April’s Fitness Theme: 30 Days of Body Transforming Change

Me on the left: The day I decided I wanted real change.

Me on the right: The results of that decision. I made change happen.

If you don’t like your situation, then stop festering in it. Half-assed-ness will not get you there. When it comes to your fitness (and anything else in life, really), the road to change must be traveled daily.

Will you start with these next 30 days?

Hoping, talking about it, and even planning is not enough. You’ve gotta get down in the trenches and do the actual work to make change happen. Consistently and diligently.

There’s no doubt you’ll deal with discouragement at some points in this process — you’re only human, after all. Those feelings are bound to happen, so just accept it as part of the journey and work through it.

You are NOT weak, but your thirst for change has got to be greater than any negative feelings and thoughts that threaten your progress.

Don’t let the reality of your situation paralyze you into not taking action. And keep in mind that this change you’re in pursuit of may first require you to change your mindset, your attitude and your perspective.

This is a call to action for 30 days of body transforming change. Where will you be 30 days from now? Will you make a personal commitment? Real change starts NOW, so don’t get left behind. 

There are a few good roads to get these next 30 days done, so do what works for you. A handful of you have reached out to ask me for guidance in your own journey. If you also need a little help and want to grab some tips from the healthy lifestyle road that I personally travel, then click here for a snapshot of my own fitness and weight loss plan. It’ll give you details of what I do and how I do it. I’m extremely results oriented. I find what works. I do it consistently. And I get results. Won’t you do the same?

xoxo,

Josie

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Announcing March’s Fitness Theme!

This isn’t cuddly panda mode or cute little fuzzy kitten mode. This is BEAST MODE, baby!!

“Beast mode is where the magic happens.”

But what exactly is this magic I speak of?

It’s the magic that YOU create and make happen every single day when you step out of your comfort zone to do the things that are guaranteed to transform your body. You did know you can guarantee your own fitness success, right?

It’s where fat melting is in full swing and you can feel your muscles burn through strength training. It’s where healthy eating takes a front seat, you’re getting enough sleep and doing all the other things you know dang well needs to be done for your own fitness-good.

Although everyone’s Beast Mode level is different, it always involves more sweat, more fitness funk and more consistency. Everything has gotta go up a notch. No more comfortable workouts. No more barely breaking a sweat. And no food sabotage (although that part does take practice).

So what’s it gonna be? You can either continue in Cuddly Panda Mode or get your booty into Beast Mode, pronto!

If you volunteer for Beast Mode, please raise your hands. I need to see hands raised.

Side note: If for any reason you feel yourself slipping into Rabid Deer Mode, please consult with your physician, because that’s not my department. I don’t handle that.

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Let’s Get Crackin’ on February’s Fitness Theme!

“I’m a Badass and I Know It”

Welcome to February, all you lovely peoples! Last month’s theme was “No More Jiggle in the Middle”. And while your jiggly parts may not be totally gone yet (emm, I know mine aren’t), I hope you trained hard to continue decimating those jigglies with cardio and firming it up real sexy with weight training.

Oh, good. Okay then.

Now moving on to February’s theme… “I’m a Bad Ass and I Know It”

This month’s theme was inspired by me wanting to quit in the middle of my last workout. It was hard. Really hard. I didn’t think I could finish. It was KILLER. But I’m not a quitter and stopping in the middle of a workout is totally unacceptable.

So in the middle of my 3rd round of push-ups, I started to say to myself out loud, “I’m a badass… I’m a badass… I’m a badsass…”

And yep, that affirmation gave me the steam I needed to stay strong and finish strong. Sometimes you just gotta remind yourself of who you really are.

I’m a badass. So are you.

And guess what, everybody. This is my birthday month. I’ll be 39-years-old on February 17th! 

Holler!

Anybody wanna send me a birthday card? I love getting happy-mail. Send me a birthday card, yo!

Josie Maurer
P. O. Box 1962
Wilmington, DE 19899

I’m seriously thinking about NOT having a traditional, high calorie birthday cake this year ((gasp!)). My recipe for So Delicious Low Cal Strawberry Shortcake was ohhh sooo tasty, and the Greedy Family really loved it, too. I’m wanting to cake-celebrate that way instead.

Okay, everybody. Let’s get it crackin’! Be the badass that you are all month long by putting in the work to get the body you want. I’ll be doing the same thing over here. You can bet on it.

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Let’s Get Crackin’ on January’s Fitness Theme!

January 2012 is the month of…

No More Jiggle In the Middle

Live it. Breath it. Work your ass off and get it done. Say hello to your January anthem. Now repeat after me (and remind yourself every day this month):

“No more jiggle in the middle!” 

Ahhh. Don’t you love the way that sounds? You’re gonna LIKE the way no-more-jiggle looks on you, too.

So what’s it gonna take in this fresh, new month of January for you to begin (or continue) to reclaim your mid-section? I encourage you to create a very personal plan that is targeted, specific and precise to your own situation and goals. Because without targeted, specific and precise, you’re gonna be filled with randomness and wanderings all over the place that keep you going nowhere.

…or do you prefer to default to the slimming vest because you said to me, “No thank you, bitch”  in response to January’s theme:

You know you need change. You have goals. And now you’ve got work to do. I wanna know how you intend to stay steadfast on the road to No More Jiggle in the Middle every single day this month. Let’s hear it!

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Full Plate Theme Song!

I’m so excited! We have a theme song. It’s a toe tapper, hand clapper, knee slapper! Actually it’s a great little song from composter Casey Clark. He created it especially for Full Plate.

Click Here to Listen to Rebecca Regnier’s Full Plate – Theme Song

I love it. Here’s the crazy train instructions Casey had to work with…

Casey did awesome and if you’d like to learn more about him – stay tuned. Later today an up close and personal with the composer! He’s working for Hollywood directors right from his midwest homebase. And we got him for Full Plate.

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