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: sweat
#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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Tagged celebration, chocolate covered diamonds, christmas, christmas eve, christy dean, dinner, emotions, fitfluential, Fitness, food, heels, love, lower body, motivational mondays, muscle, sweat, tone, workout
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#MotivationalMondays- HIIT The Wall
House walls, The Berlin Wall, and “hitting the wall.” What do all of these walls have in common? They are able to be broken down. When life hands you a wall, you don’t stare at it trying to channel your … Continue reading
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Tagged berlin wall, beyonce, cardio, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, exercise, Fitness, health, history, motivational mondays, positive, sweat, walls, workout
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#MotivationalMondays- The Four Corners Workout
If you’re a geography/map buff like me, then you know the capital of every country (even the smallest ones) at the drop of a hat, are able to spell Mississippi correctly, and most importantly, know the difference between your cardinal … Continue reading
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Tagged adolf hitler, boyfriend, cardinal directions, cardio, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Fitness, geography, gps, heart rate, jeopardy, kettlebell, long beach island, mississippi, motivational mondays, new jersey, resistance band, sweat, united states, weights, workout
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-Things To Try Thursdays- Become A FitFluential Ambassador!
Ok this is like the elephant in the room I’ve been meaning to address, except it smells like new sneakers and Sweaty Bands instead of the African Sahara…(I mean this in the best way possible of course!) If you look … Continue reading
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Tagged a dash of meg, acrostic poem, ambassador, bex life, cardio, cherish, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, endurance, exercise, facebook, fitfluential, Fitness, for the love of kale, grow, health, jill hanner, kelly olexa, learn, life, living, love, making good choices, muscle, social media, sweat, the lean green bean, twitter, weights, workout, youtube
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#MotivationalMondays- Interval Training
“Weights before cardio…because…it’s just better that way.” Working out at my local YMCA for 5+ years now, I’ve heard anything and everything ranging from how many dirty diapers women have changed in a day to ambulance sirens (for a juice … Continue reading
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Tagged body, cardio, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, education, elliptical, ethics, exercise, Fitness, gym, health, interval training, motivational mondays, nutrition, personal trainer, sweat, treadmill, weights, YMCA, youth
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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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Tagged abdominals, bench, chest, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, feeling, fit radio, Fitness, good, health, holidays, living, love, lunges, memorial day weekend, motivational mondays, mountain top, new jersey, new york city, park, push ups, running, sprints, squats, summer, sweat, workout
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#MotivationalMondays- Change of Scenery Workout
Have you ever gone on vacation and thought, “Wow- I could totally pack up and move here?” (After a few mojitos and some nice sun kissed skin of course). Then, reality sets in after the sand is washed off and … Continue reading
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Tagged breathe, change, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, elliptical, endorphins, exercise, fitfluential, Fitness, kettlebell, miles, motivation, motivational mondays, move, muscle, robert wood johnson, running, sweat, treadmill, vacation, weights, workout
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#MotivationalMondays- Wake Up Calls
Wake up calls can either be your best friend or your worst enemy. Over the past year, I’ve had my fair share of those worst enemy wake up calls, but they have changed me for the better. Over this past … Continue reading
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Tagged best friends, body, cardio, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Fitness, lightbulb, love, muscle, pinterest, respiration, run, sets, sweat, sweet life, sweet tooth, tabata, wake up calls, weights, work
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