By the time you are reading this post I should be in Berlin. Hopefully I have made it there without a hitch! While I am gallivanting I have some pretty awesome guest posts lined up for you! Kicking things off is my dear friend from college. She may not have a blog (I’m working on her to start one) she certainly has a way with words!

Hello, For Love of Carrot readers! I’m Shannon, and I am so excited Kait has given me the opportunity to write a guest post for her! She is one of my dearest friends from college, and I have been reading this blog since day one! As you can expect, I am so thrilled for both she and Jeff on their recent engagement. When the news came, I couldn’t help but think about how happy I am that she has finally found her match. Kait and I have been friends since our freshman year of college, and tried to help each other as best we could to navigate through, what is literally, a battlefield called “love”.

While Kait has finally found her other half, as a lot of my friends have, I’m staring down age 25, with no “plus one” in my future. Actually, there hasn’t been a “plus one” in the past 3 years, either. Let me tell you though, it has NOT gone unnoticed to others. If I had a dollar for every time a friend, or family member, or family member of a friend exclaimed “how are you not getting asked out on dates?!”, I could start chipping away at a large chunk of my student loan debt. For the longest time I could only laugh it off and say “I don’t know!” but then it started getting to the point where I wanted to bang my head against the wall and exclaim to them “I SERIOUSLY DO NOT KNOW, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!?”.

I recently went through a couple month phase of trying to convince myself that I was in to someone, when I clearly wasn’t. I stupidly thought “hey, opposites attract, right?” oh, how wrong I was. I enjoy reading, where he read nothing but his Twitter feed. I enjoy being social and active, where he preferred to spend weekends inside on his couch. I have a witty sense of humor, where his resembled that of Stifler from American Pie. It was brutal and I tried to justify it to myself by saying things like “he has an adorable cat!”, or “he has all the episodes of ‘Breaking Bad’!”

I have never been the type of girl who needs, or always wants a relationship (I’m sure a few of exes could vouch for this), and yet I found myself holding on to this situation so I could finally answer people when they asked “have you been seeing anyone?” That’s not fair to him, or to me, so it had to end. What also had to end was the constant questioning of myself, just because I’m almost 25 with no “plus one”.

So, I want to toast all of my dear friends and family who have been lucky enough to meet that special someone. Please do not worry or wonder when I will find mine, because I will someday. And until I do, I am more than happy to continue being the girl who catches the bouquet at your wedding while taking advantage of your open bars. Cheers!

Are you single or taken?

What are your thoughts one finding your other half?

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1.) The winner of the Summertime Grilling Giveaway is Becki . Please email me at forloveofcarrots@gmail.com with your mailing address!!

2.) Um, I leave on Sunday!!! I can’t believe my trip is finally here, I feel like I just booked the plane tickets!

3.) Chobani spoiled me yet again. It’s a good thing I got Jeff on the chobani band wagon and my family likes them as well. I want to face plant into the chobani pineapple caramel bite, its to die for!

4.) Larabar came out with a new line of bars that have pea protein!! I have been hoping they would come out with a protein bar! I cannot wait to try these, they are coming to Germany with me.

5.) I attended the Fitness Magazine Meet and Tweet yesterday and had a blast. A formal recap post will come next week. I will leave you with some teaser pics that you probably saw on Instagram!

6.) I have some great blog posts scheduled for you while I am away. Two of my girlfriends from college did posts!

Chat with you in two weeks

Have you tried the Chobani flips or bites? What did you think?

Do you like Larabars? Have you tried the ALT bars?

What are you doing this weekend?

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Well on Friday I alluded to a new business venture I have embarked on and I think its about time I shared it with you.

I am an Arbonne Independent Consultant!

You are probably wondering what Arbonne is and what that means!

Arbonne is:
Arbonne products are botanically based. They are good for you and good for the enviornment.

At Arbonne, we are all about being green — always have been and always will be. From botanically based ingredients to forward-looking green improvements, being earth friendly has everything to do with who we are and how we choose to grow.

We are constantly looking for ways to not only minimize our impact on the earth, but to leave it better than we found it. Our green initiatives span sourcing, manufacturing and operations, lightening our carbon footprint with each step forward. Taking the lead in our industry, virtually all of our product shipments are certified carbon neutral. Working together, we grow greener every day.

Arbonne’s product includes both inner and outer health and beauty products that are unparalleled in quality, safety, value, benefits and results! We have products for men, women and children.

You can find skincare, suncare, bath and body, hair care, cosmetics, and nutrition products.

Why I decided to join the Arbonne team!?
As a health coach I wanted to be able to offer my clients safe and healthy products. I wanted to find a product that I stood behind and one I would use myself and Arbonne happened to fit that mold.

How you can shop:
You are more then welcome to shop and buy whatever you please. Since I am a newbie at the moment I have not set up my official webpage. But in the meantime to order products all you have to do is visit the arbonne website and enter my ID: 13739351 at checkout.

Host a party:
Any local readers who want to host a party please contact me via email (forloveofcarrots@gmail.com). You will receive great host rewards while you share great products with your friends!

Have a great Wednesday!

Have you heard of Arbonne before?

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It is no secret that I LOVE all things about summer. The beach, grilling, watermelon, ice cream, laying poolside, drinking summer cocktails.

With all the outdoor fun and barbeques comes copious amounts of food and beverages! It isn’t always easy making the healthiest decision at these parties but if you bring something you know is healthy and will taste great then you will be sure to make the right meal choice.

I was recently contacted by Callie to try the new MorningStar Farms Veggie burger. Just in time for summer I thought to myself.

This bikini-friendly burger is ready for the grill and will add some delicious Mediterranean spice to your summer. With 70 percent less fat than regular ground beef, 110 calories and a good source of protein, the Mediterranean Chickpea Veggie burger is a great addition to summer eating.

I used to get down on MorningStar products in college. Most of my dinners centered around one of their delicious veggie burgers so I was more then game to try this new burger. The burger pretty much had me at Mediterranean. I love the flavors this burger had to offer and I certainly enjoy anything that involves chickpeas. This burger is sure to be a staple in my freezer.

Because everyone loves a giveaway you can enter to win a Mediterranean cook book (perfect for summer cooking), a fancy apron and a fabulous I <3 Chickpeas tote (perfect for taking to your local farmers market).

To enter this giveaway leave a comment below telling me what your favorite thing to grill in the summer is.

The giveaway will close 5/16 at 11:59 pm, the winner will be announced 5/17.

Disclaimer: I received a $25 visa gift card to purchase the burgers, the apron, cookbook and tote. All thoughts and opinions expressed in the post are my own.

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This post and my participation in the What’s Beautiful Campaign is sponsored by Under Armour through Fitfluential. All thoughts an opinions expressed are my own.

When I found out that I was being given the opportunity to be apart of the What’s Beautiful Campaign I was thrilled!

What is it?

Declare a goal and show everyone how its done!

We’ll continuously post challenges for you. But that’s just the beginning. Show us your journey. Show us what makes your story the one that stands out from the rest. If you meet your goal, set a new one. Make it even bigger. Prove to everyone, and yourself, that you have more than what it takes.
(from website)

Every week we’ll give away Under Armour Swag Bags full of gear to women who are seriously getting it. We’ll also feature profiles on our home page and in the “Top Performers” section of women who are really setting an example for all of us.

Winners will be announced mid-July.(from website)

What do you win?

Three winners will be flown to Costa Rica to attend a four-day yoga and surf retreat. In addition to the lessons led by world-class instructors, winners will be treated to transformative massages, spa treatments and healthy, locally-sourced meals prepared by personal chefs. All while staying in plush accommodations looking out at the ocean. A retreat worthy of the women who earn it.(from website)

What’s Beautiful to me?

Respecting yourself: treating your body and your mind with respect. Looking in the mirror and saying something positive about yourself. Being able to eat things without beating yourself up over it. Enjoy an extra cocktail or two without hating yourself for it. Enjoying life and the people you have around you. If we are treating others with respect we should be able to do the same to ourselves.

I have decided to join several other blogger’s teams who have similar goals. You can start your own team or join one of the hundreds of bloggers teams in the What’s Beautiful Campaign. Either way I hope you join us in the movement! I hope you have fun while you are doing it and I hope you all learn how to respect yourself!

What teams have I joined?
Team Fabulously Fit
Team Do you. Be you. Love you
Team Today

What do you think of this Challenge?

What did you do this weekend?

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