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- Calorie Counting Is A Goal Waster
How many of you can honestly say you’ve gone your entire life without counting a calorie or thinking about a morsel of food’s after affects on your body (or your psyche)? I can completely relate to the vicious food relationship … 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
#MotivationalMondays- Fill In The Blanks With Planks
Do you remember that fill in the blank game called Mad Libs? You know, the one where you try and make the story up yourself by inserting your own verbs, nouns, and adjectives? I still own several blank Mad Libs … Continue reading
#MotivationalMondays- Symbiosis In The Gym
Of all the grade school isms, itis’s, and sis’s I learned of, the one that most fascinated me was the process of symbiosis. Clownfish and sea anemones? Bees and pollen? Antelope and birds? What do they have in common? A … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- You Give Me (Spring) Fever Workout
It’s about that time of the year when all of those magazine ads and storefront windows are plastered in pastels. Light pinks, yellows, blues, and greens are literally the match to my flame. (I’m a bear and hibernate in a … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- Facts of (My Current) Life & A Workout
*Tap, tap, tap.* Is this thing on? I have been on hiatus. It wasn’t for anything remotely cool like a last minute trip to Sicily or even a trip to the ER for climbing Mt. Everest. It is simply all … Continue reading
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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
#MotivationalMondays- Let’s Talk About Butts, Baby
That small conjunctive word, “but” has existed in my vocabulary since I knew what brussel sprouts were. (Sorry, but I despise them.) The surplus of buts in my vocabulary used to overcrowd my daily sentences…until I realized that the real … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- I Lift Things Up & Put Them Down
That Planet Fitness commercial always makes me stop dead in my tracks whenever it’s played. It’s clever nod to Arnold Schwarzy-poo combined with a genuine message which pleases all of us non-meatheads. (because the actual meatheads never realize how obnoxious … Continue reading
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#MotivationalMondays- E is for Emotion-less?
Christmas Eve. Normally I would be one thousand shades of excited and hungry for all the desserts which come around but once per year. This year…um, well, it’s like an empty table. I have no thoughts or feelings regarding this holiday. … Continue reading
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