Thanks for getting this far and coming to read my blog, I’ve always loved food, eating it, cooking it, finding out about other cultures and discovering new ingredients. I’ve also fallen foul of eating too much, not understanding how what I eat affects my mood, how I feel and my health, trying to stick to crash diets, keto, paleo. You name it I’ve had a go. I’ve always perceived myself as the chubby one in my group of friends, never happy with my body – even when I was serving in the Royal Marines I still never felt happy in myself. Through some bad relationships, divorce, about 8 house moves in 3 years, food became my vice, my comfort and so I get it. Food and eating and planning and making good choices are really hard, a minefield, but one that I hope to help you navigate. Learning to love yourself is hard and is a work in progress, happiness isn’t an end point its an ongoing learning process a fluid thing and a choice.
I am a Sound Engineer for an Outside Broadcast company in the UK, I work on mainly live TV for sporting and other entertainment events, which means I spend the majority of my time away from home, in hotels, all over the UK and abroad. It’s tricky to make good choices when faced with being away for a while and having no fridge, or kitchen. With no set working week, or weekend my life is all over the place, but I think I’ve finally cracked how to hit my goals, fit in my exercise and how to say no, and I’d like to share them with you.
For a long time I felt like I had no-one to look up to, no-one to identify with. The women I could see were all so lean, so tiny and skinny. I would never look like them. The women in magazines, and the fitness industry weren’t like me, I would never look like them regardless of how many KG’s I lost, and yet, with no-one else to aspire to be like and with BMI as a guide (more on that later) I carried on eating poverty calories during the week and binging at the weekend- undoing all my hard work in a vicious cycle that so many people still find themselves in now to try and be something that would never be.
There has been a pretty epic shift in the the face of women’s fitness in the last couple of years, but finally there are girls who are strong. Women who I’d could relate to, women who lift weights, manage epic physical tasks. Women are being empowered to be strong and now finally I’ve found where I fit in. I love to lift weights, I did CrossFit for a good few years – and my job is pretty physical at times lifting and shifting hundreds of kilos of gear from one end of a stadium to the other. The focus has gone from being lean, to being strong, and that’s something that I (and you) can achieve.
It’s taken a long time (31 years) to finally feel like I’m getting there, I understand calories, macro’s, how to build healthy, sensible eating habits, and creating recipes for gorgeous food which will help you hit your goals. I want to help you to understand it all too. I believe that learning about nutrition is much like learning another language and I’d like to try and teach it to you.
There’s so much information out there, fake news, click bait and companies trying to sell you the next miracle. I want to help you see through all the BS, and feel empowered to make choices which fit your lifestyle, goals and to educate you so you can be the best version of yourself. James Smith has been a huge influence on my outlook and approach to eating and exercising, and I’ve spent the last year making my way through a load of books on audible whilst in the car travelling, I hope to share with you the golden nuggets of information which have changed the way I think and approach things. Educating yourself and taking charge of your own decisions and life is hugely rewarding and I encourage you all to do the same.
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