What motivated me

So in true From chubby to better style I will start this post with a question. What inspired you to start this blog chubby Katie?

Weeeellllllllll as I mentioned in the last post I have recently been being looking into eating healthily and being a little more environmentally conscious. The below blogs are ones that have inspired and intrigued me:

Mind Body Green - I get daily updates from these guys. They put around five articles in each mailer and I usually find myself clicking on at least three, often four. They tend to be nutrition or mindfulness related and some of it I don't agree with but I am usually still interested in the debate.

Nutrition Diva - I have just discovered this one and I've gotta say I'm quite blown away by it. I like to think of myself as having an open mind to new ideas and food concepts but need to have an element of science and fact behind them. The Nutrition Diva has short podcasts to accompany the website in which she discuss different nutrition related questions. She does it all with facts and studies to support her point of view and often gives a balanced argument. I find in most the cases she comes to the conclusion that a little bit of anything isn't necessarily bad for us which is an idea that I am fully on board with.

Becoming Peculiar - While some of her posts are a little more religious (and some a little more baby focused) than I am interested in she does have some other unique insights and tips. A lot of the posts are about living a more minimal lifestyle and buying quality items that last a lifetime rather than through away things.

Also I've discovered a site where I can get free images for this blog so I am going to try and put a pretty picture up each time to inspire us, whether its a healthy beautiful bit of fruit or veg, or a serene landscape to remind us to stay calm and appreciate whats around us.

Lots'a beautiful beans - pixabay.com

Whats this all about Chubby Katie?

Hi my names Chubby Katie.
I have another blog called From Chubby to Ironwoman where I document my struggle to one day complete a full Ironman distance triathlon. So far it is not going so well!

Despite my lack of ironman progress I feel I have learnt a little more about healthy eating and nutrition and that has lead me to look into other food and environmental issues.

And so here is the result! My new blog dedicated to bettering myself, bettering my environment, bettering my relationship with others and generally trying to become a better human being.

I'd like to just make a small note that I am not really a bad person! I've never been to jail, got a speeding ticket or killed a daddy long legs intentionally! But I feel we could all could benefit from a little improvement.

So i've set myself 4 bettering points:

• Body - Improving my body through exercise and food. Sourcing quality ingredients, accessing whats good and bad for me. 

• Mind - Improving my mind through exercise and food but also with new learning, experiences and mind training, meditation etc.

• Environment - Doing my bit to reduce my carbon foot print and leave less of an impact on the world and a good place for my children. 

• Other people - To become more caring towards other people, both friends and family, local strangers and people I might never meet. 

Ok I think thats it. Lets see how I go. And to end this image is from a recent trip to New Zealand, its to remind me of beauty in the world, how lucky I am to have the luxury to travel and what an amazing partner I have (not pictured obviously!).