Jena's life adventures and unsolicited fit pics

I know it has been awhile since I have posted. On Friday I weighed in for last week and I lost another 5.1 pounds. This weigh in was a shocker. I totally am happy about it, but I was not expecting such a big number. Only 76 more pounds to go, my goal is getting closer and closer.  I can't wait until I get to the point where my goal is just to maintain my weight, that will be nice. I have lost a total of 44 pounds since I have started over on my weight loss journey. I finally got over my stupid wall too which feels great. Well, I better go to bed so I can get up for 5:30 am step class tomorrow. I will try to blog more, I miss it. -Jena

I got on the scale this morning and lost 4.2 pounds! I am so excited because I have been working my booty off at the gym, trying to get in 2 aerobics classes a day. I am glad all the hard work is finally paying off and the pounds are falling off, along with my pants! This week I will add running back into my routine. I really love to run and so I hope that my feet will be kind and let me enjoy one of my favorite things without making me pay for it! Happy Easter and have a great week! Jena

I am feeling much better, not 100% because I still have a cough. Looking forward to working out this week. Taking a week off was harsh. I will weigh in tomorrow, I had to get up early this morning and go out to Eagle Mountain to work at the registration table at the Archery Golf Shoot. On the Way home the drive shaft of our truck came off while I was going 55 mph. My 8 year old was with me, it scared me, not knowing if the truck would stop. I called my brother, he told me to drive home in 4 wheel drive. Also some awesome Army guys stopped and helped me and made sure I was safe to go. We made it home, but it was a scary 10 miles. A second piece fell off 4 miles after we left, but luckily again, nothing bad happened. Well, here is hoping tomorrow is the start of a new and better week. Jena

Last week on the 6th my oldest daughter and I woke up sick, runny nose and a cough. We stayed home and tried resting and taking it easy so that we could get better. Fast forward to this week, Monday morning we both ended up at the Doctor's office. She has a sinus infection and I was border line pneumonia with bronchitis. We both were put on antibiotics on Monday, but yesterday was our worst day yet. Coughing all day, feeling miserable. She was feeling better today and had been on antibiotics for 24+ hours so she went back to school. I am feeling a little better than yesterday but still really tired and coughing. My poor little 5 year old started up coughing yesterday and today she is pretty sick. I hate when my kids are sick but I am so glad they didn't get it as bad as I did. I really miss working out. I was finally in a good routine of 2 weeks straight working out 6 days a week. This illness has really put a stop to that. I have amazing friends. Monday I had 2 friends ju...

Sunday morning is the day I weigh in. I get up and the first thing I do is get on that scale! I am happy to announce that I lost another 2 lbs! So far, so good! --Jena

Let the Races Begin! So 2011 is going to be a year of FUN races. Here is a list of what I am running this year, won't you join me? :) If I continue to lose 2 lbs a week for the rest of the year I will have lost 78 lbs . So my goal is to have lost 80 lbs by Jan. 1st 2012 . I really wanted to start doing Triathlons this year but do to my recent medical issue, I decided to make next year, 2012 the year of Tris and this year will be my year to drop 80-100 pounds. All these races will keep me motivated to keep working towards my goals. April 30th 2011 5k Salt Lake Running Co. May 14th 2011 Red Rock Relay Moab Leg 6= 3 miles Hard Leg 12= 7.62 Medium Total Miles= 10.62 June 17th-18th 2011 Ragnar Wasatch Back Leg 6= 6.9 Very Hard Leg 18= 8.1 Very Hard Leg 30= 3.1 Easy Total Miles=18.1 June  25th 2011 5k Park City Mini Trail Series www.r-u-nevents.com July 2nd 2011 4 mile Dirty Girl Mud Run July 9th 2011 10k Park City Mini Trail Series www.r-u-nevents.com...

So last week I was able to workout every day at 5 am Mon-Fri and at 8am on Sat. It felt great to get back to working out again. I lost 2 more pounds which is really exciting! I am starting to feel better when I take the metformin, still have a few side effects like I can't stand the thought of food. Hopefully that side effect goes away! I did a fun step class at the gym today. I need lots of practice, I got a little lost! Here is to another great week! --Jena

I have had a crazy week. I have not had a chance to work out like I had planned. No excuses, I must find time! Jena

I weighed myself Last week on Sunday for my new "Starting Weight". I am tracking my weight loss on the right side of this blog------------------> Sunday's will be my weigh-in days, so today I weighed myself. Drumroll please........................................................................ Down 2.2 lbs! This makes me happy. I wasn't able to work out last week because of the kids being sick so I am glad all my sitting around didn't punish me. Tomorrow I am ready to start running and working out, I can't wait to get out there to hit the road again! Thanks for reading :) Jena

Pretty disappointing when the phone doesn't ring and then you read on facebook that the call backs are done in SLC, Utah. We did all we could do today and now we are going to submit a video to put closure on the whole experience. They didn't get to hear our stories. They only got a glimpse of our personalities. Biggest thing we learned is that the VIP passes didn't matter. They didn't allow VIP's to come until 12:00 pm. By then they had already seen 500 people and they sent non-vip people in our casting call with us. I just want to say thank you to all of you for all the support. It means a lot to both Amy and I. We will be submitting a video next week. We still have a chance to get on but if it doesn't happen, we both with continue on our Journey to lose the weight on our own, with the support of friends and family of course. Amy, I love you lots. I am so glad you asked me to try out with you. It totally made our friendship and bond even stronger. We can ...

Today, my friend Amy and I went to The Biggest Loser Casting Call Season 12 in Salt Lake City. I just thought I would share our experience while it is fresh! It wasn't very busy. They said that they were almost to 500 people seen in the normal line and that they had 200 VIP passes that also were handed out. We had numbers 79 and 80 on our VIP applications. So, we got to the venue around 12, walked in, showed our VIP pass and they handed us an application. We filled them out and then they asked who was ready to go back so Amy said, "We are, there are two of us!" so they took us back with a group of 12. Then we waited in a group line for around 20 minutes where they told us what to expect, when callbacks were being made, when video submissions were due, etc... We met some nice people who were in our group and we both were feeling really confident and excited to have this opportunity. They called us in, we sat down, and a lady in the room had a 7 minute timer to keep the...

-Biggest Loser Casting Call for Season 12- I am freaking out. Nerves! Can't believe it is almost time! We have VIP passes and need to be there at 12:00. Later Peeps! P.S. I look amazing thanks to my dear friend Chelsea! Love ya Babe!

Hey everyone! So, last week my friend texted me and asked if I would try out for the Biggest Loser with her. We have been friends for 15 years and I just adore her. She is why I met the man of my dreams, she went to school with McKay and set us up and the rest is HISTORY! She asked, I said yes and now we are getting ready to go show the casting directors why we should be on the Biggest Loser! I honestly think if the casting directors see in us what all of our friends see in us that we would be awesome for the show! A lot of you already know my story and I continue to get messages on facebook, comments on my blog and emails from friends telling me how I have inspired them. We had a chance to win a VIP pass on KSL on facebook, so I called on my friends to help out and I am so overwhelmed by the love and support of you all! Thanks for all of your comments. My friend, Shannon was the lucky post winner. She won for me and I am so excited I get to go with my friend to this open casting ca...

Finally, some answers!  So today I went in for my Ultrasound and got the results of all my tests. The blood tests and an Ultrasound of my Ovaries confirmed that I have PCOS- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and the blood tests and my symptoms show that along with PCOS I have insulin resistance. My body is basically fighting against my weightloss and causing me to gain weight. This is also why my cholesterol levels are slightly elevated and why I have very low energy all the time. All of my exercise and eating right is great but I had this invisible wall that was not allowing my body to burn the calories correctly. Lucky for me, my blood pressure is awesome and I am sure my heart is pretty dang healthy by now. My doctor prescribed me a drug called Metformin which will help resolve my insulin resistance problem and help me be more sucessful with my weightloss efforts and also help get rid of all of the cysts on my ovaries. I will be working my way up to taking four of these pills a d...

For the last 3 and 1/2 years I have dedicated myself to eat right, exercise and try my hardest to be a healthy and happy ME. I have worked with three personal trainers, tracked my food, used a body bugg, raced in 5 half marathons, a number of 5k, 10k and 15k races, ran 18.5 miles for my relay team, worked out almost every morning in an intense bootcamp class for 7 months. You would think I would be at my goal weight, but no, I am almost back to what I weighed when Nahvi was born 5 years ago. If you added up all the weight I have lost and then gained back again, we are talking at least 150 lbs, maybe more. I feel like I am swimming up a really intense river with lots of rocks, mud and rapids and when I stop to hold onto a branch just so I can catch my breathe it snaps and I get washed down the river back to my starting point. I am so sick of swimming up this endless river that is doing nothing for me but weighing me down, making me waterlogged, making me tired. So I decided to go into...