Today it is 5 months since I had my surgery. I am completely gobsmacked with how quickly this time has gone by! 5 months since Percy came into my life and change my world. So I did my monthly measurements today and I continue to drop centimetres over my 6 measure points showing that the kilogram figure is only measure […]
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Tonight Jamie and I had our first date night since before I started Opti back in October last year. I wore my first goal outfit being a dress I bought from City Chic. I had serious anxiety getting ready even though I ended up in my goal outfit. Everything I wore I was so awkward and uncomfortable in and nothing […]
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I have two words to describe today….. MUM LIFE!! My day started at 5am being coated in copious amounts of vomit. Not the ideal way to start the day. Needless to say the warrior mum came out and went into nurture mode for my poorly little cub. How do I know that’s he’s not well? He actually asked to eat […]
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Roasted Vegetable Dip Makes: 7 x 50g portions Ingredients: 1 medium eggplant 2 small red capsicums 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon paprika Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a baking tray with baking paper Place the eggplant and capsicums whole on the tray and lightly spray with cooking spray Roast for 20 minutes Turn the […]
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Spinach and Three Cheese Rolls Makes: 12 portions Ingredients: 3 mountain bread wraps 250g frozen spinach, defrosted 1 cup light ricotta 1/2 cup grated Parmesan 200g feta, diced 1 shallot, finely diced 1 tablespoon minced garlic 2 scoops (60g) pure protein powder Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line and tray with baking paper In a mixing […]
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Most people on this crazy weight loss journey at some stage take the right of passage of a make over of some sort. Today was that day….. Today I had a very rare ‘me’ day and a complete relax day including having the big chop! I went to the salon with a completely blank canvass and no ideas or expectations […]
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Honey Mustard Chicken Salad Makes: 3 bariatric serves Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Chobani yoghurt 1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon honey 1 scoop (30g) natural protein powder 90g finely shredded chicken breast 1 hard boiled egg 30g bocconcini cheese 1/2 large tomato 3/4 cup shredded baby spinach Salt & pepper to taste Method: Place the yoghurt, protein […]
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Vegetables in Broth Makes: 4-6 Opti-intense serves or 8 bariatric serves Ingredients: 1 head Asian greens 1 carrot 1/2 zucchini 1 small red capsicum 1 long red chilli (adjust to your preferred chilli levels 3 garlic cloves 2cm fresh ginger 3 salt reduced chicken stock cubes 1 salt reduced beef stock cube 3 mushrooms 1/2 cup bean sprouts 1/2 cup […]
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Weigh in Wednesday is here again. This week the inevitable happened. I have had my first ever gain! I knew it was going to happen one day and I have been preparing myself for it. I can honestly say I’m 100% OK with it and if anything I almost feel a weird sense of relief that I have finally got […]
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Roast Tomato and Garlic Soup Makes: 2 serves Opti-Intense Roast Tomato and Garlic Soup Protein Enriched Roast Tomato and Garlic Soup Ingredients: 3 large tomatoes 2 garlic cloves 1 scoop (30g) pure protein powder** **EXCLUDE this ingredient for an opti-intense recipe Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celius and line a baking tray with either baking paper or a […]
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