insideKENT Magazine Issue 25 - April 2014 | Page 92

HEALTH+WELLNESS
JESSIE PAVELKA cont.
How did your journey to health and
fitness begin?

a bit of noise in my hotel room doing HIIT training
with my music blaring.

It all started at a young age. I was a physical
child and loved movement. I loved sports, which
led to me training. Through that I got to know
the body very well and now here I am, training
people and still loving to move and exercise.

What are some of your favourite meals and
snacks?

Did you always want to make your passion
for health and fitness a career?

Do you have any guilty food pleasures?

It has been an organic progression. I’ve made
conscious decisions that have put me where I
am, but I never planned to come along this
specific route. I guess I just did what seemed
right and then trusted it would lead me along the
right road.
What does your normal fitness routine entail?
It depends on where I am. At home I add a lot
of variety into my training; I do the gym, the park,
hikes, cycling, etc. When I’m on the road, I am
a bit more limited. I’ve been known to make quite

I love my morning smoothies, fresh greens, fish;
I really enjoy all the food I eat.

I don’t really attach guilt to food, but if I had to
say something that I enjoy from time to time, it
would be Oreo cookies, a nice pint of dark beer
(i.e. a Guinness…or two), and popcorn, but I
make healthy popcorn with nutritional yeast and
walnut oil that is to die for.
How do you stay motivated to continually
exercise and eat well? Do you ever feel the
pull towards crisps, chocolate and lazing on
the sofa?
I don’t always feel motivated. Some days I have
to force myself to go that extra mile. Motivation
is something that is created through action, both
physically and mentally. You have to find

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motivation – it’s a pursuit. The great thing about
falling in love with exercise is you don’t worry too
much about being lazy or eating crisps. It gives
me the freedom to do all of those things.
You're soon to be launching the Pavelka
House – an online community to help people
get healthy and happy. Tell us a bit more
about this.
I’ve been receiving emails from thousands of
people asking me for help and guidance, and it’s
impossible to reach out to them all, so this was
the way for me to make that happen. It’s an
interactive website along with events throughout
the year. We focus on four elements or ‘The
Pavelka Way’: Movement, Food, Mind Power
and Family. We’ll be providing video and text
content with exercises and tools for all four of
these elements. From instructional workout
videos, to cooking vids that will have you eating
to enjoy and live well, all the way to guided
meditations helping you escape the stress of the
day. It’s an all-encompassing, holistic and practical
approach to living well, and it works!