Food Is Fuel – Walking the WHW for Beat

So bit of a last minute decision…

Setting off to walk the West Highland Way this week! It’s been a bucket list item I’ve had for over 10 years, and I’ve finally stopped talking about it and got my ass in gear.

I’ve made a bit of a last minute decision to do some fund raising for the charity Beat which is an eating disorder charity.

To be honest it’s been very long overdue that I’ve been wanting to do something like this (over 14 years), but the time has never felt right and honestly have been to embarrassed to discuss mental health so openly.

The time feels right now because over the past few years I’ve felt an enormous shift in relation to body image and relationship to food and nutrition from being outdoors and being adventurous. It’s no surprise that I love being out on my bike or up a hill somewhere.

I’m so grateful that my body is strong enough to take me to these beautiful places (and heading for some pub grub afterwards with my friends)

I was 14 years old when I was hospitalised for close to a year with an eating disorder and for the longest time I didn’t really know what recovery looked like. It hit me recently when I’ve been preparing for multi day trips that my entire perspective had changed, that I’m selecting foods with the highest calorie content as opposed to the lowest.

It feels a bit cheeky to ask for sponsorship for an activity that I would gladly do for free/fun but it represents a great deal to me.

Also want to shout out to some of the amazing women I’ve met in the cycling/outdoors community where there is a fantastic mentality about celebrating what your body can do rather than what it should look like.

Not gonna lie I’m already dreaming about the big bowl of chips I’m gonna have after day 1 haha

Also any donation is appreciated, and if anything I’ve talked about resonated with anyone, always happy to have a chat!