Dec 23, 2022
On today’s show, I was joined by Jessica Gunn, also known as Gunning4Fitness on Instagram. We had a phenomenal conversation about aligning your desires with how you want to move, feel and look. We discussed how to know If you are pushing yourself hard enough in the gym and she gave a fantastic tip to gauge that. This was one of the better conversations yet on the podcast.
Here is more about Jessica:
Hey, I’m Jess! I want to share my story with you to show you
that change is always possible. I didn’t start my own fitness
journey until age 37, after having 4 kids! I had never been in a
gym before. I was never an athlete. I ate horribly because it was
convenient to just eat what my kids were eating. I was a tired and
irritable stay-at-home mom. Fed up with feeling crappy, I decided I
needed to start making healthier food choices and exercising in
order to feel better.
Up to that point, I had followed a few workout videos at home using
my 5-8 lb dumbbells. My goal had been to lose weight – to hit a
certain number on the scale so I could have a better-looking body.
I always gave up within a few weeks, though, because it was too
hard and I wasn’t seeing results fast enough.
Eventually, after beginning yet another new workout program, I
realized I had to do something different. This time, I began to
focus more on changing my lifestyle rather than on losing weight. I
stopped eating all the sugar, treats, chips, etc that I ate every
day. I got rid of my scale, and I just focused on surviving the
three HIIT workouts that I began doing from home each week. I had
to do them in front of the TV in order to distract myself because I
hated doing the exercises so much!
The workouts kicked my butt, and in the beginning, I could only get
through one round of each circuit with long pauses in between each
exercise. But in time, the workouts got easier, my confidence grew,
and I lost most of my weight.
I was so proud of myself because I never gave up!
I soon realized that I didn’t want to be skinny…I wanted to be
strong. So my next challenge became learning how to lift weights.
My goal was to gain the strength to do toe push-ups and one pull
up! I enrolled in a gym, and my first visit there was completely
overwhelming because I had no idea how to grow muscle.
I spent hours on YouTube and read many books in an effort to learn
how to create a program that would work for me. I will be forever
grateful for a friend at the gym that answered so many of my
questions. He also invited me to lift with him so that I
could better understand the process of growing muscle.
I spent my first year of lifting figuring out what worked for my
body both in the gym and in the kitchen. It was time-consuming, and
at times really frustrating, but I tried my best to stay consistent
with my plan and trust the process. Eventually I began seeing
strength gains and enjoying the workouts! I found that when I
challenged myself, I was capable of doing so much more than I ever
thought I could do.
I decided to get certified as a personal trainer so that I could
help other women gain confidence and realize that they, too, can do
hard things. You are never too old, tired, busy, over/under weight,
or weak to start your health and fitness journey. To help you reach
your goals, I created this website so that you can have all of the
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