Name: Jen Zakaras
Give me a short paragraph about yourself: I am a loan officer, mom of 7 year old girl and 10 year old boy… I am a EEK “Dance Mom” … I have lost 30 pounds so far with Beachbody programs since Sep 2013 … I tend to lose 10 and stay the same ---- I have endometriosis so I can be off a week of the month but I never really fall to old habits. I did have some steroid/adrenal issues last summer that caused me to gain 10 pounds so I’ve lost 40 because I lost 10 again with insanity :0) I just have to be really strict to lose weight. I love working out/eating healthy and have done so since 1997. I used to be a little body builder girl before I got married and had kids but have struggled with weight my entire life.
Why are you doing the 21 Day Fix (Extreme) Group? It’s time to stop the “lifestyle” method and go hard core. Do it til it’s gone … and I need this right now, I’m ready! I’ve done slow and steady and YES made a TON of changes but it’s time to make a HUGE change in a short period of time. I need it. As a coach I need it too. Seeing myself in a few pictures…. Was eye opening. It’s like, wow.. in my mirror I didn’t look that bad! Why do I look so different in real life? It’s motivating for sure and I want to look like what my personality is on the inside. I was able to meet Shaun T recently and I had a great time but would have had SO much more fun if I wasn’t the only overweight person there. I wanted to scream “but you don’t know what I’ve accomplished” you don’t know how I love to do insanity and I am the one kicking everyone else in the booty to do it! It’s hard looking so different than how you feel.
Choose a goal to reach one week from your start date: My goal is to follow the program exactly and that’s it. I found if I make weight goals that doesn’t work for me because sometimes my body loses tons of inches and not weight and other times it’s weight I lose and either way it’s a success if I did what I was supposed to. Specifically I also want to journal all my food and put it on my like page which I haven’t shared to the public yet J
What is your week 2 goal: stick with it with the same intensity as week one. Have a complete calendar and meal plan in place and purchased and prepared by Sunday. Workouts scheduled.
What is your week 3 goal: After 21 days I am hoping I have lost at least 10 pounds. I’m not sure what that brings me to because today my weigh in was 5 pounds more because I am having my cycle and endo this month so I had to take medicine that messes with my body and makes me gain temporary weight. I also want to follow the countdown to competition plan the last week.
What is your week 4 goal: Start another round and not allow extra’s. I want two successful rounds. I am going to have one date night/cheat in between rounds so I have something to look forward to.
What is the biggest challenge for you and why do you want to do this challenge?
My biggest challenge is too much going on at once and stress. I like to eat healthy and work out….. it’s fun for me. Between coaching and my full time job I get overwhelmed with everything I should be doing. I need to keep this most important. Also just not ever having wine etc. I don’t drink a ton but I like to have that to look forward to on weekends but I know it’s what keeps me the same weight. I lost 10 pounds the first month of Insanity and I didn’t’ even want wine anymore and then the holidays and my birthday etc came and slowly came back. I liked that empowering feeling.
