its in interesting point and goes pretty deep yet simple on paper...

do some basic math on how much you need just according to your height, weight and sex. then add up all the activity you do.

if i look back in a training diary, i can average my cycling ive done that week, day or year. one year i rode just over 30 000km. thats around 3 hours average a day. i burn on average 600calories an hour on the bike. sometimes more. so thats 2500calories plus 1800calories. thats over 4000calories. over 40 bananas a day if that was my staple...so we get a brief picture of how much we need, of how much we earnt and burnt.

i see it time and time again. people undereating on fresh fruit and invariably going back to cooked starches and or animal products or heaps of fat.
there is only one optimum staple for human performance. its fresh fruit. science proves it, your body loves it.

and in terms of exercise..we dont get fit training sporadically. consistent training is key. i feel everyone feels better after movement. rarely before. 'satisfaction after completion' is the point to remember here.

ive got a 600km ride planned in 24 hours coming up soon. its a solo ride. if its anything like my last ride over 500km i know i will feel better at the end than at the start...

so get out there..earn our food and remember exercise and being hydrated always puts us in a better mood.
self awarness via low fat raw vegan athletic lifestyle..you just cant beat it..

its taken me YEARS! to learn this..i was just not paying attention..

by all means use me as an example..learn from my mistakes..use me as a springboard to go even higher..

I agree about not thinking you can eat so much. You get so use to limiting what you eat normally just from being told to watch what you eat that when you start going Raw I have one narna and think having two is a pig out, sif!

It's great to eat half a watermelon and know that you could eat the whole one if you wanted and there's nothing wrong with it!