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- April 23, 2009 - 8:01 am PDT
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hey jamie!! i was so excited when i found out your website was up. i follow you on myspace & now here is even better!! i just picked up the new oxygen issue with you on the cover... i have all three of your cover issues now! you are truly my biggest inspiration! i am starting to get serious with my clean eating & weight training each day. but i have a few questions. first, i work in a very busy medical office and i very very rarely have time to fit all my small meals in throughout the day. any suggestions? is it okay to substitute some meals with quick smoothies or protein shakes? also, i was wondering if you have any recommendations for a good fat burner that actually works. there are so many products out there on the market & even with thorough research i still am not sure which ones i should trust and which ones really dont work. are there any that you know are worth it? thank you so much. you are such an inspiration. thank you for being beautiful, but also being a 'real' person too. i hope one day i can meet you at a fitness competition or something!! :o) have a good day! - April 24, 2009 - 12:38 am PDT
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Hi Ruth! Thanks for the sweet message! You remind me of my old roommate who was a pediatric nurse in the ICU. She had to just stuff her pockets to stay on track. It wasn't easy but she did it and got amazing results. It is super important not to miss your meals if you are really serious about change. When we normally diet, our bodies go into starvation mode and hold onto everything. If we can get it to relax because it knows its going to get fed on a regular basis, it starts to let the fat go and get used for energy. With that said, protein shakes are fine and a few (very few) bars can work but real food is better. If you can make things to wrap and put in your pocket, that would be best. I make a carrot cake protein bar with protein powder and baby food carrots. May sound strange but its really good! I have come up with a chocolate one that I will be posting soon as well. When I travel, I wrap these in plastic wrap and they keep for about 4 days without refrigeration and more than a week with refrigeration. If you need to buy bars, look for low sugar varieties (Adkins, South Beach, Pure Protein, Aristo Bars, etc..). They are loaded with chemicals though, so if there is ever an opportunity for real food, take it! As far as fat burners, most are the same...loaded with caffeine and slightly thermogenic (raising your body temperature). You can use any one of them if you need an extra kick, but I honestly just use regular coffee. Some people say that using fat burners too often can ruin your adrenal glands. If this happens, each time you take one it simply raises your stress level. Stress makes you hold onto fat, so be careful. I hope this info helps! I'm working on getting a blog up to post the recipes. XOX, Jamie -
- April 23, 2009 - 1:34 am PDT
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Congratulations on your new website Jamie, it is truly awesome!!! I've been so inspired by you since the first time I saw you on the cover of Oxygen magazine and have learned alot more about you since then. I love that you're so open.
I NEED YOUR EXPERT ADVICE (107lbs 5'2"): I started working out a lil over a year ago (120lbs), but just recently started lifting weights. I went through a very difficult time in my life and lost too much weight too quick, I've gained some back but my skin is not quite the same anymore. I would like to add at least 3lbs more, what is the best way to go about it w/o doing it in an unhealthy manner. My diet is clean and I do see more muscle defenition coming on, but I would really like to put on little more weight PLEASE HELP!!!- April 24, 2009 - 12:24 am PDT
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I love the name you chose, "iamloved"! :) At 5'2" and 107 lbs, you're little like me. I have to add some weight to be able to grow muscle at times myself. I've learned that its not only what you eat but when you eat that makes a difference too. Assuming that you already eat 5 to 6 times a day and that to add 3 lbs you are eating at least 1600 calories a day, make sure you are raising the amount of good fats you are eating (peanut butter, avocado, almonds, olive oil, etc..). Use a program like www.fitday.com to track your food and play with the ratios. As you raise the healthy fats in your meals, only slighty lower the good carbs to keep your calories in check but don't take out the carbs at each meal. You might even try what I do sometimes after a workout when I want to grow. I will mix a protein shake with 1% chocolate milk, because the simple sugars act like a broom to sweep the protein up into the muscles. After a workout is the only time that you should take in the simple sugars though. I hope that makes sense? :) XOX, Jamie -
- April 22, 2009 - 11:58 pm PDT
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Hi Jamie,
I have been following your advice on eating and I feel a big difference. I don't get hungry at night and I am feeling more energy. I also have noticed my swelling of my feet as gone away . I have lost 3 lbs. this week and feel so happy. Thank you ! I love you girl your my inspiration:)- April 24, 2009 - 12:10 am PDT
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Hi Amanda! I saw your other message first. I am soooo glad that you're doing well and making progress! 3 lbs in one week is awesome! Most people only lose 1 or 2 each week. Keep it up! XOX, Jamie -
- April 22, 2009 - 8:58 pm PDT
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Congrats Jamie! The site is awesome!!! I have seriously read through every single thing on here! You are so open with all of your information and tips and experiences, and I think that it really helps set you apart from other people in the industry. Others seem to be stingy with their knowledge, but you really do want to inspire people! I do have one question, if i were to want to send you an actual fan letter, where should i send it? Not your home address obviously, but a p.o. box or something? I am about to be leaving for basic training for the air force, next week and I won't have access to a computer. Thanks ahead of time!!
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Hey Malana! Thank you so much! That's awesome that you are going into the air force!! I appreciate my military friends so much!!! I hope you basic training is a breeze. I need to establish a new PO Box because the one near me closed. I will figure that out and let you know asap! I'd love to hear from you while you're gone! Thank you! XOX, Jamie -
- April 22, 2009 - 5:37 pm PDT
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Hi everyone! Thank you so much for the awesome messages! I am at LAX airport waiting to head home. I am anxious to get on here and start answering everyone! Thank you for coming over!!! YAY! :) I get in late tonight (almost midnight) but I'll be online all day tomorrow and ready to plug away! Talk to you soon!
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- April 22, 2009 - 9:52 am PDT
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Jamie! The site is awesome! Loved all the Oxygen coverage this month too : ) Keep on keepin' on ; ) You should post an apperance schedule!?!?!?! - April 23, 2009 - 5:24 pm PDT
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Ok, gotta ask...what's "codi on tour" mean? :) I'm nosey! Sorry! And, thanks for the Oxygen comment! I'm always so proud of those. I love working with that magazine! And, an appearance schedule is a good idea. I'll have to look into that, or maybe post it in my "news" section on occasion. Thanks for the suggestion! XOX, Jamie -
- April 21, 2009 - 7:15 pm PDT
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I really liked your grocery list. Very simple and easy to follow.
I also subscribed to Oxygen after seeing your magazine cover. I love your new website.- April 23, 2009 - 5:22 pm PDT
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Hi Michelle! You subscribed to Oxygen after seeing my cover? I hope they read that!!! LOL! Thank you!! I'm glad you like the grocery list. I plan to start posting recipes that I've made and a few that I've found as soon as we get my blog up and running. I hope you'll come back! Thanks again! XOX, Jamie -
- April 21, 2009 - 5:59 pm PDT
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I have been waiting (forever it seems :-) for your website. I am so excited it's finally up. I first noticed you in Oxygen Magazine (my absolute favorite mag). I just wanted to let you know you are an inspiration to women, keep up the good work. Do you have a time frame when your swimwear will be ready? Thanks so much! - April 23, 2009 - 5:20 pm PDT
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Aw, thanks Michelle! I love your terrier pic!! :) I'm a mush for dogs! Thank you for the wonderful compliments! I feel really lucky to have a career and lifestyle that I love! I'm in my 30's, so it's about time! :) As for my swimwear, the goal is to start putting some up next month. I only have about 4 designs complete but I'm plugging away! :) XOX, Jamie -
- April 21, 2009 - 3:01 pm PDT
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First I'ld like to say thank you for being a great role model for us women.
I've been seriously into fitness and training for 2years and have made it part of my life. On a single mother budget I have been training myself, and over did it a week before my first competition with a knee injury that put me out for a good 2 months of no cardio. Do you have any suggestions to get back muscle that was lost, i have had a terrible time, leaning out again. I am determined to do it again and i am open to any help i can get.- April 23, 2009 - 5:16 pm PDT
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You know, its crazy how its easier to get our bodies to respond the first time around and harder when you try and do it again. As we lean out, our metabolism naturally slows down to conserve energy. It seems counter productive, but to lean out again, you need to make sure not to stay on that same perpetual diet. You will need to eat more calories as you start lifting again. For one, you need it to fuel your workout and two, you need the food to promote muscle growth. I usually use a little simple math to figure things out and then play with those numbers a bit. It takes about 10 calories for every pound that you weigh, just for normal body functions. For me, if I weigh 110, that's 1100 calories just to live as a vegetable. If I am sedentary (desk job, no exercise), I'd add about 300 calories. If I'm active (weight training, NO cardio), about 400 - 500 and if I'm extremely active (marathon runner or weights AND cardio) 600 - 700 calories. These are just estimates but I find that if I am eating "in the ball park" of those calories, depending on my lifestyle, I can make the progress that I want (build muscle, lean out, etc...). I suggest using a program like Fit Day to track your calories. www.fitday.com Good luck getting back there! I hope your knee recovers quickly! XOX, Jamie -
- April 21, 2009 - 1:35 pm PDT
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FINALLY! I'm so glad the site is finally up and running. :) Can't WAIT to order some swimsuits. Whooo hoo! Thank you for being such an inspiration and showing that women can be strong AND hot; that we don't have to be stick figures to be beautiful or feminine! - April 23, 2009 - 5:09 pm PDT
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THANK YOU!! I'm so excited to get the suits up there! I only have about 4 samples at this point, but they will be in production soon, so I'll post them as I go. Thanks for your supposrt and encouragement!! I appreciate it! XOX, Jamie -
- April 20, 2009 - 2:16 pm PDT
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Hello, Jamie. I've been keeping up with you about two years now. I have a question. I'm also an aspiring model, and I want to stick to fitness. Sometimes though, I'm lead to the wrong door and head to glamour. But, I want to stick to my fitness. My question to you is, do you any photographers that give exclusive rights for the work they do of you? Or, better yet, do I even need exclusive rights, at all? - April 23, 2009 - 5:04 pm PDT
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Hi Princina! First and foremost, be really picky and careful about who you shoot with. Try and shoot with photorgaphers that are currently being published in the magazines that you want to be in. And, if they aren't available, send pictures from magazines like Oxygen, or whatever else you are interested in to other photographers and ask to shoot that style. Try and match clothing, setting, everything possible. For instance, Oxygen photos are usually shot on a white background or in a gym setting, so don't send fitness pics to the editor that have you on a black background with shadowed lighting. Make sense? As for image rights, there are a few ways that it works. You can pay the photographer and that gives you the rights to the photo for personal use (website, myspace, 8X10's, etc), but the moment a magazine or company becomes interested, if there is money involoved, it is the photographer's money. You paid the photographer for the shoot and the rights to the image but not exclusive rights. By law, they are still their images. If the photographer pays you for a shoot, you are not entitled to anything and must get permission to use the images. Magazines work like this too. If they hire you for a shoot, you sign an agreement to be paid for the shoot and exclusive rights to the photos. Unfortunately, this means that you have no idea when and what gets published. For TFP (time for print), which involves you shooting with a photographer for free and him/her shooting you for free you both will have equal rights to the photos for portfolio and website use. Again, if a magazine or company is interested in a photo for use, it is ulitmately the photographers decision and the money made is their's to keep, unless an alternative agreement is made up front. Be careful with TFP. I personally request in writing that nothing will be sold to companies or magazines without my final approval when doing TFP. I don't want to end up on a porn site or with a product that competes with my goals. Besides, if a company is interested in your image, they might consider sponsorship. I hope that helps! XOX, Jamie -
- April 19, 2009 - 8:13 pm PDT
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I know the benefits of weight-lifting using heavy weights with low reps, as well as using lighter weights and more reps. I recently started a BodyPump class (choreographed class using multiple reps with lower weight) that I attend two or three times a week. I decided I would try to kill two birds with one stone and would lift with heavier weights to exhaustion after the BodyPump class. The main reason I chose to do it this way is to minimize days I have sore muscles. So basically I am doing an hour of light lifting followed by about half an hour of heavy lifting. However,I'm wondering if this is going to do what I want it to? I am looking to both build and define my muscles. Google had nothing, so I had to turn to my fitness role model :) - April 23, 2009 - 4:47 pm PDT
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Thanks for the fitness role model comment!!! That's really so amazing and flattering to me! To get right to it, I think you may be over training doing both of those in a row. If you are truly lifting heavy, which breaks down muscle to be rebuilt with proper diet and rest, then you should be too tired for both. I think that you could continue your Body Pump class (which sounds like an awesome benefit for muscle endurance and cardio) and on opposite days, lift heavy only. You know those guys that make us role our eyes in the gym because they are always grunting and groaning and throwing weights down? Well, I hate to say it, but those guys are the only ones really growing. We need to be exerting ourselves just as much. Females have lower levels of testosterone, so we need to work even harder. On days that you lift heavy, if you did it right, you should break a light sweat and feel tired afterward. And, yes, you will have muscle soreness but with consistancy, that will pass. I hope this helps! XOX, Jamie -
- April 19, 2009 - 7:06 pm PDT
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Hey Jamie,
Congrats on all of the success you are having. I am so happy that the website is finally up and running. Great to see you on the cover of OXYGEN once again. Wish you the best and continued success with everything. You definately deserve it. Best Wishes Darling.
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Hey Mike! Thanks for the wonderful message! I'm having such an awesome month with the launch of the site and the Oxygen cover! I really feel very fortunate and appreciate the kind words! I hope you'll come back and visit again! XOX, Jamie -
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Hi Jamie congratulations on the web site, i am so excited for you. Have admired your hard work and you are an inspiration. i hope that you can answer a question for me as i have not had much luck in getting it answered elsewhere.
i work graveyards and days to make ends meet, i would very much like to return to the very toned body i had 10 years ago, but with my schedule i am close to giving up. what do i need to know about circadian rhythms and fat gain and or loss and is there a work out that i can do in minimal time that i will be able to see great results. how often should i change it up????? i know it's a long question and i apologize but i am hoping you can provide some incite and impart some wisdom. thanks so much Laurie- April 23, 2009 - 4:38 pm PDT
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Hey Laurie! Thanks for the message! That's a tough schedule to keep! You are smart to figure in your circadian rhythms and irregular sleep pattern as a hindrance to fat loss. I have a strong suspicion that you have difficulty eating and sleeping on a regular schedule? That's really important for weight loss and in training, for recovery. Lack of sleep not only messes with your energy level but it makes you crave carbs and generally leads to over-eating. Without knowing your current shape or fitness level, its hard to give you the best advice. I will say this, finding a way to eat every 2.5 to 3 hours and REALLY STICK TO IT, will likely make a big difference. You know how when we go to sleep without an alarm clock and wake up on our own, if we do it day after day, we tend to wake up at the same time of day naturally. Well, that's our body responding to the circadian rhythm. Our eating pattern is like that as well. If you can get into a "rhythm" of eating every 3 hrs, your body knows it will be fed and can rely on it, so it starts to let go of food for energy instead of storiing it. Add exercise to the equation and you start to burn fat. I hope this helps you a bit! XOX, Jamie -
- April 19, 2009 - 6:03 pm PDT
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Jamie,
Hi. After seeing your cover on Oxygen Mag I looked you up and was thrilled to find your site. Very well done and Extremely helpful. I have set a personal deadline for getting in shape "this time". I have 15 months before I turn the big 4-0... need all the support I can get..! Already reviewed your nutrional pages and really appreciated your motivational answer to how you handle the days you don't feel up to working out, and such a great idea. Thanks sharing your information and expertise!- April 23, 2009 - 4:18 pm PDT
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Hey Lori! Thanks for the wonderful feedback on the site! I appreciate it! Any suggestions or questions as you work toward your goal, please let me know? And, trust me, I did the "this time" thing several times before I finally committed. I think that must happen to everyone. I think 40 can truly end up being the best shape of your life though, so I hope you'll go for it! Everyone in my family (mom, dad, brother) all committed and they look at least 10 years younger. Hit those weights! Its the fountain of youth, I swear! :) I'll be posting more guidance for meal plans and recipes, as well as workouts, so I hope you'll come back! Best wishes in reaching your goals! XOX, Jamie -
- April 19, 2009 - 3:34 pm PDT
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Hi Jamie!! LOVE the new site! CONGRATS on another Cover!! :) xox~ Tara - April 23, 2009 - 4:14 pm PDT
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Hey Tara! Thanks sweetie! It's awesome of you to come over and check it out! I appreciate it! I hope you guys have been doing well! XOX, Jamie -
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Hello Jamie, I was waiting for your site for so long and here it is, it is great. I have a question, I am trying to get in to fitness but i still need help achieving my goals. I have trouble with building up legs and gluets please help me with some suggestions it is my weak point. I get very cut and lean inmy upper body but not my lower. also can you please tell me what is the best way to get that nice tight lean look for when you go on stage. Thanks Inna. - April 23, 2009 - 4:12 pm PDT
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Hi Inna! I struggle with the same area as you. Most women either have tummy problems or the have the butt and thigh problems. I'm the lower body too. Two build up your butt and legs, you should be training them at least twice a week, preferably, every three days to give them time to recover. You should try and train quads and calves one day and glutes and hamstrings the other. Squats and lunges will forever be the best choices. One thing to note... any movement with a narrow stance (squats, hack squats, leg press) will recruit more of your quad and a wider stance will hit your glutes and hamstrings. Also, when you have a stubborn body part, think heavier weight with fewer reps. It's a good idea to take a notebook and record the amount of weight and reps so that you can slowly progress. Many times we don't make progress because we don't increase the load or make changes. For legs, drop-sets (doing a heavy weight to exhaution or failure and then dropping the weight to continue) are also a great technique. I hope this helps! XOX, Jamie -
- April 19, 2009 - 8:57 am PDT
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Jamie, the new site looks great. Your an amazing person and I hope you enjoy your time on the road with your man - April 23, 2009 - 3:53 pm PDT
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Hey Jimmy! How is my myspace friend? :) Thank you for that nice message! I had a great time on the road with Rich! A week is about all I can handle on a tour bus though. I'll leave that kind of rockstar living for him! :) I hope to see you on here again! XOX, Jamie -
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Jamie,
Hey doll face, Congrats on the new website!!! It looks great and very easy to navigate. Hope to see you sometime soon. Take care of you and keep being awesome.
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Hey Doug! Thanks for the sweet message! I hope you and the family are doing well! Rich says hello and we hope to see you guys sometime soon too! XOX, Jamie -
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Hi! In looking at your grocery lists, I noticed that your protein sources are mostly animal products. I am a vegetarian; do you have any suggestions for vegetarian sources?
Thank you!- April 23, 2009 - 3:50 pm PDT
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You just gave me a great idea for my next article! Thank you! I know that its more difficult to get quality protein on a vegetarian diet. I've learned quite a few things about food combinations that create complete proteins, which you need to build quality muscle. That will be my next article. I'll try and get that up for you by Friday of next week. Thanks for the awesome question! XOX, Jamie
