When I started this blog, I was really enthusiastic about writing about health and nutrition and finishing my Level 4 Nutrition qualification. Unfortunately, various parts of my body have been conspiring against me and my own health and nutrition has taken a bit of a nosedive. I finally got Covid 3 years after the first lockdown and it wiped me out for months. I already suffered from chronic pain and fatigue due to hyperactive Ehlers Danlos syndrome (hEDS) so, as you can imagine, they were both ramped up several notches and haven’t quite gone back to pre-pandemic level.
On top of that, perimenopause has hit me like a freight train. The pain in my hands and feet was off the scale and, as a result, my activity level dropped off a cliff. Add to that the effect on my IBS and GORD (GERD for the Americans!), leading me to only be able stomach certain foods that aren’t necessarily the healthiest, and my weight has ballooned. I am now significantly fatter than when I thought I was really fat and needed to join WeightWatchers! I know I need to lose weight but it’s so hard when your body doesn’t do what you want or expect it to do.
All has this has made me not want to write about nutrition. I feel like a fraud. I mean, who wants to take nutrition advice from someone who’s so overweight that when they fall out of bed they rock themselves back to sleep? However, I’ve realised that I’m trying. There are lots of people out there who are struggling because the “Calories in, calories out”, “we all have the same 24 hours in a day” gym bros don’t understand middle aged, menopausal, chronically ill women and their advice and judgement is not going to help them. I’m going to talk about my experiences and share any tips I can, and if I never lose a pound, so be it!
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