The All-Natural Athlete: PROGRESS PHOTO! Woo-hoo! :)

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My name is Megan Jennings, I'm 30 years old, and I am on quite a journey.

On January 30th, 2012, I decided enough was enough - I had considered myself an athlete my whole life, but I'd never looked like one due to improper fitness technique and a diet I thought was "healthy", but was a processed food disaster. I literally woke up one morning and decided that I was sick of working out at the gym 6 days a week, but having the body of a couch potato. Not to mention, it was slowing me down in volleyball, and I knew that if I wanted to start playing competitively, something would have to change. So, I dove head first into the most spectacular diet and training adventure I had ever been on! It took 11 weeks to start seeing results, and after 6 months, I had the best body I had ever had. I was following a 95% "clean" diet with a 40-35-25 carb/protein/fat percentage of calories spread; I did HIIT cardio, lifted heavy, did a lot of circuit training, cross training, and was KILLING it at volleyball! 2012 was the best year of my life.

But, on January 28, 2013, the unthinkable happened. After a routine cardio session, I went home and my back spasmed. After of week of immobility, a chiropractor diagnosed me as having a severe sprain / minor slip of my L4/L5 and L5/S1 discs. This, due to the overdevelopment of my quads, underdevelopment of my posterior chain, and undoubtedly decades of wear and tear and improper rest and recovery times for my body to heal from the training I was recently putting it through. It took me $15,000 of physical therapy and the entire year of 2013 to recover. I lost all my results, my sanity, my dreams and my hopes for the future.

Something happened in January of 2014, however. My back had recovered enough, and I had let go enough of my fears of re-injury, to really put my heart and mind back on the subject of possibly fighting to regain my results. I knew my program would look significantly different; I would have to be extremely cautious and limiting of the exercises I did.... but, could I somehow prove that with proper diet and a modified workout plan, results could still be achieved?

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Monday, April 23, 2012

PROGRESS PHOTO! Woo-hoo! :)

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