10 ways to make June Jammin’
(That “J” is a tough one, haha)
1) Join us for Summer Shape Up! Leave a comment below and click the box to subscribe to my newsletter and the password for Week 1 will be emailed to you automatically. You’ll be in the loop for upcoming Shape Up workouts, and also the first to know about giveaways and blog happenings. Yesterday, I manually added a few hundred email addresses. If you emailed me after 11pm last night, please leave a comment and click the box to sign up. If your comment does not show up immediately, it might need to be approved by me after I get off work. I apologize, but there’s no way I’m going to be able to keep up with the manual email input in addition to creating this fun free challenge.
I’m so excited for this year’s SSU! Check in tomorrow morning for the intro post with all of the details.
2) Plan a nighttime BBQ/swimming party. Light the tiki torches, make some cocktails, and ask friends to bring their favorite side dish. One of my favorite things about summer are the get-togethers and parties. Looking for something different to make? Try salmon packs, pizza or quiche on the grill.
3) Revamp your grocery shopping and meal planning, especially since summer brings a totally different bounty of fresh herbs and produce. Change up the produce you’re buying, experiment with different proteins, or go back to an old favorite that was somehow forgotten. I’ve got my reunion with the breakfast cookie planned for tomorrow morning 🙂
4) Make something with fresh berries, like this beautiful crumble in a jar.
Or just eat them straight-up….
5) Take a small vacay or stacation at home. Even if it’s something simple, like movie night and living room floor picnic, a quick trip to the spa, or a close road trip. Plan a fun adventure!
6) Try out a new lip color. I love tinted glosses in the summer -because, let’s be real, most makeup seems to melt off in the Arizona sun- and especially love the red LUSH tinted balm. It adds just the right amount of pop! without being too over the top.
7) Go after a new fitness goal and enlist a friend for motivation along the way. Want to run a half marathon in the fall? Become a CrossFit regular? Try yoga? Now’s the time to make it happen! Leave your June fitness goal in the comment section so we can cheer you on along the way 🙂
8) Try a pool workout! Does your gym have Aqua Zumba or another pool fitness class? Give it a whirl, you may be surprised how challenging the added resistance of water can be. The first pool class I ever took, I thought it would be a joke, and it killed me. Even if your gym doesn’t have a water fitness class, try out some moves on your own. Swims some laps (or jogs laps!) and alternate between pushups or pop-ups at one wall, fast flutter kicks at the other.
9) Download a new book. I’m reading The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio right now -and loving it!- and am trying to think of what I’ll read next…
10) Make a refreshing summer smoothie! This is my all-time favorite.
Thank you so much to those of you who participated in the #smoothieaday challenge! Congrats to Cindy (@cindy_saw) who checked in the most with her awesome creations! I’ll be sending her a custom batch of macaroons and TJs/Whole Foods goodie pack as a high five.
What are you going to do to make it an amazing month? What’s your current fitness goal?
Here’s to a fabulous June!
xoxo
Gina
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Looking forward to it!
Sign me up for Summer Shape-Up! Thanks!!
I’ve had a hard time losing this baby weight! I guess I’m just not as motivated as I need to be. So hopefully doing this will help me!!
Please sign me up!
I am so excited for Summer Shape Up! This year will be my first year participating in the challenge and I’m really looking forward to it. I was on the hunt for a program to help me lean out for summer and provide a new fitness challenge and this is perfect. Thanks for creating this program and making it available to everyone for free. I already baked up a couple things for snacks through the week. Cheers! xo
Love to join in- love your blog!
Totally ready for this.
Summer Shape Up
I am on board!
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I’m in!
I would love to join the summer shape up!
Thanks for adding me – that’s a lot of work!
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I would love to join the summer shape up
sign me up for the ssu please!
My June fitness goal is SSU :-), we want to plan a family camping trip this month, I’m allll over the smoothies for breakfast, and we’re doing a cookout for Father’s Day at my in-laws. On a roll! Need to get on that lip color.
ssu 🙂
Count me in for summer shape up!
I really really want to get into Yoga. The universe keeps sending me signs that I need to try it out. I have done yoga at home, but I’ve never taken a class at the gym. I’d like to make that my summer goal. Plus we have a sweet yoga studio close to my house. No more excuses right?
I can’t wait for the summer shape up. This will be my first but I’ve followed your blog for over a year now and I love it. I’m excited!
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Hopefully this comment will get me all signed up!
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I absolutely love your blog and am recently engaged – looking forward to your summer shape-up to help get me looking great in my dress 🙂
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signing up
Hi Gina! Looking fwd to the workouts. I love your blog!
Will you sign me up?!!! Dont wanna miss out on this i need motivation!!
I want to sign up, sounds like fun!
Sign me up!
excited for SSU! and this month i can’t wait for all the fresh berries and farmer’s market trips when i go home in two weeks!
forgot to sign up earlier!
Looking forward to the summer shape up!
Thanks for signing me up
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Please sign me up for the summer shape up!
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Can’t wait for summer shape up! Love that’s it’s free and amazing! Thanks.
Sign me up please!
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My June fitness goal is actually for my hubs. He has been wanting to get back into working out so he’s agreed to let me be his personal trainer for this whole month. To say I’m excited would be an understatement. It should be fun…….for me 😉
Yay!
signing up for email–forgot to check the box!
Summer Shape Up, here I come!
sign me up!!
Sign me up please for SSU! Thanks!
Count me in. I love your shape up program.
I just made amazeballs for the first time, getting ready for Monday! Even made my husband try them and I am surprised at how good they really are!! Thank you! Excited for Monday!!
Sign me up! I’m ready!