HEY! I’M JESS,
Nutrition and Health Coach, Personal Trainer, CES
B.A. Psychology, M.S. Health Promotion
Former cardio bunny and ‘clean’ eater, turned competitive powerlifter and flexible dieter, who now just prioritizes general health
(mostly so when I’m older I can fly down slip and slides with my grandkids, and carry my own groceries)
MY STORY
I’m here because for years, I was that person feeling so overwhelmed and confused about nutrition and fitness.
In high school, I began adopting unhelpful eating and exercise habits, focusing on eating what I believed were the ‘healthiest’ foods in order to ‘be skinny’. This resulted in a loss of ~30lbs within a year or so, leaving me weighing roughly 90lbs. My hair thinned, and I lost my period.
I went to college where things ultimately got worse. Eventually, I created a cycle where I overate at night, then restricted the following day, which lasted years. Within a short period of time, I regained that 30lbs, and likely more.
After graduating, I went into the Army, where I really went down the rabbit hole of nutrition fads…
Apple cider vinegar, no sugar, stop eating after 8pm, only ‘clean’ foods allowed, different supplements, etc.
Eventually, I began learning about what it meant to eat more flexibly, picked up macro tracking, and began lifting heavy.
This shifted my focus to:
Prioritizing nutrient dense foods, while still enjoying ALL foods
What my body could do, instead of just how it looked
Once I started my Master’s Degree and learned about the science of behavior change, and how multifaceted and complex behavior change is.
I realized why I had struggled with it for so long, and finally understood that I wasn’t the ‘problem’, my approach to change was.
Overtime, and as a byproduct of these shifts in my focus, I began making the physical progress I had chased for years, and the mental progress I didn’t know I needed, which helped me maintain changes long-term.
I started seeing my health more as a means for a killer lifestyle, rather than something that required me to put restrictions on my life to support.
Early 2023 I had my daughter, and have since been navigating health behaviors as a mom.
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