This one vacation to the Amazon Rain Forest changed me | JJ Virgin

What I thought was going to be an adventure trip to the Amazon turned out to be something very different. At our orientation meeting in Quito before heading into the rainforest, our guides said something that stuck with me the entire trip: this wasn’t a vacation —

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Know Your Starting Point

Body composition matters more than the number on the scale. Bioimpedance scales aren’t as precise as a DEXA scan, but they can still be useful. A DEXA gives a clear baseline of body fat and lean mass. From there, a bioimpedance scale can help track trends over

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Fat loss made easy

If your goal is fat loss, send this to a friend who still thinks more cardio is the answer. Building lean muscle changes how your body burns energy. Muscle is metabolically active tissue, which means every pound you build increases the calories your body burns all day

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Stop Chasing The Scale

The scale doesn't tell you what you've lost. A 150-pound woman with 30% body fat is in a completely different metabolic state than a 150-pound woman with 20% body fat. One's metabolically healthy. One is not. So when I say you don't focus on weight loss, you

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Who Should Take Creatine?

This is the supplement you NEED to have in your powerful aging routine…do you agree? Creatine is a critical ally for women navigating the physical and mental changes that come with menopause and it's one of the most researched supplements of all time. You see me post

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Lower Your Cortisol with Food!

6 Foods To Calm Your Nervous System Stress eating is a common response to pressure, but the right foods can actually help calm your nervous system and support healthier cortisol levels. Certain nutrients help regulate stress hormones and bring the body back into balance: **• Dark chocolate**

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I Built This Amino Formula to Stop Muscle Loss After 40. Here’s Why It Works!

If you’re over 40, skipping meals, training fasted, or using a GLP-1 and barely hungry… your muscles may be paying the price. In this episode, I break down why essential amino acids (EAAs) become more important as we age and why simply “eating more protein” isn’t always

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Dr. Deanna Minich Tells Us Why Timing Trumps Your Diet Plan

What if the "when" of your eating matters more than the "what"? I’ve talked about sleep for years, but this conversation with Dr. Deanna Minich made me realize sleep is just the tip of the circadian iceberg. She showed me how light, timing, hormones, and mitochondrial health

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