and here is her most recent...
This woman has worked hard to make her body change and respond. She has logged endless grueling workouts with a commitment to a plan that would leave most people wondering what the heck they were doing. Not Jenn though, she is a fighter.
Q: Jenn, you started your fat loss journey a little over a year ago. What was your tipping point that made you think you had to change what you were currently doing? Were you no longer getting results at the gym? How often did you workout and what did those workouts look like?
I was not happy with the results I was getting. I was paying for a personal trainer, quite a bit of money, and not getting results. I worked out six days a week, three lifting (an upper and lower body lift that alternated) and three cardio days on different pieces of equipment and not seeing anything. I had a picture in my mind of what I wanted to look like and was getting no where near it. I could not move the scale and looked soft and thick everywhere.
Q: You really cleaned up what you were eating. What was the biggest change you made when it came to nutrition?
More protein and a lot less carbs, eating six times a day and not starving myself.
Q: When you were eating healthy and working out with a plan how did you feel physically and mentally?
When I eat clean I feel better both physically and mentally. I have a problem with food, I get those guilt feelings when I eat something I know that I am not supposed to. Eating clean gives me all around confidence but also the knowledge that if I do want something "bad" that it is ok every now and then.
Q: You get up at an unreal hour because your a mom, wife and teacher and in order to fit it all in you sacrifice sleeping in :). What does your morning usually look like?
I wake up, usually not with an alarm, anywhere between 2:30 and 3:30 am, yep am. Do a one to two hour workout and then get ready for work, all before the rest of my family is even awake. I then come home from the gym, eat, and get my son up and ready and out the door for school by 6:45. I do not want to miss anymore time with my family than I already do because of work, so I get up early.
Q: What are you most proud of in the gym? Any personal records you would like to share?
I love being a woman and going upstairs to the free weights and lifting. No one (guys) look at me funny anymore. I can do pull ups and chin ups unassisted. This was a huge goal for me!!
Q: You decided to give a bikini competition a try (twice actually). What was the hardest part of the prep? What was the most rewarding part of it?
The amount of time it took towards the end of the prep. Two a day workouts were the worst, especially when you body is physically exhausted and you feel like you have nothing left. Just getting off of the couch took a lot of thought. The eating can be tough when you are missing out on what your family is eating or you have to skip a holiday. I love the day before the competition prior to tanning. I know I have done everything in my power and am super lean and sexy. I also love the comments that people make when they see how far I have come.
Q: What would you tell someone who was beginning to think about preparing for a competition?
It is the most physically and emotionally demanding thing you may ever do, but also worth it. Definitely take start and ending pictures to see how much progress you have made. Be prepared to give up time with everyone but the gym and you will be hungry, know that you can always eat later...16 weeks is a short time when you figure preganacy is 40.
Q: What does being fit mean to you?
Looking lean with muscle definition. Also, being able to keep up with my five year old.
Q: Any future fitness goals or plans?
Thinking of competing in a renegade run and at some point a triatholon. I also plan to train with my trainer for her next competition post baby.
Q: Lastly, tell me 3 things you know now about fitness that you wish you knew 5 years ago.
1. Get a heartrate monitor and know how to use it.
2. Understand HIIT
3. The myth behind eating
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