We all have or have had that friend/family member/workcolleague who can seem to eat whatever they like and never gain weight. They can go to maccas and order a triple cheeseburger meal with a 6 pack of nuggets and not even bloat slightly while some of us feel like even glancing at a french fry causes our waistline to expand. The fact is though, that very few people can maintain this kind of fast metabolism forever and if it doesn’t catch up with them on the outside it sure will on the inside.
This weeks’ fit FREAK is an example of this. Jenna Renee is a Fitness model with a banging body and a lifestyle dedicated to fitness. But this hasn’t always been the case. Up until she was in the 10th grade(yes she’s American) she was that girl who could eat whatever she wanted and never gain an ounce of fat. Unfortunately that did not last and Jenna learnt the hard way that what you eat does always catch up with you. She went from being 110 pounds (about 50kgs) to 135 pounds by the end of the year (61kg).Being only 5’5” this was not a comfortable or healthy weight for Jenna and she felt it. However not having ever had to do worry about her weight before she let it continue to spiral down unsure of how to control it.
In 2007 she developed an eating disorder as a result of her growing hatred of her body and insecurity about her size and ended up in hospital weighing less than 100 pounds (45kgs). This was the turning point forJenna as she realised if she didn’t take control of her weight now she would end up destroying her body.
She started to learn about eating clean and lifting weights.This was a big change for her after coming from having an eating disorder to eating no less than 6 times a day but seeing the changes in her body after just a few weeks helped encourage her to continue on this path to a healthierlifestyle.
Three years later Jenna is a highly successful fitness model and has never looked or felt better. She trains weights 5 days a week and eats clean year round only treating herself on special holidays or her birthday.
Jenna’s story is an inspiring example that skinny definitely does not mean healthy and how important it is that we consider what we put into our bodies regardless of our size as it will always catch up with us in the end one way or another.
Jenna will be at this year’s Australian Health and Fitness Expo (which I am so excited for) along with some other great names in the fitness industry which I will look at in the next few weeks.
Check out her facebook page www.facebook.com/JennaReneeFit or her website www.jennareneefit.com to seemore of her work :)
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