Are you going to go completely Vegan now? I know you said that you dropped meat and cut down on your dairy. What about eggs?
Ashley:)
I don't think I can go absolutely 100% vegan as I sometimes enjoy trying other peoples cakes and desserts even though I extremely rarely or never bake or order stuff with eggs/milk/butter for myself. I also eat fish and seafood although less now that we live on land and don't fish ourselves.
It's nice to know that you're more conscious about what you eat now. It's not even about dieting, but just making good and healthy choices for your body :) I try to think about what I eat too, without trying to make myself feel like I'm limiting myself. You know what I mean? It's just nice to look after yourself for the right reasons :) You'll start to feel amazing, too.
xx Megann, Style Surgery
Could you maybe post a couple of days of your intake on your blog please? I want to try out the vegan diet and have no clue what I could eat.
"The thing I've learnt from yoga as well as from our calm quiet years at sea, is that our minds and bodies are limitless when it comes to progress. As long as you've made up your mind about what you wish to achieve, there's nothing stopping you. "
May I offer a slightly different perspective on this thought? A perspective also largely honed by yoga and time at sea but with the added experience of living with the impacts of a genetic muscle wasting disease that has no known treatment or cure.
I think believing in "limitless progress" is a missed opportunity to grow. We are all impermanent, at least in the physical sense, and at some point we will all experience a significant loss of physical ability as we age, become ill, or get injured. Even if you stay perfectly healthy and strong and die young it could be argued that death itself is the ultimate loss of physical ability.
A transformative lesson I learned was that "wishing" to achieve something (physical, material, social, or other) is the root of much suffering because ultimately we either can not have what we wish for or we get it only to eventually loose it (the very definition of impermanence...)
So with that in mind here's a suggested revision for your quote: "The thing I've learnt from yoga as well as from our calm quiet years at sea, is that our minds and bodies are limitless when it comes to their ability to fully experience each of life's delicious moments. As long as you've made up your mind to embrace acceptance and let go of stuff like fear and judgement (especially self judgement) there will be nothing to stop you."
By the way, loss of ability can be suffered as something unfair to be lamented or celebrated as an opportunity, like a gift. One of my favorite quotes, "You can not choose everything that happens to you in life, but you CAN choose how you respond." The magic is found in that choice!
Final thought - loss by definition involves comparing what you currently have to what you previously had. It's easy to see how that can be a dangerous slippery slope to unhappiness. But "progress" is the same thing! A judgement resulting from the comparison of our present to our past...
You may like some of these quotes compiled by Liz Clark, a young woman from California who has been sailing her Cal 40 (often alone) through the South Pacific for over six years now - http://www.swellvoyage.com/quotes/
Your blog rocks! Thanks for sharing.
No doubt you're looking good!
Sarah: Yes! Will do.
You're right Ryan, I probably should have added something additional at the end. The phrase "Except sprained wrists. Moving over to headstands till my hurt hand is better." - was meant to mean, i short, that unexpected or unwanted physical conditions can indeed limit your quests, and that we have to accept those as they come and deal with them accordingly ("moving over to handstands till my hurt hand is better").
Sometimes the written word becomes definite in the way that a spoken word isn't. When verbally discussing something in person, you are able to correct your thoughts and add comments in the following moment. When writing, the words are typed, read and they often remain in their original condition. It is not always one has time or opportunity to go back and correct, or explain so every word is understood for that matter.
Your thoughts are so true though. One should always look onto ones individual abilities and respond to life's events in ways suitable for oneself in that specific time and moment. I am thankful every day for the fact that I am healthy and that I have an overall good life. But I am also aware of the fact that life is vulnerable and that things change in ways we have no control over. Maybe that knowledge is why I do my very best in enjoying life as much as I can, while I still can.
I've read Liz blog from time to time, she's a great writer and inspiring adventurer.
Thank you for commenting Ryan.
"she's a great writer and inspiring adventurer."
As are you!
Thank you for your thoughtful response. It must have been a pain in the wrist to type... :)
Just a thought...American sizes are sometimes bigger than European sizes.
Thank you so much for posting about this - your body is so inspiring! I'm a 15 year old girl in england and I've been following your blog for a while, I just find everything you post so fascinating. I've never been vegetarian or vegan but definitely want to give it a try, along with adding some of your fitness trips to my daily exercise routine. Looking forward to reading more of your wisdom, thanks for sharing!
lily x
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My friend turned veggie a while ago and her body changed much as yours did/ has. It makes you wonder, what we are meant to put in our mouths...? I may give this a go, though I really do love meat! Sophie X
your girl is lovely
You're looking fabulous lady, cutting out dairy made me feel so much healthier and slim down a little, I doubt I'll ever fit into a size 0 though!
Good luck with perfecting your yoga poses, I'd love to be able to do handstands xo