I'm genuinely in my element right now

The entrepreneur on her new year reset, happy home life and latest campaign to boost your fibre intake

- NIKKI ONAFUYE

Lucy Mecklenburgh is in high spirits when we catch up with her. The former TOWIE star, who lives in Manchester with her fiancé Ryan Thomas and their two children, tells new the sun is shining up north.

“I've made the right move, haven't I?” jokes the 34-year-old Londoner, who owns her own workout brand as well as a successful property business.

“It's a good day,” she adds. “I know this is controversial, but I love January and February. I love the reset getting back into a routine, eating well, getting the house in order.

Lucy loves the lack of FOMO at this time of year because “nobody is really doing anything” - and proudly tells us she binge-watched four episodes of Bridgerton last night and is “living her best life”.

But by the sounds of it, her home life with Ryan, 41, son Roman, five, and daughter Lilah, three, is anything but quiet. She says mornings in the Mecklenburgh-Thomas household are full-on from the moment the alarm goes off.

“By 8am, we're already out of the door,” Lucy explains. “Before that, it's absolute chaos - getting the kids up, breakfast battles, trying to find both shoes for each child and hoping they're each on the right foot. You know the drill.”

Once the school run is done, she finally gets a small window to herself. “When I get back, I'll do a quick home workout, have breakfast, then crack on with work,” she says. “That little bit of time really helps set me up for the day.”

Lucy and Ryan met back in 2017 while competing on the gruelling reality survival series