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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Category Archives: Motivational Mondays
No-Bake Banana Maca Cookie
When the words “life” and “changing” are said together, it induces a wide-eyed, salivating need to know more kind of reaction. At least for me…especially when anything food related is involved! So I love bananas and I love cookies and … Continue reading
Posted in *EAT LIKE ME*
Tagged bananas, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cookies, eat clean, health, integrative nutrition, maca, nutrition, vegan, vegetarian, weight loss
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Homemade Apple Chips
During this time of year and all the loveliness fall brings, I usually notice an oversaturation of pumpkin. Pumpkin Spice lattes, pumpkin doughnuts, pumpkin mashed potatoes…you can go on until your “orange” in the face… While I will admit I … Continue reading
Posted in *EAT LIKE ME*, Recipes
Tagged apple chips, apples, chocolate covered diamonds, fall, fitfluential, Fitness, girls gone sporty, health, nutrition, pumpkin, sweat pink
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Crazy For Cauliflower!
I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand a basic bitch kinda meal. I’m all about variation, especially when it comes to my veggie sides! I’ve had a bunch of recipes harbored on pinterest that I felt needed to … Continue reading
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
Posted in Motivational Mondays, Uncategorized
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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Simple Tips To Navigate Processed Food Labels
Food labels are the so called “novels” to our meals. If we aren’t reading them meticulously, we’re sure to miss the most significant details, leaving us feeling unsatisfied. Why are we unable to take the CliffNotes version when it comes … Continue reading
Runcap: Run 10, Feed 10
Yes, I did it! I have had the habit of in the past saying I would commit to something but never following through. It has happened quite often with my fitness goals. Becoming injured has been a very real and … Continue reading
I’m NOT Half Crazy…YET
Everyone has a little bit of crazy in them. Whether it’s pouring a bucket of ice water over your head for a good cause or eating an entire loaf of amazingly soft bread (yes, unashamedly ME!) instead of finishing off … Continue reading
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Tagged fitfluential, Fitness, holistic, integrative nutrition, new balance, nutrition, run10feed10, sneakers, women's health
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#MotivationalMondays- Bikini Body Blast
It’s March 24, which means while the forecast doesn’t indicate it’s actually spring, the calendar does. And after spring comes the most wonderful time of the year…SUMMER. It’s about this time (or sooner) when all those New Year’s Resolutioners slack … 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- 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
