Livewell with Jacqueline The Podcast

Hot topic alert! Back when I started my Instagram in 2018 I gladly shared my high vs my low weight, my weight in between in addition to changes for my clients. But now here in 2024 as I am sharing candidly my current fat loss journey, I have decided against sharing my bodyweight publicly. In this episode of dive into all the reasons why I’m choosing not to do this and instead choosing to focus on...

I am half way through my 16 week fat loss phase - and I am sharing with you my current results, feelings and emotions! Let me tell you the emotional piece of this has been the hardest - and that is why I want to share! In this episode I dive into why I chose to do a build phase first, then a fat loss phase and the calories during both. I also share with you my intense frustrations with the scale (...

Clients as all the time: should I track this hot sauce? Mustard? Cilantro? Cinnamon? This may be controversial as a flexible dieting/macro tracking coach but my answer is NO. Why? Because I know that isn't your problem, friend. Your issue is eating the bites out of the mac n' cheese pot, the handful of goldfish while making the lunches, the extra mimosas a brunch then the burger after b/c...

You Have to Kill The Old Version of You. If you want to TRULY change, that is. Sounds aggressive but here me out: you just doing this diet/challenge/packaged shake thing isn't going to last long term. You may think it give you the results - but what happens on day 31 or when the 6 week facebook challenge group closes? What sustainable habits have you changed? Were you just waiting until the ti...

I see it all the time - you step on the scale buck naked in the am and it’s UP. Now your day is ruined! What I’m doing isn’t working! Why am I even trying? Or perhaps you got started with some new healthy habits but the fear of what the scale will say is holding major power over you. In today’s episdoe I address all of these common experiences that myself, my husband, close friends and clients hav...

I get it - tracking your food can feel so exhausting and time consuming. It isn't the only tool to have you lose weight - but it certainly is eye opening to help you understand portion sizes. So many people under estimate calories consumed...so this may also be a reason why your progress isn't moving in the direction you desire! In this episode I explain what pre-logging is, why it will sa...

Want to know what I am eating to help me reach my fat loss goals? In this episode I spilling the tea on my top foods that are helping me to mitigate hunger, protect all the precious muscle I've built, and help me lose body fat. You may be shocked at what I am NOT including as well! I am also sharing my top tips on why people often struggle with maintenance foods and 'diet' foods - and...

Your meals are prepped, you are nailing your step game, focusing on reducing stress, prioritizing sleep and you are overall focused on making this fat loss phase a success! That is until the text comes through "Hey honey want to go out for ________ tonight?" Argh! You are JUST getting into your groove and here the offer to deviate from your plan presents itself. How do you handle this? Y...

Cardio for hours! Magical pills! Getting too jacked! In the quest for body recomposition the noise can be overwhelming. Today I am breaking down 5 fat loss myths: •Cardio is the best exercise for fat loss • You can spot reduce body fat • Strength training will make you bulky • Certain foods & exercises can burn belly & booty fat • Hormonal changes make fat loss impossible after 40

Raise your hand if you grew up in the magazine era where you needed to get on the cardio machine for 45 minutes & eat 1200 cal because that was going to burn all of your fat? Oh but I just want to be SKINNY Jacqueline! Man I fell victim to that too for a time - but thank goodness I know better now. As I’m in my fat loss phase a lot of people are wondering are you increasing your cardio? How are yo...

JBP you know how to track macros and change your body composition - why did you need to hire coach? Well after a year of surgeries & recoveries, set backs and depression I knew I needed help. I knew I wanted to hire my coach 9 months before we even started working together! I forecasted out when the best time to set my self up for success would be in my life - and we started our work together....

It is the end of January and your 30 day challenge/juice cleanse /enter whatever restrictive thing you were attempting to do has ended… Now what? Trust me Friend I have been there - in this episode I share a story about how I puked outside my husband‘s car while going down the highway after eating & drinking some beers and pretzels and I have to tell you it was no fun. Especially when I had to cle...

Hi I’m Jacqueline and I’m a recovered Orthorexic. What’s that word mean? I used to only eat “healthy” foods - and that changed based on what diet I was eating. Vegan! Paleo! You name it and I just “couldn’t have it” and I was better than you bc I had will power! Until I would cheat that is … then the guilt and bad words to myself would start. Only when I found tracking macros and flexible dieting...

Wow 2023 was a doozy for yours truly - and she isn't sad to see it go! Even as I look in the rear view not wishing to repeat some of the not so pretty times (hello jaw fracture! sinus surgery!) I will tell you one thing: it made me a stronger human today. Which leads me to sharing my word of the year for 2024: Create. Wait what JBP? What the heck does this have to with your past year? And wher...

Are you stuck? Have you stalled in making progress towards changing your life/goals/happiness? Sometimes we can all feel so lost - we are doing all the 'right' things (or so we think) or we get stuck on the overthinking merry-go-round. This is also the time we get distracted by bright shiny new objects and try that on for size (I'm looking at your juice cleanses and lose X pounds in X...

Listen - you want to make a change but you also want to enjoy the holidays! I see you boo - and this episode is just for you! Lots of choices can be made between now and then, and waiting until Jan 1 aka the diet starts Monday mentality can have you also feeling a little reckless! What if, instead, we had you slow roll with the 3 S's? Yep - my simple strategy of Sweets, Steps and Social Media...

Most of us aren't working to our fullest potential...I know I wasn't. I was mailing it in HARD in my basement gym. Doing just enough to check the box. Then I was wondering: why doesn't my body look the way I want it? Actually why is it going in the opposite direction?! I lift heavy what is going on here isn't it enough? Nope, it wasn't. And I had to start pushing further. So many of my clients get...

Oooh JBP are you asking me to give up booze during the holidays?! Who even ARE you! Ok ok but here me out - I am 8 weeks deep into a booze break and feelings FANTASTIC. I knew when I started with my coach I wasn't about to let anything stand in the way of my progress that I could control - so the bye to the booze for now! Not forever though, I mean she still loves her tequila and red wine! I t...

I am currently in a muscle building phase aka lift heavy weights, feeding the muscles and seeing what we can grow! This may sound sexy to you (and many parts of it are!) but there are some parts that will mess with your MIND. Living in a body with more body fat (read: uncomfortable and clothes not fitting), eating more calories intentionally than you are used to (and sometimes you get sick of eati...

JP just had total knee replacement 10 days ago -- and let me tell you I underestimated how hard it would be. The pain, the need, the exhaustion - the unknown! Having gone through this with him it made me really take a hard look - not only at myself & how I committed to caring for my husband but also how I care for myself during such a challenging time. Self care if not selfish - so in this epi...

I have news : I joined a big scary gym. Yep - I got out of my comfort zone out of my house out of my basement and decided to pay a fee to show up to a place that can feel scary and intimidating. A Bunch of really strong people walking around, a bunch of girls in tight clothes, taking selfies all of it us there - but guess what? I’m not feeling scared anymore. In today’s episode I’m sharing with yo...

Ever wonder how the heck to travel and not blow it out of the water? In today's Ripped from the Headlines episode I am sharing with you how I travel to the City of Sin and what I pay attention to the most! I am certainly not tracking macros while here - but I CAN pay attention to certain things that will help me feel like I don't need a 'vacation from my vacation' when I get home....

You are tracking - showing up to your phone app and entering the data. But the results you were hoping for seem elusive…what the heck is happening?  In today's episode I am sharing the entry error I see clients make all the time - and once you fix it you will be tracking like a macro boss!

Raise your hand if you are guilty of not wishing your Amazon package arrived sooner? Of wishing you fit into your 'skinny jeans' after eating one salad? Or being able to do a pull up after one gym training sesh? Welcome to Instant Gratification kids - and we got a problem with it. James Clear talks about this in his best selling book Atomic Habits (did you get that yet? I have an episode o...

Summer's over and the schedules are in full force. You are just rolling in to feeling like you have it all under control - but you realize you are confused on where to start. Do I need a new sexy $40 water vessel? Wait I need to get 8K a day and an hour walk outside? Who is meal prepping in the house and delivering my groceries? What time is soccer camp on Saturdays? Oh crap it interferes with...