As a big person most of my social life and date nights with hubby centered around going out to eat. Need a new plan for entertainment other than Mexican and margaritas. Anyone else feel weird about this?

I still eat out and drink, just not as often and not as much.

To me it's only weird if you choose to stigmatize it. That having been said, it makes sense to cultivate some other options and integrate them.

I don't know where you live, but there are tons of dating options in major metro areas: cooking and painting classes, museums, art shows, live music, dancing, bowling, movies, skiing, horseback riding, zoos, hiking. The list of things that don't have to involve eating food as the primary activity is pretty vast.

Good luck with your changes.

St. Louis is great for that stuff it's just weird to change such a big part of my life. Obviously the old way was not working. This really is a lifestyle change not just a diet. Just need to be better prepared before we go out.

We live in a small rural area and we have done all of our celebrating around eating out. Hubby is concerned with how we will celebrate now .

My husband and I love going to the movies.

My hubby and I go biking a lot. We're going to a concert tomorrow. And honestly we do go out to eat, I will just order a soup or an appetizer.

Thanks for sharing.

I worry about this too...all of my hubby and I's outings involve some form of food and/or drink!

Me too, hubby and I love movies and going out