Ashley Pardo

Ashley Pardo Healing your relationship with food, forever. The Grizzly Kitchen is a blog run by Ashley Pardo, a private chef, wellness coach, and speaker in Miami, FL.

The blog guarantees delicious recipes, cooking advice, and life musings. Follow along!

06/19/2026

We want lasting weight loss + yet we resist looking at what got us there in the first place.

Weight gain doesn’t happen overnight. it’s little by little, moments of avoidance and “i’ll start tomorrow” stacked onto each other, until one day we see a photo of ourselves or get on the scale in a panic and are surprised it happened.

But something in us knew all along that we couldn’t look at!! Sometimes we don’t have the capacity to and i get that, as someone who lost and regained weight almost 2 dozen times.

Until you start to look at the way you interact with food, and build skills to overcome that, and learn new coping mechanisms, you’ll stay on the carousel of dieting and restricting and say “nothing ever works”.

It’s because you haven’t done the thing that actually works. The good news is that you can decide to turn it around at any moment. 💜

06/18/2026

Like whyyyyy does my face morph into something entirely different 2-3 days a month and no, don’t tell me it’s in my head 😂

What’s funny is that when I embraced these things, I got the best results of my life, got fit, lean, and more in shape t...
06/15/2026

What’s funny is that when I embraced these things, I got the best results of my life, got fit, lean, and more in shape than I could have ever imagined.

FOR YEARS, I tried to fit into the generic advice + rigidity of the fitness industry.

Eat 1:1 protein.
Only eat low-fat protein.
Take your Tupperware with you.
No excuses.
No sugar.
No alcohol.
No grains, no dairy, no legumes.
Bodybuilding, or else.
Lift super heavy, or else.
If you don’t want it bad enough, you won’t make it happen.

I spent those years bingeing HARD, overcome by shame + perfectionism, frozen and dreading every Monday I’d “start again.”

Especially if you’re sensitive or neurodivergent - these rules will backfire within 3 days at most.

You need a different approach. One that was made for your brain and personality. You’re not a robot, and that expectation is killing your progress.

You do need structure, but not in the way you think. You need discipline too, but done a different way.

You need to learn to tolerate discomfort, but little by little and not all at once.

You need a system that gets you motivated to take action, not dread it.

Results don’t come without effort - but the RIGHT effort, after you really, really, really accept who you are.

I now eat the most I ever have, eat the most “junk”, travel and eat out of the house, workout from home 4x/week for no longer than 30-45 minutes, and have fun with food every single day.

If you want to learn my system that’s helped hundreds of former chronic dieters, lose the last 5-10lb once and for all, get lean and strong this to feel powerful + sexy on your vacation and in your clothes, make confident choices, join Summer Queen, my new 4-week fat loss + accountability group.

Enrollment closes TONIGHT. We start tomorrow - DM me “queen” or head to the 🔗 in my profile Ashley | Nutritional Therapist + CPT. 👑

06/14/2026

If you get hooked by the scale, this is for you.

And if you want to build momentum so you feel motivated + excited about your progress AND see the visible results you want while you don’t let the scale hook you…

You’d love my 4-week fat loss + accountability program, Summer Queen, which starts this Tuesday, June 16. Enrollment closes tomorrow night!

Head to my profile Ashley | Nutritional Therapist + CPT for the link or DM me with questions 👑💜🧜🏼‍♀️🌴🥥

06/14/2026

In 2021, I was feeling paralyzed + stuck with my body. That feeling would freeze me for 1 more year before I started to do something about it.

The thing about change is that it takes a long time, it’s not comfortable, and it requires us to face ourselves.

Not an easy feat when your brain is designed to resist change + stay the same.

But I know that if you feel a desire for change, you also have what it takes to make it.

I stopped saying “tomorrow” or “later”.
I started to move beginning immediately.
I racked up wins.
I got addicted to the feeling of feeling amazing + working hard.

I stopped letting my own stubbornness, my self-sabotage, and my patterns be my own worst enemy.

Because for me, it was all a lot better than staying the same.

When you have a framework and system that works for you, the time passes, and one day you wake up and say “wow, I’m different.”

This is what’s helped me become the most focused, disciplined version of myself.

It all happened through fun, gamifying the process, adaptability, flexibility, embracing discomfort, and doing what was meant for MY brain.

If you’re craving this change - and want to feel your absolute best for summer and lose the last 10 pounds for the last time, join me in Summer Queen, my 4-week fat loss + accountability group, which starts this Tuesday.

Enrollment closes tomorrow night. The link’s in my profile Ashley | Nutritional Therapist + CPT, DM me with questions! 👑

06/13/2026

I’ve never seen a solution to overeating behavior that didn’t involve this to some degree.

At some point, we have to get reallyyy honest with ourselves about how these behaviors serve us, the need they’re filling, and then take steps to change them.

Learn what makes you feel good.
Do that consistently.
Notice what makes you feel bad.
Feel good more than you feel bad (which takes more work!), and become uninterested in feeling bad.

There comes a point when overeating no longer “hits” and the behavior begins to fall away. But it doesn’t happen without structure, patience, and working towards that.

In Summer Queen, my 4-week fat loss program and accountability group, we’re not just working through principles of nutrition, we’re adding the behavior guardrails needed so it’s not just a fleeting moment and it actually sticks.

We start June 16, and you can check the details and enroll at the link in my profile Ashley | Nutritional Therapist + CPT 💜

Every person here has tried tons of diets, failed miserably at some point, but chose to try again, until something final...
06/12/2026

Every person here has tried tons of diets, failed miserably at some point, but chose to try again, until something finally clicked.

I say this with a ton of care - none of us are special and neither are you!

I know I was at a point one time where I was convinced nothing would ever work for me or I couldn’t be consistent because of XYZ.

So I didn’t do anything… for years.

But the day I chose to act differently, things changed forever.

If you’re feeling that way, gimme 4 weeks and you’ll build more momentum than you have all year.

When you feel like nothing may work, I bet you haven’t tried a system that does.

Join me for Summer Queen, my 4-week fat loss + accountability group, so you can feel amazing in your clothes + in your body all summer.

Head to my profile for details + enrollment. We start this Tuesday, June 16! 👑🧜🏼‍♀️

06/11/2026

“But I can’t stick to my macro plan because I always overeat hyperpalatable foods” - I was there for so many years until i started doing THIS.

There’s more to it because the food is often filling a need, but this is my thought process around how i eat sugar daily and stay lean.

I accept i have a sweet tooth.
I accept i can have a finite amount.
I accept i’ll always want more.
I feel the disappointment and move on.

These are the types of skills that make nutrition plans stick, and if you want to lose weight and learn more of them, join me for Summer Queen, my 4-week fat loss program and accountability group that starts June 16 - enrollment is open now. 👑🧜🏼‍♀️💜

👑 SUMMER QUEEN is open for enrollment! We start June 16 and spots close on June 15.

My new 4-week summer program has ne...
06/10/2026

👑 SUMMER QUEEN is open for enrollment! We start June 16 and spots close on June 15.

My new 4-week summer program has never before seen content that I’ve developed over the last 18 months in my 1:1 program, The Body Lab.

My programs get efficient, predictable, and lasting results because they’re different than anything out there.

I am not your typical “macro coach”.

If you’re craving feeling your best this summer, want to lose 5-10 pounds, see visible results, and *actually* implement from an empowered place and not shame, join us over the next 4 weeks.

This is not a restrict + deprive program - it teaches you skills to eat what you want with flexibility, clarity, and without anxiety.

My systems work no matter what’s going on in your life + equip you with confidence no matter what’s going on.

I only offer 1-2 groups/year so if 1:1 isn’t for you and you want to work with me, this is it!

Head to my profile for the to check out more details to enroll. DM me with any questions about whether it’s a fit 💜

06/09/2026

For 99% of women, the extra stuff that you eat outside of what you track is what takes you off plan.

And it’s HARD because it’s entirely subconscious, deeply engrained, and so habitual.

〰️ The bites off your kids plate
〰️ The peanut butter you have after serving yourself
〰️ The shavings off of a baked good that “don’t count”
〰️ The sips of a fancy coffee
〰️ The snack your coworker brings over for you to try
〰️ The chocolate chips at the pantry

These used to RULE my life. I’d hardly ever actually feel hungry for my meals. They felt like nothing in the moment, but they easily add 300-500 untracked calories/day. Over time, that wipes out your hard-earned calorie deficit.

Most of us blame hormones, age, or a broken metabolism. And it’s true. But once you get to the bottom of your grazing cycle, results come FAST.

Here’s what changes it:

🔹 Accept that this gives you relief + comfort. By 5pm, your decision-making bandwidth is depleted. Your brain seeks a micro-dose of immediate dopamine, and you move automatically. Look at the habit neutrally before trying to change it.

🔹 Pre-plan your food. Pre-log your day so you have a skeleton of your choices. Looking at your day in advance gives your brain the structure + relief it was searching for.

🔹 Embrace the temporary discomfort. Initially, it’ll feel like something is missing. But reacting to every random urge is the fastest way to feel out of control. Feeling calm + collected feeds the urge 100x better.

🔹 Keep your meals exciting. When you aren’t satisfied, you naturally wander. Having food you genuinely look forward to makes it easy to stay present in your body + wait.

If you find it impossible to stick to a nutrition plan because of this loop, you don’t need more willpower - you need a system.

Join my 4-week fat loss + accountability group, Summer Queen, which will have habit structure and systems made for your brain.

It opens up here tomorrow at 3PM, and starts June 16, and I’d love for you to join. Stay tuned tomorrow. 🧜🏼‍♀️

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