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A Starting Point

Hi! This post is just a bit about where I'm at currently with my fitness/ health, as well as my 'history' I guess you could call it? Basically just what I'm eating and how I'm exercising and how I got to where I am now. So... I was never really a sporty child or teenager and didn't really like any kind of exercise (even my mum will tell you I never really ran around as a child!!) but I was always quite slim, especially in my teenage years. When I was about 16-17 I became a bit more aware of what I was eating and how much exercise I was getting. I didn't have the best relationship with food or my body at this point, despite being slim; I still don't now but it has much improved and I feel I've come a long way since then. This was around the time I started to think about vegetarianism and started drinking soya milk. I'll be the first to admit that this way of thinking about eating wasn't necessarily solely because of not wanting to harm ani
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Hello, welcome... a little bit about me!

Hi! I'm Eleanor, a student nurse with a passion for health, including nutritional, fitness and mental health. I love living a healthy lifestyle, but I also love the knowledge base behind it all, so this blog will be a documentation of my learning and my journey to being the healthiest and fittest I can be. It will include recipes; the evidence behind why we include different foods in our diets; what I'm doing for my fitness/ strength and my progression as I learn more; the evidence behind different types of workouts; and how I'm improving my mental health and my relationship with food. It'll also be based around health as a nurse as this is not always the easiest thing, with varying shift patterns, long work days and often odd meal times. I feel there is a huge gap in the "fitness world" for people who work shifts and perhaps don't have hours of free time for the gym or a regular eating routine/ pattern. Also, being a student, I don't have endles
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