{"id":3323,"date":"2018-11-25T02:47:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T02:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/blog\/jessica-wise\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:17:12","slug":"jessica-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/blog\/jessica-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Gold&#8217;s Gym Challenge Winner: Jessica Wise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"float: right; padding-right:5px; clear: bottom;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umaiZ1EojDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>Why did you sign up for the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge? <\/strong><br>\n<em>Jessica: I just had my third baby and got very sick with that pregnancy. My health was bad \u2013 very high blood pressure, blurred vision, and constant migraines. I wanted more from life and for my family. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"padding-right:5px;\"><strong>What\u2019s the best part of completing the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge? <\/strong><br><br><em>Jessica: I felt like I could do anything. I have never done anything like this before and I wanted to see what else I could do that I wasn\u2019t able to do before.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What would you tell someone if they asked you why you should join the Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge?<\/strong><br>\n<em>Jessica: I would say why not? What do you have to lose? You can only gain from this experience. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your gym mantra?<\/strong><br>\n<em>Jessica: I wanted a better life. I didn\u2019t want to be in pain anymore. I wanted to feel good about my body.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite thing to do at the gym? <\/strong><br>\n<em>Jessica: I love lifting weights and the classes are the best. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best fitness (motivational) tip you received? <\/strong><br>\n<em>Jessica: What kept me going was having others notice my body was changing and feeling the health benefits. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite meal: <\/strong><br>\n<em>Jessica: I love making homemade turkey meatballs with veggie pasta.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun fact about yourself: <\/strong><br>\n<em>Jessica: I am a mother of three and used to foster teenagers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;41.5 Pounds and 24 Total Inches Lost. \u201cNow I\u2019m much healthier and my confidence is huge. The Gold\u2019s Gym Challenge was a game changer for me.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_subtitle":"41.5 Pounds and 24 Total Inches Lost | Gold's Gym Clifton, CO","footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[204,153,160,103,119,155],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories","tag-12-weeks","tag-challenge-winner","tag-coaching","tag-community","tag-transformation","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9658,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions\/9658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldsgym.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}