Even though I haven’t been blogging on here as much lately,
I have been posting somewhat frequently on Instagram (@jencordeiro if you wanna
follow me). And in those posts I had been hinting that I was prepping for
something big and exciting… and something that I wasn’t allowed to share until
recently.
Here’s the official announcement!
Soooo crazy, right?!? If anyone had
told me a year ago I would be prepping for something like this today, I would have
never have believed it. I started training because I wanted to compete. I
wanted to compete to challenge myself… and once I started, I didn’t want to
stop. I do what I do because I love it. Being rewarded with an opportunity like
this seems too good to be true. All of it. Too good to be true.
This pic was shared on the Team Blessed Bodies Facebook page and Lori Harder (one of my idols and on the current cover of STRONG) commented on it! How cool is that?!?
So, how does one prep for a magazine
spread and shoot? I dunno! Lemme know. For me, my food plan and training have
pretty much stayed the same. I am so, so, so lucky to have a coach and training program that properly paces me so there are no crazy/ stressful/ desperate
measures in the final few weeks. Consistency pays off. Minor, minor tweaks have
been made to my food plan. My focus this week is to really balance all my meals
and time them evenly throughout the day. Training wise, I just need to keep up
with my 5 days weights/ 4 days per week cardio plan. Easy peasy. I have even
been scheduling it to make Saturdays my rest days- how delightful!
On top of that, there is a lot to prep
for the trip. As I have shared in past posts I always plan out my meals and pack what I can to help stay on track while
away. This trip poses significant challenges. Long flights. International
borders. Unknown hotel room. I won’t be able to bring any fresh fruits or
proteins. And I am pretty sure that Roatan doesn’t have a Whole Foods just
around the corner like there was in Vegas. A little more thought will need to
go into this…
The other daunting task at hand is
wardrobe! Tell me to only eat 147 flakes of oats 10 times a day, I could do it.
Tell me to do 500 hours of cardio a day, I would do it. Tell me to go shop and
pick out outfits for the shoot- no way!! I’m not a shopper. Don’t get me wrong,
I love a good deal, but I do not like shopping for specific items of clothes. I
don’t know what goes together. I don’t know how to make an “outfit”. And I
really don’t know how to accessorize. I foresee some agonizing shopping trips
in my immediate future. I spent the shopping trip before the TBB Vegas trip
repeatedly calling my sister in a panic (Leanne, prepare yourself for another
round).
Anyway, 3 weeks out tomorrow! Can’t
wait for that sun and sand!!
Planking it out to build up those abs!!
XOXO
Jen
Jen
