But by that point I’d heard enough to convince me to give fasting a try. Needless to say, I had to get my head around IF before I even dared try a multiple-day fast, and being the nothing’s-too-hard adventurer that I was, I decided to try it. Boy oh boy, what was I getting myself into?!
https://www.unstate.ca/Lifestyle/The%20Complete%20Guide%20to%20Fasting/#calibre_link-62
What does the structure “being the something that I was” mean?