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.
I totally feel you. She is bad…and she is my favorite. She has also inspired me to focus on my fitness…so I added her to my blog. All the things you mentioned in your blog, I had linked onto mine (i.e. the Super MADE clips). So, it’s good to find another AM fan out there. Anyway, just wanted to drop a line to wish you good luck in your quest to get that “better fit body”…and to tell you I like your blog. – Katt
hey kat88 – i feel you there sister! She seems to have a great personality and it shows through in her photos and her footage… KIT
XO j
2009 – its all about execution