Plump Penny's Pretty Blue Suit

Today marks the beginning of our fertility journey 2.0.  With our move to Charleston comes a new fertility clinic, new sets of eyes, new outlook, etc.  While we were treated well during our time at REACH I felt totally at ease at Southeastern Fertility; discussions were straightforward and frank.  We know that IVF is going to be our route to little ones and we are on a mission to save, save, save.  I asked what we could "do" in the meantime to prepare (insert Penny). Our new set of eyes, a renowned reproductive endocrinologist and a very sweet, little old man was trying to kindly tell me that I need to drop the lbs (no big news there) and decided to compare me to his wife, Penny. Well apparently Penny now weighs, 118 lbs. Penny works out 5 days a week, drinks green tea by the gallon and when she gets desperate, drinks a cocktail of cranapple juice and Knox gelatin. Penny is the pinnacle of good health...this was not always the case.  Recently the Dr. and his bride celebrated their anniversary which caused them to reminisce on their wedding day.  Penny was a lovely bride, a lovely plump bride in a pretty blue suit. In describing his bride the Dr. puffed out his cheeks like a chipmunk and held his hands out in front of him as to emulate Santa's big belly, "Penny was plump then" he said "like you". Agggghhhh! This isn't a newsflash obviously  I'm plump. Obviously weight loss will only help our chances with IVF. Sometimes the truth hurts but I appreciate his encouragement. The situation was humorous, as was watching Paul not knowing whether to giggle or defend me.  So starts the second round of our journey....I like that we have started out on a humours foot (along with a firm kick in the ass to get in shape). Side note...NEVER will I wear a blue suit. This is how I imagine Penny: