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Hump Day Lesson of the Day: On Coping With Valentine’s Day

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Let’s be honest: some people loath Valentine’s Day, and some people love it. Single ladies usually hate the damn day (I know, as I was one of them for 23 straight years). I even cried in 5th grade because the boy I had a crush on gave a Valentine to my best friend and not me. Then in college I had to watch all of my roommates get serenaded with balloons, roses, and fancy dinners as I sat there alone. Valentine’s day SUCKED BALLS and let me tell you all that advertising and lovey dovey stuff in the stores didn’t help one bit. Seriously…what are they trying to do to the singles out there?

This will be the first Valentine’s Day I’ll celebrate with a boy…who I actually really like. Gee, I feel like I’m in Elementary School all over again. While I am super duper ecstatic, I still feel for all those V-Day haters. C’mon I was one of them for my entire life…a gal doesn’t forget. BUT luckily I’ve discovered a way for BOTH singles and couples to enjoy the red & white day of love. Love shmuv. This has nothing to do with boyfriends or dates or … Read More!

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Superbowl Sunday: I Go For The Commercials and Snacks

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So as you know I usually do “Quotable Sunday” over here at Healthy Chicks, but I decided to change it up for the Suberbowl’s sake and do Video Sunday instead. I’m sure many of you are super excited for today’s game, but me…well I go for the tasty snacks (um bean dip, puhlease) and hilarious commercials. Oh, and the raffle where you’re assigned a few boxes with numbers (whatever that’s called). I even won one year, having no idea what was going on during the game! What can I say, I’m totally one of those girls.

Well here’s one of the top commercials from last year…can’t wait to see what this year brings! Enjoy!

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Hump Day Lesson of the Day: When NOT to Say “I Love You”

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The L word has been flowing around everywhere lately…maybe it’s the Valentine’s Day season or something in the air but I’m telling you it’s EVERYWHERE. And unfortunately, lots of these L Bombs have been dropped on accident. EEK! Take the girl on the Bachelor the other night for example – I think her name is Chantal – who said “Everything you do just makes me love you even more…I mean like..er…oops.” AWKWARD.

Then there was my roommate who recently said “I love you poopsie” to the guy she just started dating after he took care of her while throwing up. That was another one of those “oops” moments. Luckily he told her to shut up and go back to bed (phew). I have another roommate in college who used to throw it out there to anyone and everyone, even the mailman or strange studdy buddy from her German class. Sometimes it just comes out. So take this lesson with open ears, and try to stick with “I like you a lottttt” until you really mean it.


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Hump Day and Playing Hooky

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Yesterday my roommate and the guy she’s dating called in sick to work so they could spend the day bumming around together. I immediately applauded them for their genius decision. Seeing two young professionals who work their asses off all. the. freakin’. time take one day to themselves made me smile inside. As hard-working adults who have lives, I feel we need to play hooky more often. Life is too short to make it all about work, after all.

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Quotable Sunday On Life

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I think we can all learn a little bit from this quote, as it’s something all of us can work on from time to time. I know I try not to take myself too seriously, because it takes all the fun away. Sometimes it’s best to just go for the ride and see what happens. Don’t overanalyze your relationship, try not to over-think your “life’s purpose,” and laugh at embarrassing moments…

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Hump Day Mood Enhancer

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Seriously…seriously. I am real, live proof – yes, even though you can’t actually see me – that this remedy works time and time and again. Yesterday in particular it worked perfectly. You see, I had a lot on my mind so instead of panicking or sulking, I booked it to the gym for some intense cross training followed by steam room (the workout part). Hello, endorphins! I was feeling goooood. 

Then my roommate came home, who is going through some very tough times right now. So instead of “talking about it” and making her even more upset, I suggested my #1 cure – Sex and the City ‘sodes! Within a few minutes, she was smiling and laughing again, and my mind was off all the bad things and on to “What is Carrie wearing?” and “How does Samantha do that?” (The Sex & The City segment) 

After a couple hours of that, and some homemade dinner, I dabbled in some dark chocolate chips. Can you say yum? These puppies enhance my mood the second they enter my mouth…every single time. So go ahead, eat some chocolate; it won’t kill ya! (The chocolate bit). 

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Quotable Sunday and Running…

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This quote speaks true to many people, and especially hit hard for me this week as I am training for my first half marathon. Am I a professional runner? Nope. Am I a runner? You bet. Who ever thought two years ago I’d be running a half marathon? It just goes to show that you can do anything you set your heart on. So for all you runners out there- of all styles, shapes and sizes – enjoy! 

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Happy Hump Day and How to Handle a Blizzard

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Seriously ladies. I woke up to this blizzard…

But since I’m training for a half marathon, I didn’t want to skip my run so I decided to trek to the gym. Little did I know, I should have waited it out an hour or two after the stairs and the road had been walked on. The snow was UP TO MY KNEES, nearly TWO feet (I couldn’t even see the staircase). But I hiked through it anyway, stumbling and falling my way to the gym. Eek. 

Now, fortunately there are footprints so fellow gym-goers can make it there easy, breezy and pain-free. 

Enjoy your snow day ladies…if you’re from New England that is! 


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Quotable Sunday: Diet Food is So Blah

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Happy Sunday! Go ahead and indulge today – whether it’s buying a new outfit or eating your little heart out. Today is a day of delish comfort food for me. That entails scrumptious gluten-free pancakes for breakfast with turkey bacon and coffee, and a lovely blogger dinner date with Bianca from Confessions of a Chocoholic tonight. So go ahead, eat up! Diets are overrated (and stupid). 

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