Summertime is when life becomes an endless span of cookouts, parties and vacations. It’s also the time of year when it’s harder to stay on track with your nutrition because the food choices aren’t always the best for us. Do you sit out on summer and all of the things that make it fun? Heck [...]
It is so easy to skip the vegetables when making your meals. Eating steamed or plain veggies gets old, FAST but they are so important to include in your diet. Vegetables not only play a significant role in burning fat, but add a significant amount of important fiber and can reduce your chances of getting heart [...]
Who really likes to eat tilapia, broccoli, and chicken for every meal? Finding meal prep ideas for muscle gain can be hard, but the beauty of flexible dieting, aka If It Fits Your Macros (IIFYM), is that it allows us to be flexible with what we eat so we aren’t stuck with the same four boring [...]
You have killer leg/glute workouts week in and week out, but you're just not seeing those booty gains that you've been working SO hard for. You have that summer vacation or wedding coming up and you want to build lean muscle without packing on the unwanted fat. All of the talk about how carbohydrates are bad [...]
“Jessie, how am I supposed to eat 2,000 calories and STILL reach my physique goals?!?!?” This is one of my most-asked questions, and I absolutely understand why you may feel a little shocked and terrified to eat the amount of calories that I guide you through calculating in my Jessie’s Girls Training Programs. If you [...]
Ok so you just figured out what your BMR is, and now you’re thinking to yourself, “I’ve got my BMR - now I need to meal plan, right?” Wrong! You can’t forget to calculate your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) into the equation! Just because you figure out what your caloric needs are at rest (BMR), [...]
“Track your macros.” A lot of you have heard me say this time and time again. If you track your macronutrients (macros), or as I like to say “track your shit!” you’re going to know exactly what proteins, carbs and fats you ate, how they affect your body, and how to have a healthy relationship with [...]
