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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Combat The Flu Without Compromising Your Pocketbook
January is a time to renew your resolutions, wear 17 layers of clothes just to walk to the laundry room and generally walk around permanently sick due to skyrocketing flu rates. All of that frigid weather forcing everyone indoors isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, blog, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, fitfluential, Fitness, flu, girls gone sporty, health, health coach, holistic, january, new year's, prevention, resolutions, sickness, symptoms
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Detox Sprout Salad
If you’re quite accustomed when it comes to bingeing albeit with alcohol or food, then you’re very familiar with the day after’s guilt and bloat. I have a nasty hormonal habit of overeating followed by literally drowning in tears over … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, binge, bloat, blog, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, detox, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, great skin, health coach, integrative nutrition, lemon, pepper, salt, sprouts
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Is Time Managing Me or Am I Managing Time?
Tick-tick-tick. “All I ever need is more time,” said the sleep deprived, part time worker, full time schooler, future NPC competitor. (I know I probably forgot something else…) Let’s take a flashback to about six months ago. Time wasn’t just … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- The “Make Retail Your Bitch” Workout
Retail and me are getting off to a slightly rocky start. I feel like I’m climbing the Himalayas every day followed by involuntarily partaking in a flamboyantly sweaty cardio session with Richard Simmons when reaching the top. In the past … Continue reading
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The Not So Traditional Blogiversary Celebration
Most people who celebrate birthdays have tons of food, drink, and dessert on top of how can I forget? PRESENTS. I’m not one to be overzealous about birthdays, especially when it comes to mine. I try to treat myself as … Continue reading
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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
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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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#FitblogNYC- Part 2: The SWAG
This may be my absolute favorite post ever. It’s almost as good as fresh soft baked chocolate chip cookies out of the oven. Cue the ooey, gooey, vicarious cyber living in 3, 2, 1… Full List of Contents (drumroll please…) … Continue reading
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