Fitness Trainer Jen Widerstrom in Two-Piece Workout Gear Says "Block Out Time to Move"

Jen Widerstrom is a renowned fitness trainer and author, best known for her work on The Biggest Loser. She frequently shares wellness advice on Instagram, including tips for staying consistent with workouts. In a recent selfie caption, she reminded her followers to prioritize movement, saying, "All you need is 20 minutes to change your mood and upgrade your health."

Widerstrom shared some of her diet tips in an interview with Women's Running. She says that digestion and spacing out eating is extremely important. "Put the portions on your plate that make sense, sit down, eat the meal. If in an hour, you're like, 'Whoa, I'm ravenous, I need to eat more', well then that's okay, eat more, but nine times out of 10 you're not going to still be hungry. Give yourself a little time to digest."

When it comes to Widerstrom's diet, the simpler a food is, the better. "Your body metabolizing at its best is key to losing weight, but also for building lean muscle," she explained to Laura's Lean Beef. "Therefore, I am a huge advocate of one ingredient foods because they are easily recognizable and digestible in your body. This is critical when it comes to absorbing all the nutritional value of your meals, but also for completing that exchange of unwanted pounds for lean muscle tissue. What is a one ingredient food you ask? A one ingredient food is exactly what it sounds like. It's a food with one single ingredient. For example, when you hold an apple in your hand, or a sweet potato, or a blueberry, it only has one name to describe it. Nothing added. It just is what it is. They're right in front of you…. everywhere! In getting more comfortable with this concept, simply look at the nutrition facts of the foods already in your home. By law, every ingredient must be listed so read up on what you've been ingesting. If there is a long ingredient list or if there are items there that you don't even recognize let alone can pronounce, then I would urge you to change out that item in your meal plan for something with as few ingredients as possible."

Widerstrom opened up about her wellness journey and body transformation in the caption of this Instagram post. She says that enjoying her diet and exercise was a big help for her. "I finally snapped out of it, realizing I would never feel complete if I didn't make myself responsible for my own health and happiness. I chose workouts that I enjoyed vs. ones that I felt were like punishment. There are foods that I knew were healthy that I hated so I just avoided those. But I did focus on eating more vegetables, higher quality proteins and less food on the go/eating out.🙅🏻"

Widerstrom also revealed in her Instagram caption that she doesn't care about what she looks like. "The biggest mental shift happened when I finally stopped working out just for my waistline and really began to make these decisions because I felt at my best when I did so. I own my #health now because I love who I am when I am connected to it. That's what makes it stick for me, it's never about fitting in a dress."

Widerstrom shared some of her favorite foods and exercises in the caption of the Instagram post. She says that she loves to strength train to keep herself in shape. "By far my favorite is interval based weight training.🏋🏻‍♀️Moderate weight moved efficiently under shorter time caps. The work is hard, explosive and athletic, but there's always rest waiting for you."