Hi, I’m Aubrey

Grace fueled dietitian & nutrition therapist. I'm passionate about helping you trade judgement & shame for joy, satisfaction & confidence in your relationship with food & your body.  

 
 

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Sharing grace fueled thoughts & tips on food, body, motherhood & beyond

 
Grace Fueled Blog
The Key to an Abundant & Free Life
The Key to an Abundant & Free Life
Getting Your Period Back with hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Getting Your Period Back with hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Pregnancy and body image with baby number 2
Pregnancy and body image with baby number 2
6 Tips for feeding your 2-3 year old
6 Tips for feeding your 2-3 year old
5 tips for creating a positive food culture in your home
5 tips for creating a positive food culture in your home
Shifting your perspective on rest for better health
Shifting your perspective on rest for better health
How Gratitude changes our relationship with food and everything else
How Gratitude changes our relationship with food and everything else
Satisfying Food
Satisfying Food
A Day in the Life of a Hungry Pregnant lady
A Day in the Life of a Hungry Pregnant lady
New Journal
New Journal
Being Full is a Good Thing
Being Full is a Good Thing
No more food shame
No more food shame
All Foods Are Clean
All Foods Are Clean
Hunger is God's good idea
Hunger is God's good idea
The False Hope of Dieting
The False Hope of Dieting
Body image, Jesus, And My Thoughts
Body image, Jesus, And My Thoughts
 
Friday mood 😍 . SO looking forward to this weekend for some much needed homebody time with my boys. Plans = cleaning all the things, some house projects, outdoor grooming, going to church at @wearetransformation for the first time since this cutie was born and hopefully some trivia pursuit. Not in the plans: stressing over every morsel of food and/or a weekend binge, overexercising my pants off on Sunday to make up for it, meal prepping ridiculously tasteless meals that I'll hate eating throughout the week... Thank you Lord dietculture doesn't have a say in this family any more . What are your #dietculturefree plans this weekend??
Giddy because I FINALLY got a postpartum vlog posted, or maybe I just don't know how to take serious pictures. Swipe for evidence 😝 and THEN click the link in my bio to watch the YouTube video I made about the postpartum period so far. Talking about food, body image, self-care, life with 2 littles, and more. . . . Thanks @movementcube for this shot & your mad video editing skills 🎥
It's been awhile, figured I was due for a cookie picture ALSO, breastfeeding hunger has me baking all the things 🍪 . If you're new around here, choc chip cookies are by far my fave dessert. As such, they were one of the first foods I worked to make peace with when I started my intuitive eating journey. What does peace with food look like?? Well, it looks like being able to eat ANY food without guilt or shame. It looks like eating previously off-limit foods to fullness, instead of bingeing. It's learning what foods actually feel good in your body and in what amounts. It's discovering what foods you could actually do without. For example I know the point at which having another cookie would not feel good and I'm able to stop eating them instead of pushing through out of fear that I won't get a cookie again. There were also foods I sought to make peace with that I realized didn't taste or feel all that good without their "forbidden fruit" allure....it's all apart of the process. If this sounds like something you want to learn more about, I wrote a whole chapter on making peace with food in my book, Grace, Food, and Everything in Between (link in bio) . Okay now for some fun: which would you prefer, choc chip cookies or ice cream (my other fave dessert)??
LIFE HACK: trying to spend less time on your phone?? Wear a wrist watch! . A couple weeks back I decided I needed to set some boundaries (again) with my phone. SO instead of cutting screen time out cold turkey, I sat down and listed all of the needs my phone "satisfies" in my daily life. Many of these were deeper needs like social interaction, distraction from hard stuff, a craving for information...but one very simple thing that keeps me looking at my phone is the clock! Especially when keeping track of a newborn's schedule. So to prevent the need to always have my phone on me, I bought myself this stellar Walmart digital watch (purple obvi) and it's been a GAME CHANGER! . Also on the list of changes: buying physical books to read instead of googling articles and reading books on my phone, scheduling IN PERSON social interaction, turning off text notifications and informing those closest to me to call me (I still check my texts just at certain times after I've finished whatever it is I'm doing). I could go on and on, but it's amazing how much more I accomplish in a day with these simple changes. Better yet, I feel more present and less anxious, but that's just me. . What do you do to stay present and engaged with your life??
A picture is worth a 1000 words right? . Labeling foods good or bad ultimately sets us up for one of two things, debilitating guilt and shame or misplaced pride. Teaching our kids that only certain foods are good and other foods are bad sets them up to feel one or the other in their relationship with food. Eating disorders, a life of dieting, body disgust... it all starts here. I'm not one to slander specific companies or people, but the recent app targeted at kids, teaching them to label foods good and bad and to focus on their weight at a young age breaks my heart. This isn't the way to help our children with food or their health. . Let's teach our kids to appreciate all foods, to enjoy it and not to label it. Let's teach them to cook, to listen to their bodies, to play and cope with their emotions. Let's point them to who they are in Christ and explain to them what a beautiful creation their bodies are and how they can take care of themselves, NOT how they can change themselves. And btw kids aren't stupid, even my 3 year old could tell you red light, green light foods is just another name for good and bad. #wakeupweightwatchers . "Do not conform to the pattern of this but be transformed by the renewing of your mind" Romans 12:2 "For everything created by God is good and nothing [no food] is to be rejected if received with thanksgiving" 1 Timothy 4:4
How has it been seven weeks already ?! Time slow down please 🙏🏼
Nothing makes me cringe more than hearing the advice to, "cut sugar to heal brain fog, cravings, headaches, etc..." The truth is for many, many people the solution to these issues isn't to cut out food, but to add food, from all macronutrient groups, more often throughout the day . Exhibit A, if you feel out of control hunger after work, you have a headache, and you're too tired to make dinner, the first thing to ask yourself is when was the last time I ate? Has it been longer than 3-4 hours? Did I feel satisfied and full when I did eat? If not, what can I add to round out my meal and/or add satisfaction? Let's not miss the Forrest for the trees here when it comes to fueling our bodies... . ALSO, I hate that I even have to say this last part...but your body needs consistent fuel NO matter your weight or size. Humans don't function well on restriction--and I mean NO humans 👊🏼👊🏾👊🏿
PROT TIP # 1: Simplify Lunch. Make double dinner portions, reheat leftover sides, repurpose meal time protein, make it a sandwich or cook eggs (always my fave 💁🏽‍♀️). If you want to cook something more elaborate I suggest saving it for the evening or weekend. Simplifying lunch saves time, money and sanity. Check, check, check. . PRO TIP # 2: Simple doesn't have to mean boring or tasteless. Lots of people fall into the trap of meal planning all these meals (usually "healthified" aka lacking flavor) on the weekend and then feeling super dissatisfied when it comes time to eat those meals. So please for the sake of all that is good remember to think about satisfaction. My go to for most meals is one that contains protein, fat, fiber, carbs AND pleasure . PRO TIP # 3 this brings me to my final point---you've got to try this grab and go Rice Pudding from @aldiusa. So stinking delicious and the perfect round out for today's simple lunch ❤️ . PS thanks to my mom and pops for introducing the deliciousness to us this weekend 😜