Train with Jackie

Train with Jackie Functional Health & Nutrition Coach & NASM Certified Personal Trainer

01/28/2026

I'm not hating on your meal plan.

I'm just hating on the fact that you feel like you have to restrict all the yummy food in order to see progress. (Aka: I had a client who ate pizza last week and still dropped 2 pounds).

Here's the deal. You can follow some dumb meal plan that some unexperienced random stranger gave you and have no understanding of why you're doing that, OR you can learn to understand food and how to properly fuel your body for your goals so that you know HOW to navigate parties, events, and travels when you have to throw your meal plan out the window.

Flexibility in your nutritional intake allows for freedom to make positive choices for your health AND your social life.

It eliminates all the RULES you think you need to follow to see fat loss.

I want to influence a whole generation of women to actually understand their food and WHY they're eating something instead of eating something just because someone told them they should.

What's the most bizarre thing you've ever heard about food?

I'll go first. A client once told me that her previous trainer told her she shouldn't eat avocados because they have the same amount of calories as a snickers, so she may as well eat a snickers 😳

01/26/2026

My promise to you as your coach:

You don’t need another person telling you it’s okay to skip your workouts. You probably do that just fine on your own.

I won't coddle you.
You need someone who believes you’re capable of more and helps you follow through on the things you know you need to do but don't prioritize.

And I won't make excuses for you. I help you build a life where you don’t need them.
I will support you and hold the standard you said you wanted.

You're not going to magically wake up with endless energy and feel confident in your clothes by staying comfortable. You're going to have to say yes to new things and say no to things that don't serve you.

You need structure, accountability, and someone who won’t lower the bar when things get uncomfortable.

As your coach, my role is to meet you where you are, but I don’t let you stay stuck there.

If you're looking for validation and to stay in your comfort zone, don't waste your time. But if you want to become the woman that says yes to family photos and date nights with your husband wearing the sexy dress in the back of your closet that you haven't worn in 5 years, let's talk. 


01/23/2026

1. Cut the alcohol. It's not doing you any favors.

2. Regulate your stress, girlfriend. This is the source of SO many of your problems, not just bloat.

3. Slow down. I know you're busy, but your digestion is trying to tell you something. When will you listen?

4. Go for a dang walk. This will stimulate digestion to keep working. It's like offering a bonus incentive at work... you're probably going to do your job better.

5. Zoom out, my friend. It's likely not an isolated problem that can be fixed by just doing ONE of these. Look at your overall stress, sleep, and nutrition patterns.

Do you struggle with bloating? Let me know in the comments!

01/16/2026

Have you tried eating less and it didn't work?
There could be a million reasons why, such as insulin resistance, hypothyroidism, PCOS, or, as discussed here, metabolic adaptation.

Ladies, I hate to break it to you, but your body NEEDS food. Protein, fats, and carbs. And if you don't feed your body, it adapts.

Let me help you do it the right way the first time so you're not spinning your wheels and spending extra money doing pointless things that don't move the needle.

01/14/2026

I've had clients come to me who have been on over 20 supplements prescribed by other coaches.

Not only is this expensive, it's largely unnecessary. You should be on fewer than 10 supplements (unless you're aggressively correcting something VERY specific).

Supplements are not meant to be the only healthy thing you incorporate in life. They're meant to SUPPLEMENT whatever you're already doing in the gym, in the kitchen, and in your lifestyle. They are not a band-aid for sh*tty habits.

As a Functional Health & Nutrition Coach and Certified Personal Trainer, here are the ones I take.

1. Multivitamin
2. Omegas
3. Thyroid Pro
4. Vitamin D3/K2
5. Magnesium Glycinate

HONORABLE MENTION because I forgot to talk about it 🤷‍♀️ Creatine

01/07/2026

A single arm dumbbell row is a powerhouse of an exercise to build back strength and symmetry and improve posture. Here's how to do it...

1. Stabilize yourself
This is not a useless first step! Ground your hand and knee through the bench and your opposite foot through the floor.

2. Stretch your lat
You'll want a FULL range of motion here for maximum muscle growth, posture improvement, and shoulder health.

3. Pull your dumbbell into your HIP, not your armpit.

Choose a weight that's difficult, but doable. Try to improve your form, add weight, or add reps each week and watch as your back becomes beautifully sculpted!

12/30/2025

Loose stools can mean:

🏃‍♀️ your food is moving through you too fast, which means nutrients don't get absorbed

🏃‍♀️ your gut is under chronic stress

🏃‍♀️ you have inflammation in the digestive tract

🏃‍♀️ bile in your stomach isn't doing it's job

🏃‍♀️ your gut barrier needs support

Sometimes it's as easy as adding more fiber or water to your diet. But what if it's more than that? What if I told you it's not normal to run to the bathroom every time you need to poo or that it's not normal to only go 3x per week?

Eventually, you may start paying the price with bloating, indigestion, excessive belching/gas, hormonal imbalances, and fatigue. Let's get you straight before your bathroom habits become your only form of cardio.

12/23/2025

Sedentary lifestyles are associated with:

✔️ Impaired insulin sensitivity
✔️ Low energy
✔️ Poor circulation
✔️ Increased risk of osteoporosis
✔️ Hormonal imbalance (high cortisol, low metabolic flexibility)
✔️ Stiff joints, chronic pain
✔️ Constipation, bloating, reflux

Stop underestimating a walk! Walking stabilizes blood sugar, lowers cortisol, boosts energy, improves digestion, etc. The benefits are literally endless. You don't need to hit the gym 8 days per week... you literally just need to walk.

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