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I'm a Personal Fitness Coach - More About Me
I’ve always been a relatively active person, but after having two children, and approaching my late 30’s, I really lost my motivation to workout and my metabolism went down the drain. I was overweight, unhealthy, unhappy and trying to care for two children under age 4. When I felt like going to bed BEFORE my children, I knew something had to change.I started with a small goal to ride my exercise bike 10-20 minutes each day. Once that felt easy, I decided to up my goal to 30-45 minutes. It was on one of my 45- minute rides that I saw a BeachBody P90X infomercial on TV. If you are not familiar with P90X, it is a rather advanced workout system for 90 days. At the time, I thought to myself, “there is no way I can do that.” In the back of my mind, I thought, “hopefully some day.”
I did a little research and found another workout from BeachBody called Turbo Jam. It really changed my life. I found it to be fun and challenging, but not insurmountable. I really liked that there were participants of varying fitness levels as well.
Through a combination of BeachBody workouts like Turbo Jam, Slim-in-6 and Power 90, I lost 30 pounds and have kept it off for 2 years. I just hit 40 in November and my new goal is to get in the best shape of my life. I've lost another 15 pounds to reach my goal weight of 125.
I achieved this by finally tackling my earlier inspiration and going through P90X. Throughout many of the workouts, trainer, Tony Horton says, “Do your best and forget the rest.” This is my new motto as well and I want it to be yours.
It is easy to get caught up with comparing yourself to your neighbor, coworker, or worse, some celebrity or model. We need to focus on our own personal best and then set a goal to get even better. I’ve included my before and after photos so that you know that I did not start out as the fit person I am today. And, I am still trying to better myself each and every day.
Stop by my regular blog for almost daily health and fitness tips. And, feel free to contact me if you would like me to serve as your online fitness coach. My goal is to help YOU reach YOURS!
Blog: http://personalfitcoach.com
Email: getfitjenn@comcast.net
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- Boy - Age 6
Girl - Age 3
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- Traditional mom and pop
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- You could be raising the next President.
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- How much I absolutely LOVE it. In my twenties, I did not think I wanted kids.
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- No act of kindness is ever wasted
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Work the Core - WIN the iJoy Ride
A few months ago, I reviewed the iJoy Balance Board. Now it’s time for the iJoy Ride to take center stage. Made by Human Touch®, the iJoy® series focuses on what they call “effortless exerci
Posted on August 20, 2009 at 7:36am —
Be the You, you have always wanted to be!
I found this great post from Dedicated Women.com. Great stuff. Go visit this site!
When times are completely overwhelming and your find yourself weary of not being able to look in the mirror and smile with the glow of your reflection, the reflection you expect to see; do you sometimes-just for a moment wish you were someone else?
I do, and very often. I wish I was this person or that person, skinny, more muscular, larger boobs, smaller butt, perfect teet… Continue
When times are completely overwhelming and your find yourself weary of not being able to look in the mirror and smile with the glow of your reflection, the reflection you expect to see; do you sometimes-just for a moment wish you were someone else?
I do, and very often. I wish I was this person or that person, skinny, more muscular, larger boobs, smaller butt, perfect teet… Continue
Posted on April 30, 2009 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments
Did You Know That Bad Carbs Make You Hungrier?
The Health Journal section of the Wall Street Journal had a fascinating article today. A new book by Louis J. Aronne called "The Skinny," reports that some types of foods actually effect what else you eat. After 23 years of study, Dr. Aronne concluded that refined carbs cr… Continue
Posted on April 16, 2009 at 4:50pm — 1 Comment
Join me with Cheryl Crow and many other celebs
Ok, I'm not actually WITH Cheryl Crow, but I did just complete the same fitness program as she did. Cheryl and many other celebs have talked about how P90X is their workout plan of choice. I can now honestly say that it is mine as well. The proof is in my transforma… Continue
Posted on March 13, 2009 at 2:38pm — 3 Comments
Lifestyle Change Begins with Personal Motivation
A recent study highlighted some VERY scary news on the obesity front. Over half of the roughly 200 million people in this country that are overweight are considered obese. Over half. I don't know about you but to me those are very sobering numbers. Americans spend tens of billions of dollars on weight loss products a year but many of these solutions are clearly not working. Every day we see ads promising weight loss in a pill or ways to make exercise almost effortless but with great results. The… Continue
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- At 9:58am on November 20, 2009,
Mom's Best Bets said…
- Aloha,
YOU LOOK GREAT!!! I have seen you around the blogosphere...thanks for adding me and visiting my healthy Hawaiian living blog! If you ever want to do guest post exhange (where you could write about excercise on my blog and I could write about organic food and healthy choices on yours) Let me know ...
Blessings,
Pat
- At 10:29am on May 1, 2009,
Mommy Dearest said…
- Thanks for the friendship and kind words! If ya get a chance check out 2 new groups, Mom-ME-dearest & PoeticMomslogic, cool content ans people! Hope to see you there soon.
God is Love,
Cynthia
- At 9:42am on March 13, 2009,
T. Suzanne Eller said… - I have your "before" body. It snuck up on me. Have been working out since January and lost 9lbs. 9 more to go for goal. I broke my collarbone two weeks ago which has stopped the work out for 6 weeks as the bone grafts and heals, which is a bummer. But I will get back to my routine. Loved working out every a.m.
- At 5:16pm on March 10, 2009,
TMR said… - Enjoyed your inspirational article on 3/3. Glad to see mom's who have achieved their goals.
- At 10:22am on March 10, 2009,
Momisodes said… - Perfect! I'll be sure to let you know the time and place :) Can't wait to meet you!
- At 9:45am on March 10, 2009,
Momisodes said…
- Hi Jenn! The Boston moms group here is having a Moms' Night Out, Thursday March 19th (location TBD but within approx 10 miles of Boston). We're hoping to get as many moms to come as possible. Any chance you can meet up?
- At 3:31pm on March 6, 2009,
JJ said… - I commented on your blog. Can I win the coffee maker? Thanks!!
- At 9:58am on March 5, 2009,
Momisodes said…
- We should definitely try and set up a MNO or something soon! Perhaps some of the other local moms can join in :)
- At 7:22pm on March 3, 2009,
jmolea01 said… - Lol i finally figured out how to comment on people's blogs! I read your latest post... thanks for the vote of confidence!
- At 5:19pm on March 3, 2009,
Angie Fisher said… - Just passing through to say hello! I'm really getting the hang of this social media 2.0 stuff and I like it! Hope we can network and get to know each other! Stop by and chat anytime...Hugs~Angie
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