When I started this blog, it was documenting move into a more sustainable life really. At the same time though I’d sort of unintentionally stopped going to the gym and thought I’d been eating a load of unhealthy food but looking back, in the eyes of athletes/gym goers/runners it probably was ‘unhealthy.’
Looking back, I’ve been thinking a lot more about where food comes from, how its prepared and generally thinking about whats in it. Now I’m not talking sugar/fats/carbs. I’m talking preservatives, chemicals, things to bulk out foods.
Sugar is absolutely okay! Carbohydrates are amazing fuel for your body, and fats feed your body!
I few weeks ago, I started noticing all my trousers were starting to feel big on me and I kept noticing it more and more. Now I don’t weigh myself much, I can let the numbers get into my head too much, but the number hadnt gone down since the last time I had weighed myself a few months ago so the only explanation is that I have lost fat but gained muscle.
I’ve been going back to the gym pretty consistently now for around 5 weeks, and I’m just feeling so much better in myself.
And yes I’ve been working out again which is building muscle, but I think the fact that I’ve just been thinking more about what I’m eating has made a massive difference. I eat next to no processed food now. If I fancy a snack, I actually ask myself if I’m hungry or bored, and If I want the snack I’ll have something with nutritional value like some fruit (homegrown preferably), or genuinely a bit of home baking (because I know exactly what’s gone into it).
I will make a post one day about my love (and falling out of love) of weightlifing/body building but I guess the point of this post is to say, fancy some chocolate? GO HAVE THE HOMEMADE BROWNIES!
There are far too many unnecessary additives in so much food that we buy now, so little changes will make a massive difference, and now I really feel like walking proof of my own little changes.
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