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: life
Guest Post: DIY- Green Smoothies
If you’re anything like me, (a green clean eating monster machine) you begin or end each day with some kind of greens. Depending on which season it is, I’ll either juice, cook or blend my greens. Being that we are … Continue reading
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Tagged antioxidants, ayurveda, blend, blogging, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, eat, fall, greens, guest post, health, holistic health, information, life, my doc hub, nutrition, seasons, smoothies
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Maybe You Should Just Let It Go To Voicemail…
If you live within two seconds of another human, television, magazine, airplane, or convenience store, then you’re well aware of these small palm sized devices called “cell phones”. Invented in the late 80s/early 90s by humans and now claimed to … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, brain cancer, cell phones, children, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, health, iphone, life, long-term effects, pregnancy, radiation, sar, talking, tumors, voicemail
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12 New Year’s Resolutions You Should Make Right Now
2013 is practically knocking on our doors begging to be let into our lives and speak with us about what we intend to do with it. In my 2013 fantasy: I offer 2013 into my home warmly and we’d toast … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, alcohol, body, breakfast, bucket list, changes, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, clean, Cooking, eat, excuses, exercise, family, food, gratitude, lame, life, mountain, moving, negativity, new year, planning, positive, resolutions, schedule, sleep, soda, spice, spontaneous
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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- Just Keep Swimming
It’s old news that summer is here with a fiery vengeance and she’s here to stay. While I’m rejoicing, most others are wasting their precious energies with complaining and basking in the A/C, which will most likely do more harm … Continue reading
The SKINny on Sun Protection
We’ve all seen the abundance of Copper Tone sunscreen advertisements. We have also read countless articles, seen life-changing news stories, and been verbally beaten to death on the subject of protecting your skin. How many of us actually adhere to … Continue reading
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Tagged bathing suit, beach, burn, chains, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, copper tone, dark, death, fake and bake, harmful, hat, hospital, jergen's, life, medium, natural, natural glow, pale, products, protection, skin, skin cancer, sun damage, sunglasses, sunscreen, tanning beds, towel, umbrella, water, white
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#WIAW- Are You Gonna Finish That?
As a child, I disdained mouth breathers and cat hair. I can’t say I’ve ever grown out of those pet peeves, but I have added a shockingly new one to the list: plate pickers. And just as fast as I … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, bite, bubble boy, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, Cooking, eating, food, germaphobe, greek, hoarding, insect, jake gyllenhaal, life, moth, movies, muffins, peas and crayons, plate picking, salad, snacking, wiaw, yogurt
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Goodness of My Heart- Cookies & Mini Muffins
You know what scares me? Machines. The other day I realized we not only have machines controlling our money, but our minds too. There’s the self-checkout, automated bill pay, SIRI, brainy vacuums, and even preliminary surgical machines overtaking the ER! … Continue reading
Posted in Goodness of My Heart, Recipes
Tagged apocalypse now, appliances, bake sale, baking, carrot cake, charity, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, church, cookies, Cooking, eating, food, friday, goodness of my heart, granola, i-robot, life, love grown foods, mini muffins, movies, my brave little toaster, oatmeal, raisins, reality, siri, treats, vanilla
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