Hockey, Dokey: OPTober is here! OPT-in, OPT out, shed it all about.

[FavadiCacao]

The OPT-ions are endless. We are all charged to go! If negativity is not for you...

Why not try the OPTism diet. Here is a little reminder for the fridge door. After all a woman can't live on bread alone at all.

For those in a hurry...OPT-I-fast
In an emergency rush: OPT1cal -the eyes have it 'cause the mouth can't. it shed stones

The Chocolate diet allows all OPTIONS flavour. :)

Yes, I plan to hibernate

Your dinner sounds lovely, I'm deciding between a thai green curry or a keralan coconut curry. I may flip a coin!

Oh! I don't know keralan curry, it sounds delicious. I do you make it? :)

I had a clubcard voucher for money off this: Link

I've had this with chicken in a restaurant before but never made it.

I keep forgetting there are 'real' shortcuts to preparing food, I'll keep an eye out -I love tamarind in sauces. Can I find it in supermarkets?

I've had a jar of tamarind paste from Tesco before.

I'm rediscovering all my shortcuts

Much easier to use for a jar than making it from the pods...It so happens I have a jar. ingredients.

I'm going to try this with chicken and add a splash of coconut. :)

Enjoy your curries fav and vic

No not pressure at all fav just lovely and helpful as always I just need to get a grip

I've bookmarked that link Fav

pants I have burned the kid's pasta!

It's not burned, it's crispy!

Thank you Vic, it was delicious. I didn't use the coconut in the end, we all tasted it first and decided we'll try with the coconut next time. I wish I had chucked the frozen broccoli in as well because sauce was lovely with them. :) (instead of the tamarind liquid I used 1tsp of tamarind sauce per 500g of chicken with a cup of water)

sauce=paste

So...

9st 12lb

I also took a picture of the scales

Well done to all who've made progress.

My attempts have been a flop this week - combo of being busy & unarsed about cooking/shopping. Late visit from plumber last night resulted in chippy tea, and tonight we have pizza (& salad).

Work is v stressful atm which isn't helping at all, and I think the disappointment of thinking I'd dropped another dress size & discovering I haven't quite done it has sent me downhill. Think I need to just maintain for a week or two, then get properly back on the case after half term. Am still going to eat healthily, but not as hardcore.

I have resigned myself to it being a slow process so I guess I just have to suck it up for the time being.

Yipee, Vic! I'm dancing the with you.

Byrd! You lost more than a dress size! and almost a second! in just over 6 weeks. That is not failing, That is sooome doing and more! How about a or a to celebrate your new figure?! Napoli makes the best pizza, after all. :)

0.3kg down. :)

Nice one Fav

When I went shopping yesterday, I picked a pair of jeans, in one of the smaller fitting shops, and thought I would never fit in them, they looked so tiny...they were too big! My brain body image has clearly not adjusted yet!
I had a much wider choice than last time I went shopping and I had fun discovering what cut suits the new me, even if I didn't find the perfect pair of jeans, yet. It was a completely different story for bras: cup sizes seem to be even more random than clothes!

Favadi did you go to bravissimo by any chance? Sounds like a fun shopping trip!

Fava...you've done so well. I'm in awe of your willpower.

Have given myself a metaphorical kick up the backside, and decided to get back on track asap. Won't be 100% until the end of the week as it's pre payday make it up as you go along week here, and DH's birthday on Wednesday so we're going out for Chinese.

After that though, I'm straight back on the case with pseudo-Scarsdale. Have ordered myself a dress for my friend's 40th at the beginning of January - the biggest size it comes in is an 18 so I have 10 weeks to drop a dress size & a bit . There's a 4 week wait for it though so hopefully will have shifted at least half a stone before it even arrives.

Wish me luck!

The shopping trip was a lot of fun: not so sure DH would agree but he was a good helper and kept finding new things for me to try.

Thank you, Byrd. :) I'm not sure I could have done it without all the support I received from yumyum and wiifit and then you, coffee, not to mention Vic's super sparkly and shiny and bright halo, which lightened my path.
I reckon is roughly a stone per size and maybe even a touch less, so size18 is well within your reach in 10 weeks. :)

As a reward to my good behaviour, I bought the next set of Tracy's dvds! I had a preview on youtube and I suspect I'll be back to singing to Johnny Cash Bound by wild desire, I fell into a ring of fire...I went down, down, down as the flames went higher... and it burns, burns, burns

at my inspirational halo- which quite frankly was in a box this weekend though I'm still 9 st 12 weirdly.

Got a copy of Darcey Bussell's pilates DVD though so I'm going to start doing that

Have you reached your goal, yet? or are you hoping for a bit more?

I am at a strange fork in the road: I feel really happy with the way I look and what I achieved these last seven weeks. :) Yet I feel there could be room for improvement and I'm not sure whether 2 kgs is the answer or whether I could/should lose a little more. I want to look slim, toned and healthy but not thin... Then, there's part of me that wants to get back into my little dresses and part of me that thinks the top half of me never will!

I'd like to drop about another 6 pounds, and improve my fitness level. I'm slimmer but still wobbly

It sounds we might need a Movember!

Hi all, TwoTon here. Sorry I've not been about for a while but rl has been rather stressful.
Well done to those that have lost. I have remained kind of stable for the last 2 weeks which is frustrating but at least I haven't gained any I suppose.
The colder weather is making me want to heat more though so I am trying not to over indulge.