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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#WIAW- Going Pseudo Veg at the Beach
Up until about three months ago, I was always one of those people who chimed in with, “I’ll never give up meat” on any veg/vegan convo. I’ve toyed with the idea and after reading more than I would like to … Continue reading
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#WIAW- A Backlogged Smorgasboard
Thanks to Jenn L for hosting! 🙂 The past few weeks have entailed whirlwind emotions, too much tidying, and of course over-eating! My tastebuds have craved everything under the sun and at times I can strongly relate to Cookie Monster. … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, attitude, avocado, baking, boyfriend, chicken, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Cooking, dessert, drinks, eating, eggplant, eggs, filling, food, fries, froyo, hangover, health, jenn l, love, nutrition, peas and crayons, raspberry brownies, salad, smorgasboard, starbucks, what i ate wednesdays, whole foods, wine, yogurtland
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#WIAW- Birthdays Ups & Downs
Thanks to Jenn as always for hosting! I have a secret that I’m willing to share with all of you. It’s not like an ambidextrous sort of secret or anything like that…it’s more of a ritual I engage in… Every … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, celebration, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cold, Cooking, drinks, fever, food, greens, health, ice cream, infection, kale soup, love, peas and crayons, salad, symptoms, tea, tony's di napoli, ups, wellness, what i ate wednesday
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#WIAW- Laziness VS. Productivity
Thanks to Jenn for hosting! 🙂 Ask any college student around finals what keeps them going and I bet 85% of them will respond, “Adderall.” (PS- I don’t mean any of you reading this, or those who use the drug … Continue reading
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Tagged adderall, avocado, bacon, baking, breakfast, chocolate covered diamonds, college, Cooking, dinner, drinks, eating, finals, Fitness, food, greek taverna, health, healthy, hyper, ice cream, lunch, meat, new jersey, oatmeal, patria lounge, peas and crayons, prescription drugs, pumpkin, sweet tooth sweet life, weekend, wellness, what i ate wednesday, yapple, yogurt
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#MotivationalMondays- Better Than 5 Hour Energy Workout
On a recent outing with friends, story sharing became the main course and food seemed to take the tapas back burner. Story sharing always leads to eyes wide opened, jaw dropping, sex and the city type “oh my god Samantha!” … Continue reading
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Tagged 5-hour energy, adderall, beverages, christy dean, drinking, drinks, drugs, energy, energy pills, exercise, Fitness, friends, health, motivational mondays, nutrition, rants, raves, stimulants, sugar, supplements, unsafe, vitamins, work
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Acne: Your Weekend Buzzkill Is Served
It’s 4 P.M. on a Friday and you head to the bathroom. Upon greeting the reflection of yourself in the mirror, you notice a landmine on your face. A giant zit! As you move closer to check out the scene, … Continue reading
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Tagged acne, buzzkill, carlos santana, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, clear skin, confidence, cosmetics, cosmopolitan, dermatologist, dress, drinks, examine, face, friday, garlic, garlic clove, going out, gynecologist, health, heels, ice cubes, juice, lemon, make-up, marks, natural, pimples, redness, sarah jessica parker, scars, sex and the city, shoes, skin, skincare, swelling, tomato, toothpaste, visit, zit
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