Fitness: a journey that needs nourishment

Life is a journey. We all know this. Because a landscape always changes, our journey is sometimes easy, sometimes struggle some, sometimes fun.  Each of us has to find our way, has to choose a clear destination. For some of us, fitness is a friend on the road who gives us strength to move forward. It provides distraction or protection from less pleasant things. It creates stamina within us, on inner and outer levels.
Fitness is not just about working out, lifting heavier weights or running extra miles. It's also about what we give back to our body when we have spent our energy.  We have to think about what would be appropriate for such a time. Our body is our own, it's a gift which allows us to be here on earth and do the tasks at hand. Should we not consider being thankful for it, and treat it accordingly? A lot of food these days seems to be empty calories, and we end up having to take supplements and vitamins to create balance for our body. In the United States, we can choose to buy conventional or organic food. Some of us are poor and to save money, buy the food that has been sprayed with chemicals, cleaned with chemicals, preserved with chemicals, and was grown in soil fertilized with artificial ingredients. Some of us decide we can't put those things in our bodies and try to buy organic food in order to keep the chemicals, artificial ingredients, and heavy metals out of our system. In Europe, biodynamic food is slightly more available and well known, which is a version of agriculture with the mindset of "I am taking from the earth, so I need to give something back." Thus preparations have been created using the parts of plants and animals to rebuild the soil before, during, and after the plants and animals on a farm are on that ground. These biodynamic foods contain more nutrient possibility compared to foods grown on soil that has been treated like it must only serve and get nothing back.
In the fitness world, people care about their bodies and about the food they put in it. Maybe one day good food, created right, will be more widely available and more affordable than it is now. We exert ourselves, push our limits, until we are empty-and then to thank our body, we need proper nourishment. This is fitness. It's a lifestyle and not only that, but one that must become more and more aware of the world around it.