Journaling for Weight Loss Journaling Weight Loss is so important. When you learn how to lead yourself towards health, you learn how to lead in so many other aspects of your life. Journaling weight loss the WRONG way There are so many things that I used to do when I was overweight. One of them [...]
Today, we're going to find some exclusive lasting weight loss tips to keep hijackers out. Weight Loss Hijacker #1: Believing you need to be perfect. When you have a weight loss mentality, the mentality is that you have to be perfect. People believe you need to achieve perfection in order to get results. I strongly [...]
My epic weight loss journey started 8 years ago. Do you feel confused and stuck because the things that you're doing to lose weight just aren't working? That’s where I was roughly eight years ago. I would like to share my story about my weight loss journey with you today because I can guarantee that [...]
Exercise for real people with real lives. That’s the goal, right? But first, you have to break down the role exercise is playing in your weight loss. Actually, I have a feeling exercise is not currently fulfilling its best role and you probably don’t even realize it. The major problem is that too many women [...]
When I first started running, I absolutely hated it. I would head out and push my pace as hard as I could. My lungs would burn, my legs would feel heavy and it left me feeling exhausted and like a failure, because I couldn’t finish my run - I’d end up having to walk at [...]
Women ask me this all the time… “What does it take to stick to a weight loss program, Jen?” Even by the phrasing of the sentence above, I immediately sense the disparity between a “program” and a “lifestyle.” You decide to do a cleanse, try Whole 30 every January, or P90X to get ready for [...]
Feeling a little stressed? Me too. Or at least I used to…. Real talk: all of that rushing and multitasking isn’t actually getting you anywhere. In fact, it might actually be keeping you stuck. You may be working double-time, but getting half the results. It doesn’t have to be that way. My friend and rockstar [...]
“Jen, my [husband, boyfriend, partner, brother, etc.] can eat whatever he wants and not gain a pound, whereas I’ll eat the same food and I’m gaining 10 lbs! What’s up with that?” I hear this from my female clients all the time! So often, in fact, that I’m breaking it down with a metaphor I [...]
You grabbed a yogurt for breakfast and by 3pm you’ve only had a salad. And, you think you’re doing great! You stick to lean protein for dinner and go to bed feeling like a champ. Tuesday. You wake up with a headache and are running late. You grab coffee and a “low-fat” blueberry muffin from [...]
When I was overweight and had just started back at my gym I can truly say I wasn’t feeling too great about myself - my fitness was near nothing and so was my body image. Regardless I was going a few times a week to either do weights or some cardio as I’d made that [...]
