
← The Total Entrepreneur: Mind, Body, Spirit20 aug · 49 min
The Entrepreneur's Nutrition, Sleep, and Pacing Formula | Jenn Trepeck
<p>If you ever wonder how to avoid burnout, the answer might start on your plate and end in your bedroom, not in your business plan.</p><p>Jenn Trepeck is the host of Salad With a Side of Fries, known for "wellness without the weirdness." She spent 12 years building her health coaching practice as a side hustle, while working full-time in hedge funds, before going all in in 2019. </p><p>In this episode, she sits down with John to break down the practical, no-perfectionism approach to nutrition, sleep, and pacing that keeps entrepreneurs from burning out in the first place.</p><p><strong>Key Topics:</strong></p><ul><li>Why the American food supply has fundamentally changed, and why an apple today isn't the same apple your grandparents ate.</li></ul><ul><li>Jenn's simple formula for how to avoid entrepreneur burnout through food: protein and fiber at every meal, plus quality fat, for stable blood sugar and focus.</li></ul><ul><li>What a proper serving size actually looks like (it's probably more food than you think).</li></ul><ul><li>Why blood sugar swings quietly drive your energy, focus, clarity, and willpower.</li></ul><ul><li>The real reason burnout hits, and the mental shift Jenn recommends to stop feeling pulled in a hundred directions.</li></ul><ul><li>Her favorite pre-meal breathing habit to shift out of fight-or-flight and into rest-and-digest.</li></ul><ul><li>Why sleep is usually the first thing to go for entrepreneurs, and the single habit that fixes it (hint: it's not about bedtime).</li></ul><ul><li>The tools she personally uses to protect her sleep, including a genuinely clever calendar hack.</li></ul><ul><li>Why consistency beats intensity, in your health habits and in your business activities.</li></ul><ul><li>Her honest story of leaving hedge funds after 12 years of side-hustling, and why she never officially "decided" not to go back.</li></ul><p><strong>Connect with Jenn Trepeck:</strong></p><ul><li>Website - <a href="https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://asaladwithasideoffries.com</a></li></ul><ul><li>LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifertrepeck/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifertrepeck/</a></li></ul><ul><li>YouTube - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jenntrepeck" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/@jenntrepeck</a></li></ul><p><strong>Connect with D