My Story: Be Inspired Nutrition
Taking the plunge and moving to the Northern Rivers in 2008 came with the assumption of a slower paced and more enriched life. What I did not expect was a complete transition on my health and wellbeing. And it wasn’t like I had planned to change my diet and up my exercise routine. But I had somehow slipped into new habits and made small changes. For example, I started taking early morning walks, stopped having butter on my toast, walked a little further to get chores done, like walking to the clothesline; picked fruit from trees and vegetables from the garden, feed animals, collected eggs and checked on our header tank (primary water tank) which by the way was positioned up on a hill.
Our Property
5am morning walks around our property helped me shift the weight, 17 + kilos to be exact.
However, that was the beginning of an awakening to health. And instead of feeling that little bit older, I started feeling a little younger. I had fresh air in my lungs and a skip to my beat, I felt alive.
In addition, I had noticed my weight shift, clothes fitted better, and my eyes were brighter. I was sleeping well, felt happier and had more energy. Each visit to Sydney came with the response “You look fantastic!”, “What are you doing differently?”
Byron Light House
August 2009, dropped a dress size.
I was cooking more, not using packaged products to make food, but cooking from scratch with wholefoods, real food. I also discovered new foods, like jaboticaba’s, quinoa and chia. We did not have a “Wholefood shops” where we lived in Sydney, so all these wonderful new shops with lots of ingredients to try was exciting, like being a kid in a candy shop.
Baked pumpkin and bean salad
with sun-dried tomatoes, bean sprouts and pine nuts.
This was when I truly discovered I had embraced healthy changes. I had changed my mind set, eliminated the negative talk and the self-loathing and challenged myself to try new things (go to uni for example), do things differently and create a new set of habits and rules. I felt positive and adapted to my new lifestyle with ease.
Southern Cross University 2014
Unsure of myself (notice the rounded shoulders) and didn’t know what the future held, but had a vision and passion that I wanted to follow through on.
I was driven and empowered and wanted to share my newfound knowledge with the world. But hesitated, who was I and what did I really know? I had no qualifications, no formal knowledge on the topic of health, just my experience, knew how I felt, my opinion and things that I had learnt from a book, but all that was not enough. This was when I turned to education, starting with an Advanced Diploma in Nutritional Medicine, 2012 and ending in University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition, 2017.
I followed the path and my instinct, not exactly sure where it would take me. But I could see my future clearly, mapped out as it were. Me as nutritionist and educator and visions of a business to Inspire others who also wanted change and make health and wellbeing a priority. That was 8 years ago now.
My Visions in my 2016 Diary
My Business Name was decided back in October 2016.
And these were my jumbled thoughts on paper.
Be Inspired Nutrition was born “2016”. It came from a place of inspiration and hope. My inspiration, passion and drive to obtain my goals even when times were difficult. Simultaneously, Inspiring others to change to healthier lifestyles even though this too may also be hard.
So here is my vision for you:
To deliver you my healthy toolbox, inspiring the change you are looking for and helping you to embrace a healthier lifestyle. You can do this by making small doable changes for yourself with lots of support, encouragement and motivational tips from me. You can do this in a number of ways, depending on your lifestyle, however they all lead to the same path. Leading you to healthier habits which makes you feel empowered, feel more positive and embrace health and well-being which also inspires happiness too.
So what are you waiting for? Are you ready to embrace change?
You can find me on Facebook and Instagram or you can contact me directly on messenger or email beinspirednutrition2017@gmail.com