Jennifer's Bio
Jennifer Butler is a 30 year old West Palm Beach resident living in the historic Northwood Hills neighborhood. A busy career, remodeling a house, volunteering at church and participation in local charitable organizations leaves her with very little time to eat nutritiously and exercise. Additionally, after marrying her husband Matthew in October of 2002, she has gained almost 20 pounds. “I used to be able to eat anything and not worry about it,” states Jennifer. “But since turning 30 and getting married, my metabolism and lifestyle has changed. I am looking forward to learning good fitness and eating habits by participating in CityFit!”

Jennifer Butler is the Vice President, Government Affairs for the Realtors® Association of the Palm Beaches, a 7,500 member organization that is a strong voice for the real estate industry in South Florida. She has lobbied for various development, health care and restaurant trade organizations in the Florida Legislature. Ms. Butler has a Bachelor degree in Political Science from Florida State University and a Masters in Public Administration with an emphasis in Governmental Law from Portland State University. In her free time she enjoys gardening and playing with her Golden Retriever Gretchen and her Yellow Labrador D.B. Cooper

Jennifer's Progress


I met with my trainer, Marze Houellemont of Bally Total Fitness for the first time on Friday! She did a thorough analysis of my current fitness state and we set my fitness goals for the next 6 months! I will lose 15 - 20 pounds, work on toning my lower half and building muscle in my arms and shoulders. Plus my body fat content needs to drop about 3 - 4%.

She worked me out for about 1 hour, some free weights and various machines and floor exercises. Boy, I was using muscles I didn't know I had. About 20 minutes into the workout, my legs were shaking! But I made a BIG mistake that I will not repeat, I forgot to stretch out really good and walked around stiff like the tin man for three days.

We are going to be meeting twice a week to work out on weights and will be discussing cardio training at or next meeting.

Week of May 30th update: My trainer wants me to do one hour of cardio three times a week. So I hobbled through two spin classes and one step class this week. My trainer has also split my weightlifting to four times a week, doing upper body twice a week and lower body twice a week. I stepped on the scale Friday - to my surprisement the scale said I was "156" which means I have lost six pounds.