Grit & Grace

08/31/2021

Teaching my kiddos to be more balanced has been a challenge. When our youngest began struggling at school not wanting to eat anything but the special last snack, I knew I had to do something. I remembered seeing bins for lunch making. In a perfect world those bins may contain more nutrient dense, less processed items. Balance in life however is also necessary, so we do what we can sustainably! Progress over perfection is a motto here!

Our bins are separated into:

1) cheese & yogurt
2) a few kinds of fruit
3) protein snack variety - pepperoni, ham, hardboiled eggs
4) a variety of cut up veggies & dip
5) last snacks
(we made the mini blueberry muffins, banana substituting 80% of the sugar called for.)

As for the “sandwich”- that we make daily together. My kids love changing this part up for a bagel or meat & crackers, a wrap..

Before bed we pull out the bins and make lunches together. The jist here is that they begin to become self aware and empowered by making choices by themselves, that support their growing minds & bodies! generally to start, the encouragement would be to take one from each, but it’s ok if your child wants a yogurt & a cheese, or two kinds of veggies, to create a balanced lunch! Your child’s appetite/needs may vary as well so adjust accordingly.
Understand that perfection isn’t a requirement. Having healthy, curiosity driven conversation helps pave a path to a healthy relationship with food & their bodies!

I think it’s important that foods are not labelled “good” & “bad”, but that our bodies require more of the nutrient dense things over the less nutrient dense & for good reason! Also though, food IS more than fuel. So often food is a part of celebration, vacation, culture and more. That shouldn’t be restricted because of food.

This method can often open space for questions. “Can I have 2 last snacks [least nutrient dense part of lunch]?” Might be a question, which then opens up talk about our bodies needs and how/where we get them without you having to initiate that convo ☺️

lets help pave the way in empowering our kiddos through education & practice ❤️

07/17/2021

It’s been a hot minute but I’m still here 😅

10/22/2020

“I do really well for a week or two and then I can’t seem to stay motivated & on track!”

Does this sound familiar?

Often times I hear this.
I ask questions to investigate.
What usually occurs is I realize the changes happening, are a lot! Pretty overwhelming!

Think back to when you were a kid. Envision being in math class and your teacher is trying to teach you addition, subtraction, division and multiplication all at the same time.. woah!

It just doesn’t happen that way. You spend time with each of those individually. You start with addition and make your way to subtraction then to multiplication THEN to division.

Each of these are steps.
One by one we go through them to eventually have built that unit of knowledge!

The same can be said with building a lifestyle. One change, one step, at a time.
Eventually you will have built a personalized lifestyle with those steps.
Don’t fear going slower.
Use the time to your advantage.
Build sustainability, build confidence.

10/17/2020

A little Saturday fitness funny this morning! 🤗👻 🎃

10/15/2020

Self care is not a luxury 🤷‍♀️
It is necessary! 💕
Remember you can’t pour from an empty cup 🤗

10/15/2020

Stepping outside your comfort zone doesn’t have to be crazy. Start small & work your way to bigger things 💕

Remember no matter where you start, you’re still there trying. That’s ALL that matters.

When I hopped onto the ice for the first time in years I was absolutely terrified. I fell 10x / game & tripped up my own team mates 😅

But over time (years 😂) I’ve improved bit by bit!
Don’t shy away from new things because you “can’t” do them.
Whether you think you can or not, you’re right 😉

I just recently began going to a yoga class. Is it frustrating I can’t seem to breathe right? Yes 🤣
But I KNOW If I keep going & keep trying, time will bring that skill.

Point is, we ALL start somewhere. Don’t be afraid to be a beginner 🥰

10/09/2020

10/07/2020

𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛.
𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜.

👆 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗.
𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚕. 𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 🤷‍♀️

𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐.

𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 “𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛!” 𝙾𝚛 “ 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐!”

𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛? 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚕.

𝙿𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢. 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙱𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜. 𝙸 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢.

𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 & 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎.

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.

#𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜 #𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛 #𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 #𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 #𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 #𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 #𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 #𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢 #𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 #𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 #𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 #𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 #𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 #𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚝𝚑 #𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 #𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎

10/03/2020

𝙄 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 “𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮” 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 - 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙃𝙊 - 𝙞𝙨 “𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡, 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜”

𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 “𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚” 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 3 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 & 𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮, 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 & 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡!

𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮.

𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨.
𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚.
𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.

𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤!

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.
𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩.

𝙎𝙤, 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚?

#𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧 #𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 #𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 #𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 #𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨 #𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 #𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮 #𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 #𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 #𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚 #𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨 #𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 #𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 #𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 #𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝

10/02/2020

It’s about what you do MOST of the time!
Don’t deprive yourself of things you enjoy.
Practice mindfulness & moderation.
Don’t create a crappy relationship with food by restricting.
Create a healthy relationship with food you can feel good about and is sustainable!