Dinner Dates

One of my most favourite things in the whole wide world to do is eat (totally contradicting my last post, but totally true). And the only thing better than buying enough food to feed the whole country and eating it in bed whilst watching Netflix is to go to nice restaurants with friends and eat and socialise. Best of both worlds if you ask me. In the past week, I've been out for lunch twice with the same person, and they were probably the highlights of my week.

Oreo milkshake from Ruby's - not as good as Byron Burgers, but still pretty heavenly

Going for lunch is just my favourite way to catch up with a friend or bunch of friends. It's relaxed and pretty informal, and if you haven't seen the friend in a while, eating your food also gives you a pretty good excuse for any awkward silence that may arise (though we all hope and pray that never happens!) It also gives you something to look at if you, like me, hate looking people in the eye when you're talking to them. Not to mention, you get to eat food. So much food. Going for lunch with the friend I went with last week is my favourite because we could both probably partake in an eating for England competition and come out victorious. Happy days.

Sweet potato fries from Ruby's are some of the most glorious things I have ever put in my mouth (cheeky)

It's also an amazing way to discover cool new restaurants (valuable information that could come in handy if you ever find yourself having to find somewhere to eat with other friends/one of them boy type peoples/a potential female date/a cow/whatever your preference may be) and awesome new food. I'm probably the worlds pickiest eater, but at restaurants you can all order different dishes and try different things and I always end up surprising myself. I don't know, I just love restaurants and eating and food, so it's just an all round great thing in my humble opinion.

All day unlimited breakfast at Brody's more like the day I died and went to heaven

What about you? Have you discovered any cool new restaurants lately? I also love the chance to explore my home town a bit more, venture to corners I wouldn't usually bother exploring, spend time just kicking back and relaxing. Ooo I just love the whole experience. Alas, on the morrow I am implementing many changes to my life which mean that oreo milkshakes and all day breakfasts will be a thing of the past, but I'm looking forward to finding new restaurants and dishes that excite me as much as unlimited hash browns, but are better for my body! If you lot have any suggestions for places to visit/dishes to try I would welcome the valuable information!

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Change is positive?

I will always be the first to admit that I don't like change. I am very much a girl set in her ways. I am a home bird who doesn't cope very well being away from home, I have certain mugs I like to use, and every day pretty much has the same routine. I don't often step outside my comfort zone, definitely not as much as I probably should in order to push myself as a person, and even my makeup routine follows the same routine with the same steps.

But lately I've been thinking a lot about change. I spoke about it in my blog post yesterday, that this year is going to be a year of massive change. I'll be leaving home and making the giant leap that is university and becoming a responsible adult, and I have no idea how I'm going to cope. But I've also been thinking about change in another, very important aspect of my life.

There is no hiding the fact that I am fat. Chubby, curvaceous, plump, rounded, a bit of junk in the trunk, however you want to describe it there is no way I can pretend that I'm not. I used to do a lot of dance and be a lot more toned and slimmer than I am now, but since stopping the nine classes a week I was doing, I haven't actually much changed my diet, and slowly but surely the pounds have crept on and my clothes are becoming tight. I can just about fit into a UK size 14 still, but in order to have to not buy a whole new wardrobe, I need to make some change.

And so 2015 is going to become the year of change.

Image credit: quote.land

I've been reading a lot of healthy eating blogs lately, and watching a lot of videos in the same vein, and for possibly the first time I am somewhat motivated to make this change in my life and get healthier. My goal isn't to become really skinny, because that's probably not going to happen. I wasn't built to be skinny, like some people are, and that's okay. It's okay to be different. What isn't okay in my book, is to be as overweight as I am, with the health problems that are associated with it. I've watched various family members deal with weight related health issues, and I don't want that life.

This is also the first time that I've been motivated to lose the weight in a healthy and sensible way, which is for me a Big Deal, and the feelings I've experienced before I may make a blog post on someday, if anyone would be interested.

But I can't do this alone. I've not got the greatest willpower in the world, and whilst this isn't going to become a total fitness/weight loss/healthy eating blog, I do need somewhere where I can post my progress, share recipes and tips, and somewhere where I can be accountable and actually make this change, rather than trying for a few days and giving up.

So here's to change, and all the positive benefits that may come with it! What changes, if any, are you making in your life this year?

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