TTC after loss penguins get fit & healthy in 2020

Evening ladies, hope you all have a good / relaxing weekend ahead....

@BunnytheBlueWhale let me know what the oat bars are like, might be one to add to the shopping list. I'm jealous of your Byron burger, great choice!

@tortiecat what flavour milkshake did you go for? I like your 'Miranda-esque coordination' comment - I often associate myself with her as I have two left feet and am extremely clumsy though I'm probably about a foot shorter!

@MrsMGE well done with the weight loss. A relaxed weekend sounds good. What book do you have on the go at the moment?

I've been pretty unhealthy this week. I was down at a big trade fair in London on Tuesday and Wednesday and ate a lot of unhealthy food, though not drinking alcohol probably saved me a huge amount of calories vs my colleagues! I did get a lot of steps in whilst I was there but probably not enough to counteract a mc Donald's, huge curry, rocky road.....and the list goes on! Back in the office we had free Chinese food today and free biscuits yesterday and my willpower cracked at both. Tomorrow is a new day and I'm looking forward to planning some healthier meals and lunches for next week and hopefully regaining the resolve to turn down a snack!

Hey @tortiecat! I'm doing a 30 min Zumba Strenght workout this eve, found it on YT and apparently it's brill looking at the comments. They've changed the time for the zumba class at the gym again and it's rubbish, so I needed a replacement.

I've lost more weight! 0.5kg (1 pound) this week, it's not much considered how much I've been on the move, but I'm finally out of the plateau. I look and feel a lot better, so I'm cracking on.

Nothing exciting planned for this weekend, I'm seeing my friend in the morning tomorrow and DH is out in the eve, so I'm thinking what to do. Might have a nice bath and read a book... or watch some trashy TV, but that might encourage me to have snacks, so probably the former 😂 xxx

Afternoon all! Just messaging you all on my lunchbreak... working at home so it's homemade lentil curry with a little naan for lunch today :) Very jealous of your pizza / burger @BunnytheBlueWhale. Yesterday's Groupon burger was disappointing but the milkshake was wonderful.

It's a boring weekend for me @MrsMGE. I've got barre tomorrow morning (cue Miranda-Hart-esque co-ordination from me and judgey looks from everyone else!) and potentially yoga on Sunday but other than that it's just catching up with some work, doing some laundry and pottering around. How about you?

@BunnytheBlueWhale I know the feeling, this week I've been walking around local parks and slightly outside the city centre, otherwise the shops are just too much to resist sometimes!

@tortiecat I had such a craving for a nice burger last week! DH and I made "naked burgers" at home, with some coleslaw and homemade chips and omg...I loved them! I think we'll venture out to one of the nice burger places at some point next month! I love a bit of beef every couple of weeks when I eat healthy, I nearly feel like my body is telling me it needs iron (I know it sounds stupid, but I really do!). Then this feeling goes away, it's so random 😂

Thanks for your wisdom ladies! @tortiecat and I shall duly report back next month 😂

I burnt over 2,500 calories yesterday and did 11,500 steps just through going out on my lunch break, walking to the train station (that's about a 20 min walk both ways) and a 15 min HIIT session. For an office job, I don't think that's a bad result?! It's actually not as hard as I thought to burn this amount. I've already burnt 1,300 today and it's my day off exercising. I'm chuffed 😀

What's everyone planning for this weekend? Xxx

@Avocuddles bless you, thanks so much - I've already ordered mine tho cos I snapped up the same deal as @MrsMGE! Thanks for the offer though (and loving the pun). We'll let you all know how it goes, you lucky things 😂😂

@BunnytheBlueWhale thank you for adding me on the other thread. I felt very cheeky joining this one when I saw how long the other one had been going, but you've all made me feel so welcome x

I am just on my way to work - a bit late in today as worked v late last night. Have spin class at 6pm, but DH and I have a Groupon voucher for a burger and milkshake (each lol) afterwards so I am going to enjoy that

Just a word of wisdom, it's quite expensive so only start using it when you sort of get into your fertile period! If you sort of know when you ovulate, about 5 days before. I started to use it when I started getting flashing smiley! Haha the sexiness of it all.. 🤣

@tortiecat you're welcome to it then if you like - send me your address on a Direct message and i can post over the weekend!

I didn't actually try it @MrsMGE - I've never really used lube before, I bought it on recommendation of a friend but never got round to trying it.....

Oh @Avocuddles I wish I had seen your message, I've ordered one from Amazon before I left work! I just finished my HIIT session and read it now! Thank you so much though ❤️ How did you find it?

@tortiecat Amazon has it on offer, £7.50 cheaper 😀 Treated myself through Amazon Prime. It is coming to my local locker, not to the office 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

@SunStruck Thanks, lovely. I'm feeling more myself now, it must be coming across in my posts. 😘 Xxx

Apologies I have no idea why everything is posting twice - must be dodgy train wifi.....

(Or @tortiecat - first 'come' first served! 😂)

(Or @tortiecat - first 'come' first served! 😂)

@MrsMGE I have an unopened box of Preseed at home (I've never used it but picked it up thinking worth a try one day....) so if you send me a direct message I'll happily post it to you!

@MrsMGE I have an unopened box of Pressed at home (I've never used it but picked it up thinking worth a try one day....) so if you send me a direct message I'll happily post it to you!

@tortiecat It's a deal! 🙌

Forgive yourself the two biscuits per week, that's totally fine.

I'm still waiting for my smear test results, but hopefully everything will be OK. I'm kind of ready to get back on the TTC bandwagon.

My AF is due in a week too, around 29.01, we'll be testing Pre-Seed in the same time 😳🤣

@MrsMGE Deal! My AF due end of next week or early week after (cue emotional meltdown when it arrives, but we barely DTD this month and I need to remind myself I am not the Virgin Mary!) so I doubt it will be much use this month but I will try it next cycle.

All - after my excellent healthy day I've just cracked and scoffed two biscuits cos stuck in traffic! Oh well 😊

Lol, I might "waste a moment" on it 😂😂😂

@tortiecat If you order it, I'll order it too! Deal or no deal? 😂😂😂

@LASandOtto hahahhahahhaa oh noooooo - what a choice to have to make!

@MrsMGE please order it to work and open the box in front of everyone, exclaiming loudly 😂😂 I'm tempted to give it a go after what @SunStruck said.

@Shefliesonherownwings it's worn off a bit but still rather prominent. Thankfully I only had colleague meetings today and nobody mentioned it! I am pleased to hear you've got your appointment through, have they sorted the location? Go easy on yourself this week xx