🎧 Episode Title: Breaking the Chains of Disease: Healing, Hormones, and Holy Stewardship with Coach Amanda Jabczynski

📝 Episode Summary: In this episode of the Faithful Fitness Podcast, Coach Alex sits down with Coach Amanda Jabczynski—also known as Coach AJ—a retired Navy veteran, homeschooling mom, and certified health coach with a transformative story of reclaiming her health and faith.

Diagnosed with prediabetes after following a wellness protocol that was supposed to prevent it, Coach AJ found herself at a critical crossroads. Rather than succumbing to medication and generational patterns of illness, she turned toward a radically different approach—anchored in Scripture, rooted in fasting, and empowered by Christ.

Together, Alex and Amanda explore:
-How women’s bodies respond differently to fasting—and why fasting “like a girl” matters
-What it means to put Christ at the center of your health journey
-The tension between "vanity" vs. "ability" in modern fitness culture How Amanda broke generational cycles of disease and how you can too
-The emotional and spiritual awakening of seeing yourself honestly, sometimes for the first time
-Practical ways spouses can support one another in stewardship—not sabotage

Whether you're battling burnout, managing hormones, or simply looking to realign your body with your beliefs, this conversation will bless, challenge, and inspire you.

⏱️ Timestamps:
[00:00] Intro, VBS chaos & migraine faithfulness
[07:00] Meet Coach Amanda Jabczynski: Retired Navy, Mom of Two, Coach AJ
[10:15] Her post-military health crash and the "Mandatory 10 lbs"
[13:45] Discovering her prediabetic diagnosis while being a health coach
[17:30] When your health program fails you: processed carbs and the fasting breakthrough
[23:45] Fasting Like a Girl: Why female bodies need a different approach
[26:30] Homeschooling, adolescence, and stewarding health while mothering teens
[29:50] Her "Damascus Moment": Seeing the truth in a Facebook photo
[33:00] Fasting vs Starving: Fueling well in a shorter window
[37:15] Frankenfoods, real nourishment, and fasting as spiritual clarity
[42:40] The link between mineral depletion, stress, and hormonal breakdown
[46:00] Shifting from "vanity" to "ability": health that lasts to age 90
[49:30] Your body is not your own: stewarding God’s temple
[52:10] From diagnosis to destiny: Her decision to break the generational cycle
[56:15] When a diagnosis becomes an identity—and why that’s not of God
[57:50] Scripture is full of fitness wisdom—once you have eyes to see it
[59:42] Amanda’s free resource: Mastering Your Insulin guide
[1:03:00] How husbands can support the women in their lives well
[1:07:15] Final prayer and blessing for Coach AJ, her ministry, and your journey

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