Food Psychology
My theory has always been that I would like to be able to eat and drink whatever I like (within reason) and still be able to keep in shape. “If I exercise enough my body will be able to cope with it.” My theory then developed into “if I keep working hard at exercise I won’t want to eat much crap as it will undo all the good work”. At the moment I am feeling this - I do feel less likely to pig out and do seem to be having smaller portions. Let’s hope this continues.
The next logical step is that I will want to improve my diet specifically to improve my body as part of my full work out. I’m not at that stage yet but I am starting to watch what I eat.
The important thing is not to treat myself too much by saying “I did a 6K run so I can now eat a couple of Mars bars!”. I used to fall into this trap but I’m really conscious of it now and try to stop myself. However, I am a firm believer that a little bit of what you fancy is OK otherwise you might as well live life as a monk…