LudeMoodDon’t you love it when you find a much simpler way of expressing an idea you’ve had for ages, but struggled to explain briefly? Ever since my first efforts to lose weight, there was always one mental argument against a dessert, a fat pizza, or a binge: the time it would take to work it […]
When I wrote about my first steps towards a better diet, I mentioned nutritional labels. The grander theme is the power of knowledge, which is what, to me, calorie counting is about. I didn’t realise the importance of that power, however, until a friend dropped a knowledge bomb on me that shocked me shitless. One […]
You could never tell by looks alone that I used to struggle with food. I was never a fat kid, and from my teen years onwards, I had a fair bit of muscle with only the slightest layer of fat on top of them at my worst. But there’s more to eating well than just […]
It’s funny how sometimes, you only realise the beauty of something after doing it for a whole different reason. I started eating well purely to lose weight. It worked, and that felt awesome, but that was only the beginning of the awesomeness… In Summer 2015, after the first year of my Psychology Bachelors, I was […]
Of the three pillars of happiness, nutrition might be my favourite one to discuss. While I grew up exercising and have paid increasing attention to sleep over the years, nutrition was the first pillar I fucked up in. It took me three major fuckups to realise what was missing and finally change my habits, but […]