ChickSpeak

Ahh…spring break has arrived! I am at the beach for a few days trying to tan; it’s still a little too chilly to wear a bikini without, say, a sweater or jeans or something. But it’s still bright and sunny, and I still get to go to the ocean everyday so I am one happy […]

Injustice against women isn’t something new. Ninety years ago, women received the right to vote, while men had enjoyed that liberty since the start of this country in 1787. Sexism in sports is hardly a modern concept either: in 776 B.C., women were excluded from the first ancient Grecian Olympics. They competed in their own […]

Growing up, I never liked nuts.
The closest thing I would get to eating anything from the nut family was when I would ingest my sugar-filled creamy peanut butter. However, in the last couple of years my tastes have broadened, and I have found myself falling more in love with some peanuts, but mostly with almonds.
Almonds, […]

The room suddenly starts to spin, your stomach hits the floor, and your heart is racing at an accelerated pace. You can’t focus your eyes and your breathing becomes heavy and uncomfortable.
You start to believe you won’t be able to inhale deeply again, and you start to feel so uneasy you think you may lose […]

I will be the first to admit that pregnancy is a rollercoaster.
You have your highs, such as the idea that you are growing new life, feeling the baby move and kick, getting to see pictures and hear the heartbeat, buying new, cute clothes, getting extra tips at work (if you’re a waitress like me) and […]

I don’t know about you chicks but college life is pretty stressful and hectic for me. My week seems to be work, school, work, school, work, work, sleep, repeat and it’s so hard to fit much else into my schedule. 
The problem is, because there is so much to do, if I find myself with some spare […]

With all the birth control options that exist, it is easy for chicks to become overwhelmed, and understandably so. As if the list of all the different types of birth control, their side effects, and their effectiveness isn’t enough, it seems there is always some new product advertised on a morning TV show segment or […]

On February 9, first lady Michelle Obama spoke out against childhood obesity and introduced her new plan of action called Let’s Move. The goal of this nationwide campaign is to solve the issues surrounding the epidemic of obesity within this generation so that children born in the present will face adulthood with a healthy weight.
The […]

The baby (or Queso or Eggbert depending on your preference) is alive and kicking…literally. Yes chicks, I have felt the first kicks!
Some people say it feels like fluttering. Others say it’s like having a live fish flopping around in your stomach. I say it feels like getting poked from the inside - not hard, just […]

My fiancé and I have recently decided to improve our diets. By this I mean a serious cut back on calories, saturated fats, and excess carbs. Heading into our third week at this attempt, I would say that we are doing quite well.
I would be lying if I said that I did not love let […]