29/01/2026
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This is said with nothing but love, I just feel like there’s a lot on conflicting advice out there and it might be nice to have a fresh perspective from someone who is exceptionally average at everything but also very happy and healthy now.
Recently I’ve been eating a lot less processed carbs, for a few reasons, 1. They make me crave junk, a bowl of pasta leads me to a bar of chocolate in the blink of an eye, there’s science if you’re interested, but it’s a trend I noticed so I dropped the processed carbs and the cravings stopped. If you struggle with your weight like I did, always seem to need a sweet treat, might be the same for you too?
It’s not no carb, it’s no crap. 🍖🥓🥩🍗🥚🍳🍎🥒🥑🌽🥦🥕🍄🥜
2. I was struggling to bring my blood sugar back down after, even with the volume of training for an iron man, hyrox and CrossFit, I’d done all the reading about how many carbs per hour I’d need to be fuelling for these training plans, and I was getting headaches and pain behind my eyes and then I dawned on me…… I’M NOT A F*CKING ELITE ATHLETE. 😱 yes I do quite a lot of exercise, but I’m not trying to win any of it and that’s the exact point.
I’m exercising because I enjoy it and to be HEALTHY, and ramming glucose sachets down my neck for the sake of being a couple of minutes faster on a 10k I’m doing for fun just isn’t worth the health trade off for me. I’m metabolically flexible, my body will happily run off fats for my everyday life and 99% of the exercise I’m doing for fun.
Yes, when I’m doing something that’s very high intensity or if I am trying to actually win or need to be super fast at something I eat more carbs, but I ran a Hyrox Pro pairs sim in 1:17 fasted (too nervous to eat), can do 100km bike on bacon and eggs for breakfast, and often do CrossFit workouts on nothing but hopes and dreams. I’m not keto, I eat loads of veg and fruit whenever I fancy it. If you’re training to win, and carbs work for you, 100% smash it, but if you’re training for fun/ health it’s sometimes worth finding a more balanced approach ❤️