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How a Customized Nutrition Plan Can Help You Achieve Faster Results

How a Customized Nutrition Plan Can Help You Achieve Faster Results

If you’re trying to eat better and train harder but still not seeing results, the issue may not be your effort—it might be your plan. Many people in Calgary believe they’re following a healthy routine, only to find their progress has stalled. At Jensen Fitness, our regist
June 10, 2025
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Calgary Dietitian Services: Personalized Nutrition Solutions with Jensen Fitness

Calgary Dietitian Services: Personalized Nutrition Solutions with Jensen Fitness

Struggling with weight loss, fitness goals, or healthy eating? Jensen Fitness in Calgary offers personalized nutrition solutions with expert guidance from a registered dietitian in Calgary. Whether you're looking to manage weight, boost performance, or address specific health concerns, our
January 30, 2025
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Calgary Registered Dietitian: Your Guide to Personalized Nutrition & Lasting Health

Calgary Registered Dietitian: Your Guide to Personalized Nutrition & Lasting Health

Struggling to find the right nutrition plan for your health goals? At Jensen Fitness in Calgary, our registered dietitians provide personalized guidance to help you manage chronic conditions, achieve sustainable weight loss, and build healthier eating habits. Whether you’re navigatin
January 16, 2025
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Nutrition vs. Exercise: How Registered Dieticians Complement Personal Training

Nutrition vs. Exercise: How Registered Dieticians Complement Personal Training

Wondering how to maximize your fitness results? At Jensen Fitness in Calgary, we believe that combining personalized nutrition with exercise is the key to real, lasting change. Our registered dietitians and expert personal trainers work together to create tailored plans that fuel your work
November 4, 2024
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Calgary Dietitian: 3 Simple Lifestyle Changes to Ease Perimenopause Symptoms

Calgary Dietitian: 3 Simple Lifestyle Changes to Ease Perimenopause Symptoms

Perimenopause brings various physical and emotional changes, but simple lifestyle adjustments can significantly ease symptoms. At Jensen Fitness in Calgary, we recommend three key changes: prioritizing balanced nutrition, engaging in regular physical activity, and focusing on mental wellbe
June 12, 2024
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Calgary Dietitian: The Importance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids During Menopause

Calgary Dietitian: The Importance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids During Menopause

Navigating menopause can be challenging, but omega-3 fatty acids offer significant benefits in managing symptoms. These essential fats support cardiovascular health by reducing inflammation and improving heart function, which is crucial as estrogen levels decline. Omega-3s also help allevi
May 28, 2024
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Calgary Dietitian: The Importance of Fiber in a Perimenopausal Diet

Calgary Dietitian: The Importance of Fiber in a Perimenopausal Diet

Perimenopause brings various physical and emotional changes, but a high-fiber diet can help manage symptoms and promote well-being. Fiber supports digestive health by alleviating constipation and bloating, aids in weight management by controlling appetite, and helps balance hormones by pro
May 19, 2024
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Calgary Dietitian: Nutritional Strategies for Managing Menopausal Symptoms

Calgary Dietitian: Nutritional Strategies for Managing Menopausal Symptoms

Navigating menopause can be challenging, but the right nutritional strategies can alleviate symptoms and improve overall well-being. A balanced diet rich in calcium and vitamin D supports bone health, while nutrient-dense foods and portion control help manage weight gain. Incorporating phy
May 12, 2024
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How Your Diet Influences Mental Health

How Your Diet Influences Mental Health

At Jensen Fitness, we emphasize the critical connection between the gut and brain, highlighting how diet directly impacts mental health and well-being. Understanding the gut-brain axis reveals that a healthy gut microbiome is essential for mood regulation and cognitive function, as it infl
March 21, 2024
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Navigating Fad Diets: How Nutrition Coaches Promote Sustainable and Healthy Eating

Navigating Fad Diets: How Nutrition Coaches Promote Sustainable and Healthy Eating

Dietary guidance plays a transformative role in addressing chronic conditions, many of which arise from prolonged unhealthy eating habits. Instead of a generic approach, individualized coaching tailors diets to one's unique needs and history. This coaching extends beyond mere food recommen
October 26, 2023
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The Science Behind Emotional Eating: Strategies Offered by Nutrition Coaches

The Science Behind Emotional Eating: Strategies Offered by Nutrition Coaches

Emotional eating, often a response to various feelings, has its roots in our body's biochemistry. Certain foods, especially carbohydrates, can increase mood-enhancing serotonin levels, explaining our cravings during emotional upheavals. Nutrition coaches emphasize the importance of differe
September 13, 2023
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Mindful Eating: The New Trend in Sustainable Weight Loss

Mindful Eating: The New Trend in Sustainable Weight Loss

In a world dominated by fad diets and quick fixes, sustainable weight loss seems like an elusive goal. However, there is a new trend that promises to transform the way we approach eating and shed those unwanted pounds for good – mindful eating. Mindful eating is not just another diet
August 3, 2023
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Hidden Calories: Drinking Without Thinking

Hidden Calories: Drinking Without Thinking

Calories lurk in unexpected places, often eluding our attention and sabotaging our efforts to maintain a healthy diet. While we diligently count the calories in our meals, we often forget to consider the hidden calories lurking in the beverages we consume. Whether it's the daily coffee fix
July 20, 2023
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Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Change the Way You Eat With Meal Prep

Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Change the Way You Eat With Meal Prep

As a nutrition coach, I've witnessed the incredible impact that meal prepping can have on individuals striving to improve their eating habits. Meal prep is a strategic approach to preparing and portioning meals in advance, saving you time, money, and unnecessary stress throughout the week.
June 23, 2023
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Tips From A Nutrition Coach: The Power of Portion Control

Tips From A Nutrition Coach: The Power of Portion Control

If you're looking for a practical and effective way to manage your weight and improve your overall nutrition, then mastering the art of portion control is the key. Portion control has incredible power to maintain a healthy and balanced diet. As a nutrition coach, I've witnessed firsthand h
June 16, 2023
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Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Foods That Support Quick Recovery

Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Foods That Support Quick Recovery

Recovery plays a crucial role in optimizing athletic performance and overall well-being. Whether you're a professional athlete or a fitness enthusiast, the foods you consume during the recovery process can significantly impact your body's ability to bounce back quickly. As a nutrition coac
May 26, 2023
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Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Summer Superfoods

Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Summer Superfoods

As the warm weather approaches and the sun shines brightly, summer presents a fantastic opportunity to nourish your body with seasonal superfoods. These vibrant and nutrient-dense foods can help you stay hydrated, boost your immune system, and support your overall health and well-being. In
May 12, 2023
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Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Foods To Boost Your Energy

Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Foods To Boost Your Energy

Do you often find yourself feeling fatigued and low on energy? It can be challenging to keep up with the demands of daily life when we don't have enough energy to tackle them. Sometimes we can feel sluggish and tired due to a lack of sleep, illness, or stress. But when you rule all those f
April 13, 2023
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Tips From A Nutrition Coach: How to Manage Cravings and Snacking Habits

Tips From A Nutrition Coach: How to Manage Cravings and Snacking Habits

There are several reasons why we experience cravings and feel the need to snack. One of the primary reasons is hunger, which occurs when our bodies need energy and nutrients to function properly. However, other factors such as emotions, stress, boredom, and environmental cues can also trig
March 18, 2023
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Elements Of A Healthy Weight Loss Meal Plan

Elements Of A Healthy Weight Loss Meal Plan

When you’re trying to eat better, it can be difficult on your own. You may not know which foods to eat, you may struggle to break out of old habits, or you might find healthy eating boring. A sustainable weight loss plan accounts for all of these factors and creates solutions to inco
February 6, 2023
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The Importance Of Enjoying Your Healthy Meal Plan

The Importance Of Enjoying Your Healthy Meal Plan

Trying to eat healthy can be very difficult for some people because they view healthy eating as boring or flavourless, but it’s really not. A healthy meal plan can be delicious even if it has less fat, salt, and sugar than you’re used to. When you actually enjoy your meal plan,
January 16, 2023
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Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Staying Healthy This Winter

Tips From A Nutrition Coach: Staying Healthy This Winter

As the days get increasingly darker and colder, it can be difficult to stay healthy. Many of us take more time to sit on the couch under blankets, we overeat during the holidays, and we drink coffee, tea, and hot chocolate instead of water. Even if you aren’t going out for a daily ru
December 12, 2022
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Tips From A Nutrition Coach: 7 Fall Superfoods To Include In Your Meal Planning

Tips From A Nutrition Coach: 7 Fall Superfoods To Include In Your Meal Planning

Although people tend to think of fresh summer fruits and veggies when they think of healthy eating, the fall has lots to offer as well. The colourful foods of fall contain a variety of vitamins, nutrients, and other health benefits that your nutrition coach wants you to take advantage of.
October 22, 2022
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6 Lifestyle Challenges You Should Share With Your Nutrition Coach

6 Lifestyle Challenges You Should Share With Your Nutrition Coach

A personal nutrition coach can help you reach your fitness goals by teaching you good eating habits, including how to eat the right foods in the right quantities. But nutrition coaches do more than that as well. Your personal nutrition coach is invested in your well-being and nee
September 16, 2022
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Swimsuit Season Nutrition: 10 Foods That Make You Look And Feel Great (Part 2)

Swimsuit Season Nutrition: 10 Foods That Make You Look And Feel Great (Part 2)

The grass is greener, the trees are full of life, and the flowers are blooming, which means it is almost summer time! Time to pack away the winter jackets and sweaters and pull out the shorts, tank tops, and bathing suits to prepare for the warm weather. Although this warm weather is excit
June 2, 2022
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April Is Stress Awareness Month: Tips To Avoid Stress Eating

April Is Stress Awareness Month: Tips To Avoid Stress Eating

Emotional eating can sabotage your weight loss efforts. Sometimes the strongest food cravings can happen at your weakest points emotionally and it can be easy to turn to food for comfort. When facing a difficult problem or when you are simply just bored, you may find yourself unconsciously
April 5, 2022
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Heart Health Month 2022: Eat Your Way To A Healthy Heart

Heart Health Month 2022: Eat Your Way To A Healthy Heart

Eating a nutritious diet is one of the best things you can do to protect your health. Almost 80% of premature heart disease and stroke can be prevented through your lifestyle choices and habits such as eating a healthy diet and being physically active. Inflammation, blood pressure, cholest
February 18, 2022
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Why You Might Consider Ditching Alcohol To Achieve Your Fitness Goals

Why You Might Consider Ditching Alcohol To Achieve Your Fitness Goals

Achieving your fitness goals takes a lot of dedication and sometimes sacrifices. One of the most challenging aspects of losing weight or improving your fitness is figuring out how to avoid temptation when it comes to alcohol, especially at social events. You should not have to give up enjo
January 28, 2022
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Reach Your Weight Loss Goals By Partnering With A Nutrition Coach

Reach Your Weight Loss Goals By Partnering With A Nutrition Coach

There is an immense amount of diet and food advice available on the internet and on social media. This can make it difficult to navigate what nutrition advice is good, healthy, or will help you reach your fitness or weight loss goals. Having so much information just at the click of a butto
January 14, 2022
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The Benefits Of A Personalized Weight Loss Program: The Jensen Fitness Difference

The Benefits Of A Personalized Weight Loss Program: The Jensen Fitness Difference

These days there seems to be a new trending diet around every corner promising successful weight loss results. With all of these diet options available, finding the right one for you can seem impossible. No one likes to take the risk of trial and error when it comes to diets with the risk
January 7, 2022
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Why Wait? Start Your New Year's Resolution Now!

Why Wait? Start Your New Year's Resolution Now!

The end of the year is approaching fast, and you may have started thinking about your New Year's Resolutions. It is easy to tell yourself right now that you will start fresh on January first and that you will implement new, healthy habits into your life almost overnight. But why wait until
December 22, 2021
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Scientifically Proven Ways To Boost Your Metabolism

Scientifically Proven Ways To Boost Your Metabolism

Metabolism is the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink every day into energy. Even when your body is at rest, your body is still using that energy to perform basic functions such as repairing cells, circulating blood, and breathing. Metabolism is often used interchang
December 3, 2021
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How Exercise Can Support Your Mental Health

How Exercise Can Support Your Mental Health

Most of us are familiar with the physical benefits of exercise whether it be to lose weight, lower blood pressure, or increase energy. Not only does exercising benefit you physically, but it will also benefit you mentally. You may have heard of people exercising to improve their mental sta
November 26, 2021
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​​Great Snack Ideas For Weight Loss And How To Incorporate Them Into Your Diet

​​Great Snack Ideas For Weight Loss And How To Incorporate Them Into Your Diet

Snacking can be a total game-changer when it comes to losing weight, especially when it is done mindfully. Healthy snacks can help bridge the gap in between meals so you are not overly hungry throughout the day, help keep your energy levels up, and help prevent you from overeating when it
November 12, 2021
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The Importance Of Tracking Diet And Exercise

The Importance Of Tracking Diet And Exercise

When you embark on your fitness journey, it can be easy to lose track of where you are and where you want to be regarding your fitness. Whether you are trying to build muscle mass, lose weight, or tone and define, tracking fitness progress is a critical aspect of your ongoing success. With
September 24, 2021
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Breaking Bad Habits For A Healthier Lifestyle

Breaking Bad Habits For A Healthier Lifestyle

Breaking old habits and creating new ones can be challenging, especially when it comes to your health and fitness. Changing these habits does not happen overnight, and you may face several roadblocks along the way. However, it is important that you do not get discouraged with the process i
August 31, 2021
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Spring Produce That Can Aid In Weight Loss

Spring Produce That Can Aid In Weight Loss

April 28, 2021
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Turkey Meatloaf Muffins

Turkey Meatloaf Muffins

April 27, 2021
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5 Stellar Benefits of Using a Nutrition Coach

5 Stellar Benefits of Using a Nutrition Coach

February 19, 2021
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How to Choose the Right Weight Loss or Muscle-Building Meal Plan

How to Choose the Right Weight Loss or Muscle-Building Meal Plan

February 7, 2021
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10 Diet Hacks That Will Make Losing Weight Even Easier

10 Diet Hacks That Will Make Losing Weight Even Easier

December 3, 2020
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Fitness Nutrition Meal Plan for Maximizing Your Workouts

Fitness Nutrition Meal Plan for Maximizing Your Workouts

September 30, 2020
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How an Online Nutrition Coach Can Help You Lose Weight

How an Online Nutrition Coach Can Help You Lose Weight

September 14, 2020
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How to Keep the Weight Off for Good

How to Keep the Weight Off for Good

August 21, 2020
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3 Fad Diets You Need to Avoid at All Costs

3 Fad Diets You Need to Avoid at All Costs

August 13, 2020
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Nutrition Plan for Losing Weight

Nutrition Plan for Losing Weight

July 6, 2020
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What is Creatine and Should I Be Using it?

What is Creatine and Should I Be Using it?

June 12, 2020
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Best Nutrition Tips for Losing Weight

Best Nutrition Tips for Losing Weight

May 30, 2020
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5 Simple Grocery Store Swaps to Help You Lose Weight

5 Simple Grocery Store Swaps to Help You Lose Weight

April 28, 2020
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The Two Best Nutrients for Weight Loss

The Two Best Nutrients for Weight Loss

March 5, 2020
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7 Ways to Lose Weight Fast Without Dieting

7 Ways to Lose Weight Fast Without Dieting

February 29, 2020
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Can I Lose Weight on the Ketogenic Diet?

Can I Lose Weight on the Ketogenic Diet?

April 13, 2019
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7 Ways Alcohol Hinders Weight Loss

7 Ways Alcohol Hinders Weight Loss

September 11, 2018
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4 Simple Summer Eating Tips For Weight Loss

4 Simple Summer Eating Tips For Weight Loss

June 13, 2018
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Stick To Your Weight Loss Goals With These 4 Holiday Eating Tips

Stick To Your Weight Loss Goals With These 4 Holiday Eating Tips

December 21, 2017
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How to Create a Successful Meal Plan

How to Create a Successful Meal Plan

June 14, 2017
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Best Weight Loss Tips - Happy Weight vs. Healthy Weight

Best Weight Loss Tips - Happy Weight vs. Healthy Weight

December 28, 2016
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Nutrition Coach Calgary - What Is Nutrition Coaching?

Nutrition Coach Calgary - What Is Nutrition Coaching?

November 30, 2016
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Egg White Muffins for a quick and healthy breakfast

Egg White Muffins for a quick and healthy breakfast

November 7, 2016
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Keto Pizza

Keto Pizza

January 26, 2016
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Keto Life Day 15

Keto Life Day 15

January 12, 2016
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Protein Gingersnap Cookies

Protein Gingersnap Cookies

November 9, 2015
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Pumpkin Protein Waffles

Pumpkin Protein Waffles

October 22, 2015
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Chocolate Zucchini Protein Bread

Chocolate Zucchini Protein Bread

September 30, 2015
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Grilled Chicken with Pineapple Avocado Salsa and Cucumber Avocado Salad

Grilled Chicken with Pineapple Avocado Salsa and Cucumber Avocado Salad

April 22, 2015
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Benefits of Cabbage

Benefits of Cabbage

March 3, 2015
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Sun Dried Tomato and Herb Tilapia with Asparagus

Sun Dried Tomato and Herb Tilapia with Asparagus

March 10, 2014
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Lemon Pepper Cod with Zuccini

Lemon Pepper Cod with Zuccini

March 6, 2014
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PB & J Valentines Protein Cookies

PB & J Valentines Protein Cookies

February 14, 2014
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Chicken and Tomato Red Pepper Soup

Chicken and Tomato Red Pepper Soup

January 3, 2014
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Healthy Delicious Turkey Chili

Healthy Delicious Turkey Chili

November 21, 2013
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Protein Black Bean Brownies

Protein Black Bean Brownies

September 23, 2013
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Chocolate Coconut Protein Muffins

Chocolate Coconut Protein Muffins

September 23, 2013
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Flourless Banana Muffins

Flourless Banana Muffins

July 22, 2013
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Turkey Muffins

Turkey Muffins

June 13, 2013
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Whey Protein vs Casein Protein

Whey Protein vs Casein Protein

May 26, 2013
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Re-Feed Lentil Stew

Re-Feed Lentil Stew

May 5, 2013
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A ROADMAP FOR YOUR JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

A ROADMAP FOR YOUR JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

Whether you’re looking for a customized weight loss program, or a nutrition coach to help you live healthier, we’ll give you all the support and encouragement you need to get lasting and incredible results.