“Work to move away from processed foods and towards more natural foods. It’s more about learning to enjoy the foods that are good for you than trying to force yourself to eat something that you don’t like.
And, to be honest, “diets” as we often call them, don’t really work. Improving what you eat is more about improving your mental relationship with the food you eat.
For example, a few years ago I was getting sick of always taking sweets into the movie theater, so when going to see Interstellar I brought a bag of carrots. Trying to chew as quietly as I could, I felt much more satisfied than I had with the sweets.
Today, I have a near addiction to carrots and I love the way it makes my mind and body feel when I eat them. I’ve also done better to add apples and other fruits and vegetables to my diet.”

Sometimes it’s hard to see the wood for the trees. It was good to read this short simple blog post at a time where I feel an urgent urge to write but have no energy or time to do so. I’m not depressed but I certainly need more sleep, more play and less work. And more pay! 

Raw parsnips? Maybe not, and I can’t say I’ll be taking a bag of roasted parsnips to munch my way through while watching Stan and Ollie, though I like the sound of that. 

At work last night, the shop ran out of sugar. The shelves are packed with products overloaded with the stuff. At work today, one of the most popular stands was the sweet stall. People filled their paper bags with generous scoopfuls of “goodies” and handed them to their kids. Three people out of four were significantly obese. It’s an epidemic.

I was disappointed with myself earlier this week. I did a big shop and succumbed to the lure of the crap egg shaped chocolate that was so popular in the shop where I work. I felt like a hypocrite, that small toxically innocent bag nestled amongst my cavolo nero and my traffic light bell peppers. It smelt like shit and tasted so good, and that sugar hit was so powerful. It felt like the biggest hug you could imagine, delivered in a cleverly marketed irresistible bag that promised a fun treat. Having portioned myself a handful, I greedily guzzled the whole bag. I couldn’t stop. Afterwards, I wanted more. 

How does one fill one’s soul?

Today my body is screaming for movement but I’m too tired, so I slow down and listen and breathe and stretch and yawn, and tonight we chill. Tomorrow we plunge into the deep end again. God bless Monday mornings. 

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