Fuel Up, But Don’t Overflow – How to Find Your Sweet Spot with Food

When you're active, training hard, and trying to feel your best — it’s easy to fall into two camps: eating too little to keep up, or eating way more than you need.

So how do you find that middle ground where progress actually happens?

What Is the Sweet Spot?

It’s the zone where your energy is solid, your training is strong, your mood is stable, and your body is either maintaining or losing fat (depending on your goal) — without hunger taking over or feeling like you’ve “earned” food through workouts.

Common Signs You’re Undereating:

• Constant fatigue, even with rest

• Poor training recovery

• Low mood or irritability

• Hunger that never seems to go away — or total loss of appetite

• Plateauing progress or weight loss that’s too fast

 Signs You Might Be Overeating:

• You’re not seeing the changes you expected despite training regularly

• You’re always snacking "because you trained"

• You reward workouts with high-calorie foods

• You assume all movement = fuel required

• You’re tracking loosely or not at all, and unsure where the calories are going

The Fix? Think Fuel Timing + Quality

You don’t need to eat more all the time — you need to eat smarter around your training and choose foods that align with your goal.

Ask yourself:

• Am I fuelling my performance or my feelings?

• Did this workout actually require extra calories, or is my hunger from poor food choices earlier in the day?

• Am I giving my body what it needs before and after training — or just winging it?

🔑 Bottom Line:

Your body doesn’t just need more food — it needs enough of the right stuff at the right time.

✅ Whole foods

✅ Protein + carb pairing around sessions

✅ Awareness of how intense your session really was

Master that? You’ll feel energised, not overfed. Strong, not sluggish.