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Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

Swag Bag Snackin’, In Pictures

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Breakfast: HLS Swag Bag Uncle Sam Strawberry Cereal with Almond Milk

Lunch: Custom FRESH Salad – Spinach, Cucumbers, White Beans, Beets, Red Onions, Asparagus, Avocado & Cilantro Jalapeno Vinaigrette

Snack: HLS Swag Bag Adora Chocolates

Dinner: HLS Swag Bag Mini Fillo Shells with “Cheesy” Spinach & Zucchini

I told you the Healthy Living Summit swag bags were the best ever!  Seriously, I can’t believe that three of the four things I ate today were swaggy goodness.

HLS attendees – What have you tasted so far?

Check back tomorrow for the stuffed fillo shell recipe!

Silly Bloggers

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Look what finally posted!!!  That’s right, Healthy Living Summit photobooth pics have arrived.  Proof that bloggers can get their goof on!

*All pictures courtesy of The Wilmington Photo Booth Company.

I promised miss Emily that I wouldn’t share these with anyone, but… I just couldn’t help myself, they’re so much fun!  Breaking promises isn’t bad if you mean well, right?

Next up, me, Meghann, and Allison taking a spill with our cash money dollars.

And then there was eye patch Lauren, which was a pretty hilarious way to document the end of our evening.

Missing you ladies already!!

The Summit Top Five, In Pictures

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1.  Staying four to a room – If I would have reserved a hotel room for just myself, I wouldn’t have met three super awesome, highly diverse, healthy blogging friends.  Getting to know a ton of new amazing women, specifically my roommates, was my hands-down favorite part of HLS.

2.  The food –  Every aspect of the food was perfect: quantity, timing, variety, freshness.  You name the detail, it was considered.  I had not one ‘I wish I had’ moment during the entire day, which is rare.  It also made me questions why conference food is traditionally so yuck.

3.  Hearing Dawn Jackson Blatner speak – Dawn tops my list of impressive public speakers.  The fact that her food philosophies are directly in line with my own may be a slight cause of bias, but her knowledge of the subject, confidence, and ability to hold the attention of our group for two 1-hour sessions is undeniable.  A major HLS highlight is that we got to chatting at the almond butter buffet and I was able to tell Dawn, at her request, specific reasons why I enjoyed her as a presenter.  She is thebomb.com.

4.  Twitter – Can you believe #HLS was a trending hashtag in Philadelphia this weekend?!  I loved the ability to connect with people that I would have otherwise not known how reach and read their thoughts on the conference/Philadelphia/etc. throughout the weekend.  We’re so hip!!

5.  Motivation – Although I never officially met Freya of Brit Chick Runs, I can now understand why she traveled all the way from the UK to be at this very event.  EVERY attendee brought their own set of experiences, successes, motivators, struggles, insecurities – we’re all real people and weren’t expected to be anything other than real people.  Meaning, nobody here had it all figured out, but we all had the common goal of striving to be better, balancing our struggles with a new found friend’s motivators and getting one step closer to healthier, happier.

I can’t thank Meghann enough for not only planning, but encouraging me to attend, The Healthy Living Summit.  This event is truly one of a kind.  I’m sad to leave my new friends, but I am reassured by the proven power of bloggers keeping in touch in the virtual world.

See you next year HLS-ers! XOXO

Awkward Turtle

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Last night we gathered for the Healthy Living Summit cocktail party at the Reading Terminal Market, which was conveniently located directly across the street from the hotel.  Thank goodness, because it was raining, Florida style, hurricane style.  Oh how I love spending time getting ready only to be poured on!

I started with the signature chia cocktail, but made a quick switch to the comfort of cabernet.  I’m not certain there was much booze action going on in the pink drink and, let’s be real, I needed some liquid courage in a room of 200 strangers!  As far as food goes, the beet app was my fav.  My only complaint is that the girl with the beet tray wasn’t permanently at my side.

I hung out with Lauren, Emily, and Krista (my roommates) for most of the night.  I think, rather I know, that we were all a bit intimidated by the crowd. But we did manage to work our way around the room and  meet some of our blogging mentors.

And!!  Even though Meghann was such a busy bee, she made time for her Tampa pal.  Keep a look out for ridiculous HLS photo booth pics in the near future!

And last, but certainly not least, a tremendous thank you to Allison for planning such such a fun, and conveniently located, event!