• 13th May
    2013
  • 13
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  • 11th May
    2013
  • 11
I’m a very #optimistic #person but let me be #real for a second. I am working hard to bring my best to my #pro show debut and I know my #arms will look better than last year but the reality is that my arms will not be where I want them in 15 weeks. This is a personal standard and I know it will take 1-2 years of development to get them where I want but I will continue to work for this outcome. Today is 15 weeks out. #letsdothis #wbffpro #vegas #triceps #biceps #theresajennprep #fit #fitness #model #blessedbodies365 #lifestyle #grow #girlswithmuscles #dailymotivators #flex #selfie #progress #bodybuilding #eatclean #diet #opinion #personal

I’m a very #optimistic #person but let me be #real for a second. I am working hard to bring my best to my #pro show debut and I know my #arms will look better than last year but the reality is that my arms will not be where I want them in 15 weeks. This is a personal standard and I know it will take 1-2 years of development to get them where I want but I will continue to work for this outcome. Today is 15 weeks out. #letsdothis #wbffpro #vegas #triceps #biceps #theresajennprep #fit #fitness #model #blessedbodies365 #lifestyle #grow #girlswithmuscles #dailymotivators #flex #selfie #progress #bodybuilding #eatclean #diet #opinion #personal

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  • 17th April
    2013
  • 17
Don’t compare yourself to anyone else, you are unique for a reason. Comparing yourself and competing with others will only create stress and in the end it’s not positive energy. Friendly competition is another story… What matters is YOU being you and working your tail off to beat yourself. Don’t get caught up in the game because then you will miss out on the most part of your journey, YOUR transformation, love yourself, be true and honest and the rest will fall into place. Inspire and Be Inspired

Don’t compare yourself to anyone else, you are unique for a reason. Comparing yourself and competing with others will only create stress and in the end it’s not positive energy. Friendly competition is another story… What matters is YOU being you and working your tail off to beat yourself. Don’t get caught up in the game because then you will miss out on the most part of your journey, YOUR transformation, love yourself, be true and honest and the rest will fall into place. Inspire and Be Inspired

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  • 13th April
    2013
  • 13
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  • 13th April
    2013
  • 13
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  • 31st December
    2012
  • 31
I’m coming for ya 2013! Last workout of 2012 is complete! Let’s do this!!! 236 days until my WBFF Pro show Fitness Model debut!! #fitnessmodel #wbffpro #debut #train #offseason #august2013 #opportunity #challenge #bringit #noexcuses #noregrets #teamblessedbodies #abs #biceps #lift #muscles #leanout @fatikusch #coach #progress

I’m coming for ya 2013! Last workout of 2012 is complete! Let’s do this!!! 236 days until my WBFF Pro show Fitness Model debut!! #fitnessmodel #wbffpro #debut #train #offseason #august2013 #opportunity #challenge #bringit #noexcuses #noregrets #teamblessedbodies #abs #biceps #lift #muscles #leanout @fatikusch #coach #progress

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  • 23rd December
    2012
  • 23
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  • 18th November
    2012
  • 18
The news is finally out. The WBFF World Championship will be held in Las Vegas on August 23rd/24th, 2013. I can not even tell you how excited I am that my first PRO show is in Las Vegas (for those of you who don’t know it’s been in Toronto for the last 5 years). Don’t get me wrong, I love me some TO but Las Vegas is a whole other story. It will be thrilling to bring out my themewear in a city like Las Vegas, photoshoots in the dessert, and the celebrations to follow with the other Pro’s and my team. As of today the show is 279 days away and yes this seems like a year away, but it’s not, and it will be here before I know it. My current training program is intense so it seems like my ‘on’ season has already begun but there’s so much to do and build before then. The point is that I have to bring something more and something better than I did in 2011 and in 2012. I was able to build some upper and lower body mass from my 2011 show to my 2012 show but I need to bring MORE if I’m going to go on stage with the BIG boys! I don’t know what this will look like but I will find out in 279 days. Wow, it feels so surreal that this will be happening. Dream big right?

The news is finally out. The WBFF World Championship will be held in Las Vegas on August 23rd/24th, 2013. I can not even tell you how excited I am that my first PRO show is in Las Vegas (for those of you who don’t know it’s been in Toronto for the last 5 years). Don’t get me wrong, I love me some TO but Las Vegas is a whole other story. It will be thrilling to bring out my themewear in a city like Las Vegas, photoshoots in the dessert, and the celebrations to follow with the other Pro’s and my team.

As of today the show is 279 days away and yes this seems like a year away, but it’s not, and it will be here before I know it. My current training program is intense so it seems like my ‘on’ season has already begun but there’s so much to do and build before then. The point is that I have to bring something more and something better than I did in 2011 and in 2012. I was able to build some upper and lower body mass from my 2011 show to my 2012 show but I need to bring MORE if I’m going to go on stage with the BIG boys! I don’t know what this will look like but I will find out in 279 days. Wow, it feels so surreal that this will be happening. Dream big right?

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  • 24th September
    2012
  • 24
Read my guest blog for Tosca Reno: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH SUGAR My before photo was the worst condition I let myself get to. I was overseas teaching in South Korea when I reached my highest weight of 175lbs (…or more. I stopped weighing myself). This was not the person I wanted to be and it certainly did not feel good. Finally, enough was enough. Not even my closest friends have seen this photo and it took me some time to decide to release it or not. But after some thinking, I realized that I needed to. It is apart of my past, story, and journey. The good news is that I made it through the battle but every day I continue to fight to keep on winning. I felt it was necessary to show this before photo because I didn’t always look the way I do now. For the people who don’t have a history with me, you would not know this about me and in fact it may surprise you. I didn’t want to leave the window open for any excuses you may have as to why you can’t reach your goals and that is a huge piece to why I am showing you this photo. I say this because I used to have a whole bag of excuses for why I could not reshape my body. It wasn’t until I saw my first ‘before’ photo of one of my Oxygen magazine fitness model inspirations that I realized they weren’t born like that. This is when a light bulb went off. I am not super human or born with ‘good genetics’ and if I don’t continue to practice my current lifestyle then I won’t look this way. It’s simple, eat clean and train dirty consistently! You will fail along the way and this is completely normal. If you didn’t fail or make a mistake then there is no learning involved. If you don’t have any learning to do then you wouldn’t be in your current situation. We are human and this is how we learn and progress; we make mistakes! Be thankful for your mistakes because they bring you solutions. Thank you all for the positive comments, messages, retweets, reblogs, and ‘likes’. My journey is what it is because of you! Thank you for sharing your stories with me. I look forward to continuing my journey with you. Let’s help one another become our best selves. Inspire and Be Inspired xo

Read my guest blog for Tosca Reno: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH SUGAR

My before photo was the worst condition I let myself get to. I was overseas teaching in South Korea when I reached my highest weight of 175lbs (…or more. I stopped weighing myself). This was not the person I wanted to be and it certainly did not feel good. Finally, enough was enough.

Not even my closest friends have seen this photo and it took me some time to decide to release it or not. But after some thinking, I realized that I needed to. It is apart of my past, story, and journey. The good news is that I made it through the battle but every day I continue to fight to keep on winning.

I felt it was necessary to show this before photo because I didn’t always look the way I do now. For the people who don’t have a history with me, you would not know this about me and in fact it may surprise you. I didn’t want to leave the window open for any excuses you may have as to why you can’t reach your goals and that is a huge piece to why I am showing you this photo. I say this because I used to have a whole bag of excuses for why I could not reshape my body. It wasn’t until I saw my first ‘before’ photo of one of my Oxygen magazine fitness model inspirations that I realized they weren’t born like that. This is when a light bulb went off.

I am not super human or born with ‘good genetics’ and if I don’t continue to practice my current lifestyle then I won’t look this way. It’s simple, eat clean and train dirty consistently! You will fail along the way and this is completely normal. If you didn’t fail or make a mistake then there is no learning involved. If you don’t have any learning to do then you wouldn’t be in your current situation. We are human and this is how we learn and progress; we make mistakes! Be thankful for your mistakes because they bring you solutions.

Thank you all for the positive comments, messages, retweets, reblogs, and ‘likes’. My journey is what it is because of you! Thank you for sharing your stories with me. I look forward to continuing my journey with you. Let’s help one another become our best selves.

Inspire and Be Inspired xo

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  • 12th September
    2012
  • 12
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  • 6th August
    2012
  • 06
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT! It’s crazy to see my glutes transformation still travelling net! This is what consistent clean eating (with 1 guilt-free meal a week), no alcohol, HIIT, and lifting got me. Honestly, it’s hard to believe that that was my butt!!! How did I not know? This is a good reminder that if I don’t continue to work hard in the gym and stick to eating clean that that saggy butt could be mine once again. Eat clean, squat deep and keep it tight! [BEFORE to AFTER took 5 months] physicalphoenix: For those of you who want a before and after, this isn’t me, it’s http://thefameofhealthandfitness.tumblr.com From saggy to curvy, I love it :)

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!

It’s crazy to see my glutes transformation still travelling net! This is what consistent clean eating (with 1 guilt-free meal a week), no alcohol, HIIT, and lifting got me. Honestly, it’s hard to believe that that was my butt!!! How did I not know?

This is a good reminder that if I don’t continue to work hard in the gym and stick to eating clean that that saggy butt could be mine once again.

Eat clean, squat deep and keep it tight!

[BEFORE to AFTER took 5 months]

physicalphoenix:

For those of you who want a before and after, this isn’t me, it’s http://thefameofhealthandfitness.tumblr.com

From saggy to curvy, I love it :)

(via followthe-dream)

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  • 20th July
    2012
  • 20
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  • 2nd June
    2012
  • 02
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  • 31st May
    2012
  • 31
LEANING OUT: My Favourite Stage in Competiton Prep Ever since I started training with my coach and becoming more consistent and accountable I began to see the FULL potential of my body. Getting to this stage was a patient process and as you know, it took 7 long years but I made it. I went from following weight-lifting and cardio routines but still eating junk to inconsistently working out but eating too much, to practicing the eat-clean lifestyle Monday to Friday plus working out but being a ‘weekend warrior’ (i.e., drinking/eating beer, wine, pizza, ice cream, chocolate, etc.), to realizing that all my hard-work during the week with clean eating and workouts were going to waste because of my behaviour on the weekend. Finally I got it down to eating cheats 1-2 days a week, then one, and finding a physical activity that I enjoyed - Crossfit. I made it my goal to find something I loved to do and that I could do consistently and I did. Everything was continuing to come together. My body fat % dropped, my endurance and strength increased but there was still something that I didn’t have fully under-wraps - PORTION CONTROL! My coach helped me realize what food areas I was overeating in (i.e., carbs, fruit, dairy) and which ones I was under eating (i.e., protein, healthy fats, vegetables). It felt like a smooth transition to follow my coach’s food prep because she also practices the principle’s of clean eating (i.e., eating every 2-3 hours, eating wholesome clean foods, cutting out the white sugar„ flour, salt, etc.) and this I knew how to do but I needed to become even more consistent than before. Last April is when I stepped it up a notch with both training and my clean eating. It was the consistency that I was lacking and this proved to make the difference. Just like many of you I was impatient. If I didn’t see the results I was expecting in 2 weeks, I would throw a pity party and give-up…temporary that is. I kept going at it and I wasn’t sure what physical stage I could get to and I certainly didn’t think anyone in my gene pool could get abs but believe it or not, I wasn’t cursed with bad genetics, I found out that I was capable of getting abs! Everything was in my hands the whole time and I didn’t even realize it. Push your limits and you will find your full potential.

LEANING OUT: My Favourite Stage in Competiton Prep

Ever since I started training with my coach and becoming more consistent and accountable I began to see the FULL potential of my body. Getting to this stage was a patient process and as you know, it took 7 long years but I made it.

I went from following weight-lifting and cardio routines but still eating junk to inconsistently working out but eating too much, to practicing the eat-clean lifestyle Monday to Friday plus working out but being a ‘weekend warrior’ (i.e., drinking/eating beer, wine, pizza, ice cream, chocolate, etc.), to realizing that all my hard-work during the week with clean eating and workouts were going to waste because of my behaviour on the weekend. Finally I got it down to eating cheats 1-2 days a week, then one, and finding a physical activity that I enjoyed - Crossfit. I made it my goal to find something I loved to do and that I could do consistently and I did. Everything was continuing to come together. My body fat % dropped, my endurance and strength increased but there was still something that I didn’t have fully under-wraps - PORTION CONTROL! My coach helped me realize what food areas I was overeating in (i.e., carbs, fruit, dairy) and which ones I was under eating (i.e., protein, healthy fats, vegetables). It felt like a smooth transition to follow my coach’s food prep because she also practices the principle’s of clean eating (i.e., eating every 2-3 hours, eating wholesome clean foods, cutting out the white sugar„ flour, salt, etc.) and this I knew how to do but I needed to become even more consistent than before.

Last April is when I stepped it up a notch with both training and my clean eating. It was the consistency that I was lacking and this proved to make the difference. Just like many of you I was impatient. If I didn’t see the results I was expecting in 2 weeks, I would throw a pity party and give-up…temporary that is. I kept going at it and I wasn’t sure what physical stage I could get to and I certainly didn’t think anyone in my gene pool could get abs but believe it or not, I wasn’t cursed with bad genetics, I found out that I was capable of getting abs! Everything was in my hands the whole time and I didn’t even realize it.

Push your limits and you will find your full potential.

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  • 25th May
    2012
  • 25
Sometimes looking at two progress comparison photos is not enough. I dug up my photos from April 2011 (top photo) when I first began my competition prep. The second photo is right before my first show in September 2011 (ripped but small). Third photo is off-season in fall (2011). Last photo is my current progress. I know my upper body has gained muscle and this was my goal for this show. I have 29 more days to keep pushing.

Sometimes looking at two progress comparison photos is not enough. I dug up my photos from April 2011 (top photo) when I first began my competition prep. The second photo is right before my first show in September 2011 (ripped but small). Third photo is off-season in fall (2011). Last photo is my current progress. I know my upper body has gained muscle and this was my goal for this show. I have 29 more days to keep pushing.

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