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: npc
Pasta Fazool Soup
“…When you’re here, you’re family…” Barf. Gag. I’ll pass on the “authentic” italian food. I know there’s a ton of you out there who favor the endless soup, salad and breadsticks at Olive Garden, but I’m sorry, I do not. … Continue reading
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Tagged bikini, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, competition prep, eat clean, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, healthier, italian, npc, pasta fazool, recipes, sicilian, soup, training
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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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Raw Banana Hemp Balls
In the foodie world, it seems as though every day, week, or month commemorates some kind of deliciousness. (For example: today is national doughnut day) I won’t raise my gavel in the food court to interject with any opposing comments … Continue reading
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Tagged balls, banana, bites, christy dean. chocolate covered diamonds, coconut, coconut flour, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, hemp history week, hemp seed, npc, nutrition, protein, seeds, taste, vegan, vegetarian
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-Things To Try Thursdays- Vitacost ARO Supplements
If you’re anything like me, you’re the outlier to fitness’s x, y, and z lines when it comes to protein powders and other supplements. You prefer to gain your daily intake and muscle building nutrients from real foods and don’t … Continue reading
-Things To Try Thursdays- Flapjacked Protein Pancakes
Protein pancakes. They are the everlasting trend that’s adorning countless kitchen stove tops these days. Or at least trying to… Usually, protein pancakes are made from scratch, with a form of protein powder albeit whey or plant based starring as … Continue reading
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Tagged athlete, banana hazelnut, breakfast, buttermilk, calories, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cinnamon apple, company, dinner, fitfluential, Fitness, flapjacked, fuel, girls gone sporty, health, ifbb, lunch, milk, non-gmo, npc, oats, protein pancakes, quinoa, real food, vegetarian, water, whey protein
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#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
#WIAW- Bodybuilding Eats
To build something requires tactful skill in most cases. It requires patience, time, and energy. You must anticipate that there will be “bumps in the (proverbial) road” before you commit yourself whole heardtedly. I’m not talking about having the right … Continue reading
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Tagged bodybuilding, cardio, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, fitfluential, Fitness, food, girls gone sporty, greens, health, juices, meat, npc, organic, peas and crayons, protein, quinoa, sand castles, vegetarian, weights, what i ate wednesday
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#MotivationalMondays- Cardio…For Breakfast?
It’s 9AM. I’m barely awake, stumbling to shut off my fifth snooze alarm, and my bladder is about to burst. Just as I’m peeing, I notice that bottomless growl coming from my stomach. Yes, it is indeed time for a … Continue reading
Chocolate Banana Coconut Bites
I know you are what you eat, but it’s seriously concerning me that I haven’t sprouted into a dark chocolate bar of some sort. I think if you observed my veins under a microscope they’d be coursing with all sorts … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, bites, chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coconut flour, competition, eggs, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, health, love, npc, protein, snacks
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