This is the first vlog from them that I've enjoyed in a LONG time. Ellie's interactions with the kids were really cute, especially the whole chores thing.
But I'm really glad Ellie went to the gym and was happy about it afterward. I think she said before when they were explaining their New Year's revolutions that she wasn't concerned so much about losing weight as she was about getting healthy. And she's said in the past that she wants to gain weight. I don't want to diagnose because we have no idea what all factors might be at play, but it seems like she has some deep seated anxiety issues about her appearance. I think that she knows she has a problem but that she doesn't know how to address it or isn't confident/comfortable enough to be open about it. I remember her mentioning once a long time ago about in middle or high school that someone had made rude remarks about her appearance/bullied her but she never said anything else about it. That kind of shit can leave lasting effects. Maybe her obsession with always being done up and looking nice stems partly from that and also affects her eating. I'm not going to say that she is anorexic because I have a friend who is ultra thin who definitely is not she just has an unusually high metabolism and is active. Hopefully, since Ellie seems to be gaining confidence she'll continue to go to the gym and the instructors or other people she meets will guide her into making better, healthier choices.
I'm also glad that as far as we saw she bucked up and stayed at home by herself. I get creeped out when my husband is gone overnight too, lock the bedroom doors, sleep with the TV on, etc. Mostly because we live in an apartment in a big city and not in the middle of nowhere with no people and large moderately scary dogs to protect me like I'm used to(I know I have opposite fears than most people). But ya gotta toughen up.
The yard looked nice to me. Well thought out. Though I think hot tubs are stupid if you have a big bathtub. The open stretch of backyard was thin but long. Plenty of room to play fetch with a dog/play catch. *shrug*
Sushi. ha ha!
Excuse the novella
I feel like I was too nice... Ick...