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Introduction Text I've always known the equation for good health and maintaining a healthy weight: adequate exercise + proper nutrition. Recently I've found out that the equation is actually lop sided... VERY lop sided! ...exercise (x 20%) and nutrition (x 80%)!!! For the past 10 years, I've been focussing the majority of my time and energy on the exercise 20% and IGNORING the fact that it's the nutrition 80% that requires WAY MORE discipline for weight management!!! .............................UNTIL NOW!!! :) I strive to be the healthiest 100% of ME that I can be!!! My name is Jessica and I'm 33 years old. My day job keeps me in a desk all day but I'm also a part time fitness instructor... being active is my passion in life!!! I teach classes like CardioKick, Breathe/yoga, REVS/spin and FORCE/weights. In my spare time, I enjoy rollerblading, mountain biking, hiking, cross-country skiing and snowboarding (to name a few). My heaviest weight (I started Sparking on April 7th, 2008) was 155lbs & my inital goal weight was 140lbs. (Due to "my build" and that I am a fitness instructor, I've never thought I could be *extra small*, I just wanted to lose the love handles and back fat... to look like the FITGIRL that I really AM!!!) In the beginning, I was ONLY on Spark to track my calories and to learn some ways to curb my sweet tooth!!! (I knew I couldn't do this alone, so I also sought the advice of a nutritionist who created a diet plan for me to follow!) Now, I'm a firm believer that everyone should have a nutritionist in their life! She has literally changed my life and the direction it was taking! I give her alot of credit for my current transformation and lifestyle changes!!! Currently (as of March 11th, 2009), I have lost 30 pounds and LOVE Sparking daily! I have met some AMAZING friends through the Spark community and am forever blessed by all the support and encouragement I have received here! ***************************** My Weight Loss Stats so far: WK0 - April 7th, 2008 - 155.0 lbs ... feeling very fluffy! WK1 - April 14th, 2008 - 152 lbs ... lost 3 pounds... wow, so soon? WK2 - April 21st, 2008 - 149.0 lbs ... lost 6 lbs! HOLY crapola! WK3 - April 28th, 2008 - 147.8 lbs ... lost 7.2 lbs. Still making progress. WK4 - May 5th, 2008 - 144.7 lbs ... lost 10.3 lbs! WK 5 - May 13th, 2008 - 145.4 ... lost 9.6 lbs (You can't lose every week!) WK 6 - May 20th, 2008 - 143.4 lbs ... 11.6 lbs lost! WK7 - May 26th, 2008 - 141.9 lbs ... 13.1 lbs lost! WK8 - June 2nd, 2008 - 141.7... 13.3 lbs lost! WK9 - June 9th 2008 - 140.3... 14.7 lbs lost! so close to 1st GOAL! ****** June 10th 2008 - 139.1lbs.... 1st GOAL MET! 15 lbs LOST! WK10 - June 17th, 2008 - 138.1 lbs ... 16.9 lbs lost! WK11 - June 23rd, 2008 - 137.7 lbs ... 17.3 lbs lost! WK12 - July 2nd, 2008 - 137.0 lbs ... 18 lbs lost! WK13 - July 8th, 2008 - 136.4 lbs ... 18.6 lbs lost! WK14 - July 14th, 2008 - 135.0 lbs lost! SP GOAL MET! 20 lbs LOST! ****** July 14th 2008 - 135.0 lbs.... 2nd GOAL MET! 20 lbs LOST! WK15 - July 22nd, 2008 - 136.6 lbs... 18.4 lost! (With Stampede Week last week and the camping trip this past weekend, I'm happy with this!) WK16 - July 29th, 2008 - 135.3lbs ... 19.7 lbs lost! July has been ROUGH! WK17 - Aug. 7th, 2008 - 135.0 lbs 20 lbs LOST! Back on WL train! WK18 - Aug. 12th, 2008 - 134.1 lbs... 20.9 lbs lost! WK19 - Aug. 18th, 2008 - 132.9 lbs... 22.1 lbs lost! WK20 - Aug. 25th, 2008 - 131.8 lbs... 23.2 lbs lost! WK21 - Sept. 4th, 2008 - 132.2... 22.8 lbs lost! Just hanging in there! WK22 - Sept. 12th, 2008 - 134.0lbs. What a TERRIBLE week for eating! AGHHH... I need to get back with the PROGRAM!!! WK23 - Sept. 16th, 2008 - 130.2lbs... 24.8 lbs lost! She's BACK!!! ****** Sept. 18th, 2008 - 3rd GOAL MET! 25 pounds LOST! ****** WK24 - Sept. 24th, 2008 - 129.1lbs ... 25.9 lbs lost! NO ONE can stop me! WK25 - Sept. 29th, 2008 - 129.2lbs ... 25.8 lbs lost! Week of nutrition course... poor preparation leads to poor performance! :( WK26 - Oct. 7th, 2008 - 129.7lbs ... 25.3 lbs lost! Slowing Down... WK27 - Oct. 16th, 2008 - 131.0 lbs 23 lbs lost! Going backwards. WTF? *** OCTOBER 18th - FAME Canadian National Championships I am so inspired by this show... I can't wait for mine in 27 weeks! ... the countdown begins! WK28/27 - Oct. 23rd, 2008 - 129.4 lbs 25.6 lbs lost! Pleateu-ville sucks! WK29/26 - Oct 29th, 2008 - 129.1 lbs : 25.9 lost! WL plateau, building muscle? Oct. 31st Last weighin of October - 130.1lbs WK30/25 - Nov. 5th, 2008 - No Weighin November WK31/24 - Nov. 12th, 2008 - NWN ..Plateaus are WK32/23 - Nov. 18th, 2008 - NWN ..NO place for WK33/22 - Nov 25th, 2008 - NWN ......scales! December 1st - 130.0 lbs STILL NO CHANGE! WK34/21 - Dec. 2nd, 2008 - 130.5 lbs Up from yesterday, meh! WK35/20 - Dec. 8th, 2008 - 128.0 lbs BROKE FREE OF PLATEAU! WK36/19 - Dec. 16th, 2008 - 129.8 lbs ...not sure what happened, I am still calorie cycling but still stuck on that plateau!!! WK37/18 - Dec. 23rd, 2008 - Away from Scale WK38/17 - Dec. 30th, 2008 - Away from Scale WK39/16 - Jan.6th, 2009 - 133.0 lbs ~Christmas gain~ WK40/15 - Jan 13th, 2009 - 129.9 lbs Back to my pre Christmas weight WK41/14 - Jan 20th, 2009 - ... 130.0 lbs (Leaving for Maui tomorrow!) WK 42/13 - Jan 27th, 2009 - ... (IN MAUI) WK43/12 - Feb 4th, 2009 - (Returning from Maui) 131.9 lbs WK44/11 - Feb. 10th, 2009 - 128.7 lbs, after 1 week of low carb diet WK45/10 - Feb. 17th, 2009 - 128.0 lbs ~seriously started low carb cycling WK46/9 - Feb. 26th, 2009 - 127.2 lbs ~low carb diet starting to kick in!! WK47/8 - Mar. 2nd, 2009 - 126.6 lbs ~LOW CARB WORKS! WK48/7 - Mar. 10th, 2009 - 125.3 lbs ~I can taste my GOAL! OMG ****** March 11, 2009 - 125.0 lbs. *OMG GOAL MET! 30 lbs LOST!* WK49/6 - Mar. 17th, 2009 - 123.2 lbs (and the carb deplete continues!) WK50/5 - Mar. 25th, 2009 - 123.6 lbs ...sigh... WK51/4 - Mar. 30th, 2009 - 120.8lbs ~OH YEAH!~ 35 lbs... SO CLOSE! WK52/3 - April 7th, 2009 - 120.5 lbs (My 1 year DIET anniversary!) WK53/2 - April 14th, 2009 - 120.8 lbs (feels like a stall!) WK54/1 - April 21st, 2009 - 120.4 lbs *** APRIL 25th - 'FAME PRAIRIES' MY FITNESS COMPETITION in Calgary, AB, Canada. WK55/0 - April 25th, 2009 - 119.0 lbs on stage day! Placed 4th in Muscle Model! I DID IT! *taking a hiatus from logging my weight here weekly. This journey is NO LONGER about weight loss to me! I know I will gain weight back again after the competition (since you can't be that restrictive and expect to build muscle!) so I will keep track of my weight fluctuations on my own and blog about it as I see fit. I have most definitely surpassed my "dream" goal weight already! However, I know that when I do compete in my NEXT show, I intend to have much more muscle definiton in my arms and legs!!! So if that means I lean out even more then I did this time around, BONUS! *** July 25th - '24 Hours of Adrenaline' mountain bike relay race in Canmore, AB, Canada. *** October 17th, 2009 - FAME ALBERTA Championships! *** March 27th, 2010 - MY WEDDING (the honey moon ended 6 months later! DIVORCE to come!) *** April 28th, 2010 - Came down with Bell's Palsy. Most difficult illness I've ever experienced to date! ***************************** *** UPDATE*** June 27th, 2008: Was given Spark People's MOTIVATOR status!!! I consider this a huge SUCCESS (completely different feeling then the success I've had with my weight loss!!!) This is AMAZING!!! THANKS SPARK FRIENDS!!!! *** UPDATE*** Dec. 28th, 2009: Was selected as a featured Success Story on SparkPeople.com!!! Read the article here: http://www.sparkpeople.com/sparksuccess/mypage_success.asp?ID=fitgirl15 *** Follow this link to see ALL my progress pictures:*** http://www.flickr.com/photos/fitgirl15 /sets/72157604751990523/show/

Goals for 2014: MOVE IN WITH JOE!!! Live happily ever after! Goals for 2013 - BIG trip to ITALY in Sept. WITH JOE!!! 1. Feb. - Cuba 2. July - Fernie, Jasper 3. Aug. - Orlando, FL 4. Sept. - ITALY Goals for 2012 - The year I smile at life and it smiles right back :) ~4 trips in the calendar year: 1 - Jamaica (January) 2 - Los Angeles (March) 3 - Orlando (August) 4 - Las Vegas!!! (December) ~No weight goals... just be as happy as possible. ~Dating wise - started dating Joe in late June... the rest is history! Sweet, sweet history! Goals for 2011: ~LOVE my body at all sizes (fluctuating around 135 is acceptable!) *130lbs is the PERFECT weight for me!* ~Zumba as much as possible... don't worry about lifting weights... focus on mental energy, what makes me happy! ~Dating... put myself out there, meet many different people! But never settle! ***** ZUMBA LOVE!

FOOD: Eat healthy: about 1600-1800 cals a day, everyday! (Starvation only works temporarily before you completely kill your metabolism!) NOT TRACKING AT THIS TIME! FITNESS: Between weights and cardio: burn 3000-4500 calories per week. I am a Group Fitness instructor... I have been for since 1999! (Then why was I gaining weight for most of those years??? ... exercise doesn't manage your weight alone! Diet, sleep, hydration & exercise are all factors!)

My name: Jessica Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 36 (Jan.6) Height: 5'3" Heaviest weight: 155 lbs First Goal weight 140 lbs *acheived June 10, 2008 First Goal Stretch 135 lbs *acheived July 14th, 2008 Second Goal weight 130 lbs *achieved Sept. 18th, 2008 My *OMG* Goal weight 125 lbs *acheived March 11th, 2009 (due to carb depletion diet!) Final competition weight: 118 lbs 2010 Update: I would be thrilled to hit and maintain 130lbs again... that's my summer goal! 2011 Update: LOVE THE SKIN YOU ARE IN! Currently weigh: 133 & LOVE MY CURVES! 2012 Update: Currently: 133... lose 5 pounds by summer. 2013 Update: I love life, I love my body! I am HAPPY! 2014: Goal = 126 by Summer. WLC with Joe!

"No body's gonna break my stride, No body's gonna slow me down! I've got to keep on moving!" - Matthew Wilder

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