rebecca

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, I am currently on holiday (kind of). I came home for less than 24 hours before driving 2 hours to end up in Filey! it's basically a little town near the sea for anyone who doesn't know, just my kind of place. I'm only here till tomorrow afternoon and then I get a train back to Liverpool to my beloved house. Back to watching too much TV, eating too much food and complaining that my room's a mess yet doing nothing about it!

We're actually here to celebrate Mum's birthday (that isn't even until next month but there you have it) because she used to come here as a kid with her Mum and Dad! The rest of my family are staying until next week but as I have lessons to go to I have to back to University tomorrow (boo hoo).

It's really lovely here even though I haven't seen much of it, we went to Whitby today and it was tipping it down for most of the day but when it was sunny it was all very pretty although there was a lot of fish places (which you'd imagine for the place that is obviously known for 'Whitby Scampi'). I also had a lovely slice of Vegan cake (and a vegan wrap but the cake topped it all). I feel like this is turning in to a life update post but Veganism is going well for anyone interested! It's been just over two weeks now since I've had a slip up and even though it's hard sometimes I feel much better overall.

Some of you will know that last year I struggled a lot with homesickness but this year has been great so far! We sit and watch TV or a film every night in our pyjamas with blankets and food and it just feels so homely. The only time I'm really in my room is when I'm asleep to be honest which is just how it should be (although I probably should be in there doing work but I'm not, I just tend to do my work whilst watching Bakeoff or X-Factor). I'm enjoying my lessons a lot more this year but I think that could be because I'm actually paying attention to them and making notes.

That's about all I have to update you on at the moment!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

A few years ago I tried to be Vegetarian but as I was around fourteen or fifteen, I had been used to just eating what Dad cooked. My parents were both very helpful and I cooked my own dinners for a while but when it came to roast dinners I just gave in.

Now I'm at University I have decided that I want to take control of my own eating habits and diet again and this time I think it will be much easier. Somehow I ended up watching loads of those videos on YouTube that are like 'What I Eat In A Day'. As someone who has struggled for years with food, I was just being nosy as to how much other people ate and what they were eating. I ended up on a Vegan one and the woman basically ate the nicest looking food. That got me round to thinking maybe I should try cooking that some time! With being at work quite a lot I find it difficult to squeeze in time to cook for myself and if I get home and Dad's made something, I just eat that because it's quicker and easier.

When I'm at University I am so unhealthy. I will just eat something quick, even if I'm in all day. Usually that't a takeaway or a pizza or something else unhealthy and I want to snap out of this. I started to watch more and more of these videos and realised that maybe the only way I could stop myself from eating these things is if I am someone who literally can't.

I have tried many diets and each one has failed miserably and I think that's because in my mind it was just salad and other boring things. The more recipes I discovered through these videos the more I realised that healthy food doesn't have to be boring. Obviously, I'm sure not all vegan food is healthy but there are so many healthy alternatives to things like chocolate and ice cream that are vegan! I've had LOADS of people say to me 'why don't you just turn veggie?' or 'why don't you just eat vegan meals every now and then?'. My answer to this is, if I buy meat and put it in my fridge but only eat meat like twice a week (like my dad suggested) then I will either have a freezer full of meat or loads of meat in the bin. I wasted quite a lot of food last year and I want to really cut down on that this year. I also want to keep my fridge organised and not have loads of out of date food (whoops). I said to Nicole that being Vegan would be like being on a diet, but not really being on a diet. I just want to put more goodness in to my body and see what happens. I'm hoping that the lack of dairy will clear my skin up and that maybe I will lose some weight but what I'm really hoping for is to just feel better in myself I guess.

SO, there's a little explanation for you!

Are any of you vegan? Do you have any tips or recipes? Let me know!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x