In 2009, It’s all about Execution….

Execution of my goals, execution of all my dreams, execution of all my aspirations. Plant the seeds, baby girl….

Why am I sharing this with you? Because it’s time that I stop bull-shafting and start becoming accountable for all. I am where I am because of me – ultimately it all falls on me. I allowed people in, habits in, pitfalls that I could have prevented and/or avoided in to run/ruin my life. So why can’t  I easily kick their asses out the door – party is over and its running a muck in my life.

So what are  we talking about here? Get back to me first. DO YOU, J! And no – this is not some stinking resolution – it’s my revolution and my time to evolve begins now.

GOAL #1) = Dedicate and preserve my sexy by eating clean always and rationalizing or overcompensating for poor diets and cheat foods. BE DILIGENT!

Goal #2) = BE ACCOUNTABLE by filling out your diet diary daily – no excuses. Fitday.com has it for free.

Goal #3) = JUST DO IT!:  I mean c’mon now, I spend more time dwelling over not doing when I could have just done it already. P90X doubles for January 1st – 21 and finish up with 21 to end with 7 day cardio. February & March sign back up with Cathy Savage to fine tune and soar!

Goal# 4) = Market it and mean it: Begin my portfolio for fitness modeling in March 2009 with BW photos themed “the affair”. April 2009 – FAP and June 2009 – FAME. Take it for what its worth and see each door as an opportunity. Skyrocket, mama – the world’s your oyster!

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Ava Cowan is Another Bad Chic – an ode to Lady Marmalade Ava Cowan

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This chic is SICK!!!! She is not only beautiful, practically drop dead gorgeous – but her body is like divine intervention.   Maybe its the symmetry in her shape – the fact that every curve, peak and definition is placed perfectly in that tightly packed physique. Or maybe its her ability to achieve physical prowess while maintaining a feminine facade. Her sex-pot poses don’t hurt either.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not gay and nor do I have a problem with my LGBT community but I certainly can appreciate hard work and the celebration of it. To get to where AC is  – it requires HARD WORK. I had the pleasure of being introduced to AC on Face book. She revealed in a interview how she turned her life around at the age of 30 from a dark and spiraling whirlwind consumed with dependency. It was then that it clicked – I knew this girl from an article I read years ago in a fitness magazine: a young homeless teen turns her life around. It was inspiring. I always kept that article in my archives – in paper and in the back of my head. So when she confirmed my suspicion that she was that girl  – I had a new founded respect for her.

 

I like to hear triumphant stories; they give me hope. Maybe its because I feel that their stories; it could have been mine if I didn’t recognize the warning signs. But more importantly, its nice to see people survive from the wrong side of the tracks and thrive in their new lives. So Kudos to "Miss Lady Marmalade" herself – Ava Cowan. Keep on shining, striving and inspiring beautiful!!! Much success in years to come.

XO -j

photos from Ava Cowan’s Website

Alicia Marie is One Bad Bitch – an ode to AM

Taking right out the mouths of legendary Run DMC,  what I mean is “not bad being bad, but bad meaning good {turntable scratch}  – there it is”. And yes, there it is. It must have been fall 2005 when I found Alicia Marie, then named Alicia M Denton, on the cover of a fitness magazine garbed in only pumps, a red sleeveless hoody and matching shorts – and I said to myself – wow, I would kill to have a body like that. It was only a matter of weeks I spotted her again on the cover of Oxygen Magazine and again I was astonished. My fascination with that type of dedication and disciple began then.

For months, I kept her covers at the top of the stack of classic magazines I collected on my coffee table – positioned conveniently perpendicular to my television set to remind my spreading waistline not to park and eat in front of the TV. I know its sounds and may even seem harsh but I have to be my toughest critic – why let someone else have all the fun?

I moved into a smaller apartment in 2005 and my fascination took a pause as I parked my collectable’s into my storage unit and parked my aspirations there with it. Instead, I swapped it for a new fix – stress eating. I gobbled everything down from triple espresso caramel macchiatos courtesy of Starbucks to bagels lathered with Philly’s finest cream cheese. Ugh! And boy did my thighs pay for it.

So fast forward to 2006 when I returned to my parents home in NY to regroup and while depressingly contemplating the state of my existence, I flipped through channels and found Alicia M Denton, BKA Alicia Marie, on MTV MADE. Damn, this chick is tall! But she is gorgeous – and there it was again – the obsession for a better body. My obsession with my body image and shape change was even more solid when I found Cathy Savage making over a young college woman to a stronger leaner body. I knew if she could do it – I could do it and there it really truly began.

So I tip my hat to Alicia Marie for being a front-runner in this body fitness industry -a household name in the arena, a strong and confident woman – helping pave the way for chicks like me. So what if she had a few enhancements along the way – she’s entitled – she’s fierce.

Check out a few more pics of our girl, the Amazon Woman herself, AM…. Photos are courtesy of Alicia Marie from her website: AliciaMarie.com.

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