Just Jess, diary of a fit girl

Yes. You read that correctly. I do not know how much I weigh. I stopped weighing myself at the end of September. This was also the time I did my final check-in with my fitness Coach. I quit my fitness team at the end of Sept. Blessed Bodies. I have weighed myself on and off for the past 4 years or so. Started before we got married, I weighed approx 135 lbs. I had started following a "diet plan" that I had bought from an online coach that I'd seen someone else using for a fitness competition. I had not yet started training for competitions but it was def on my radar at that time. 2013 - the year that I got married, and the year that my " fitness journey" really started. It was the year I trained for my first half marathon with two girlfriends. It was the year that I saw the "I  want to look like that guy" documentary and the fall of 2013 I contacted my fitness coach Fatima to talk to her about taking me on as a client. From Jan 2014 to Sept 20...

Well... I finished my race on June 3 2017. Today is August 13, 2017 So, it's been a minute since I've been online. At least in blog land. I did, however update another thoughts post from before the triathlon. To recap .. I was sick right before my race. It really messed with my mental game. I was unable to donate blood before hand too which had been a personal goal of mine. I had been 'meaning to' donate for (literally) years and never did. I finally did last december and then proceeded to get quite sick afterwards with a head cold. I had what I think could have been a sinus infection. I had zero fluid movement from my face and it was stiff and hard. Not able to taste for almost a week. I had to hold my breath in order to eat food, because my face was so stuffed up I looked up any and all remedies! I did sinus massages, espsom salts, essential oils, diffusers, hot compress, eating whole cloves of garlic.. I did get a bit better before the race. I also had a ...

*Back dated post so ...my SPRINT triathlon is this weekend.. I have to get through tmrw at work then the extended drive and then the big race day! There's a level of stress that's rising.. I haven't gotten better. I'm also not worse either. I am nervous about the swimming  I went swimming again with my gf on sunday and it was hard. not as bad as it was the first time but I still had a really hard time. I think part of it has to do with being sick but the other part is in my head. I have some anxiety about open water and not being able to see everything like you can in the pool. I'm going to go swimming in the pool tonight to just settle my nerves and otherwise I've been taking it really easy. I still did weight training on mon and tues even though I was pretty tired on tues. I did a brick workout on tues also where I biked 19 km and then ran for 3 km so that was good because I felt really good afterwards.  Tonights goal is just to be in the water and practice...

less than one month till tri time! I've been swim training once weekly in the pool doing 1000M each time (20 laps) Each lap is 50 M total (for there and back). Yesterday I implemented "sprint swimming" 25M all out 25M recovery /slower and then the remainder of the min to calm down ... usually about 40 seconds first 10 laps are for pace and the second 10 laps are the sprint/recover laps I also got outside sat and sunday in the sunny sunshine to get some road bike action I had a baseball game on sunday and we WON! Our first win this season, it feels good **Season just started, it was our third game   This week I'm going to see the massage therapist (yay) and do my first open water / lake swim with my gf.  I'm signed up for the triathlon (sprint) and accommodations are booked! Its coming closer! I'm weight training four times  a week right now, and on those days I do a conditioning workout.. aka a version of hiit style cardio. On the OFF days I imple...

Things have been up and down with me. Had a real BINGE style eating / untracked meals on Saturday night. I knew what I was doing and didn't stop. Weight is only slightly UP from last check in (approx. 1 pound) I've also been stressed at work and have some personal things going on are needing attention It really throws a person off. I like to be in control, I want to know what's going on and how to deal with it. I like to educate myself and I'm a chronic over thinker . I can be critical , of myself and others and I spend a lot of time in my own head Being a Gemini I go back and fourth on opinions a lot. I'm not a liar, I just have a genuinely different opinion than I did last week.. I'm sure that can be annoying or look 'two faced' to people. I'm sensitive and takes things personally before I think about it rationally. I'm human. Weird right? haha I do honestly have so many good days , I work hard at loving myself and need to wo...

Well, an update and it didn't take two months! I've been hitting the gym daily even with snow-maggedon 2017 going down in the Fraser Valley. Thankfully where I live now it's a short trip to the gym and it doesn't make me lose my hair to make the short trip to the gym :) So the gains are still being made fam! I also did the adult thing and bought snowies this year (previously stated) and they're awesome. Really glad that I didn't get them changed back when we had our last blast of warm weather 9degrees in January is warm ok! So, today we hit the gym for a lower body day and some cardio. Things have been going well for training. I'm still making progress in my lifts, they're challenging but not so hard that I dread to do it .. which is always a good thing! My cardio workouts have gone up in intensity as well.. mostly in length I've been going to spin class once a week right now, cardio 3-4 times a week on top of that with one day dedicated to s...

2017 Goals! So far this year the stage has not called my name. It's not going anywhere. I've done 6 shows in three years and seen the ups and downs. Pushed hard, found new highs and lows within myself. Learned a lot about myself and what I like and grew in the process. I did local shows, I made it to Provincial level and also National level with this hobby of mine. It's very expensive. It's pretty extreme and takes up a lot of your life, and I really enjoyed (most of) it Now I've started looking into a different type of goal. One that will still push me. One that not just anyone can do. That doesn't require quite the same diet restrictions. Training will still be several times a week if not 5 or 6 times a week, but that's my choice. I'm trying for my first ever Sprint Triathlon   what is that? It's basically the beginners triathlon. Triathlon is: swim / bike / run A sprint isn't some elite level super fast version.. its the h...

Wow. It's been a while Welcome to 2017! Almost done the month of January. Things that happened from Nov  to now : I went to Cuba with my husband, sister and her bf My FIL came from Australia to visit We got so much snow! --> I bought snow tires, like a real adult. Then it stopped snowing ! Cuba: Where: Veradero. We stayed at the Iberostar Laguna Azul. Flew direct from Vancouver (I would recommend) and we stayed a week. It was lovely. Would I recommend it? Sure! The resort was 5 stars the staff and ground were excellent. The food was OK. I thought I wasn't so much of a 'clean eater' anymore but apparently that's just not true! Of the four of us I was the only one who had any issues with the food. Just more processed than I'm used to.. Plus, I have an issue with dairy and still ate things like pizza.. so not really surprising. The beaches were amazing, we went to Havana for an entire day and ate off the resort.. Would DEF recommend that it ...