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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#MotivationalMondays- Armpit Boobs: Take A Hike!
Stubborn. The word sometimes defines myself during spats of extreme “I am right” isms. It also is attached to that little sliver of fat between the side boob and arm. (I swear it actually says stubborn in big, fat, I … Continue reading
Man Down- What’s Oz Got To Do With It?
I am on a yellow brick road. Hopefully I’ll end up in Oz where there are vast amounts of GMO-free foods, state of the art gym equipment and the only injuries you receive are a piece of hay landing in your … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- Push Yourself Workout
One of the most cliched phrases when it comes to fitness and working out is, “Push Yourself.” It’s simple, narcissistic, and most of all- true. Every time I work out, I create tiny personal goals inside my head. “Just one … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- The 3 “P’s” Workout
Let’s start off with the first of many “P’s” this week. I have officially encountered a big, flat plateau. My workouts are boring the hell out of me and I’m beginning to feel as though I’m involved in a never-ending … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- Hit The Bench Workout
First of all- let’s give me literal BROWNIE points for actually posting on one of the laziest days of the year. I know it’s a national holiday, but the workaholic/control freak won’t let a post pass me by. However, I … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- Deceitful Exercises?
Good Monday, blogees and blogettes! I’m currently experiencing shoe-over from my trekking around NYC this weekend for almost a mere 24 hours. (The things we do to feel young again…) My feet are forcing me to take a voluntary sick … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominals, arms, article, back, biceps, burpees, chest, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, crab walks, exercise, Fitness, gluteus, hamstrings, health, kickboxing, motivational mondays, nutrition, roundhouse kicks, shape magazine, supermans, thighs, triceps, wall sits
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#MotivationalMondays- Track Star/Bloody Bleachers Workout
We are almost past winter’s most depressive month: February. Fortunately, the Northeast has been spared by crippling cold and snow mounds the size of tsunamis this season. The willow trees are currently not weeping at the moment, as there has … Continue reading
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Tagged arms, back, bleachers, chest, endurance, february, hamstrings, heart rate, hips, lunge, run, school, suzanne somers, thighs, track, winter
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#MotivationalMondays- Cyber Monday- Stretch Your Body, Not Your Wallet
Happy Cyber Monday to all my deal brothers and sisters! Since Thanksgiving dinner, you’ve either done one of two things: eaten all leftovers or burned it all off by shopping literally until you dropped. Or maybe over half of you … Continue reading
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