Get Sculpted: Sustainable Fat Loss and Building Muscle for Women

Tijana Daly, Jordanna Nativ, Marilynn Roth, Online Health and Fitness Coaches for Women

Welcome to Get Sculpted, the podcast for women who want to gain muscle and lose belly fat, improve their metabolism, and create real results using science-based fat loss strategies and practical coaching. We go beyond quick fixes and fad diets to give you sustainable fat loss, strength training for weight loss, and fitness tips for women who want results without burning out. You’ll learn how lifting weights supports fat loss, how to train smarter instead of longer, and how to build habits that fit your lifestyle. Think less guessing, more clarity, and progress you can maintain.    Whether you’re getting started or focused on building muscle after 30, this podcast gives women the tools to lose fat, gain muscle, and feel stronger, without relying on endless cardio or restrictive plans. We emphasize fat loss without cardio extremes, so you can train with confidence and consistency. We’re your hosts, Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana, fitness professionals with over 20 years of combined experience and 1,000+ client transformations. With a strong focus on helping women 30 and older, we specialize in strength training, improving metabolism, and weight training for sustainable, realistic weight loss. We’ll cover questions like:  Can you build muscle and lose belly fat at the same time?  How does strength training support weight loss? What’s the best way to lose fat without losing muscle?  What’s the best way to lose fat without relying on cardio? How can lifting weights improve my metabolism? Why am I not losing weight even though I’m working out and eating healthy?  How can I stop yo-yo dieting for good?  If you’ve been searching for sustainable fat loss, women’s nutrition, and weight training that actually works, you’re in the right place. Join us every week for practical guidance, honest conversations, and tools to sculpt a stronger body and a more confident life.  Learn more or explore coaching options at getsculted.ca 

  1. 1d ago

    83: What to Do When Your Partner Is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss

    Your partner is making your fitness goals harder, and you're exhausted from feeling like you have to choose between keeping the peace at home and making progress. If you're a woman who has ever felt sabotaged by the person closest to you, whether it's the comments, the takeout, the guilt, or the outright pushback, this episode is for you. Coaches Marilynn, Jordanna, and Tijana break down what partner sabotage looks like, the three types of partners you might be dealing with, and the exact strategies to help you stay consistent in real life, even when your home environment isn't making it easy. Your partner's discomfort does not get to decide your future. This episode gives you the tools to stop negotiating your goals and start protecting them. 00:46 – What Partner Sabotage Looks Like and Why It's So Hard to Talk About 03:23 – The Real Reason Your Partner Is Sabotaging You (It's Not About You) 06:23 – The Five Ways Sabotage Shows Up at Home and the Impact Each One Has on You 13:35 – The Three Types of Partners and How to Identify Which One You're Dealing With 28:37 – A Three-Part Boundary Framework to Hold Your Standards Without the Argument 33:56 – Household Strategies for Staying Consistent When Your Partner Isn't On Board Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/partner-sabotage-weight-loss Send us Fan Mail Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, their work, and their favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

    40 min
  2. Jun 11

    82: How to Stop Yo-Yo Dieting and Keep the Weight Off

    You've lost weight before, maybe more than once. And you're exhausted because you keep gaining and losing the same 10 or 20lbs. If you're a woman who's been stuck in the cycle of all-in phases, big results, and then watching it all unravel, this episode is for you. Coaches Tijana, Marilynn, and Jordanna break down why short-term phases will never create lasting change, what it really takes to stop yo-yo dieting for good, and what becoming the woman who keeps her results really looks like from the inside out. You've had the discipline all along. The game you've been playing just never had a path to permanence, and this episode changes that. 00:46 – Would You Be Able to Keep Your Dream Body? 02:58 – Why Women Get Addicted to Fitness Phases and What It's Really Costing Them 09:35 – Why the Meal Plan Worked and Then Didn't and How to Stop the Cycle for Good 10:36 – How Fitness Becomes Part of Your Identity and Why That Changes Everything 12:57 – Why Women Who've Lost Weight Before Keep Gaining It Back 24:53 – The Basement to Penthouse Analogy: Why You Have to Level Up Gradually to Stay There 26:13 – How to Become the Woman Who Keeps Her Results for Good Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/how-to-maintain-weight-loss Send us Fan Mail Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, their work, and their favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

    29 min
  3. Jun 4

    81: Are Fitness Trackers Helping or Hurting You?

    You love your fitness tracker, but lately it's been running your day more than you are. If you're an ambitious, data-driven woman who's starting to wonder whether your wearable is helping your health or quietly fueling your anxiety, this episode is for you. Coaches Marilynn, Tijana, and Jordanna break down the real psychology behind fitness tracker obsession, why calorie burn and readiness scores don't tell the full story, and how to use wearable data the way it was meant to be used... as a tool and not a dictator. Your watch cannot measure your discipline, resilience, or consistency. But you can learn to use it in a way that builds all three. 00:46 – Are Fitness Trackers Helping or Harming You? 04:31 – Using Data as a Pulse Check, Not a Report Card 09:05 – The Psychology Behind Fitness Tracker Obsession 11:48 – Why Calorie Burn Trackers Are Wildly Inaccurate 16:12 – Recovery Scores, Readiness Metrics, and What They're Missing 20:17 – How Wearables Affect Sleep and Rest Decisions 22:19 – Comparing Data and the Danger of External Metrics 26:57 – Wearable as Feedback vs. Wearable as Identity Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/are-fitness-trackers-helping-or-hurting-you Send us Fan Mail Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, their work, and their favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

    33 min
  4. May 28

    80: Why Willpower Doesn't Work for Weight Loss and What to Do Instead w/ Marc Lebert

    If you keep finding yourself back at square one no matter how hard you try, this episode will help you understand why. Most women assume it's a motivation problem. Marc says it's something much deeper than that, and much more fixable. Coach Marilynn sits down with Marc Lebert, founder of Lebert Fitness, to talk about why your self-image and weight loss results are more connected than any fitness program will tell you. They cover why willpower doesn't work for lasting change, how unconscious programs and habits quietly run your behavior, and what it takes to rewrite the internal story that's been keeping you stuck. 05:02 – How NLP Found Marc And Why His Clients Paid for His First Course 09:24 – How Stress and Overwhelm Keep You Stuck on Autopilot 11:04 – What NLP Is and Why It Works 14:58 – Why Saying "I Want to Lose Weight" Is Working Against You 19:16 – Body Dysmorphia, Self Love, and Where Real Transformation Has to Start 22:24 – How Emotional Struggles Drive Physical Behaviors 25:04 – Breathwork, Journaling, and the Simple Habits That Create Change Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/why-willpower-doesnt-work-for-weight-loss Connect with Marc Lebert Instagram Send us Fan Mail Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, their work, and their favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

    37 min
  5. May 21

    79: Movement is Medicine w/ Francesca McKenzie

    If you keep getting injured, you've been told to rest or scale back, and nothing you've tried has fixed the problem, this episode is for you. We don't want you, nor should you have to accept pain as your new normal. You need someone who knows how to find what everyone else missed. We sit down with Francesca McKenzie, our in-house movement specialist, to unpack what "movement is medicine" really means in practice. They cover why the same injuries keep coming back, what most practitioners overlook in their assessments, and how strength training and rehab aren't opposite, but the same thing done right. This episode is for the woman who's tired of band-aid solutions and ready to learn how her body moves. 03:06 – How Fitness Technology Has Changed the Way We Coach and Train 04:40 – Francesca's Personal Transformation: Weight Loss, Bodybuilding, and Injury 10:13 – Why Resistance Training and Rehab Belong in the Same Program 13:04 – What "Movement Is Medicine" Means in Practice 17:12 – Orthotics: Helpful Tool or Band-Aid for a Deeper Problem 21:05 – Why Cookie-Cutter Protocols Fail and What a Holistic Approach Looks Like 25:04 – How to Choose the Right Practitioner After an Injury 29:09 – Why the Same Injuries Keep Coming Back and What to Do About It 34:18 – Virtual Form Assessments and What They Change for Clients 37:54 – Francesca's Final Advice: Start Where You Are and Let Movement Lead Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/movement-is-medicine Send us Fan Mail Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, their work, and their favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

    41 min
  6. May 14

    78: How Much Protein Do Women Need for Fat Loss After 30?

    You're eating what feels like enough protein, but you're still not seeing results. And now, every product on the shelf claims to be the solution. If you're a woman over 30 trying to cut through the protein noise and figure out what works for fat loss and muscle retention, this episode is for you. We break down how much protein women need, why whole food protein sources beat the trends every time, and how a holistic approach to fat loss will always outperform chasing a single number. Stop guessing and start building a nutrition approach that actually fits your life. 01:49 – How Much Protein Women Actually Need 04:01 – Why Most Women Are Still Under-Eating Protein 05:25 – Muscle Loss After 30 and Why Protein Matters More Than Ever 07:08 – The Problem With Protein Products: Bars, Cereal, and Coffee 08:56 – Protein for Fat Loss: What Happens When You Ignore Total Calories 10:02 – How to Build a High Protein Plate Around Whole Foods 11:51 – Hitting Your Protein Goals at Home and While Traveling 13:43 – Why a Holistic Approach to Nutrition Beats Single-Nutrient Obsession Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/how-much-proten-do-women-need Send us Fan Mail Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, their work, and their favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

    17 min
  7. May 7

    77: How to Build Healthy Habits When Your Family Won't

    You're trying to build healthy habits for yourself, but your family isn't on the same page, and it's starting to feel like keeping the peace is easier than making progress. If you're a mom who's doing the work alone and wondering how to create change at home without the tension, this episode is for you We cover how to stop nagging and start modeling, how to shift your family's food culture without making food a battleground, and why your consistency is already more powerful than you think. You don't need everyone's buy-in to change the culture in your home. You just need to become the most consistent signal of change in it. 00:02:51 – Why Nagging Doesn't Work and What to Do Instead 00:09:46 – How to Lead Your Family Without Managing Them 00:15:37 – How Women's Health Sets the Tone in the Home 00:22:23 – Shifting Family Food Culture Without the Tension 00:29:42 – Modeling Healthy Habits for Your Kids and Daughters 00:33:47 – How to Talk to Your Partner When They're Not On Board 00:36:46 – Three Catalyst Moves to Implement Right Now Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/healthy-habits-for-moms Send us Fan Mail Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, their work, and their favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

    40 min
  8. Apr 30

    76: How to Feel Safe, Strong, and Confident in Your Body w/ Nichelle Laus

    Trigger warning: This episode contains open discussion of childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence. Please take care of yourself as you listen. If you've ever felt unsafe in your own body, disconnected from your confidence, or like you're still carrying weight from something that happened to you, this episode is for you. Nichelle Laus didn't just survive; she built an entire identity and career out of what she refused to let define her. Coach Jordanna sits down with Nichelle Laus, a sexual abuse survivor, former police officer, kickboxer, and founder of 413 Tactical, to talk about what it really takes to reclaim your power. They cover how physical movement became Nichelle's first act of self-defense, why situational awareness is the most underrated confidence tool women aren't using, and how to start building real strength when you feel like you have none. This episode is for the woman who wants to feel more confident, more grounded, and more capable in her body and in the world she moves through every day. 00:46 – Nichelle Laus: From Sexual Abuse Survivor to Unstoppable Force 03:19 – How Kickboxing Became Her First Act of Reclaiming Power 08:06 – Motherhood, Raising Boys, and Modeling Strength for the Next Generation 11:52 – 15 Years in Policing: How It Sharpened Her Intuition and Emotional Control 18:56 – The Domestic Call That Proved Trusting Your Gut Can Save a Life 23:30 – From Police Officer to Fitness Coach: The Career Pivot She Never Planned 30:47 – What Women's Self Defense Really Teaches You (It's Not What You Think) 33:22 – The Safety Blueprint: What's Inside and Why Every Woman Should Have It 35:57 – How to Start Building Confidence When You Feel Powerless 37:41 – Lightning Round: Strength, Resilience, and the One Skill Every Woman Needs Check out the full show notes and other resources at https://www.getsculpted.ca/getsculptedpodcast/feel-safe-strong-confident-nichelle-laus Send us Fan Mail Let’s stay connected! Apply to work with us at getsculpted.ca/contact Want more from the Get Sculpted crew? Come hang out with us on Instagram! Curious about the coaches you’re hearing from each week? Follow Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana on IG and get a glimpse into their worlds, their work, and their favorite tools for being their best 2.0 self. Have a question or want to reach out directly? You can always do that through the website. We love hearing from you. This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

    41 min

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Welcome to Get Sculpted, the podcast for women who want to gain muscle and lose belly fat, improve their metabolism, and create real results using science-based fat loss strategies and practical coaching. We go beyond quick fixes and fad diets to give you sustainable fat loss, strength training for weight loss, and fitness tips for women who want results without burning out. You’ll learn how lifting weights supports fat loss, how to train smarter instead of longer, and how to build habits that fit your lifestyle. Think less guessing, more clarity, and progress you can maintain.    Whether you’re getting started or focused on building muscle after 30, this podcast gives women the tools to lose fat, gain muscle, and feel stronger, without relying on endless cardio or restrictive plans. We emphasize fat loss without cardio extremes, so you can train with confidence and consistency. We’re your hosts, Jordanna, Marilynn, and Tijana, fitness professionals with over 20 years of combined experience and 1,000+ client transformations. With a strong focus on helping women 30 and older, we specialize in strength training, improving metabolism, and weight training for sustainable, realistic weight loss. We’ll cover questions like:  Can you build muscle and lose belly fat at the same time?  How does strength training support weight loss? What’s the best way to lose fat without losing muscle?  What’s the best way to lose fat without relying on cardio? How can lifting weights improve my metabolism? Why am I not losing weight even though I’m working out and eating healthy?  How can I stop yo-yo dieting for good?  If you’ve been searching for sustainable fat loss, women’s nutrition, and weight training that actually works, you’re in the right place. Join us every week for practical guidance, honest conversations, and tools to sculpt a stronger body and a more confident life.  Learn more or explore coaching options at getsculted.ca 

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