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\"Shifting

Greenside Up Garden, 3rd June 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

All Work Not Enough Play<\/h2>\n

It’s been my quietest year on the blog since I began writing 7 years ago, mostly because I shifted focus\u00a0away\u00a0slightly from Greenside Up and more towards helping Community Gardens, both in a funded and voluntary capacity. This is now changing as things fall into place, but life itself has been far from quiet, despite continued efforts to find a better work\/home balance.<\/span><\/p>\n

We don’t value our health until we lose it<\/span><\/h2>\n

A few weeks after I switched to a mostly vegetable based diet<\/a>, I had a health scare that convinced me the decision was the right one for me. Despite various test results showing this, that and other is wrong with me, ailments that I might never have known about if I hadn’t visited my GP with a sore knee of all things, I’ve never felt better. <\/span><\/p>\n

I’m losing weight in a healthy way, aiming for a pound a week; I’m drinking 2 litres of water a day and am really enjoying experimenting with all the nutritious meat free recipes, one of which you can find below. (Chris if you read this, just leave out the spinach). I’m getting fitter, feeling happier, more in tune with nature and am managing stress levels; there’s really nothing like a health scare to wake us up to the really important things in life like family, love and friendships; it puts everything else into perspective. <\/span><\/p>\n

All being well the shift in lifestyle will cure or ease\u00a0the various problems and allow for many years of health and happiness. In the meantime, I’m having fun embracing everything I’m offered and all this glorious sunshine we\u2019re experiencing is helping no end.<\/span><\/p>\n