeah. So, you know, the week. Yeah. When I talked about it on covering the spread, I had Kenny Pickett in the top 10 and but I also had, you know, as I had some positions on Kenny Pickett being the first quarterback and I couldn't remember which one I talked about on the show and which one I put in my newsletter. So Kenny Pickett going in the top 10 was dead the week of the draft. Me and both, both he and my week, Willis were dropping rapidly. So I actually bet Pickett over 12 and a half. I believe to kind of hedge my bets a little bit and then that closed at 16 and a half in some places to just to give you some sense of just how his stock was dropping. When I came on the show, like his stock was actually rising according to the data on grinding the mox and then it just took a complete nose dive. So for Pickett to go 20. And more than equal is strangely not being taken until the third day of the draft feel that feel like I got a little lucky there. So feel pretty fortunate with that one. You know, some of the other bets that I wrote about in the newsletter wrote about Dr. Eager's tip. Dr. Eric Eager, he really liked over gosh, was it 10 and a half SEC players? I forget the exact number, but it went well over. So that was a nice one. Couple of Georgia defensive guys ended up getting in the first round. Some of the guys that weren't expected to go in the first round. And then, yeah, the day of the draft, you know, I made predictions for the top five players based on both the sharp mox that I collected and then and then some of the big and market data as well. So at that point, Trevon Walker was going number one, he was like minus 500. So that was relatively easy. There was some question about who would go number two. Aiden Hutchinson was a favorite, but there was a lot of money coming in on K-1 Trivedo. Those markets were like a roller coaster the day of the draft. Finally, you know, Hutchinson ended up, I think closing around minus 200-ish and he ended up going number two. And then early that week, Derek Stingley became the betting favorite at number three. Going to Houston, that happened. And then there was a lot of, there was a lot of chatter on Sauce Gardner going number four, both with the sharp mox and the markets. So I had those top four in my newsletter. So that was kind of nice. Yeah. And then and then based on that, like I knew that if Tivido didn't go number two, he probably wasn't going to hit the under on four and a half. So I had him over four and a half in the newsletter. So that hit as well. He did go number five, which is actually a huge surprise to me. Charles Cross, the offensive tackle was like a pretty big favorite to go to the Giants there, but they completely switched course went with the, I don't know, I would, I would say high variance deep, you know, edge rusher from Oregon there. So, you know, overall for the draft, I was up a couple of units, nothing to write home about. But, you know, it's good to be, it's good to be ahead and looking forward to next year. Well, that SEC one you mentioned, Ben Brown of pro football focus on our show, he talked about that one too, like in the SEC over and he also had Stinglidio top 10, which was plus money at one point and went up going third overall. So he went up, his stock went way up last week, the last week for the draft. And like, I think again, I think that there were a lot of smart people tuned in who did well at the NFL draft. And I saw a quote from Chris Andrews somewhere on Twitter talking about how like, just how miserable it makes him to have to like, like provide markets for this stuff. And like, we kind of saw why that happened again. And like, it's something to just know like, I'm in New York, I can't bet it. So I didn't pay as much attention this year as I typically would in terms of like the betting stuff. But like, if you're going to say where you can bet the draft, you absolutely should take advantage of that because it seems like it's a spot where there is a good amount of edge to be had. Yeah, for sure. I mean, the real trick for me, I think is like trying to figure out whether the markets move first or whether, you know, you can get information from sharp mocks and other insiders. I put together the sharp mocks, maybe about a week before the drafts and I think seven out of 10 of them already had Walker at number one. And this is when he was an underdog. And yeah, luckily I got a really good price on that over the weekend before all the market shifted. So and then, you know, like, I feel like, you know, for example, when Stingley became the prohibitive favorite at number three, that wasn't the time to go against that and say, oh, no, let's trust the sharp mocks there that are from last week. That didn't feel like the right move as well. So if you do see a strong move in those markets, that's probably somebody with some sharp information, although clearly it's never perfect because the person that had sharp information on Charles Cross to go to the Giants at number five, that didn't work out. So but but I think in general, you know, that's the kind of thinking that yeah, I mean, that's the thing you got to do. You got to figure out information versus markets and which one you can trust. And that comes with experience, you know, doing this stuff. So, you know, I don't know if like taking notes on what you notice this year is like the key thing to do because it's such it's a once in a year event. So take note of what happened this year and go back over those notes next year. I do that with NFL DFS every year. You know, I take notes at the end of the year, go back to those notes at the beginning of the next year. So I can kind of refresh myself. Okay, what did I learn last year? How much does that matter for this year? I'd recommend that for sure, especially with a thing as unique as the NFL drafts. So we'll come back to that next year. Once again, hopefully get some more money then. But for now, it's time to talk about the 2022 Kentucky Derby. We're going to do so with Megan Devine. You can find her on Twitter at Megan Devine TV. And of course, you can find her on the horse racing happy hour podcast in America's best racing. We're going to get our thoughts on the 2022 Kentucky Derby live from Churchill Bounds to preview Saturday's race. Let's bring Megan Devine back into covering the spread live from Churchill Bounds. Once again, we've done this with Megan for the past couple of years now. Megan, we appreciate the time in a chaotic, crazy week for you. How are you doing today? Thank you. Yeah, a chaotic and crazy seem like casual words for my schedule. I like, I'm not even quite sure if I can come up with something else to describe it. But yeah, basically in a nutshell, I wake up at like three o'clock in the morning. I don't get home until very late at night and then I wake up and do it all over again. So it's a Derby week is a little bit crazy. Yeah. So for us, we know what happened Saturday. We know everything that goes on then, but what are you doing during the week to not just to prepare for like, but just like doing your job, you know, what goes on for you during the week? For sure. So this is actually my 10th year with NBC sports. So I work for them as an ENG producer. So when you're watching the broadcast, anything that you see that's like on the backside and the stables with the trainers, the horses and their stalls, horses on the track working out, I produce all of that stuff for them. So the horses wake up early too and they come out to train between the hours of 515 and 10 o'clock in the morning. Most of them on the early part of that. So we have to be here with the cameras and make sure everything's in place to capture all the action for everybody watching from home on Derby Day. That's a lot. Yeah, like that's that's a lot to be doing throughout the entire week. I mean, it's not just one day. You've been doing this since Tuesday, I believe you said it was a since Monday, actually Monday. Yeah. I mean, the good thing about it is that it and I know we've talked about this before and we'll go into detail again. But you know, the good thing about it is that I get kind of an up close and personal view of some of these horses, which I think really, really helps me or really hurts me by like giving me too much of like a haunch play, I guess, you know, sometimes if I see something, but because I'm able to see these horses, I can really incorporate that into my handicapping. So when I'm studying for my shows to be on air on Friday and Saturday, it's I've got all this extra knowledge that doesn't come from the form. Well, I think that's a good thing though is because you are incorporating different knowledge than what the bookmakers are looking at. I mean, certainly they're probably getting some kind of knowledge, but like, sure, if you can find a nuanced edge in terms of where you hire hand analyzing things, you can actually like that can be a benefit for two for sure too. So let's actually start. Yeah, let's talk about what you've learned at the track this week because you said that because you have a deep knowledge of horses, you can kind of look at them and kind of study them. You get a lot of value from the in person stuff. So what have you learned? You think this week in your time at Churchill now so much. I mean, it's it's one thing to kind of obviously I watch a lot of replays when I'm handicapping these races and you know, we'll read the form and all that. But I think seeing them in the morning and especially here on Derby because it's I mean, keep in mind where we're racing. So I'm dressed up from Tuesday on to Saturday. So there's action here at the track. People are actually coming in the mornings like the general public is here to watch the Derby horses trained during their specific time. So you have a lot more kind of buzz than you usually do and and these horses are young. They're only three years old. So really they're like teenage boys at fs, you know, the pre team. So they can they're still developing physically mentally. And so they kind of have to take in everything that's happening around them because it's just a little bit of practice for the hundred and fifty thousand people that'll be screaming on Saturday when the gates open. So, you know, if they can kind of get a handle on that and figure out how to compose themselves, they are certainly well much better off. And so I think the mental aspect watching some of the horses and how they react to things being in new places. If they're not typically here in Kentucky, if they should then from California or other places is really helpful. But even just the physical of the horses getting over the track, each surface is so different at every racetrack. And so some horses take to some surfaces better than others and so watching their stride efficiency, if they're moving well, you know, what their attitude is like and how they handle the turns or working here and all that stuff is really important when you're kind of handicapping the race. So, so, yeah, all those things go into it. I mean, specifically the horses that stood out to me over this track for a long shot. The horse like charge it who is 20 to one. I thought he just floated over this surface and he's a really, really efficient mover. So he's not a horse that I expected to come in here and like, but he's one that's caught my eye and even the Japanese horse crown pride too. He has been my gosh just working amazing over this track and working often too. Typically we work horses every like seven days is when they get a timed workout. He's worked every seven days, then three days, then seven days, then three days. He just worked yesterday, three days before the Kentucky Derby, which you really don't see. So that horse was gonna be super fit. Is that a good thing? Like, do you view that as being a positive or like an endorsement of like it's endorsement? Or how do you view that? I mean, it's different because obviously in different places you have different, I don't know, exercises, different types of training techniques and stuff like that. And so it's very unusual here in US at least in modern times. I think years ago trainers used to give a horse a blowout you would call it. So like a breeze really close to the race. Some people even said like day of in some cases way back when, but the animals changed so much just through breeding, but they're a little bit more lighter boned. And we don't typically see that nowadays, but I guess this is somewhat normal in Japan. So it's just a really different way of approaching things. There were ways to catch a fish. Megan, how old did you say these horses are? They're three years old. So all these horses are three years old. The horses typically live until they're like 20-ish, 30. Well, you described it as preteen. Yeah, they're babies. I mean, we start horses, you can sell them. Typically a lot of these horses are sold as yearlings. So when they're one years old and then they grow up a little bit more and then they can typically start their career as two-year-olds. So I mean a horse might race until it's seven or eight years old if it's a gelling, a little bit older. Typically it's like between four to six possibly four and five. So this is the very beginning of their career for many of them. I mean, there's a horse like Tava in the Kentucky Derby who this will only be his third start. So he's got a lot of inexperience on his side because his young horse hasn't had a lot of races. And so that's something else that goes into it too. Is this like putting my 10-year-old out to race? No, like pretty much 100%. Yeah. Like legitimately 10-year-olds? Line him up. I mean, yeah, sometimes because also these horses all have different breeding. And so some might develop faster than others. You might have a horse who maybe right now isn't able to do it but then in a couple months or a year that's the horse that's better than the rest of them. So they all kind of peak at different times and it's just trying to figure out and that's a trainer's job is trying to get your horse to peak physically and mentally in time for the biggest race in our country. Yeah, that's fascinating. I was just reading a little bit about how they are, there's certain organizations that are giving bonuses to 10-year-old tennis players because they feel the optimal balance of return on investment but not stressing them out when they're too young. Yeah, I mean, that's totally what it is here. I mean, the two-year-olds and the three-year-olds, that's a faster return on your investment because it takes a while to get to this point. You've got an 11-month pregnancy for mayors. Before that, you got to choose which time you're going to and then you got to raise the horse and so by the time you're here at the Kentucky Derby, I mean, there's so much that has gone into bringing these horses to this point. And part of bringing them to this point is prep races and we've had a lot of those throughout the past couple of months and that gives at least an idea of what these horses can do on the track. So when you look at those prep races in this year, what did you learn from those and try to prep for Saturday? Yeah, I mean, they're super important. You know, it gives you the chance to kind of see horses up against each other so you get matchups that you might see in the Derby, right? If there's horses coming out of the same prep races, you can see maybe if there's something that happened, did one horse, was it supposed to do really well and then it flopped for whatever reason? Is there a reason for that? Did it run into traffic or something like that? Did it stumble out of the gate? Could be another thing. So those are really helpful. I typically try to kind of rate them on my own. We do that a lot of my podcasts, The Horse Race and Happy Hour, and we kind of have our own graded stakes scale because with graded stakes, you've got grade one is the top level, like the Kentucky Derby and a few others. Grade two is right below that, then a grade three as far as the toughness and prestige of the race. And so sometimes you get races that are, you know, grade one, grade two. And I think I kind of thought it was more of like a grade two or grade three caliber. So I think if you could try to qualify these races a little bit and the types of horses that were in them, oftentimes that really helps with seeing, you know, which horses might have been better prepared or which ones kind of had an easier route. I mean, it's no different than like a football schedule, right? I mean, if you're, if you're matched up against teams that are a little bit easier or something like that, like that might be an easy win for you to go. They'll help your record a little bit more. But yeah, it's, you kind of have to really follow along throughout the year in those prep races and figure out how tough that was. Excellent. So we had the post draw on Monday. Can you explain to me what that means? And where are you seeing on betting on Saturday? Yeah, absolutely. So for these horses to get their number that's assigned to them, they actually have a randomized draw. So it's like little dicing. They call it pills. And so they, and the horses are drawn randomly as well in order. So they'll pull a horse name. They'll say, you know, Zandun or whatever. And then they'll shake up the little guy.  And then they'll see what number comes up and that's the post number for them. So it allows, you know, kind of more of a fair chance for, for anybody. It's not like one person is getting preference of a better draw than others, which there can be. There's a couple of different things that goes into the starting date. One would be from a pace scenario. Sometimes that comes into play. If you're a horse that has a lot of early speed, you might want to be towards the inside because you don't have to, you know, it's just the straightest path, right? So it's not the beggar in theorem or something or triangle. But you don't have to come all the way from the right side to go left to get to the rail and go forward. So that's important. Also, they have to get all these horses in the gate and they don't do that. It is the exact same time. So they kind of go two by two. And so if you have a horse that's really, we say fractious in the gate, it's kind of a little uneasy. Doesn't like being in confined quarters, which some horses don't like. And you're one of the first to load. You've got to wait for the rest of the field to load. That might mentally have an effect on a horse. They might be kind of prancing about and they're not, you know, their feet planted on the ground to then push off of and have a really clean start. So those kind of things can affect it. And so when you go to the post position draw, you're certainly hoping that your post position. It's going to match up with your horses running style, whether they be a closer front running type, etc. And also that hopefully got a horse that handles the gate. Well, what's most of them do, but if you do happen to have one that has a little bit of trouble, like I think California, Chrome wasn't always very good in a gate a few years ago. That can really make a big difference in the start of your race. So we're not only talking about, I mean, the equivalent for humans is putting my 10 year old in a cage for what? And then it's before letting them run off on a track. It's only, it's only a couple of seconds. But sometimes, you know, if there's a horse that acts up a little bit and it does take them longer, say it takes them like 30 seconds to load the horse or so. I mean, that's a long, a long time past your 10 year old to sit there quietly for 10 seconds and then say go. Yeah, that's basically what it is. I can't do that now when I'm 30. So like that's no shot, no shot of a muggler. Right, 100%. I mean, it's no different than like track and field, just if you just were waiting there for a while and, but you're all pumped up and everything and, you know, to then go is not always the easiest thing to do. The worst part of running road races is sitting there at the start line, which usually is being at least 10 to 15 minutes, which I try to avoid.  So yeah, that's right. You want to keep the blood pumped up and everything. And it's the same with the horses. You'll see the jockeys after the post grade. They take the horses and they warm up the jog. They, you know, kind of run slowly around a little bit just to get the blood flowing, make sure the horses is focused and ready to go. So it's kind of the same thing to then stand there and just wait. They're kind of like, are we doing this or not doing this or and you have people in the crowd too. So now you've got a horse in the confined space and there's 150,000 people, you know, cheering and stuff and they're like, what is going on? Cause they've never, these horses have never seen that many people at a track until this day. Yeah. It's a, it's an interesting dynamic for sure and something fun to consider. And you talked about that two years ago in the 2021, which is in August about the, the importance of that too. So yeah, so yeah, so the September race back then and luckily nothing changes for this one, but definitely it does matter at times for sure. So let's talk about the favorites here for this year. Zandan is a favorite of TVG. They are three to one. We've got epicenter at seven to two. Nobody else in that same tier. They are the runway favorites right now. So when you look at those two, what makes them the favorites in your eyes? That's a good question on Zandan cause he is not the favorite of my eyes. Interesting. Okay. Who is the favorite? Yeah, I mean epicenter. Okay. I mean for Zandan, for me, he did have a very impressive blue grass race, which was a grade one, but I think there were probably some good grade two prep races that were just as good as that. So that's kind of an example of, you know, while technically on paper that was a better race than some of the other prep races. I don't necessarily think with the field that was in there, that that was harder than some of the others. So for me, I kind of moved it down in my own ranking. So if you take that one win out, that one race out, then his only other win in his four race career is a sprint race that he had at Belmont. And so you're talking about distance is huge.  It's not the same body type, right? And so when you have a horse, that's really good at one thing. And this horse was sprinting and a lot of times traders, you start off their young horses sprinting. That's fine. And then they kind of moved them up. I don't know that there's enough, you know, I think he's a really good horse, but I think there's others in here that have proven themselves at a longer distance, a bit more than this one has. He's had good okay performances, even where he didn't win. He had an okay, a nice second only by a nose and then an okay third, but his third, he lost at the center. And I thought at the center was probably the better horse of those two. And then he dodged at the center by going to the blue grass, where epicenter then, you know, continue to run in Louisiana and one. And so I genuinely thought epicenter was going to be the favorite of this race. I was shocked when he wasn't, but from a betting standpoint, I love it because everybody just go beds and leave me at the center alone. So you got epicenter at 72. Do you still think there's value in that number where it currently stands? I mean, it depends on how you play it, right? Yes, I do think there is because you're still, even if you just did a win that you're still going to get paid out for it. If you invest or nothing, and I mean, if you're doing the $2 one, but no, they're not going to make much money, but if you feel pretty confident about it, 72, if you increase your base wager, you know, so say you play 20 bucks, 50 bucks, a hundred bucks, whatever it is on there. I think you're still going to get paid pretty decently. And plus the pools are big on Kentucky Derby day anyways. So, you know, you've got to, I think there's some value. I wouldn't be surprised to see, unfortunately, epicenter at a much lower price than 72. But that's why I really wish we had big thoughts because I would have put this in a long time ago. Yeah. Awesome. Megan, are there any other horses with some longer odds that are peaking your interest? Yeah, I mentioned Chargette who I thought was pretty impressive just physically on the racetrack throughout the week. He just really floated over the surface and just looked so comfortable. He looks like he's a horse that's kind of got it together. He's not one that's really acted up very much in anything that I've seen. So I didn't come into this kind of expecting to like him, but on paper, I mean, he has had three races in his career. Just one win for him as well, which was a maiden race, meaning his, you have to, we say break your maiden. So you have to win a maiden race, typically not half there, but most won't do before you move to the tougher races. And so he only has one maiden win. And then he's got a second place finish in the Florida Derby, where he ran against White Ibarrio. So all of his races have been at the distance of a mile or greater. So clearly this is a horse that they thought from the beginning, not like they tried him at six for a long second mentioned with Sandin and then, you know, saw how he handled the stretch out for this horse. They thought this is one that isn't going to be fast enough to win a sprint race, but he's probably got enough speed and enough stamina to win a longer distance race. So I tend to like horses like that in a race like the Derby, because you're going a mile and a quarter, which none of these horses have gone that distance before. So that's a really stamina and endurance are huge when you're talking about this type of race. So he's one for me that I thought was really interesting. And then Crown Pride, the Japanese horse who again, I really didn't think that I was going to be a believer in this one, especially with the kind of unique training style that they have, how many times he's worked out. But for me, I think in watching these workouts, it's more about how they did it and the time a lot of it. And so we actually worked on May 4th. So just yesterday, I feel like forever ago. And he worked four furlongs in 46 and change, which a typically, you know, a pretty decent time for four furlongs is 48 seconds. He did it in 46 and that's really fast. But the way he did it, I would have expected to see the jockey maybe like really pushing on him in the morning and trying to get him to, you know, go forward and asking him for speed, but he wasn't. The horse just did it really well within himself. And so, yeah, he looks fit. It's very different. You know, he's going to have to, this horse is in other countries, they run both directions. We only run to the left hand side. He's run right-handed and left-handed. I don't think he's ever seen a crowd quite as big as what he's going to see on Derby Day. And even like the gate, the starting gate, when it opens, there's a bell that rings. In other countries, there's no bell. So the starting gate is just open. So earlier, I think it was last week. He actually dumped his rider. So the rider fell off because the horse spooked at the bell. I'm sure it came out of the gate, but they've schooled him in the gate. You know, so he's practiced a lot of times this week. So I think he should be okay with that now. But yeah, I mean, he's just, he really fit. He's like a gym rat. Insights on the ground from Megan Devine. So last year you got engaged at the Derby. This year, it's your birthday. So I feel like that has to, that has to add up to being just a great week. So like we're looking at the center. We're looking, charge it in crown pride. I feel like we got to feel really good about them. Given the good vibes around you for this weekend. You know, I hope so. Yeah, then the Derby this year is really competitive. I think there's a lot of nice horses. Nessie is another one that I'm not really sure what to do with yet that I'm including at a eight to one price. I'm not, not as much of a price, but there as the 20 to ones, but still still some value. But yeah, it's, it's a busy week. It's a crazy week. Honestly, I almost prefer my birthday to be the day after Derby, but that'll never happen because it's the first Saturday in May and you can only go up to seven to get that number. So I don't, I probably will not even remember that answer every day. We will be so busy. Well, regardless, we remember now. Happy birthday, Megan. Thank you so much for your time and your insights and we appreciate it. Have a good luck to you.  All right guys. Thanks so much. Covering the future. Big thank you once again to Megan divine for swinging by and breaking down the 2022 Kentucky Derby. If you want to deploy the stuff that Megan mentioned, you can do so via TVG. The Derby is here and there's no better place and better time to get in the action than TVG because new players can bet risk-free up to $200 on TVG. That is right. You can get up to $200 back in site credit on your first single horse win wager. If your horse doesn't win plus TVG's money back special gives every customer to $10 cash back on select races. Your horse finishes second or third plus you'll also get access to free picks analysis and so much more win or get your money back for the Derby with TVG Sunday TVG dot com slash cover to bet risk-free up to $200 again TVG dot com slash cover is in cover in the spread. We got our own little promo code over here TVG dot com slash cover to bet risk-free up to $200 on this year's Kentucky Derby at TVG. One of the things I want to talk about here coming out of the Megan interview is the value of in-person information and like it's not in the sense of like oh if I can watch Max Scherzer warm up that'll be worth a lot. That's it's not it's more so like this specific event where you actually can gain information from being in person. It's probably information that may be under accounted for when it comes to this because most of the money coming in the Kentucky Derby is not going to be from people like Megan who are on the ground and I think that Ed getting her specific intel on that stuff right now is really fun and I think it's a key thing that I value a lot hearing what she has learned from being at Churchill Vance. For sure I kind of think of it imagine you like you're betting on 10 year olds playing basketball and you had some inside information that 10 year old Joel indeed got no fight with 10 year old James Harden. You know in the locker room before the game that that would probably be useful information. Yeah it certainly would and like it is so unique in terms of like the the atmosphere around these horses and stuff like that and it's just really good information to have so I really value Megan's insights. She did nail the winner a couple years ago back in 2020 that racing mentioned with the horse who would jolt to the right out of the gauges like OK the post position is good. We should feel good about this horse so cool talk to Megan get her insights there again follow on Twitter Megan divine TV and check out all of her work on the horse racing happy hour podcast and America's best racing as well. Let's dive into covering the future for this week and add obviously a weird week with things come up in the year but it sounds like your baseball stuff is up and running now over the powering. Absolutely it was you know it has not been the best couple weeks at work just because I've I took an opportunity to pour all my code over from Python 2 to Python 3 so I didn't update. I mean you know my my mat kept on yelling at me saying Python 2 will no longer be supported. Python 2 will no longer be supported. Please switch and I found I did an update and my Python 2 was just gone. It was like they literally during the update wiped out like my Python framework. So it's like OK you know we're not you know but we're during the middle of the NFL season I would have just downloaded Python 2 again and kept going on with my life but it was April so I took an opportunity but unfortunately that means it took me a little while longer to to port everything but it also makes me I think I have I don't know thousands of lines of baseball code. Yeah and stuff that was written a long time ago I was like no I actually put a lot of work into this at one point. But yeah so I have everything it includes the most current data. I'm way closer to the markets on a team like the Mets now than it was before and so you check that out at thepowerank.com slash predictions. All right the powerank.com slash predictions to get Ed's baseball numbers are running my own numbers to for baseball this year. I'm typically tweeting those but then also putting on the Action Network app. So if you have the Action Network app you can follow me there putting most it's mostly money lines and then strike out props because that's what I have models for. So both of us chucking along with MLB stuff right now for the future this week though. I want to talk some Formula One because there are going to be a lot of eyes as we go on Formula One with this being the first ever Miami Grand Prix. So I figured I'd talk up a bet my numbers like for that before practice and qualifying which starts on Friday. That's for Valtteri Botas finished top 6 which is currently plus 195 over at Vanduul sportsbook. The implied odds there are 33.9% whereas I have a Botas at 39.9% to finish instead of top 6. So 6 percentage points of gap there between my numbers and the sportsbook. And with Botas it is a small sample because I mean it's true for all races you're given the car changes but all old data is bad because this is his first year at Botas with Alpha Romeo big step down from what he was with previously with Mercedes. So it's we had to lean on small samples with Botas but that small sample is pretty good so far. I lean on a number that I call speed score. It's a number I create myself it includes a drivers finishing position but leans heavily on practice times qualifying speeds to get a better idea of how good they were out fast. They were downplaying the finish because finishes can be fluky especially with attrition and stuff like that only six drivers this year had a speed score better than 10.0 in all four races and those guys are the two Ferrari drivers the two red build drivers George Russell and Valtteri Botas. Botas's best speed score actually came two weeks ago the most recent race in Imola he almost ran down Russell for a fourth place finish there didn't get there finished fifth but he was also six in the opener. So Botas has been top six in two out of four races so far he was eighth in one of the other ones retired in the other. So you know two for four so far again the implied odds here 33.9% the Ferrari engines are very good this year Botas seem to benefit from that as Alpha Romeo does run a Ferrari engine there will be pretty stiff competition for the top six this week I'm not expecting huge surges from Mercedes but Russell's still been very good my numbers like Fernando Alonzo quite a bit and of course we've seen McLaren tick up the past couple weeks too so it's not like an easy spot to be and to get in the top six if you allocate four spots potentially to Ferrari and Red Bull but I still think that we're counting for that enough with Botas here plus 195 so my numbers do like Botas plus 195 to finish inside the top six it's weird to be on Botas given the transition from Mercedes to Alpha Romeo but 2022 is a very weird year so let's embrace that chaos and dive on in now Ed we got two American races in Formula one this year we got Miami and Austin we have three next year with one out in Vegas so you got me to dive in the NFL draft got me to to bite on some golf to any chance we can get you to bite on Formula one at some point maybe maybe I just need to watch that Netflix series I think and then that's true you do it's awesome I would I'd recommend it that's why I started doing this modeling to begin with you know enjoying that show and it was a sport my wife and I both enjoyed as a result of that so built that out and it's done well so far for me and I think that so you like the Bundesliga because you say it's like it's art kind of you know that kind of thing is Formula one is very similar because it's it's so engineering heavy so I think that like there there should be a heavy overlap between Bundesliga fans and Formula one fans from that perspective it also gives me like the trashy reality TV aspect like that's kind of in there too but for you I would say the Bundesliga aspect is what should attract you towards Formula one. All right I'll check it out I mean wait what do you think the art is like in the engineering of the car. Yeah and like it translates well because like watching these cars whip around the corners and sticking to the track like the downforce they generate it's absurd so I think that you would appreciate that you know if you were to watch it for long enough time. All right sounds good check it out right so we're going to get added here on Formula one in the very near future but give me Botas plus 195 finished top 6 on Sunday that is all that we have here for today on covering the spread good to be back in the saddle once again for this week both literally and figuratively again thank you to Megan divine for swinging by and breaking down our thoughts on the 2022 Kentucky Derby give her a follow on Twitter at Megan divine TV and check out the horse racing happy hour podcast and America's best racing for all of her insights as you mentioned the power bank dot com slash predictions for MLB stuff what else is going on for you over the power rank. Yeah we're still working on the newsletter every week at least for I mean definitely through May I'll probably take a little bit of a break in June but everybody got tonight and definitely been working on 7 nuggets got another interesting one coming out this Saturday so you can sign up for that at the power rank dot com. And I am on Twitter at Jim Saunas J I M S A N N E S you can also follow the fan dual podcast network at fan dual podcast big thank you to everyone for tuning in for this week good luck to you betting the 2022 Kentucky Derby have fun enjoy that enjoy F1 enjoy NASCAR MLB or at NBA playoffs NHL playoffs whatever it may be good luck to you we'll talk to you once again next week this has been covering the spread right here on the fan dual podcast network. What's up guys is Jordan Spieth if you're watching this video please like and subscribe to the fan dual YouTube channel.


good morning guys just currently six o'clock I have a workout class at seven I have a power core class I've actually wanted to adjust my sleep schedule bit because you guys know I wake up at about 5 30 every weekday but I feel like my body is just not getting enough sleep and it's so unnecessary sometimes there is nothing that I need to wake up for I've just been waking up super early for the sake of doing it and for the sake of being the most productive but sometimes I feel like my body is less productive during the day because I get super tired and my body is like overworked and I'm feeling a little bit burnt out so I do a workout class twice a week at 7 a.m. so on those days I'll wake up around 5 30 to 6 and then on the other days of the week that I'm just going to the gym the weekdays I am planning on potentially just waking up when the Sun rises so probably around 7 o'clock is gonna be the time for now but still going to bed at 9 30 every single day so that I still get like a full sleep and on the days that I wake up later I'll get like 9 to 10 hours of sleep which would be so amazing and even if I don't get to bed right at 9 30 if I have something that night it's not that big of a deal if I could sleep in the next morning until 7 apparently women need 9 to 10 hours of sleep as opposed to men only need 7 to 8 there's like been a new study and so I totally believe that because we have a system that works totally different with our hormones and everything I just think that for me to be more like healthy I need to wake up a little bit later sometimes and have more balance with that anyways I'll talk about it more like later in the vlog but that's the plan but today I am getting up early because I do have a class and I love my 7 a.m. classes so I don't want to give up those twice a week so anyways I gotta go I couldn't even get ready for my workout I'll talk to you guys okay guys I'm just about to leave but I feel just so well rested today because I gave my body so much sleep over the weekend and that just goes to show it's not that you're lazy you're just burnt out it's like sometimes you don't realize that you can burn yourself out by not getting enough sleep or not eating as well as you should like little things like that could slowly start to burn you out over time and you have to really listen to your body because I could have kept on just like not getting enough sleep and then I would probably turn miserable but that is not healthy that's not good if you're feeling something it's for a reason you're not feeling sad you're not feeling tired you're not feeling burnt out for no reason like there's always a reason behind it and you have to look at your everyday habits look at what you're doing every day your routines and seeing okay what am I doing here that is making me feel like this and how can I change that how can I implement more things to make me feel better or less things to make me feel better I've just honestly learned through my health journey in life is you always just have to stay in tune with your body and listen to it and that's like the most important part because one thing can work for one person but it's not going to work for everybody like in my last video I tried waking up at 3 a.m. because I was trying the most productive morning routines and I was reading online that some people said that the 3 a.m. routine was life changing for them and they absolutely loved it and I really hated it and I know I only woke up once but I'm like there's no way I can do this every day like it's so unsustainable for me so that just kind of goes to show that it's like you could see everybody online doing all these productive all these healthy things but like that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to work for you so try it out if it works for you great if it doesn't then don't keep forcing your body and yourself to do it find what works for you and do that instead but anyways okay I literally have to go because I'm running late going to oxygen yoga and fitness today of course doing their power core class I'm so excited I love this class so much I do have a free class with them that you guys can book so go to my Instagram go in my health highlight and all the information is at the end of it if you guys want to book with them because they're awesome hey guys so I just finished hanging out with Halia we stopped at the mall we were at a cafe now it's around five o'clock and I'm gonna run into meridian meats just to get some steak for dinner because I really want to make some chipotle steak bowls never made this recipe before so I'll show you guys what I do but I have like beans corn and everything that's gonna go in it with guacamole so I just need to get the steaks I found the recipe on Pinterest so sleigh but I'm just gonna run in now it's traffic times so the roads are super busy I hate driving around this time I always try to avoid it since I don't actually like need a drive ever but anyways I'm just gonna run and click get the steaks and then be on my way home but it's such like a gloomy icky rainy day today so I'm glad I got out of the house though because at least I did something but I'll show you guys how I make the bowls when I get home okay guys so here it is tonight's dinner we're gonna make steak chipotle bowls and oh my gosh it looks so good so I have rice we're gonna do that as the base I forgot to get lettuce that's the only thing we're missing but it's still gonna be good and make guacamole red onions there's black beans and corn that I heated up some steak pieces some lime and then some salsa and you can also do like a sour cream dressing on top which we're not gonna do but we're gonna put salsa and guac so I'll have the recipe linked down below but I'm so excited to eat this so healthy so easy and what a cute little meal cuz Joel and I love chipotle so this is kind of like our homemade at home chipotle feel like I didn't really execute on the presentation I could have had a better bowl but you know what it kind of looks good I know it's gonna taste good I'm so excited to eat this dinner was so good you guys oh my gosh 10 of 10 recommend making those bowls it was so easy to put together and it actually tasted like chipotle so 10 out of 10 recommend chef's kiss we'll make again tally and I did a little bit of shopping today and I also have a couple packages she needed to get some haircare products like she needed to get some new shampoo and I'm like I will come along cuz you know I'm almost down to shop and then we walked in the store we were browsing in there for like 25 minutes maybe even half an hour I don't even know we were in there for a long time because you know when like you go into a store and there's just so many products you just want to look at everything it's just like such a girl thing to do we were just reading all the products being like oh what do you use and we were just like going through our hair care anyways regardless I got some new shampoo just because I'm running out of my other one and I wanted to try a different brand so she said that so she said that Redkin was recommended to her because apparently this is like salon quality shampoo but at like a super affordable price at least like more affordable than your average like salon quality shampoo so these are both from Redkin and I got the extreme strength repair and reform and reinforce I got this recommended this one specific line by the worker there so we'll see how I like it and then tell you I also got the same Redkin but like a different one because she has blonde hair so she needs to like do upkeep for that but anyways I'm excited to try it I'll let you guys know how I like it actually didn't even smell it so let's give her sniff test hmm that smells really good I'm excited I just actually washed my hair this morning so unfortunately she won't be used for another few days but next time I wash my hair gonna be using it anyways that's that and then Talia also recommended me this milkshake leave-in conditioner she said she uses it and it makes it super easy to like brush through her hair after she puts it in and I smelled it it smells so good I don't even know it has kind of like a tropical scent I'm so excited to use this because I don't even have a leave-in conditioner right now I've just been using like a hair oil on my end so and this bottle is actually huge so she said it lasts her so long she's only $30 which I feel like is pretty good for this size bottle like this is huge and also these products were buy one going 50% off so we saved a little bit of money too and then I also got a Sephora package which I really bought impulsively on the weekends because I saw something was on sale and I was like oh my gosh I randomly clicked the app this weekend and it was like on sale and I'm like hi to order it so I did and I'll show you what it is so this is what I got this on sale the first aid ultra-apair intense hydration with collodial oatmeal I love this stuff so much already been through two tabs of it this was like originally $60 on sale for 30 so it was like 50% off I've never had it in like a squeeze bottle format but like I just use it for my face so it doesn't really matter I know first aid beauty is just such a good brand for like sensitive and eczema prone skin and there's like no fragrance but I would really really really really love this cream for my face and I've been missing it I kind of forgot about it once I finished my last tub and I just never repurchased it like I haven't used this for months but I'm really excited that it's back in my hands because she's a good good base cream and I have no idea if it's still on sale but go check if it is because if it is definitely worth 50% off like that's insane and then I also got the inky list oh cleansing balm this used to be my go-to these are just like repurchases both the stuff that I haven't used for months but I really messed and this basically just makes it super easy to take off your makeup and I love the consistency of it does really well for my skin and it's also super cheap it's only like $18 so this is a slight definitely recommend checking her out I used to use her every day that's about it the last thing in here is just a sample of this Laneige cream to skin toner I actually love the stuff I've had it before as a sample and she's so good that's a little haul for today I'm just gonna go upstairs get ready for bed and read relax and just have a nice good evening unwind and I think I'm gonna sleep in a bit tomorrow so we'll see but I love myself a good wind down like it's only right now it's 7 30 and this is perfect time for me to start unwinding getting ready for bed good morning guys here it is why a gym outfit of the day I just have these black leggings on and I put on a black workout tank I honestly forgot the brand of these two it's not the lemon but it's like a dupe for the lemon and it's so soft and then I'm just wearing this track from princess Pauly with my new balance 5 30s I believe they're called but yeah that is the little gym fit of the day I just got to the gym so this is my first day of experimenting waking up a little bit earlier to see if it gives me enough energy throughout the day like I was I think already touched on this but basically I just well I almost literally hit that thing behind me I just realized how far I backed up in this parking spot oops sometimes I don't even look I just back up because I don't have a backup camera and I just went into the spot I'm kidding I'm a good driver but like I just so good at backing in that like I just feel like I don't have to look but like it literally almost ran into the bush anyways I just felt like my body was suffering a bit because of me waking up at 5 a.m. five days a week Monday to Friday and I just wasn't feeling like I was maximizing my energy maximizing my potential in the fact that I was just over exhausting myself and I see Joel waking up at earlier than 5 a.m. basically every single day and I'm like oh my gosh like I want to be like that I want to do that but he's also a male I'm a female and our bodies are just made so differently females need a lot more sleep and especially me as an individual like not even regarding the fact that I am a girl I just know that my body needs a lot of sleep and I've been like this since I was younger my mom said that I was always such a good sleeper she's like you've always slept through the night you've always wanted to go to bed so early and I feel like that just really came with me throughout my whole life and into my adulthood because I didn't feel like that now where it's like if I don't get at least like eight hours of sleep I can't function properly and so it's just really important to me and I honestly feel my best and most energetic in the morning when I get like nine ten hours of sleep if I get over that then I don't actually feel good I actually feel opposite but I think the sweet spot for me is like nine hours nine and a half to ten and I know that's like so much time sleeping like oh my gosh I'm gonna waste my life away sleeping but at the same time it's like okay clearly my body is trying to tell me something because I haven't been feeling good waking up that early every single day so that's why I'm gonna do twice a week waking up at 5 30 for my 7 a.m. class my workout class and then I'm gonna do three times a week waking up at 7 because I just feel like that extra hour and a half to two hours of sleep every morning really makes a ginormous difference and also I'm like a very very balanced person I'm very good at incorporating balance and I know when I need to incorporate more balance you know what I mean I just feel like I was leaning a little bit more towards the exhausting my body side rather than like letting myself have more of a balance with waking up because on the weekends I let myself wake up whenever and also I'm going to bed a lot later on the weekends because sometimes I'm doing some fun stuff so obviously I'm not gonna be like bye guys going to bed at 9 see you later I notice my body every single day regardless naturally gets tired at around 9 9 30 which is crazy because I've kind of trained my body to fall asleep around that time yeah so regardless I'm gonna be still going to bed at 9 9 30 I've been reading at night my eyes literally just start to close and I'm like okay now it's time to go to bed so it's always around like 9 to 10 anyway so yeah I feel really good this morning and even though it's a little later it feels weird working out this late in the morning because I haven't done this in a while but it feels also good because I feel like really energized and I'm excited to see how my energy levels are gonna be throughout the day in comparison to when I wake up at 5 30 to see if it gives you more energy and more sustained energy because that's what I'm really looking for because I noticed myself getting really burnt out and tired in the middle of the day also this is winter guys we are in our hibernation era you got to give yourself a little bit extra grace in the winter especially because there's not as much sun you're not getting vitamin D as much and it's just gloomy weather which is not the best so if that means that you got to give yourself a little bit extra grace sleep in that extra hour then that's okay I feel like in the summer we got no excuses to be on our grinds it's sunny beautiful outside it's like a lot easier to just wake up in the morning because the sun is blaring in your eyes which is so beautiful like in the winter us gals are a little bit frosted in the summer we defrost but for this era right now in our hibernation era so giving myself a little bit of grace I'm excited to see what's gonna do to my body today and I will keep you guys updated but let's go work out let's kill this leg day every time I come to the gym I basically just do legs because I only come to the gym twice a week because I do workout classes the other days in my workout classes there tends to be like a lot of arms so that's why I do legs at the gym if that makes sense because I feel like I don't get like a good leg workout ever if I don't do it at the gym it's really starting to rain right now okay I'm gonna run in let's go work out you got this this is your motivation to work out because it's not easy like let me tell you I I don't want to work out if it was a choice I wouldn't be doing it but I don't give myself a choice I just drive here and I do it so that's what it's gotta be sometimes I'm just procrastinating at this point I've talked your ear off already let's go so I just got to the grocery store I also stopped in indigo because I wanted to see if they have like a planner I have been on the hunt for like the perfect planner and I saw some on papiers website that I really want but I'm pretty sure they only shipped to the US I don't know if they shipped to Canada I should actually properly look into that maybe they do but I really really want to get like the perfect planner because the one that I have right now I just don't like the layout of it and I want to start like planning my days better and I want like a times table I want like to do less I just saw the perfect one on papier they just didn't have it in store and to go carries papier products and I was just really sad they really didn't have much selection at all like they had no planners in there I was like what the heck but anyways I just stopped at the grocery store because I don't really honestly need to do a big grocery shop because tonight we're going to Joel's parents for dinner and then tomorrow we're eating out because it's Friday we always eat out on Fridays it's a little date night over the weekend usually I don't cook we just order food or we figure something out so I don't really need to get any dinners I just need to get a couple random things like sparkling water some kombucha's and maybe just like some chips for over the weekend to enjoy so it's not going to be a huge grocery haul I'm just gonna get a few things which is rare look I feel like I didn't even need to go grocery shopping this week which is kind of nice because we had a turkey dinner on the weekend that Joel's mom made since she didn't do it over Christmas so she gave us so much left over so we were eating that this whole week and then yesterday I made one thing for dinner and then tomorrow we don't eat dinner so it's kind of funny how I barely cook this week which is really nice break to be honest anyways let's go get a couple things gonna be very quick usually spend like an hour in the grocery store but hopefully I can be in and out in like 20 minutes I say that now but then I know I'm going to come out with like $200 worth of stuff because it's what all of us have always happens but I'm not okay let's go I'm actually going to check papi's website sometimes I just don't want to type and I just voice record everything does papi ship to Canada and my friends are always constantly sending each other voice notes I rarely text honestly I text sometimes but usually if I have like something big to say like I'm such a voice note girly if I have something to say I'm not going to write a huge paragraph and text it nope I'm voice doting you because there's no way I'm typing that out papi does ship to Canada they actually did some a little package like a year or two ago and I tried to email them again but that person is no longer I don't think works there so the email didn't go through but I'd love to support them regardless so anyways just got home gonna unpack the groceries and then I'll give you guys a little haul I also go way more than I expected I spent a hundred dollars not me predicting but you always go into the store expecting to buy two things and you come out with 20 it's just like how it is there's today's mini little grocery haul so I actually stocked up on some frozen burritos these are from the brand Amy's and they're the best it's just really nice to have these in our freezer for a quick meal if we ever need something on the go or if I don't want to cook that day whatever I got two for me two for Joel these two are gluten free for myself and then these are for Joel but they're vegan gluten-free and they're so good the ingredients are all organic so if you guys have never heard of them definitely check them out I just love keeping these in my freezer they come in handy so much and then I just got two sparkling waters you guys don't have been obsessed I recently tried these sea salt rice cakes and the ingredients are super good there's like literally three ingredients and it's organic and I just have been obsessed with having these as a quick breakfast putting like peanut butter honey on top or making like a scrambled egg thing putting that on top with avocado these are just so good for a quick meal I literally ran through my last pack just got some kombucha's in the mango flavor my favorite from this brand though is their raspberry lemonade but they just didn't have any then I just got some organic half and half cream some raspberries they didn't have any organic strawberries so I got raspberries and I just love having a little berry in the house to snack on got some two yams I got some zivias of course such a good soda replacement and then I decided that I wanted to try these chips they're gluten-free I've never tried them before so yeah they kind of look like Dorito dupes we'll see how they are and then I also just got Joel a Celsius because he asked for one so that is the little grocery home I just made breakfast in my adorable bowl but I have yams that I put in the air fryer avocado and poached eggs and you guys already know I'm obsessed with this breakfast bowl I have it all the freaking time because it's so good I'm gonna enjoy this and then I actually have a meeting in 15 minutes so I kind of got to hurry up but this breakfast is such a sleigh hey guys so I'm just about to get ready for bed but I did get an amazon package so I want to box it with you guys so I got a refill of my Thera Breath mouthwash this one is their clean mint that's made for like the night time it's supposed to help with gum health and all that I'll have an amazon link to this down below because I love this mouthwash so much it literally does keep my breath fresh for so long and I feel such a difference when I use it and I just want to maximize my oral health I just want to do as much as I can to keep my mouth healthy I've also been oil pulling if you guys didn't see my last video I tried oil pulling I've actually been doing it all week and I love it so far so we've been continuing that I actually got a little container for the coconut oil I ordered these on amazon so long ago these are also linked to my storefront and I just do a scoop of oil every day switching on my mouth for about 10 minutes while I'm making the bed and stuff and then spit it out in the trash and it's supposed to help with bacteria in your mouth build up and like all that stuff you're actually gonna check out my amazon storefront I have so much good stuff on there and I actually really update it frequently it's a sleigh over there I have a workout class at seven tomorrow morning so I want to get to bed early so I can get as much sleep as possible but overall waking up today at 7 a.m a huge difference in my energy levels throughout the day usually I've been finding that in the middle of the day I just get so tired that I need enough but I didn't even feel like that today my energy was super consistent and I was vibing today so this is gonna be definitely the new norm integrating more balance and I just overall feel really really good today and I've been feeling that tomorrow when I wake up I'm gonna feel good too because of that extra sleep I just have all around so anyways I'm gonna get to bed so I'm gonna actually read a bit of bed but it's so satisfying opening a new mouthwash because I don't have any left it smells so good I've also been brushing my teeth with an electric toothbrush for the past few years and I think I've been using it wrong this whole time and I think I'm going way too hard because when I brush I go like this I move the brush and it's vibrating but apparently you're just supposed to go like this because it's too hard on your teeth if you're doing both and I'm just like my natural instinct is to just go like this when I brush and I just can't help it so I think I might get a normal toothbrush as well so I can like switch in between them so I'm not constantly like scraping my teeth I mean I could do this but I don't know why it irritates me when I try to not moving it I always get comments of people being like don't do that and I know guys like I know it's just a habit like I can't help myself my friend actually went to the dentist recently and she said that she had a minute two years the dentist told us she had nine cavities and she needed 15 fillings so that's like really scary to me and I'm gonna be doing preventative health measures for my mouth so anyways we are in our dental hygiene era in 2024 I do floss every day I used to lie to the dentist and they used to be like you flossed and I'm like yeah I'm like all the time and I would never floss and then they actually called me out and they're like no you don't and I'm like yeah I do and they knew I didn't so ever since that day I went to the dentist I have been flossing religiously and it's all thanks to these little guys like this is the only reason why I floss so these are the best for flossing and I made a habit of doing it every night so my oral health care is getting more extensive as the years pass by but that is a good thing and I also want to get a water flosser so if you're not taking good care of your teeth you should be I feel like my skincare and my oral care is so extensive it takes me like 20 minutes to get ready for bed but I kind of love the process sometimes it's annoying but it's gotta be done so you guys know that I read off of my ipod and I actually recently just started reading reminders of him by Colleen Hoover and I'm only like two three chapters in but so far it's really compelling and it seems good apparently this is like people's like top three Colleen Hoover books so I'm really excited to read it I've read Verity it starts with us it ends with us what else did I read I read one more was it November 9 I forget and I'm just really trying to get back into reading again half an hour before bed or at least like 15 minutes because it really does put me to sleep like when I'm scrolling on social media I feel like I can keep scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and I just can keep myself awake but when I'm reading there's like a sleepy trance that comes over me and I'm literally like bobbing my head because I get so tired it's probably because reading is so much more work than actually just scrolling mindlessly scrolling on TikTok before bed it's like so much stimulation and it keeps you awake but it's like minimum effort on your part because all you have to do is move your finger and you get so much simulation but with reading it's like you actually have to try hard to read the words and your brain is working so it makes you tired it's not easy and I just feel like it's so soothing before bed but yeah so anyways I just wanted to share what book I'm reading right now um and it seems like a pretty short book I think 600 pages on the ipad writing is super big too I'll keep you guys updated on how I like it and please leave your book recommendations in the comments of what I should read next after I'm done this book I'm not a bookworm or anything so something easy I'm just starting and I'm trying to get it really into reading since I always kind of go and wave but I do want to implement reading more so let me know your recommendations because I know some of you guys are probably super into books but anyways I'm gonna go to bed I'm gonna start reading good night guys see you tomorrow for friday good morning you guys I'm just heading out to my Matt Pilates class at oxygen yoga fitness we love them so happy that it's friday I just love me a friday this week went by so freaking fast because monday was a holiday so I took that off I didn't really do much and then tuesday I cleaned the whole entire house like from head to toe because I just really wanted to take a day and clean the house I was gonna do it monday but I just wasn't feeling well so I was like okay I'll do it tuesday and I cleaned the house from the inside out like really really good and it took me like all freaking day so that day went by really fast and then now we're already a friday so that's a big slice but also it's like scary because it's the end of february like where is the time going I actually don't even know to say about it because it's actually pretty scary last time I checked we were just in the middle of january but it's already end of february like it makes no sense I feel like time is going by faster but I am excited for summer though but I don't want to wish this time a year away either like the thing about this time of year is like it's really not my favorite because there's not much going on spring I get allergies don't really like that and then the weather is just like really bipolar it's like raining one day sunny and then five days of rain and like potentially snow and I'm like what like I was looking at the forecast for next week it's supposed to be snowing and I'm like no no no like we already went through that so it's just I don't know this time of year so bland I feel like my birthday is next month but yeah in terms of like the things going on is just like miss so like I always try to wish this part of the year away but like I'm really trying to appreciate this time of year as much as possible and just focus on like my day to day joys and because it's so easy to just be like oh my god can we for summer just focus on that the whole time but it's like then you're just wishing your life away basically every season every spring and every winter so I'm really trying to just appreciate what's happening now in the now but anyways okay yeah I gotta go leave for my class so I'm not late but I will talk to you guys later and I'm really excited to work out today Friday workouts are literally the best especially workout class because they really pump up you up it's a work from home day I feel so good after that workout and I had breakfast and now I'm going to kind of ease into the work day I'm gonna make a matcha right now and I'm gonna show you guys my iced matcha recipe because it is the best and I feel like I haven't shown it in a long time so if you're new here you might not know how I make my matcha but literally tastes like a cafe and it's so freaking good but anyways that's the plan for today I just have a bunch of editing to do computer work and I just need to get like a lot of things done so gonna be sat at my office this whole day the best thing that I ever did for myself was create this office you guys and it's the best thing ever the video transformation is still not even done yet because it's not fully done like the office but it will be done soon and I'm just so happy with it I don't know why I didn't do this sooner so glad I thought of this it's just like a space where I can go and now feel creative actually like want to get work done and it's amazing it's the best thing ever but yeah so that is the plan for today it's a no makeup type of day just a lip liner and some skincare because on days like this where I'm not going out or doing like any heavy filming I'd rather just not because I'm just gonna be editing anyways but yeah so that's the plan for today so happy it's Friday gonna have a date night tonight with Joel and I love Fridays so much I look forward to them I really do but this is today's work from home outfit I got some new pieces from garage I'll give you guys a little bit of a haul it's not sponsored but they did send them to me I'm obsessed like this is just such a cute comfy work from home outfit and the pants are flared at the bottom and so comfortable but still like put together and cute this is like my ideal work from home outfit that I love wearing and it's super comfy yet I still feel really cute yeah as you can see the pants are flared and it's just so flattering so that's the outfit of the day let's make our little matcha okay so you have to start off with a matcha powder obviously this one is from oasis adaptogens I love this one I just put a teaspoon in maple syrup she's literally the star of the show if you guys don't sweeten your ice drinks with maple syrup I don't know what you're doing because it's literally the best it's healthier alternative to sugar and those syrups but it still acts like a syrup because of its consistency so I just like to put two of these little teaspoons in you could adjust it to your sweetness but this is like the perfect medium for me now you're going to take some hot boiled water you just need a tiny bit I'm just literally going to pour like a tablespoon and then I'm going to get my father now you want to get your ice cubes of choice and put them in this is a homemade almond slash pastu milk that I make this is like the best milk ever and it has no filler or gums or anything get a little straw and mix her up but yeah that is my little homemade matcha recipe it's so freaking good so good 10 out of 10 recommend garage haul because everything I got from them is so cute and I just want to share because garage is so affordable and they have the cutest things ever I do have like affiliate links with them so if you guys shop them please use my links I love their stuff so much I've always loved garage all that I'm wearing now is from them I already showed you guys I also got these gray wide leg sweatpants from them oh my goodness these are just like the perfect fitting gray slouchy sweatpants I love these so much and these are going to be my new uniform these was like a pair of samba's so cute and you could just pair it with like a basic white tea or something I've been obsessed with like wide-legged sweatpants lately and these are so nicely fitting and adorable and then I got these sweatpants which are actually cuffed at the bottom and I love these too they're just perfect to wear out around the house and they're super super comfy and they fit really well like the perfect amount of oversized love these so much and then I also got these pink wide-legged sweatpants and they're super comfy I love the pink color these with a pair of like black and white shoes like samba's so freaking cute and then I got this little gray zip up you can't go wrong with this about I have been needing actually more zip ups because they're so easy just to throw on love that and then I got this white lace tank top this tank top actually comes in a few different colors so freaking cute especially for the summer and then last thing I got is this graphic tee from them it just says Brooklyn on the front some cute cursive writing and also on the back because I've been wanting just like some more graphic tees because I feel like I don't have enough and these are just super nice to throw on with like sweatpants or whatever when you're chilling and it's a vibe or even with jeans but anyways that is my mini little garage haul you guys want to see the try on go to my TikTok just go follow me on all my social media platforms Instagram TikTok everything is linked down below I would appreciate your support on there so that's my little haul I'm gonna continue working a lot still to do today we're grinding we're on grime also I like really hurt my knee I have no idea what I did to it oh my god there's a big bruise on it okay well that explains it weird


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