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BUILDING HEALTH FROM THE INSIDE OUT Nutrition is the basic component in health and can be effective in correcting many common health problems.

With all the conflicting information out there on diet/exercise/health it can be overwhelming to figure out what approach is right for YOU. I truly believe that we are all biochemically different and that there is no such thing as a “one-size-fits-all” approach when it comes to our bodies. As an Apeiron Epigenetic Coach I am excited to offer
Epigenetic Potential Coaching which is the key to unlock

ing your limitless genetic potential. Discover how this new paradigm is the true cutting edge of transformation and health optimization. Taking a whole systems approach, puts you the client at the center of care. We combine cutting edge genetic and epigenetic science with physiology, biochemistry, brain/peak performance, hormones, lifestyle and positive psychology for personalized and precise solutions so you can access your limitless potential to thrive.

04/22/2026

7 months post hip replacement.

4 months of treating myself like a client… instead of the “I know what I’m doing, I’ll wing it” approach 🙃

No peptides.
No shortcuts.
No secret sauce hiding in my kitchen cabinet.

Just the wildly unsexy things people love to avoid:
Steps (yes, I actually hit them)
Logging food (including the stuff I wished didn’t count)
Sleep (apparently not optional)
Training (consistently… not just when I felt like a fitness influencer)

No detoxes.
No 75-step morning routine.
No pretending I’m “different.”

Just doing the same basic things… every day… like it’s my job.
(Which, to be fair, it is 😅)

Funny how the “boring” stuff is also the stuff that works.

But yeah… tell me more about the shortcut you’re looking for.

Ps) the old bikini competitor in me remembered how to pose …but didn’t remember to smile 🤣

04/20/2026

This week’s check ins were a perfect example of what real progress looks like.

Not perfect.
Not easy.
Not flashy.

But effective.

We are 6 weeks approximately into the Metabolic Reset Program and Across the board we saw:

– Body fat dropping 3%+ while muscle increased ~4 lbs
– Another client down ~4 lbs of body fat with the scale barely changing
– Protein averages jumping from struggling… to 150g+ consistently
– Clients hitting 8–15k steps/day and stacking workouts on top
– Calories dialed in within range even during stress weeks

And this is the part that matters most…

We had:
– A house sale, travel, and 3 sick kids with RSV… still logging
– Multiple “I don’t want to do this” days… still training
– Low sleep, high stress… still showing up

No peptides.
No fat burners.
No magic pills.

Just:
✔ consistency
✔ structure
✔ doing the work when it’s inconvenient

That’s the “hard way.”

But let’s be honest…

👉 It’s only “hard” because most people won’t stay consistent long enough to see what actually happens.

Because when you do?

You get:
– Fat loss WITHOUT crashing calories
– Muscle gain WHILE leaning out
– Progress that doesn’t disappear in 3 weeks

Maybe it wasn’t perfect.

It was better than that.

It was sustainable.

And that’s the whole point.

04/13/2026

Unpopular opinion…
Not all weight loss is created equal.

And pretending it is?
That’s where people start to feel like they’re failing.

Because right now, you’re seeing a lot of
“this feels easy”
“my hunger is gone”

And for the average person doing this the long-game way…
that can mess with your head.

Because your reality probably looks more like:

• you still have to think about your food
• you still get hungry
• you still have to choose discipline some days
• you don’t always feel motivated

And you’re wondering…
am I doing something wrong?
You’re not.

You’re just building it.

There’s a difference between
something that feels effortless
and something that’s actually being built.

No smoke and mirrors.
No pretending it’s easier than it is.

A little hunger isn’t an emergency — it’s part of the process most people are trying to skip.

Will it take longer?

Yeah.

But you won’t have to second guess it.
And you won’t be stuck wondering what happens when this stops working

So stop comparing your disciplined, intentional process…
to anyone else’s results — you don’t know what’s behind them anymore.

Stay in your lane.
Do the work.
And trust that building it slowly
is exactly why it lasts.

04/07/2026

Every time things get busy…
You fall off.
You eat like an as***le for a few days…
Then tell yourself you’ll “start Monday.”
And repeat.
It’s not that you don’t know what to do.
It’s that you’re not following through consistently enough to see results.

So I built something for that.

🌱 Spring Reset → Summer Strong
April 13 – July 17 (14 weeks)

This is not a shred.
This is not extreme.
This is structure + accountability that actually works in real life.

You’ll learn how to:
✔️ Hit your protein consistently
✔️ Stay within your calories (without obsessing)
✔️ Stop the all-or-nothing cycle
✔️ Follow through—even when life is busy

👉 And here’s the difference:

No Facebook group.

I show up in my Instagram stories daily
You check in by:
• Voting on polls
• OR DMing me your status

Simple. No overthinking. No disappearing.

Two ways to join:

🔹 Level 1 – Accountability ($127)
Structure + system + 1 check-in/month

🔹 Level 2 – Coaching ($297)
Personalized macros + 2 check-ins/month + adjustments + support

We start April 13.

👉 DM SPRING if you’re ready to follow through this time.

04/03/2026

🐰For those of you travelling this weekend…

Easter probably is not a fat loss weekend.

Between:
• travel
• restaurants
• family dinners
• Easter chocolate

👉 this is real life, not a perfect deficit.

The goal is NOT:

❌ being perfect
❌ hitting exact macros
❌ seeing the scale drop

The goal is:

👉 don’t turn 3 days into 3 weeks

Keep it simple:

1️⃣ Protein first
Anchor every meal.

2️⃣ This is not your last supper
You don’t need to eat everything today “because Monday you’re back on track.”

3️⃣ Enjoy the food… but don’t eat like an as***le
Yes, have the chocolate. A serving enjoyed vs a gluttony regretted.
No, you don’t need to crush everything in sight.

4️⃣ No compensation
Don’t under-eat before.
Don’t punish after.
Just return to structure.

And yes — when you get home, the scale might be up.

That’s not fat.

That’s:
• sodium
• carbs
• digestion
• travel

Give it a few days and it settles.

The people who get results aren’t the ones who avoid weekends like this.

They’re the ones who know how to move through them without falling off.

Enjoy your weekend.
Then get back to work Monday.🐣

***le

03/29/2026

🌱 SPRING CHALLENGE
April 13 – July 17 (14 weeks)

This is a structured system to help you:
• Hit your protein consistently
• Stay within your calories
• Stop the all-or-nothing cycle
• Follow through (even when life is busy)

🔁 HOW ACCOUNTABILITY WORKS (IMPORTANT)

No Facebook group.

👉 I show up in my Instagram stories
👉 You check in by:
• Voting on polls
• Or DMing me your daily status

Simple. Quick. Consistent.

💰 TWO LEVELS (VERY DIFFERENT)

🔹 LEVEL 1 – Accountability ($127)

For you if you want structure + independence

✔️ general Macro & calorie guide
✔️ Daily habit system
✔️ Story-based accountability
✔️ 1 check-in/month

❌ No personalized adjustments

🔹 LEVEL 2 – Coaching ($297)

For you if you want support + direction

✔️ Everything in Level 1
✔️ Personalized macros
✔️ 2 check-ins/month
✔️ Adjustments + feedback
✔️ Priority support (DM access)

📆 HOW IT WORKS

Month 1 – Foundation
Daily habits + tracking

Month 2 – Control
Planning + reducing chaos eating

Month 3 – Ex*****on
Consistency + follow through

We start April 13

Spots are limited (especially Level 2)

👉 Comment SPRING or DM me and I’ll send details

03/26/2026

Natural fat loss is boring.

And that’s why most people never get there.

There’s no magic week.
No big breakthrough.
No moment where everything suddenly “clicks.”

It looks like this:

Same calories.
Same protein target.
Same steps.
Same workouts.
Same meals logged again… and again… and again.

Day after day.

Most people don’t fail because they don’t know what to do.

They fail because they get bored of doing the same things long enough for it to work.

If your plan constantly changes…

If your calories are all over the place…

If your effort depends on motivation…

You’ll always feel like you’re “starting over.”

If your fat loss plan constantly changes… it’s not going to work.

03/24/2026

The power of accountability.

Two weeks into this group and here’s what I’m seeing as the check-ins come in:

Weight down.
Inches down.
Body fat down.

But more importantly…

• Mini eggs portioned instead of a binge
• Protein going from inconsistent to hit every day
• Boredom eating recognized and adjusted in real time
• Days being planned ahead — movement and nutrition

No extremes.
No starting over.

Just structure, awareness, and follow through.

03/17/2026

“Why am I not seeing results?”

Hard truth?
Because you’re not fully taking ownership yet.
Not in a shameful way—just in an honest one.
Personal accountability doesn’t look like perfection.
It looks like this:

You said you’d track… so you track.
Even when it’s annoying.
Even when it wasn’t “perfect.”

You said you’d hit your water… so you drink it.
Not just on the days you feel motivated.

You said you’d stop eating when you’re full…
So you pause and listen—even when the food tastes really good.

It means you stop saying:
“I didn’t have time”
And start saying:
“I didn’t prioritize it”

It means you stop starting over every Monday
And start adjusting mid-week
It means you follow through on the boring stuff:
• The meals you planned
• The steps you committed to
• Going to bed instead of scrolling

This is the part no one claps for.

No one sees it.
No one praises it.

But THIS is where your results are built.
And here’s the best part:
Every time you follow through, you build trust with yourself.
You become someone who:
👉 does what she says she’s going to do
And that changes everything.

So today, ask yourself:

“Where am I still negotiating with myself?”

And then… close the gap.
No drama. No guilt.
Just ownership

03/13/2026

Hunger isn’t an emergency.

But somewhere along the way people were taught that it is.

If you’re trying to lose body fat, especially the last 10 pounds, you will feel hungry sometimes.
That’s not your metabolism “breaking. That’s not your body going into starvation mode. That’s simply your body recognizing that energy intake is a little lower than energy output. Which is the entire point of fat loss.

The problem is most people think fat loss should feel like:

✔ always full
✔ perfect energy
✔ no cravings
✔ scale dropping daily

That’s not real life.

The truth is there will be moments where you feel:

• a little hungry before a meal
• ready to eat when dinner comes
• slightly aware you’re in a deficit

That’s normal fat loss hunger.

What’s not normal is:

• constant exhaustion
• thinking about food all day
• feeling shaky or lightheaded
• white-knuckling your way through the day

That’s when calories are likely too low.

Fat loss lives in the middle.

Not stuffed.

Not starving.

Just slightly aware that your body is using stored energy.

And most people never reach their goal because they panic the moment hunger shows up. They think something is wrong.
It’s not.

Your body is simply doing the job you asked it to do. This is exactly the kind of nuance we work through inside my coaching.
Because fat loss isn’t just about numbers.
It’s about learning how to interpret what your body is telling

03/11/2026

The last 10 pounds will mess with your head.
Not because the plan stops working.
Because the scale stops behaving logically.

The past couple months my scale has looked like this:

150.7
150.3
149.9
149.4
148.8
150.3
150.7
148.1

Up.
Down.
Up again.

And if you only looked at the daily number, you’d think nothing was happening.
But here’s what most people don’t know about fat loss when you’re already lean:
Your body doesn’t lose fat in a straight line.
Your weight fluctuates inside a range… and over time that entire range slowly shifts down.
A few weeks ago my range was about 150–152.
Now it’s closer to 148–150.
That shift is fat loss.

Even when the scale jumps around because of:

• digestion
• sleep
• training
• sodium
• hormones
• stress

You can literally be losing fat while the scale says nothing changed. Or even went up.

My plan right now is simple: Stay consistent until the end of June.

At this stage of fat loss, a realistic rate is 0.25–0.5 lb per week.

Which means by summer my body could naturally settle around 142–145.
Not through extremes.
Just through consistency.
And yes… even as a coach, I’ve had moments where the scale went up and I thought:

“How am I supposed to coach this if I can’t control it perfectly myself?”

But this is the truth about the last 10 pounds.
It’s messy.
It’s non-linear.
And it’s mostly mental.
The real skill isn’t knowing how to lose weight.
It’s learning how to stay neutral when the scale tries to lie to you.

03/10/2026

A woman joining my 12-week program told me today she was 8/10 ready.

So I asked her…
why not a 10?

She said:

“I’m afraid it won’t work.
At my age it feels like nothing works anymore.”

And honestly… I get that.

I’m 3 months shy of 48.
I’ve had those thoughts too.

Bodies change. Hormones change. Life gets busy.
After enough attempts that didn’t stick, it’s easy to start believing maybe it’s just not possible anymore.

But here’s the shift:

It’s usually not that nothing works.

It’s that nothing had the structure, consistency, or accountability to work long enough.

Fat loss isn’t about motivation.

It’s about daily ex*****on over time.

Movement.
Planning.
Consistency.

Not perfectly — just consistently.

Even I have to do the work.

The difference is I don’t rely on motivation anymore.
I rely on structure.

And that’s exactly what I coach.

If you feel like nothing works anymore,
it might just mean it’s time to do it differently.

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Jenn’s Story

Some people find their calling early in life. Others live and learn and follow their passions wherever they may lead.

In pursuing her passion for health and wellness, Jenn's extensive background as a health practitioner includes massage therapy, personal training, yoga instructing and certified Precision Nutrition® coaching.

Jenn has had her own health challenges over the past few years, and in working with her clients on diet and exercise she learned that what works for one person might not (and often doesn’t) work for another. Jenn wanted to find a way to work with her clients metabolic individuality and that lead her to a career as an Apeiron Epigenetics Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner.

She uses an honest and authentic approach to educate each client about their individual needs so they achieve optimal health. She helps clients to achieve this by using evidence-based science to guide them on how to utilize food, exercise, and positive lifestyle changes to become the best version of themselves.