On sustaining your passion – a word on nutrition

In the height of my workaholism, I was running from meeting to meeting without time for a proper lunch. With a regular team meeting at 11 and an offsite meeting at 1pm, I subsisted on Snickers and Diet Dr. Pepper for lunch. When I got home close to 10pm, too exhausted to think, much less about cooking, I would wearily open up the chips, throw salsa and sour cream into a bowl, and wash it down with a beer before collapsing into bed.

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Your body on too much work, too little time off, and meals consisting of Snickers and chips and salsa.
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Yes, yes I did. And no. It wasn’t sustainable. Continue reading