I just got back from the BlogHer08 conference in San Francisco and I gotta confess, I’m detoxing a bit. See, the problem is I can’t resist sweets… and there were so many of them like these yummy cupcakes at just about every corner, so of course, I indulged… a lot!
In fact, I was so preoccupied with the Mrs. Field’s cookies during one break that I lost my wallet. Seriously, it was missing for 2 days. But thankfully, Mary Hunt of In Women We Trust turned it in – yay and thanks again!
I spent most of the time hanging out with my fellow fitness blogger, Lisa from Workout Mommy – she is pretty darn cool.
As are Stephanie from Back in Skinny Jeans and Zandria from Zandria.us – I have been reading their blogs for awhile and we had been in touch via email so I was so glad to finally meet them!
A few other health/fitness-type bloggers I just learned about at the conference and look forward to connecting with more over time are:
Esther, aka Faint Starlite, Kath from Kath Eats, Janice from Our Lady of Weight Loss, Susan from Mr. and Mrs. Get Fit and Siel from green LA girl!
Of course, none of this would have been possible without the generosity of the nice folks at Hakia. I won an incredible contest – Hakia paid for my hotel for 4 nights and the entire conference fee. I got to say thanks in person to Melek and Farrah over lunch Saturday. Thank you, thank you, thank you again!!!
Now that I’m home, I’m back to my routine of healthy eating and Boot Camp. It was just one weekend after all – a yummy calorie-filled one… but best of all, a weekend filled with new friendships and connections.
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Your posting gives me one more reason to get to next years Blogher event. Thanks for the update. Have an amazing day!
The event sounds amazing. What a great gathering of women! Wish I could’ve attended! Congrats on winning that contest! What a nice surprise!
I’m glad you had a good time. You’ll get rid of those “sweets” calories in no time since you’re back in boot camp
I had a great time hanging out with you this weekend! (and I need to detox as well!)
Yikes! Those cupcakes look dangerous! Nice to see you had a good time at Blogher, workout mommy is cool!
I’m sorry I missed it. It sounds like a blast. On the other hand, I’m glad I don’t have to lose any additional weight, due to the good eats.
I so wish I had gone to BlogHer! If they serve cupcakes like those again, I am so there! (Hey, just because a girl reads a blog about healthy eating doesn’t mean she has to actually eat healthy things.)
Yep, I’m paying for the cookies, etc. now but I have no regrets because I am back on track now!
It was awesome meeting you! And I agree about the food — the options at last year’s conference in Chicago were much better than this past one. Way too many (bad) carbs, like white flour/pasta; not enough veggie and protein.
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So great to be able to spend some face time with you Sahar! Dang! How did I miss those cupcakes?! I have to say the best food I had was the goodies at the Macy’s party. I ate like one of everything. It was sooooo deelish…lol
See ya at BlogHer 09!
you are very welcome!
Melek
hakia.com