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 working hard!
Excited for the shape up!
I need this.
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Time to tone these thighs for the fourth of July!
Sign up please:)
Would love to join SSU!
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So excited! I love this blog 🙂
I’d love to join summer shape up! Thanks!
Subscribing to join SSU! So excited 🙂
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Would love to join the challenge!
Woo!
not sure I’ll be able to follow SSU exactly but I will try to modify and join!
I’m planning to run the Rock and Roll 1/2 marathon in San Antonio on Nov 17.
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Suggestions for your next book: Unsaid by Neil Abramson and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
I second the suggestion for The Fault in Our Stars. John Green writes fantastic young adult lit that adults love, too.
Yay! Sign me up! 🙂
I want to sign up for the shape up!
Excited to take part in this year’s SSU!
Hi Gina,
I just left a comment on your page for today, June 2. But I just realized perhaps this is the right way to do it. Can’t wait to participate!
Mary Katherine
Sorry! Forgot to check the newsletter box.
Mary Katherine
I’m reading The Last Camellia right now and also loving it! Next I’m reading The Silver Star, Jeannette Walls’ new novel (The Glass Castle author) and then And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner). I think I’m set with some good reads for a while!
just to sign up….
Signing up!
I’m getting married in September, Summer Shape Up couldn’t have come at a better time!
I hope I’m not too late to sign up!
Can’t wait for the SSU!
So excited!
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Joining the SSU challenge!!!
Cool!
This looks great! Can’t wait to try it out! I need some change in my usual routine this summer! 🙂
Please sign me up for SSU!!!
I hope I’m not too late! This looks awesome!
Signing up…thanks, Gina!
I would like to sign up for the summer shape up please.
I’m in the process of moving, so I’m hoping participating in this summer’s shape-up will keep me on track while life is a little hectic. Thanks for all the work you do!
I’d like to sign up!
I hope it’s not to late to still sign up!
I’d love to sign up if I still can!
Yay Summer Shape Up! No gym boredom for me for a solid four weeks 🙂
Hey Gina! Love your Blog & super excited to sign up for the shape up! Always looking for new workout ideas!
Nicola, London x
Hope its not to late to sign up for the summer shape up! I need s kick in the pants to get me
going working out again. This winter has been brutal and long!
Sounds like fun! I’d love to sign up
I’d love to sign up if I still can!
I’ve been following your site for a while and I love it. Would love to be part of the Shape up!