If you’ve been reading my blog for a while or ever took a sneak peak at my About Me page, you know that healthy living didn’t come naturally to me. In fact, my entire college years were consumed of yo-yo dieting, hours and hours at the gym, “fake food” and obsession with my weight. I […]
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I am super excited to announce this week’s star of Healthy Chicks in the Community. Bre is one of those all around cool gals, who I always enjoy catching up with (especially over gourmet coffee). I truly admire her positive attitude towards life, love and all those good things! I’ll let Bre take it away from here…
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The other day, I entered the 13 in 2013 Pin-spiration contest, hosted by SheKnows. The contest required each contestant to pin 13 photos from SheKnows, signifying our inspirations for 2013. You can view my entire board here, but I wanted to focus on of my greatest inspirations/intentions for the New Year: taking more time to
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Good morning ladies, and happy Monday! I’m please to announce a very exciting giveaway on Healthy Chicks today involving both fitness AND fashion. If you’re like me, you like to get down and dirty with your workouts and, well, sometimes that leaves you looking (and feeling) like a sweaty mess. Think: wet hair in your face,
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[gearing up for an afternoon of skiing at Waterville Valley, our first ski of the year!] [beautiful Sunday afternoon stroll to the town square] [a moment of tranquility by the gazebo] [sunshine peeping through the clouds in the mountains!] [lovin’ the vintage feel of the town center] [letting our thoughts get lost with the clouds…]
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Last night, I was invited to attend “New Year, NEW YOU!” a fitness-inspired fashion event at Athleta on Newbury Street. Since I love fitness and fashion (well, when it comes to my workout gear) I was IN. The event was hosted by Eventbrite and Athleta, two fabulous community-oriented companies in my book, so unsurprisingly was
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Sweet News Good afternoon, friends! Hope you are all having an amazing week so far. This week has been one of those fascinating, life-changing weeks for me, you know the kind. For one, I’ve landed the part-time job of my dream, assisting with marketing and community relationships at sweetgreen in Boston. If you haven’t heard of
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Of course people scrunch their noses and roll their eyes at the thought of “eating healthy” when they think of it as bland, cardboard-tasting, flavorless meals (think: a pile of iceberg lettuce with fat-free, calorie-free dressing). And up until about five years ago, that’s what healthy did mean to me: boring salad bars, diet sodas,
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Quinoa and I have quite the love affair. I discovered this grain-like seed a few years ago when I was dealing with gluten issues and haven’t looked back since. I typically enjoy quinoa at least twice a week and unsurprisingly, it’s quickly become one of my favorite kitchen staples. Really, I never go without it.
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As hard as it may be to do so, I think it’s vital to focus on the feel-goods in your life every day. At the beginning and the end of the day, I try to find a few things that I’m thankful for or blessed to have. They can be the little things, like being
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