OPL changed to J1FK

It's been so long that I've forgotten what OPL is! Gosh! And it is with great sadness to inform that I have abandoned the OPL project and replacing it with J1FK! :-)  Still a weight loss programme but this is at divisional level!
The idea came from them... It was on 3rd May where we hold a 'makan-makan' event for babies whose birthdays in March till June. While eating everyone what saying 'I gemuk lah'....'Camne ni'....'Asyik makan jek kita ni'...then people started to challenge one another to get thin by Raya in July.

The initiation
We discussed leisurely and came this suggestion to do a weight loss program for the division. People started to throw ideas from the duration, penalties, prizes, how and who and everyone seemed excited about it (even me!)... But as usual, no one volunteered to initiate it. I just didn't want to volunteer anymore, enough done last year with the division team building programme. I just kept quiet but I was biting my lips. This is such a brilliant idea and exciting, no one has done it at divisional level! More importantly, I've always wanted to help people to care about their health and somehow deep inside I think this is a good way to start.... I just couldn't let this good and 'healthy' ideas to waste.....ended up I threw myself (again) to lead this initiative.

My 'why' did I volunteered
I'm not being proud, I'm just being responsible.
I know my friends in OPL want to lose weight but it was hard for them. Being just the 3 of us, it was quite hard to get the motivation going. This programme which would involve more people with the same objective may help each other out in the motivation department. Being in groups is better than trying to lose weight alone. So that was how the J1FK programme was born and J1FK means

JOM 1 FINANCE KURUS!!!

The J1FK programme
It's a 6 weeks programme. Starts on 18th May and ends on 29 June, just before we leave for Hari Raya holiday. People are divided into groups and they are suppose to help each other out. Prizes given to group and individuals with most weight loss percentage. There'll be a weekly weigh in, just to review and monitor the changes they've made in terms of calorie intake and provide motivation whenever they are down.

So far so good. We've done Week 1 and we're into Week 2. Most people seemed to follow any advice given and lost some weight in Week 1. I've lost 1.3kg too! However, I'm worried the progress in Week 2 might not be as good as people tend to wear off after Week 1.... Hope they'll stick to their goal....

My target on average, the total weight loss is 10% for the whole division. I shall keep them motivated, and give advice the best I can to help them to change their eating habit and lifestyle......

Average total week loss per week
Total participants is 23 and 5 with normal BMI (thus I don't expect them to lose weight). Total kg is 1,706kg and 10% of that total weight is 170kg. Thus weekly loss as a division should be 170/6 = 28kg per week.

Average total loss per person per week
Average per pax to lose is 170/23 = 7kg per pax within 6 weeks. This is on average, each participant should lose about 1.2kg per week.

So far, total loss in Week 1 is 24kg, 4kg behind average. Bearing in mind that weight loss may not be as fast after Week 2, I have a lot to do to keep the motivation going!!!!

OPL_Progress Week 2

Week 2
25 Apr -1 May 2016

I had my period on 29th so I blame water retention and bloating as the cause why my weight remained at 70kg. I've been mindful about my intake but that alone was not enough to get the scale down to 69kg in the afternoon. Add to that was short 'balik kampung' trip which if I was not being mindful would shoot the kg to 72kg! I ate Nando's (although it was grilled 1/4 chicken, it was an 'eat out') on Friday before the kampung trip, I went to a kenduri on Saturday and later ate @ Sharin Low at 9.30pm. I didn't do Tabata as planned.


And today I ate burger at Puffy Buffy for lunch and had 'nasi minyak' at 4pm! While tomorrow I'll be attending a training with free lunch. Arggghhhh!

Despite of failing to reach 69kg, I should applause myself because I brought along fruits as snack for our road trip. I brought green apples and pear and surprisingly my kids and husband had them too.

1st bento set

The canteen at my office had a healthy bento set promotion last week. 
I wish I could have them everyday but I even hardly buy lunch as I always bring lunch  from home apart from I thought the bento set was rather pricey as I can always prepare them at home. However, to give it a try I bought 1 set at RM25 as I think salmon is rather an expensive fish thus RM25 is justifiable to me.

Yes, true like my friend said it was actually a big portion for 1 person on a diet. I guess the calories is more than 500 cal unless the cous cous and salmon really made me feeling full as if eating a full rice meal.

Mind Like Water

Last week ada Booster GTD, a follow up and continuation of GTD class I attended May last year. This time it explained about Horizons of Focus as well as sharing our experience on implementing GTD in our life so far.

Horizon of Focus: The 6 level Model to review our work
Horizon = Distance of perception
Imagine looking out from a building, things look differently at different floors.
GROUND = Current action
HORIZON 1 = Current project
HORIZON 2 = Are of focus & accountabilities
HORIZON 3 = Goals
HORIZON 4 = Vision
HORIZON 5 = Purpose and principles

The Natural Planning Model

1. Define purpose & principles
2. Outcome visioning
3. Brainstorming
4. Organizing
5. Identifying next actions

Simple analogy = planning a family day

1. What's the purpose? What principles that bound the plan? (the Why)
2. Then we started to imagine  = outcome visioning (the What)
3. Then we start asking questions = Brainstorming (the How) because the brain realizes there's gap between the 'Outcome Vision' and the situation now.
4. Then you start to organize
5. Then you start focusing on the very next action to make the situation go forward.

Uses analogy of a plane taking off:
Runaway: the everyday tasks that we come across
10,000 ft: the weekly tasks
20,000 ft: the
30,000 ft
40,000 ft
50,000 ft

Getting things done and feeling good about it, means willing to recognize, acknowledge and appropriately engage with all things within the ecosystem of your consciousness. Mastering the art of stress free productivity requires it.....

- David Allen - 

Dressing up for Raya 2016?

After deliberating on the color theme for Raya, I don't know why this year I want to find accessories to go with my outfit. Maybe because I find my outfit might look dull due to the choice of colour (grey). Somehow I want to get a 'dokoh' to go with my 'pesak gantung' outfit. I think I've seen some pictures of it while googling.

I don't wear baju kurung everyday. I mostly wear it for occasions and maybe 2-3 days per week at work. I somehow think my baju kurung are a bit 'over' to be worn at the office...muahaha!

Prep for Raya 2016

Asalnya tak tahu nak tema kaler apa untuk raya tahun ni. Ingat nak pergi usha Jakel Mall sebab tak pernah pegi lagi tapi tak pegi-pegi. Masa dah suntuk sebab dah masuk April. Ada tailor dah tak nak amik baju for raya dah.

Dah bagitau husband ajak pegi Jakel Mall on Sunday 3hb Apr. Tapi aku sendiri pun rasa malas. Aku bukan jenis yang pandai beli kain (citer di sini). Pastu pikir-pikir, beli je la kat Bangi. Masa dah suntuk sangat ni.

Tema
Tahun ni in sha Allah tema kaler kelabu. Why? Sebab tanya husband nak kaler apa, dia macam takda preference. Aku tanya nak buat baju lain ke nak pakai baju yang dah ada. Dia kata pakai jela baju yang ada (yang muat...haha!) Last-last dia pilih kelabu. Aku OK jek sebab masa dia pakai kelabu, aku pakai hijau ada bunga-bunga kelabu. So sebenarnya aku memang belum ada baju warna kelabu lagi.

Kelabu pun ada termasuk dalam list kaler pilihan sebab dok tengok gambar OGA Binnenial Dinner theme Black & Silver, Class and Grace member-member dok post dalam WASSAP. Silver kan macam nak dekat kelabu. Kalau pilih silver, mengerlap sangat....hihi. Dok tengok-tengok banyak gambar, melekat pulak kat kepala ni warna kelabu......

Window shopping
So petang Ahad tu aku ajak hubby keluar usha kedai kain. Kat Bangi ada a few:

• Gio, Seksyen 8

Aku pegi yang ni dulu sebab on the way. Kedai satu lot saja, tak macam Jakel. ada yang menarik untuk aku tapi takda untuk anak-anak perempuan aku. Ok takpa, usha dulu. Let's go to next shop.

• Meena, Paragon Point belakang Bangi Kopitiam

Rasanya owner dia India. Display menarik sikit dari Gio. Kain dia pun nampak macam lebih menarik. Harga within my budget tapi aku tak tahu betul ke harga yang dia tunjuk tu sesuai dengan jenis kain dia (aku kan tak reti) sebab aku tak nak bayar lebih. Kalau cari kaler lain, banyak pilihan.  Rambang mata tengok. Tapi aku kan cari kelabu. Aku dah nak keluar kedai dah, pastu dia tunjuk ada satu kain aku pun dah lupa jenis apa, Korean Silk kot. Corak tanah kelabu tapi ada tompok bunga kaler biru orange. Cantik gak. Harga display RM150. Hmmm... untuk anak aku boleh ni. 2 orang RM300. Agaknya dia tengok aku pikir-pikir, terus dia offer kalau beli 2 dia boleh bagi harga RM100 satu pasang. Hampir nak beli tapi aku tetapkan hati. Baik gi usha kedai lain dulu, kalau takda yang menarik datang balik beli kat kedai ni. So that's what I did.

• Gulati's

Dekat dengan Ariani. Yang ni mesti orang perasan, dia amik 3 lot dari bawah ke atas. Pastu dia letak nama kedai tinggi-tinggi atas bumbung tu. Dah pernah masuk beberapa kali. Takda pulak orang kejar aku. Sebab dah petang kot. Bagus jugak, bebas sikit. Pun takda yang menarik perhatian aku kecuali ada this set, plain and checked thai/shantung silk pair. Cantik-cantik kaler dia, terang. RM155 per pair. Ada a few choices of grey, sume aku suka tapi tak berapa masuk la kalau nak pairkan dengan kain kat Meena tadi. Kalau sume pompuan yang amik kaler ni, 3 x RM155 = RM465. Mak aii! Nak dekat RM500. Belum masuk upah. Masa tu pun dah nak Maghrib, dah nak cepat-cepat balik. Aku tak nak buat keputusan terburu-buru yang aku menyesal (dan mahal!) Takpa-takpa, usha lagi. Kalau tempat lain dah takda, datangla balik.

• S.E.S Pesona, Seri Bangi

Kedai ni aku singgah balik kerja hari Selasa. Actually weekend sebelum tu dia ada buat gudang sale, bukak khemah. Memang ada masuk fb tapi aku tak tersinggah pulak. Kebetulan hari Selasa husband amik anak balik sekolah, aku pulak balik awal sikit. Sempat la singgah kejap. Masa aku pegi tu, staff dia dok lipat-lipat  balik kain-kain yang customer dok kirai-kirai (banyak kau!) masa gudang sale. Pening kepala aku tengok. Macam dah putus asa nak cari kain, tetiba aku decide nak masuk kedai. Sebenarnya kain kat dalam sama macam kat luar tapi senang sikit tengok kat dalam kedai. Harga memang berpatutan (tak taula sebab jenis kain dia ke). Sepasang RM40 (harga sale), bagi murah RM35. Beli 3 RM100. Aik! Beli 3 RM100? Murah siut compared kalau beli kat Meena or Gulatis! Jimat banyak ni! Cari-cari, ada a few corak abstrak kelabu. Kain rasa OK jugak. Untuk budak-budak sesuai ni sebab depa kan cepat membesar. Tengok anak-anak pompuan aku pun jarang nak pakai baju kurung so tak payah la beli yang mahal-mahal sangat. Nanti pakai sekejap jek. Aku pun beli 3 pasang, satu lagi untuk bibik. Aku punya nanti beli kat Gulatis yang shantung silk tu.

Yang berjalur tu beli kat SES Pesona untuk the girls

Kain beli kat Gulatis. Thai silk (ntah ye ke tidak)

So itu dia prep baju raya untuk tahun ni. Dah selamat tempah dah. Aku pun ada tempah 3 pasang kain so tahun ni baju baru aku ada 4 helai:

1. Batik Terengganu yang beli tahun 2012 buat kurung moden
2. Kain sari India beli kat opis RM100 buat jubah
3. Kain cashmere hubby beli kat Doha buat jubah
4. Thai silk kelabu buat pesak gantung

 Tak sabar pulak nak dapat baju baru.....

Mesin jahit pemberian ibu

Mesin jahit kat rumah aku sebenarnya mak aku bagi lama dah, mungkin masa Kasyif lahir (2009). Masa terima tu happy jugak, terbayang projek quilted blanket dan window blinds. Unfortunately, masa tu jek rasa motivated sebab bila dah sibuk dengan anak dan kerja, terperuk la mesin jahit tu kat sudut bilik... nasib baik ada cover, kalau tak dah tebal habuk agaknya.

Singer model lama. Basic.

Thread holder dia patah sikit tapi tak affect performance

Mak aku beli di pasar karat Batu Pahat. Nak beli baru mau beribu RM. Beli 2nd hand kat pasar karat tu rasa dalam RM100 lebih sikit jek. Walaupun thread holder dah patah sikit tapi mesin masih berfungsi dengan baik.

Baik sungguh mak aku teringat kat aku dan bagi hadiah mesin jahit letrik ni. Terharu sesangat... Guilty jugak sebab tak pernah pakai. Bila Irdina nak siapkan projek jahitan dia aritu (citer di sini) barulah terhegeh-hegeh nak guna. Bila dah tau nak guna ni rasa macam nak menjahit pulak...Muahaha!

Pedal elektrik

Aritu dok mencari pedal elektrik ni la yang jadi sebab Irdina tak buat-buat projek jahitan dia. Last-last jumpa dalam laci (Alhamdulillah, jumpa jugak)