The Diamond Behind The Chocolate
I'm always all of the following:
-Shoe Humanitarian
-Wine lover
-Storm chaser
-Chocolate addict
-Sweat obsessed
-Daydreaming of traveling to Sicily
-Mathematically challenged.I'm sometimes:
-Rude
-Irate
-Insensitive
-The main character in a chick lit novel (usually a bad thing)
-In a love affair with leafy greens, HIIT workouts, and VH1.I'm never:
-A sports girl.
-A soapbox preacher.
-Old man winter's friend.
-Interested in driving (limo, please?)-
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Tag Archives: apples
Homemade Apple Chips
During this time of year and all the loveliness fall brings, I usually notice an oversaturation of pumpkin. Pumpkin Spice lattes, pumpkin doughnuts, pumpkin mashed potatoes…you can go on until your “orange” in the face… While I will admit I … Continue reading
Posted in *EAT LIKE ME*, Recipes
Tagged apple chips, apples, chocolate covered diamonds, fall, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, health, nutrition, pumpkin, sweat pink
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-Things To Try Thursdays- A Garlic Clove A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
Garlic has stepped up into the antibacterial spotlight and pushed apples into its shadows. This unsung flavor hero has many more benefits than your standard apple: Boosts metabolism through a protein synthesized during digestion called ferroportin Lowers cholesterol levels Protects/boosts … Continue reading
Posted in Things To Try Thursdays
Tagged anti-cancer, apples, breville, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, fitfluential, Fitness, food, garlic, health, inflammation, juicing, thursdays, vitamin
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#WIAW- Guess Who’s Back, Back Back, Back Again…
No, I’m sorry to disappoint you, Shady is not back again. Unless you count the other day when I walked into the gym through a separate entrance to avoid the chatty cathies…and they approached me as a team of flesh-eating … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW
Tagged amy's organic, apples, banana, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, comfort, Cooking, dessert, fitfluential, food, holidays, hurricane sandy, ice cream, kale, Kitchen, lindt, peas and crayons, protein, salad, soup, sweet potato pie, vanilla, what i ate wednesday, whole foods
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#WIAW- The Land of All Things Mini
I think I was about 5 when I had my first real Hello Kitty memory. It was a tiny HK set of markers with a tiny journal to match. I loved it because I was able to grasp the markers, … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW, Recipes
Tagged apples, baby cakes, blog, cakes, carrots, chickpeas, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, chopt, christy dean, cinnamon, cupcake maker, desserts, dinner, eggs, fall, food, garden of life, greens, hello kitty, lunch, mini, muffins, nutmeg, nyc, panera, protein, pumpkin, salad, snack, steel cut oatmeal, sweets, vanilla, watercress, what i ate wednesday, yogurt
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#WIAW- Falling Into Apple Orchards and Pumpkin Flavor
If you have a strong distaste for apple or pumpkin, I’d advise you to turn back. This WIAW is heavily biased towards those two power houses. Onward, shall we? The past week and a half has been a roller coaster … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW
Tagged apples, baking, banana, blueberry, bread, burger, carrots, chobani, chobani flip, chobani time, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, fall, farmer's market, fitfluential, food, fresh, habits, healthy, oats, orchards, oven, peas and crayons, pumpkin, stove, tomatoes, waffle, what i ate wednesday, yogurt, zucchini
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Can You Really Compare Apples To Oranges?
If you’re like me, chances are, when in the produce aisle, you sift through several pieces of fruit to find the most perfect one. I am that obnoxious person that everyone stares at because I look like a sloth picking … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, blog, catholic school, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, comparison, embrace, frankenstein, fruit, grocery store, health, mentality, michael phelps, mind, obsession, oranges, perfection, personal, plight, post, quest
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