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Introducing #HLBFitSpotlight -each week we're tweeting workouts, tips & more from a favorite fitness experts! This week: @ We have the cure for your BoringOldTuesdayItis
On May 22nd, we know just what you need: A boost of inspiration! A collection of lessons from within this stellar little rock blog star community! A chance to make get motivated, meet new friendly folks and share your awesomeness! Grab a blend, open a g-chat, and and tune in to these two online events together!
At 8:00 PM Eastern check out the FREE!!!! online class, The Truth About Willpower and How to Harness It to Get Healthy! Jenn from Fitbottomed Girls will be giving a 30-minute talk to help you understand what willpower really is and how it does—and doesn’t—work. [did I mention it’s free?] She’s sharing her secrets of what works when it comes to changing for the healthier! If you’d like to learn more, check out this post: Free Online Class: The Truth About Willpower and How to Harness It to Get Healthy! And to register: http://www.learnitlive.com/invite/class/2172/The-Truth-About-Willpower-%97-And-How-to-Harness-It-to-Get-Healthy
After the class, g-chat away with your blend. Check out a few of last week’s posts on HLB. Send us an email letting us know what you think about what we’re doing here. What parts do you love? What could you do without? What ideas do you want us to throw up on our creative planning board & simmer over for a while? Reach out to us here: healthylivingblogs@gmail.com
Then, when 9:00 PM eastern rolls around, share your own thoughts with the community by joining in this week’s conversation on “The Perfect Diet” – Here’s what is going on for this week’s #Fitblog chat:
A reminder — everyone is welcome to join in the #Fitblog Chat. It begins at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday night, and you can sign in here: http://chats.fitblogchats.com/live or access previous chat transcripts here: http://chats.fitblogchats.com/.
Coco at Running With Perseverence is fundraising for the American Heart Association through the Lawyers Have Heart 10K race. To learn why this cause is so important to her, review the warning signs for heart attack and stroke, or make a donation, check out her post at http://got2run4me.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/lets-have-a-heart-to-heart/
Want to try something that will prove your own commitment to your health? Join in the Summer Kick-Off Sugar Free Challenge, a ten day program starting June 20th in which participants give up sugar. The challenge is being hosted over at, where else?, A Spoonful of Sugarfree!! All those who join are entered to win prizes. Check it out here: Sugar Free Challenge: a great way to feel refreshed, clean, and ready for summer to begin.
We challenged you to join us on a challenge to blog BETTER. To try HARDER. To aim for growth and strengthening and not settling for “just enough.” We want more than enough for ourselves and we have a pretty good idea that you guys do, too. Read the original post about the challenge here: reaching above & beyond, striving to be someone who STANDS OUT in such an awesome community of bloggers tackling the same subject from various points of view. Test your POV: is it unique? is it presented in a creative way? are you proving you are a blogstar? PROVE IT.
Anyone out there have a green thumb? We're looking for guest posters to share their summer gardening tips on our blog. Let us know! Hey MEN! @ wants to get to know you! Apply to be a DUDE-bassador at @ #FitFluential
Hurry Hurry! This evening [Monday, May 21st!] Sarah is picking a winner of her Trop50 Juice with Tea Giveaway. You still have a few hours to enter. Enter to win this ultra-refreshing giveaway at Sarah Learns!
Are working out a lot? You need to stay hydrated. Why not try Nuun? Moms Little Running Buddy (who is on the awesome Blogger Hood to Coast relay team After Nuun Delight!) is hosting a giveaway. Check out this post: Nuun Giveaway!
Alex from A Spoonful of Sugarfree is hosting a spices giveaway in celebration of a blog milestone. Winner will receive a 6 set spice set of their choice by answering a simple question and leaving a comment. Giveaway ends May 24! Check out this post to enter: 2 Years of Sharing
Make wilted greens a thing of the past! Cadry is having a giveaway on Cadry’s Kitchen for a salad spinner from OXO! The contest is open to people within the U.S. The giveaway ends on May 31st. While you’re there, check out her recipe for Roasted Asparagus & Chickpeas with Sautéed Spinach. It’s the quintessential taste of spring!
Enter to win two new flavors of liquid stevia by NuNuturals over at The Grass Skirt. Four winners will be selected at random on Tuesday! Check out the post for Erin’s Creamsicle Smoothie recipe of wonders, too! It’s quite refreshing!
The Quotable:
"There are only two options regarding commitment, You're either in or your out. There's no such thing as life in between." - Anonymous "Live in such a way that if anyone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it." Absolutely! "Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." -Buddha "It's a big world; just go with it." - A.L. Palmer "If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have received."-Unknown A4: I was told I couldn't be a runner by the grade school track coach. 3 half marathons, 2 10Ks and a handful of 5Ks later... ;) #runchat I'm so lucky to spend the weekend with amazing, inspirational runners. Loving the mantra, @ "make that hill my bitch!"#rtbrelay Made some hills my bitch a la @ tonight. #fitblog why yes, I am planning to go to a 7:30am body pump class tomorrow. call me crazy #fitflential #fitness
The Delicious:
I need more coconut butter in my life. Mmmmm. My fridge contains: goat cheese, soyrizo, apple sauce, and about $70 worth of #craftbeer. Sounds about right... i'm having a wild Saturday night of studying and eating vegan ice-cream from the tub #crazytimes #bejealous I LOVE @. Have them at dinner...use leftovers at breakfast...YUM. Making a pitcher of chilled green tea, fresh mint, cucumbers and limes for the weekend...so refreshingly sweet
The Bloggy:
my blog is down I have a frown yada yada yada brown :) Highlight of my morning = running into Sherry, John + Clara (@) at the #SOTJ Farmers Market! Great to see you all. :) I really need to get back in the habit of cooking real meals again. To make my foods more interesting, and to have better blog content!
The Smiles:
Id like to see a 4-hr friends reunion on nbc Thursday night one of these weeks... Fact: my cat loves tortilla chips more than anything else in the entire world. I have a student who was named after a Star Wars character. Obviously, he is my favorite. we live in a world of smart phones and dumb people Better Oreo than DingDong. Or HoHo. RT @: Sat on the plane in front of a woman with a kid called Oreo Morning hugs from H are my favorite things in the world. I love them more than goat cheese. I'm so jealous of morning people. 
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Angela over at Oh She Glows is hosting a June Salad challenge! Head on over to her blog to read more & learn how you can join in on your own salad challenge!
Lynda from 
If you ran the #Blend5K this weekend, we’d love to hear your experience. Visit the 
I’m doing a giveaway for Nimble/Quickiechick if you could feature it
http://sensualappeal.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/nimblequickiechick-review-and-giveaway/
This was a great way to make me smile! Loved the compilation of fun, inspirational and informative tweets!
Made my night! Happy weekend HLB!