It might be that disorientating time between Christmas and New Year when time loses all meaning and you aren't quite sure what day of the week it is, but 6 GoodGymers set their alarms for 4:30pm Wednesday to meet our commitments with the food bank.

We finished packing the day's food parcels ready for delivery, sorted the fruit and veg to weed out all the mouldy items, emptied out of date food from the fridges, restocked the shelves, and helped load up cars for the various delivery routes.

It was a calm shift with an early finish; a post-Christmas miracle!

Our Advent Calendar suggestion yesterday was to try Meat-Free Monday.

Lots of top tips and favourite recipes were exchanged:

• Ben: Get a regular veg box from local farms (Cultivate) or waste food (OddBox) and make a stir fry or a curry. Also, pumpkins grown in the allotment are good for currys, cheesecake and hummus.
  
• Hattie: Halloumi fajitas- chop veg (peppers onions mushrooms etc) and slice halloumi into strips, coat all lightly in oil and fajita spices, roast in oven for 20-25 mins.
  
• Jo: Easy Lentil Dhal.
  
• Bethan: Burrito Bowls, and a delicious pasta dish: roast a punnet of cherry toms with oil, balsamic salt and pepper and herbs for 45 mins. Plonk onto the top of your chosen pasta, add cheese, consume.
  
• Milly: Vegan Tacos and mushroom wellington - perfect for a veggie Christmas!
  

Yoga, meditation, walking.. all excellent ways we gave ourselves some time to focus on some peaceful brain space. 🧠 Plus, bonus benji the dog content is always welcome!

A gaggle of Goodgymers (and a couple of feline friends) started the week with some yoga.

Cosy yoga, pilates, rhythm movement classes and lazing on ones mat in all ones feline glory were all achieved.

We are all now centered and zen and ready for another week of Christmas Countdown!

A group of GoodGymmers scaled new heights with a Christmas social at Brookes Climb.