Meet Jenny

If you met Jenny Ames today, you would never know:

– She didn’t play sports growing up and didn’t see herself as an athlete, yet she crossed the IronMan Finish line twice.

– That as healthy as she was in 2018, she started having symptoms of chronic fatigue, brain fog, fibromyalgia, inflammation, and food sensitivity. She began her journey for cleaner living, removing toxins, having explant surgery, and learning how to help others.

What Functional Health Can Do For You

After multiple doctor visits and being told her test results were “normal,” she decided to pay for her own functional labs and see what she could find out. Call it intuition, but she knew something was off, and frankly, she was terrified that she was suffering from dementia or worse. She ran the testing and decided to start eliminating triggers. With counsel, she did an elimination diet, scheduled her explant surgery, and dug into educating herself.

Along the way, her daughter, who has been a Type 1 Diabetic since 9yo, started suddenly losing a lot of weight and having allergic reactions to nuts and sesame. With the info Jenny was learning, she was able to help her daughter. She recommended eliminating some things (gluten/wheat and all nuts, processed foods, dairy) and got her to a functional gastroenterologist who diagnosed her with celiac disease. As if that was not enough, one year later, she was diagnosed with Addison’s Disease, an adrenal insufficiency. Her body was attacking itself. Addison’s disease is a rare disease that affects 1:100,000 Americans. Autoimmune diseases can easily multiply in our bodies due to the many toxins we are exposed to, causing chaos internally.

All these things have put Jenny on a mission to help others be an advocate for their health.

We cannot control all things, but the things within our control, we need to fight for. As a Functional Health Practitioner, Jenny does not diagnose. Jenny looks for causes instead of chasing symptoms. Jenny works with you to improve function, balance, and resilience in your body so that it can heal and self-regulate the way it was intended.

You Can Do Hard Things

After spending three years as a single mother to two young girls, Jenny met and married her husband, Steve. Steve encouraged her to find a hobby instead of finding her identity in motherhood alone. Jenny soon found running and realized life truly had no barriers. She went from couch potato to 5k and, within a year, finished her first full marathon. Soon after, her running friend suggested a triathlon. She decided to learn how to swim at age 35. Unashamed, Jenny signed up for beginner swimming lessons with the small children at a local pool. Then, 18 months later, she completed her first Arizona Ironman. She would go on to complete another Ironman and cross the Rockies twice in the Transrockies Run.

Through Jenny’s personal journey in fitness, her love and knowledge of health and nutrition have evolved. Nearly five years after suffering from Breast Implant Illness and other chronic health issues, Jenny has a genuine desire to empower others to take their health back. She became a Certified Personal trainer and Nutrition Coach and started teaching boot camp from her garage gym in February of 2020 at Jenerate Fitness.

As a certified Functional Health Practitioner, she is passionate about leading others to believe in themselves. Jenny is teaching others how to build a healthy life, optimizing balance, energy, and resilience.

Are you ready to be an advocate for yourself and your body?