Meet our Lean Eating coaches

The PN Lean Eating coaches are awesome. Every year they take a new group of clients and whip them into the best shape of their lives.

But they’re not just physique magicians, internet sadists, and keyboard jockeys. They’re also real people with real lives, real experiences, and real world challenges of their own.

They’ve done what you’ve done. They’ve been where you are. That’s what makes them so darn good.

This isn’t just a fat-loss coaching job for them. No, they’re doing this to give something meaningful and important to their clients. Heck, they’re doing this to change the world.

Now who wouldn’t want a coach like that?

• Meet our Women’s Coaches
• Meet our Men’s Coaches

Lean Eating Women’s Coaches

Krista Schaus

A former cop turned personal trainer and coach, Krista Schaus is a hard-nosed, compassionate coach who’s seen her own share of ups and downs.

See-sawing between euphoric confidence and down-in-the-dumps depression throughout the years, Krista sometimes hid her true feelings behind a thick armor of muscle and a brilliant smile. She looked in charge, but rarely felt as if she were.

“I used to be afraid of disappointing people,” she says. “Then I realized my challenges help them.”

After a physically and emotionally draining 2010, she decided to strip away the protective armor piece by piece and re-build.

The new Krista now keeps it real.

“I dug into who I really was, and gave myself permission to be vulnerable,” she says. “I can let my clients see the real me: someone who’s passionate and professional.”

Honesty, self-love, support, and a little bit of weight lifting? Krista discovered those are the keys to a life well lived.

Click here to read Krista’s story

Cynthia Berg

A former chain-smoking, whiskey-swilling Marine, Cynthia thrived on intense training, challenges, and stress. But when she left the military and started a “normal life”, she was surprised at how quickly she lost herself.

Her career stalled. Her marriage ended. She didn’t recognize herself in the mirror any longer.

70 pounds overweight but “starving in every way possible”, she signed up for Lean Eating in 2009 to change her eating habits and maybe her life. Both happened.

After losing the weight and winning the $10,000 grand prize, Cynthia invested the money into her own education. She wanted to help people like her lose weight and get healthy. Her investment paid off big time.

Now a full-fledged Lean Eating coach, Cynthia helps hundreds of women every year lose fat, gain confidence, and get healthy.

Click here to read Cynthia’s story

Veronica Porterfield

Veronica Porterfield is passionate about nutrition. And her interest is more than professional.

Having suffered from hyperthyroidism and gluten intolerance, she knows what it’s like to live with chronic health problems — and she also knows from experience that the right diet can often eliminate them.

A multilingual graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, Veronica’s life took a different turn than she expected when she married young and had children.

But concern about her daughter’s case of eczema sparked curiosity about possible causes. Eventually, that curiosity drove her back to school for a Master’s degree in nutrition — which ultimately led her to her true calling.

Thoughtful, analytic, sensitive, and willing to take risks, Veronica has worked with people of all ages in a wide variety of settings – from homeschooling her kids, to lecturing grad students on nutrition at George Mason University, to developing corporate wellness programs.

And, as a Lean Eating coach, she brings this wealth of experience – and most of all, her empathy – to her work with every single client.

Click here to read Veronica’s story

Eileen MacRae

Facilitating other people’s growth is like an instinct for Eileen MacRae.  But it’s also a practice; she’s been guiding people towards better health and wellness for over two decades.

Eileen began her career in Toronto at the Hospital for Sick Children, in pediatric intensive care and infant medicine. She also worked for the Easter Seals Society, helping families of physically challenged children get access to services and programs.

In addition to being a registered nurse, instructor of nursing students, and passionate volunteer, Eileen’s also a personal trainer, PN Certified coach, and a busy mom of two children.

Thoughtful and intuitive, she brings sound judgment, warm humour, and rock-solid maturity to her role as a Lean Eating Coach.

Click here to read Eileen’s story

Toni Bauer

Lean Eating renovated Toni Bauer’s life – leaving her 46 pounds lighter, a whole lot stronger, and $10,000 richer. But the changes didn’t stop there. She went on to serve as valued mentor in a subsequent cohort of the program, to earn her Precision Nutrition Certification – and to join the PN team as one of our women’s coaches.

So committed to maintaining her family’s fitness that she turned her master bedroom into a gym, this busy mother of two understands the challenges of balancing work, family life, and workouts – and she’s keen to share her own strategic work-arounds.

Certified with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Toni ran her own successful personal training company for several years before joining PN, and has worked with a wide variety of clients to improve their fitness and health. A creative problem-solver, dynamic speaker, and skilled planner, she’s been there, she knows what it’s like – and she is fiercely dedicated to her clients’ success.

Click here to read Toni’s story

Mariane Héroux

Former provincial gymnast Dr. Mariane Héroux gained fifty pounds over the course of a few years – and then systematically rid herself of that extra weight by making intelligent changes to her diet and fitness routine.

Focused, resourceful, and curious, Mariane holds an MSc in Community Health and Epidemiology and a PhD in Kinesiology and Health Studies, where her research focused on child obesity and obesity prevention through nutrition and physical activity initiatives.

Certified by the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition and Precision Nutrition, Mariane has counselled clients ranging from soccer moms to National-level rowers. And while nutrition is her passion, she also loves food that tastes good. So when she’s not doing research or working directly with a client, you can often find her in the kitchen, cooking up one of her famous healthy sweets. As a Lean Eating coach, she’s delighted to share her recipes, along with all the fruits of her personal experience and education, with our lucky program participants.

Click here to read Mariane’s story

Jennifer Koslo

Dr. Jennifer Koslo may look small, but don’t be fooled. This registered dietician and accomplished runner and cyclist has the physical and emotional strength of many people twice her size – and a sense of humour to match.

A former Peace Corps volunteer who holds a PhD in education along with a dual MS in human nutrition and exercise science, Jennifer is also Board Certified as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), and an American Council on Exercise certified personal trainer.

Determined, resourceful, and self-reliant, she’s a superb teacher and communicator who has worked with people in a wide variety of settings, from university classrooms to hospitals and rehab centres. In her spare time she can often be found in the kitchen, trying out her latest vegan muffin recipe, or in her garden, playing with her beloved Cockapoo, Kismet. Nutrition and exercise are her twin lifelong passions, and as a Lean Eating coach, she is one hundred percent invested in helping her clients lead healthier lives.

Click here to read Jennifer’s story

Lean Eating Men’s Coaches

Ryan Andrews

A meat-eating nationally-ranked bodybuilder in his late teens, Ryan Andrews was defined by the gym and the muscles he built.

But in 2001, after years of binging and dieting, he realized he didn’t actually know how to eat and be healthy.

“Bodybuilding was the best and the worst thing that ever happened to me,” he says reflectively.

Thus began his real education.

After years of grad school and a dietitian internship at John Hopkins Medical Center, Ryan emerged as a vegan, proponent of good nutrition, and world-class world-saver.

Now when he’s not giving out food in Africa or volunteering in the lunch room of his local elementary school, he coaches hundreds of men every year to help them get in the best shape of their lives.

Click here to read Ryan’s story

Jay Bonn

A fit and muscular high school athlete with good grades, Jay Bonn seemed to be the kid that had it all. And to a point, he did.

But his shyness and inability to talk with other people clouded his on-field and scholastic achievements, robbing them of their luster.

He was a good guy and everyone knew it, a damn good elementary teacher and, later, a damn good Lean Eating coach.He just didn’t say much.

But in a job where talking with clients is not suggested but mandatory, Jay knew he had to tackle his shyness head-on.

After a few internships at high-level performance gyms and lots of practice with his Lean Eating clients, Coach Jay learned to come out from behind his soft smile and the relative safety of his computer screen and engage with people to help them change their bodies and lives.

He’s always held himself to a high-standard, as a coach and as a person. Conquering his shyness was just one more step to being the best coach he could be.

Click here to read Jay’s story

Colte Barnhill

Colte Barnhill has always been interested in health. For a time, he even thought he’d like to practice medicine. But a nasty crack on the skull – incurred, ironically enough, in a doctor’s office – reoriented his life path toward preventative medicine, with a particular focus on nutritional counseling.

As a counselor, Colte has helped clients ranging from elite MMA athletes to sedentary chemical workers — and everyone in between.

A high school “skinny kid” who transformed himself into a college bodybuilder, Colte has also suffered from – and overcame – disordered eating patterns. In the process, he’s learned that good nutrition doesn’t just improve athletic performance. It also improves our overall quality of life.

Warm, witty, and self-reflective, this former farm boy still totes the hay now and again. In his off-hours Colte enjoys hiking, badminton, and hanging out with his cats. And, as a Lean Eating coach, he is dedicated to improving the physical and mental health of his clients – one small change at a time.

Click here to read Colte’s story

Brian St. Pierre

If ever there were an advertisement for the wisdom of following your bliss, Brian St. Pierre is it.

A former top athlete who left the path of engineering to pursue the path of wellness, Brian now juggles family, career and training — and helps others from elite athletes to average folks do the same.

As a Certified Sports Nutritionist through the International Society of Sports Nutritionists as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association – not to mention PN Certified — he’s just wrapping up a Master’s degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. And he brings all that wealth of knowledge to his work as a Lean Eating coach.

Click here to read Brian’s story

Coaching from the world’s top nutritionists. $250,000 in cash prizes each year. Are you in?

Our next coaching program begins Wednesday, July 17th, 2013. If you want to get in the best shape of your life and take a shot at the $250,000 in prize money we give away each year, we strongly recommend you put your name on the presale list for our Lean Eating Coaching Program below.

We can only work with a limited number of clients. And spots sell out every time we open them up. So adding your name to this list gives you a huge advantage. First of all, you get the chance to sign up 24 hours before everyone else. Even better, you’ll receive a big discount at registration.

So put your name on the list below. Because, as always, spots are first come, first served, and when they’re gone, they’re gone.