Memories of the month #1

I realised the other day that since I started blogging in May I have done very few posts about me and my life. Seeing as blogging is somewhat of an on-line diary I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to reminisce on the past couple of months, and what better way to do that than through flipping back through my modern day photo album, Instagram. If you don't already follow me head over to my page and keep in touch that way. 

1.Sadly I don't have a puppy, but this little snap is of my boyfriends mums dog Alfie. This was when we were dog sitting, isn't he just the cutest ball of fluff. 

2. This humidity is killing my hair and these are my hair saviours at the moment to keep those fly always at bay. Read my entire hair Holy Trinity post for more information. 

3.Ok so I know I said Alfie was the cutest ball of fluff but this is the new addition to Dans family. Meet Freddie !

4.I have developed a bit of an obsession with Kit Kat Chunkys at the moment and when your house mate brings you one as a treat on a Monday night, it deserves an Instagram post, right?

5.This beauty is my first ever furniture purchase. I ummed and ahhed about this for a few weeks but finally bit the bullet and purchased this from TK Maxx this weekend. 

6. Living in the north makes it difficult being away from your family, but I am lucky my grandma lives not too far away. This is her and my sister at a family BBQ this summer.

7. TAKE ME BACK! This is the obligatory "I'm on holiday" post from Turkey this Summer.

8. I went on a  girls night last month and this was the aftermath of getting ready. Every make up girls bed looks like this, doesn't it?

9.Two words - Treat day!

10. If you come to Liverpool, you need to visit Lucha Libre the best Mexican food I've had in a long time. Plus you get proper American house party red cups, what more could you need?

11. More dogs, I think you can see a theme emerging here. This time I think I'm defo being replaced by Millie in Dans eyes.

12. My best friends in the world on a beautiful wedding day. See all the pictures here.

13.I went to San Francisco in January and this repost was me reminiscing. 

14. Wouldn't be an Instagram post without a cheeky selfie in there. This is me after I'd taken out my pin curls ready for a work awards evening.

Weight loss and healthy eating journey

So this is not your usual, “I need a bikini bod in 6 weeks post”… in fact, it’s kind of the opposite. I went on holiday last week and as with every year told myself months before I went I would diet. That diet always seemed to “start on Monday” until the day before my holiday rolled around and I was the exact same weight I’d been all year.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not worrying about my weight. I just know I am a little tubby around the edges at the moment and want to sort it out, once and for all. I blame that mainly on two things; one getting into a relationship and eating a lot! Not just going out, but staying in and having nights which seem to be “food-centric”. Secondly, working at a desk 9-5. I graduated university last July and went straight into full time work at an office, and I don’t move around much meaning anything I eat- which tends to be sugary, just sits on me.

Now, like I said I don’t have a bikini to slim into and I don’t really have that much of an end goal, I simply want to get out of this food rut where sugary processed foods are my go to! When I’m at home or faced with a healthier option made for me, I love it I’m just very lazy and a bad cook!  So, I have decided to jump, somewhat back on the slimming world train. I did it a little over a year ago for about a month before I got bored, so I decided to use it as a guide but not throw myself whole hog into the SW world!

I’m blogging about this mainly as a way of forcing myself to be accountable. I start a diet every week and it usually lasts all of about 2 hours before I crave a pastry with my morning coffee or a late night run to maccies. Writing it all down and charting my process will hopefully allow me to get embarrassed when I fail and notice when I have actually achieved.

Having said that, I’m not going to limit myself 100% I will have treat days and I will enjoy them… just in moderation!

Anyway let me know if you are on a weightloss/healthy journey and we can keep each other on track Also I’d love if you could leave me links to your blogs or any sites you find useful.