Jasleen Sahni has suffered with obesity and severe depression as a teenager. At 120kgs she struggled to fit in anywhere she went. With the help of her parents, she started to work to turn her life around. Over the next few years, she not only managed to lose 50kgs but also became a triathlete completing her first 70.3 distance triathlon at Oman 70.3 race. In this episode, we talk about her incredible transformation journey along with her triathlon journey. We talked about the challenges she faced and her learnings along this journey. We also talk about what her future goals look like! It was a really inspiring transformation journey that shows that no matter where you are, you can always turn your life around for the better. 0:00:00 Intro 0:04:20 Early life and gaining 10kgs every year until she got to 120kgs 0:06:05 Facing fat shaming and bullying early on, stress eating 0:08:40 Starting to work on losing weight 0:10:05 Going through depression and throwing tantrums at home 0:12:20 Losing weight through gym and following proper diet 0:20:45 Tricking mind to avoid binge eating, working on relationship with food 0:28:10 Challenges and learnings from the weight loss journey 0:34:01 The start of the endurance journey with a 4km 'marathon' and winning events in college 0:38:40 Chancing upon Triathlon, Falling in love with cycling and doing her first half iron distance duathlon 0:44:40 Training towards her first 70.3 triathlon at Oman 70.3 in Feb 2020 0:52:45 Learnings from her 70.3 triathlon 0:55:20 Handling the pandemic and starting indoor training with ISRT 0:58:00 winning long 6 hour indoor race, Doing indoor all women TTT races 1:03:17 12 hour and 340km Indoor race experience 1:06:20 Future goals and aspirations. 1:08:10 Tips to aspiring athletes 1:12:45 Closing remarks! Some Links Below: Working Athlete Community on FB. Link to Anchor Voice messages About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker

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