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- All The Mocha Lattes, You Gotta Do Pilates!
Ten bucks goes to whoever gets where the post title name is from. NO HINTS. It’s Monday, so sorry, I won’t be throwing you a bone with this one… Nothing has changed since last week’s cop out post, besides myself … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominals, back, balance, butt, cardio, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, clamshell, coffee, dance, downward dog, fitfluential, Fitness, future, joseph pilates, kanye west, legs, love, motivation, motivational mondays, muscles, music, outer and inner thigh circles, past, pilates, posture, present, v ups, vma, weights, yoga
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#MotivationalMondays- Push Yourself Workout
One of the most cliched phrases when it comes to fitness and working out is, “Push Yourself.” It’s simple, narcissistic, and most of all- true. Every time I work out, I create tiny personal goals inside my head. “Just one … Continue reading
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Tagged abs, arms, back, chest, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, circuits, endurance, exercise, fitfluential, Fitness, goals, legs, lil mys ninja, meals, miles, motivational mondays, muscle, pinterest, push ups, push yourself, reps, running, speed, toning, triceps, working out
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#MotivationalMondays- Back, Bike, & Bosu
Who ate their weight this weekend? Don’t be shy…raise those hands high! There’s always room for improvement. Just because you fell off the healthy eating track, doesn’t mean all hope is lost. View my “When Chocolate Met Diamonds” for proof. … Continue reading
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Tagged back, balance, biceps, bike, bosu ball, cardio, cheat day, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Cooking, eating, exercise, Fitness, food, health, heart rate, legs, love, motivational mondays, olive garden, splurge, triceps
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#MotivationalMondays- “May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor”
The. Mega. Millions. For those of you who believed you would’ve had commandeered your own yacht, named your own country, or became the next “Donald” by now, I am sorry. I really feel for you, but the odds unfortunately were … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominals, back, beauty, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Cooking, eating, exercise, favor, fight, Fitness, hamstrings, jennifer lawrence, keep going, legs, love, lunges, motivational mondays, moves, movies, nutrition, odds, shape magazine, squats, strength, the hunger games, weights, workout
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#MotivationalMondays- Dainty VS. Dirty
Recently, my workouts have consisted of “bread and butter” type exercises, which qualify as routinely working out, but not as actually doing anything for my body specifically. I’ve been severely exhausted lately, so just a half hour of cardio per … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominals, arms, back, body, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, dainty, dirty, exercise, Fitness, legs, love, motivational mondays, nutrition, pinterest, side
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#MotivationalMondays- Deceitful Exercises?
Good Monday, blogees and blogettes! I’m currently experiencing shoe-over from my trekking around NYC this weekend for almost a mere 24 hours. (The things we do to feel young again…) My feet are forcing me to take a voluntary sick … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominals, arms, article, back, biceps, burpees, chest, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, crab walks, exercise, Fitness, gluteus, hamstrings, health, kickboxing, motivational mondays, nutrition, roundhouse kicks, shape magazine, supermans, thighs, triceps, wall sits
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#MotivationalMondays- Track Star/Bloody Bleachers Workout
We are almost past winter’s most depressive month: February. Fortunately, the Northeast has been spared by crippling cold and snow mounds the size of tsunamis this season. The willow trees are currently not weeping at the moment, as there has … Continue reading
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Tagged arms, back, bleachers, chest, endurance, february, hamstrings, heart rate, hips, lunge, run, school, suzanne somers, thighs, track, winter
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#MotivationalMondays- Valentine’s Day – Tone It Up Girls Feature!
A moment ago, this workout was all set for the presses to be Whitney themed, but since we’ve had too much commentary/speculation surrounding her, I will spare you. Just go and listen to Whit’s greatest hits for me and that … Continue reading
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Tagged abs, back, balance, blog, butt, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, exercise, Fitness, grammy's, greatest love of all, health, heart, karena & katrina, life, mirrorless mondays, nutrition, pancakes, power cakes, sweet, tone it up, twitter, valentines day, wellness, whitney houston, youtube
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#MotivationalMondays- Girl Look At That Body…I Workout
Before you read today’s workout, I’d like for you to take some time to think about what body part you are most proud of. Kasey, who blogs over at PowerCakes, has created the wonderfully inspirational #mirrorlessmondays concept. It’s dedicated to … Continue reading
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Tagged abs, arms, back, ballerina, black swan, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, confidence, exercise, Fitness, girls, legs, lmfao, look at that body, mirrorless mondays, monday, motivational mondays, music, nutrition, obliques, pop culture, powercakes, run the world, self esteem, snake, stomach, thinking, women
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#MotivationalMondays- The Modified Power Hour Workout
Reflecting back upon collegiate shenanigans always brings a smile to my face. It was necessary to attend all those dorm parties with free beer, miss 8 A.M. classes to play catch up with sleep, and park in all of those … Continue reading
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Tagged back, bicep, bootylicious, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, college, destiny's child, drinking, exercise, Fitness, flo-rida, good feeling, health, hold, korn, life, music, nutrition, pop, power hour, rap, repetition, rock, sets, strength, stretch, tricep, weight, yoga
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