I watched the Edinburgh vlog and it baffled me. For context I live in Edinburgh and I am not sure why you would stay at Edinburgh Park there are plenty of affordable budget hotels in town.
She is right about Dean Village though, I used to live in Stockbridge which is right next door and we would walk there most days during lockdown. She didn't miss the ''tea room'' there isn't one It's a residential area there's a doctors, a school and a cemetery and although it is really pretty it's not Disney Land it's just where people live. They actually should have gone to Stockbridge and done Circus Lane then there are loads of places there for coffee and cakes.
No shade on her for getting money off the Indian meal though, loads of people I know have taste cards. They make sense if you eat at a lot of chain restaurants and many places in Edinburgh take them. It's pretty common.
The loads walking they did is not much walking to me but I guess it's all subjective it's probably about 3 miles round trip from the dungeons to Dean Village and back and yes there is a very steep hill back up from Dean Village but it's also pretty short. If she can walk back up that she will manage up to the castle but it's worrying that she thinks it will be killer. I guess no Arthurs Seat for them!
This is the real Em.... so I wish she'd stop trying to pass herself off as a good few sizes smaller. If she's so paranoid or unhappy about her size there is a solution. Diet and exercise. Even if she ate healthy meals and stopped with the junk she'd see a difference. It's not rocket science. The older you get the harder it is.
You are right, you can do it very slowly with just diet even at 43. At Christmas I was struggling as I've said in a previous post. Returning to the office terrified me as I haven't had covid yet and doubted I would survive at the size I was if I caught it. That plus being diagnosed with bad arthritis in one knee meant I knew things had to change. Exercise is still hard but with only a strict diet I'm on my way to a 3 stone weight loss and even got myself an e-bike (Edinburgh is hilly) at the weekend so I can cycle myself into work and get some non load bearing exercise. I'm not going to lie it's super hard and I want to over eat every day but I also want to live so I try to make good choices.
... 'Little' waterfall jacket (nothing is little about you or your outfit you silly cow), shirt dress, leggings and trainers. She really has no clue how to style clothes. She looked tragic lol
