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Realistic food & fitness for strong living.

Valerie Skinner is a certified healing foods chef trained at the Natural Gourmet Institute in NYC, the first culinary school dedicated to health supportive cooking to be accredited nationally. Valerie started her career in the health industry over a decade ago working as a personal trainer, sport supplement consultant, chiropractic assistant and holistic health coach. She has helped open thousands

of minds to a new healthy lifestyle by being a private chef and health mentor for terminally ill patients, catering celebrity music events and has helped pioneer the healthy food movement in Hawaii by introducing others to juice cleansing and providing healthy foods for different types of diets as the executive chef and co-manager for a popular healthy eatery and juicery in Honolulu Hawaii. Valerie is the co-founder and natural foods chef for Jar + Fork, a successful fast-casual health restaurant concept Miami FL. Now residing in Charleston South Carolina with her husband, Valerie is committed to helping herself and others understand how to use food and health to become your best self with her affordable personal chef services.

06/07/2026

Left: Before 8 week cut
Right: 2 weeks back in maintenance
Total loss: 8.8lbs

Remember when I declared I was going to go the full 12 weeks? I changed my mind.

I learned so much about myself and the way my body functions by going into this deep deficit but I had to call it once my mood among other things started to falter.

I became weak, tired, (more) bitchy, and I noticed that all I thought about was food and my weight.

I also became super sad in my happy place 540 Fitness because I just felt defeated each workout from being so exhausted. For what? Fat loss, yes but that’s less important to me now which is a complete 180 from the way I used to think.

Special shout out to my amazing nutrition coach Tammy Highley who was always there to ride the waves with me while walking me through a “let’s see how you feel first” approach which is super helpful to me who always tries to predict and control the future when I don’t even know what’s going to happen yet. 😂 THIS IS WHY A COACH IS SO IMPORTANT when you have these types of goals.

I’m back in maintenance now which means I’m eating to fuel my activity level so I can train for some exciting fitness events coming up and so I can continue to help show women that being in your 40’s is just the beginning!

04/07/2026

Thanks for allowing me to go full elder millennial 🤘🏻

30/06/2026

Having slider sandwiches ready to go is one of the easiest summer meal prep ideas. You can make literally any sandwich you want and just keep them all together in the fridge.

I love using King's Hawaiian rolls and always serve with chips!

29/06/2026

Our family of three spent the past week tent camping with the amazing kids and parents in our Cub Scout troop.

We got to shoot BB guns, archery, slingshot, climb walls, swim in the lake, fish, hike up a mountain and so much more.

Cub scouting is for girls and boys K-5 and gives them a unique opportunity to learn outdoor skills, help directly in the community and build solid relationships by learning how to work together. It’s a great alternative to competitive sports and we’re glad to be a part of it!

17/06/2026

One time I disappeared for 4 years 🫠

12/06/2026

Reporting on the important stuff 🫡

11/06/2026

This was one of those days I did not plan beforehand and sometimes that’s a good thing and it works out. It was more of a “food product” day instead of big high volume meals but that’s what summer is like around here.

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292 Rock Enon Springs Rd

22637

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http://www.thymeandjoy.com/

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