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: exercise
How To Stress Less During The Holidays
So Thanksgiving is just about one week away and yet again another crazy, wild but worth it holiday season begins. I don’t know about you but I feel like summer was just a day ago. Why is it that time … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, casper.com, christy dean, exercise, Fitness, food, health, holidays, holistic, meditate, nutrition, rest, sleep, stress
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#30DaystoHealth Social Media Challenge!
Happy 2016! (by the time you all read this 😉 ) As you may know, I am a holistic health coach on the side. I received all of my education from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. In short, this means … Continue reading
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Tagged challenge, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, diet, eat well, exercise, health, holistic, instagram, integrative nutrition, love, new year's, nutrition, primary foods
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My Adrenal Fatigue Story
I was once told that once you reach adulthood you will be incredibly fatigued from all the “responsibility” involved with growing into this stage of life. The people who always preached about an endless amount of exhaustion were all adults, … Continue reading
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Tagged adrenal fatigue, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, depression, eat clean, exercise, exhaustion, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, holistic, hot yoga, low energy, low sex drive, naturopath, nutrition, reproductive organs, stress, sweat pink, symptoms, tone it up, treatment, weight gain, working out
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Things To Try Thursdays- Myprotein
Routine is made for machines and people who refuse to live their life thinking for themselves. While daily routines are inevitable, your healthy eating habits should NOT follow suit. If you follow me on instagram, you know that I am … Continue reading
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Five Signs Your Workout Isn’t Working Out
As much as I would not like to admit it, I’m a fitness-endorphin filled fiend. If I don’t squeeze in a sweaty, sore, killer (insert any other badass word here) workout in per day, anxiety sets in. My mind is … Continue reading
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Does Cardio Kickboxing Really Burn More Calories?
“500 Calories per hour…Burn off your Big Macs!” and whatever other kinds of ploys they can acquire to pull the false workout veil over our eyes… You’ve probably guessed I’m talking about a popular group exercise class…cardio kickboxing. Tae Bo … Continue reading
#MotivationalMondays- Bring The Boys To The Yard Workout
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard…and I’m guessing you can finish the rest… …that Kelis was really onto something with that number, wasn’t she? While it’s pretty demeaning and degrading towards us women, sometimes you just have … Continue reading
#MotivationalMondays- Burnout Workout
Does anyone else ever feel like they are in a reoccuring showing of Alice in Wonderland? Late, late, late for a very important date? You are not alone. I psych myself out sitting in rush hour traffic tricking myself into … Continue reading
Weight Training Jargon: Supersets VS. Burnouts
If you are at all interested in the health and fitness realm, then you’re aware of how convenient it is to become enveloped in protein ball recipes on pinterest or blogilates workouts on youtube. Once you catch the fitness bug, … Continue reading
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Tagged biceps, body, burnout, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, exercise, fitfluential, Fitness, npc, resistance, superset, triceps, weight training, women, workout
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Guest Post: Is Exercise Beneficial To Cancer Patients?
As we all are very aware, cancer now vouches for one of the top spots that contributes to shortening our lives in this modern day society. It’s rare to not know of someone who has been touched by this deadly … Continue reading
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