CannaFitness and Nutrition Podcast

You’re eating protein, lifting weights, getting your steps in, and trying to lose those 10 pounds. So why are your jeans getting tighter instead of looser?

Maybe the answer isn’t eating less or exercising more.

In this episode of the Canna Fitness and Nutrition Podcast, I’m sharing what I’ve noticed after almost 20 years as a personal trainer: most women already know what they should be doing. The problem is that poor sleep, chronic stress, sore joints, and busy schedules are making those healthy habits harder to maintain.

We’ll talk about why trying harder isn’t always the solution, what to look at instead, and how cannabis—including THC, CBD, CBG, and CBN—might be a supportive tool for relaxation, sleep, and managing discomfort.

Because you want to lose unwanted fat, maintain your muscle, and feel good in your favorite pants. And you shouldn’t have to give up enjoying cannabis to take great care of yourself.

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Tuesday, November 17 at 12 PM Eastern.

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Beth Jasinski
Personal Trainer & Cannabis Educator | CannaFit®

I continue to get tons of questions about dry herb vaping, so here is some great information in case you missed it the first time 😊

As I talk to cannabis users at fitness events, I’m noticing a trend that many users feel guilty for smoking cannabis. There’s guilt and shame around it, because it doesn’t seem healthy, and it feels counterintuitive to a fitness lifestyle. Well, guess what? Dry Herb Vaping has steadily gained popularity since the early 2000’s as a healthier alternative to traditional smoking and vaping oil.

In this episode I review the benefits of the dry herb vape and why I love it as a personal trainer, consumer and cannabis educator.

If you’re interested in more personalized information or want to explore further, feel free to reach out to me directly at [email protected].

You can discover more about my comprehensive 12 week program, Satisfied, which helps you integrate cannabis into your fitness and nutrition for optimal wellness, fitness and weight management at www.cannafitnessnutrition.com.

This episode is for anyone who uses THC and wants to feel more balanced, focused, and functional, especially if you use cannabis during the day. It's also for people who want fitness or weight-loss support without giving up cannabis, and for coaches who want to understand how their clients use it.

In this episode I cover:

• ​ Why I bring up CBD with almost every THC user I coach
• The story of a client who used THC all day for focus and finally felt balanced after adding CBG and CBD
• How CBD is non-intoxicating and counterbalances THC, so you feel more like yourself
• What "biphasic" means and why taking more THC can backfire
• Why I recommend microdosing (starting at 1 to 5 mg) to find your Goldilocks dose
• The question I ask every client: what do you want from this experience?
• How CBG (more uplifting) and CBN (more sedating, "N is for nighttime") differ from CBD
• A quick look at the entourage effect

• ​Website: cannafitnessnutrition.com
• Email me: [email protected]
• Instagram: @beth_cannafitnessnutrition
• Albany-area shoppers: I mention Green Leaf as the only local spot I know that carries CBD flower, now located near the airport.

In this episode I bust five stereotypes about cannabis users and discuss:

• ​ Why "cannabis users aren't serious about fitness" is a myth
• How cannabis users approach nutrition, protein targets, and mindful consumption, including choosing cannabis as an alcohol swap
• How light, medium, and high doses fit into a fitness lifestyle
• What the "munchies" are, and why overdue hunger is often the real driver
• Why THC's appetite stimulation can be a benefit for people with suppressed appetite
• The factors a coach should evaluate before blaming cannabis: stress, hormones and midlife shifts, protein intake, training load, recovery, and medications
• How to optimize cannabis use with dosing, strain experimentation, and minor cannabinoids like CBD, CBG, and THCV

Resources and links:

• Website: cannafitnessnutrition.com
• Email me: [email protected]
• Instagram: @beth_cannafitnessnutrition

I'm sharing a story about a client who knew she was full, knew she didn't need the food, and still couldn't put the cookies down.

If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why "just eat less" doesn't work when food is functioning as a reward

• How overwork and mental overload drive nighttime overeating

• What a food log can reveal that willpower conversations can't

• Why sometimes you just need someone else to reflect the pattern back to you

• The first real question to ask yourself: what is food actually doing for you?

If this hits home, my 12-week program Satisfied covers food, exercise, and cannabis coaching together.

Email me at [email protected] or find me on Instagram @beth_cannafitnessnutrition.

Are you setting your fitness expectations so high that you're setting yourself up to feel like you've failed? Let's talk about it.

I get into the question I hear all the time: how often should you actually work out? My honest answer — it depends. On your schedule, your responsibilities, and what's realistic for your actual life, not some generic number pulled from social media. I walk through how I help clients figure out what's sustainable by looking at their real calendar, not an idealized one.

I also talk about why this isn't a report card, why every effort counts as a win, and why I built my coaching program around the idea of "enough" — enough movement, enough food, and yes, enough cannabis to feel how you want to feel, without over- or under-doing it.

Connect with me:

📧 beth@cannafitnessnutrition.com

📷 Instagram: @beth_cannafitnessnutrition

If you're doing "all the right things" — working out consistently, eating clean — but still don't feel satisfied with your body or your progress, this episode is for you.

In this episode I share the story of a personal training client in her mid-30s who was hitting her workouts and reporting clean nutrition, yet felt increasingly frustrated with how her clothes fit and how her body looked.

The real issue wasn't effort — it was guessing instead of planning, made worse by constant, contradictory advice from fitness influencers online.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Satisfied — CannaFit’s 12-week coaching program

• Email: beth@cannafitnessnutrition.com

• Instagram: @Beth_CannaFitnessNutrition

In this episode of the I unpack why "just stop when you're full" doesn't work, and what's actually driving overeating, snack-raiding, and food noise.

•Why overeating usually isn't a discipline or willpower problem — it's a signal about what food is substituting for (reward, relief, decompression, pleasure)

•A real client story: how an entrepreneur's late-night overeating pattern traced back to burnout, not hunger

•The difference between being full and being satisfied — and why meal plans often backfire

•How T/HC can affect food's pleasure and salience, and why "the munchies" aren't an automatic excuse

•The "halfway pause" — a simple, no-measuring technique to check in with your body mid-meal and ask why you want to keep eating

•Why food noise can be less about food and more about unmet emotional needs

Connect with Beth:

📧 [email protected]

📱 Instagram: @beth_cannafitnessnutrition

Ever wonder why you know what you should do — workout, eat lunch, stop snacking, go to bed on time — but can't make yourself actually do it?

In this episode, I break down why "just try harder" almost never works, drawing from my own story: hitting snooze as a burned-out new trainer, and a period of binge eating I later realized was tied to exhaustion and loneliness, not lack of willpower.

Connect with Beth:

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @beth_cannafitnessnutrition

I open up about the binge-and-restrict cycle I lived with for over 20 years — and how cannabis, the very thing I once feared would trigger my munchies, became the tool that helped me break it.

This isn’t about a magic fix; it’s about the pause cannabis gave me between an urge and an action, and how that space changed everything.

“I used to eat the whole apple crisp. Now I can have one piece — and actually mean it when I say I’m done.”

Contact Me:

Have questions or a story of your own to share?

Email me at [email protected] or find me on Instagram: Beth_Cannafitnessnutrition