Edel Coffey: Trusting the process is an essential part of life — and the hardest thing to do

'We live in a world of fast food, instant downloads, and next-day delivery - it's no wonder we expect the same from our bodies'

Author Edel Coffey pictured at home in Galway. Photo: Ray Ryan

I have always been wildly inconsistent when it comes to my fitness. 

I will go months without going to the gym before re-committing to a healthy lifestyle and fitness regime. I will go at it hell for leather and stick to a rigorous regime until I reach my goals, at which point I will down tools thinking I’m healthy now, so I don’t need to exercise any more. Inevitably, that rationale leads me straight back to square one where I have to start the process all over again.