15 Marbles

Moments.Musings.Memories. ❤️Gathering little marbles from ordinary days and keeping them for our memory jar. ❤️

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  • Love is…

    …when a sleepy toddler walks out of the bedroom ,holds both your hands,and without speaking a word,drags you to her bed.Once in bed,she snuggles up with you and falls asleep with a happy sigh 🙂

    …when your 6 yo tells “Thank you so much for the great time,Mummy”,when all you have done is taken her out for an ice-cream.

    … when the husband abandons the idea of butter chicken in favor of khichdi,just because you don’t want to eat chicken.

    Love is…These THREE 

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    And this my friends is Day 9 post..I was soo sleepy that I forgot to publish it!LOL

    Much love,

    Trish

  • Lost and gained and losing

    Today,I checked my weight-loss diaries. After Ananya’s birth in July 2011,I started my weight-loss journey seriously,like my life depended on it.I started off with just eating good home cooked meals.By the time Anan turned two-three months,I tried to cut out almost all the processed food that I could with the exception of bread.
    In January 2012,I signed up for Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation. And I started exercising. I signed for the next  round of 12 WBT,when the first finished and didn’t really use it. But I kept walking and exercising and at the end of the year,by August 2013,I had lost a total of 24.5kgs.
    I felt good about myself,I dropped dress sizes and lost so many cms.And then,something went off,and the kilos started to creep back in..I realised today,that I have gained back,13 kgs back…I have undone so much of my hard work.And I am so so mad at myself. But,I am so determined to shed these 13 kgs and then some to get to my goal weight.
    I did it before and I KNOW I can do it again. I just have to keep at it.A couple of days back, I was whinging to SD about it,he said,”I am not worried about you losing weight..I know you can do it and you WILL do it.You just need to find ways to maintain it.” And you know what? For once,I am not going to argue with him,because he is right.
    So,I have decided,no more fad diets for me.I have come to realise,that fad diets or restrictive diets make me binge.And besides,its not something that I can stick to for long.So,all I am doing now is going back to basics- Cooking and eating wholesome food. Moving more..I am still struggling to fit in any exercise..hopefully I will be able to add it to my days soon.
    Anyway,Tonight’s dinner was toasted paneer rolls. I will post the recipe in a day or two.For now,feast your eyes on the photo 🙂 I can assure this healthy meal is so delicious,it almost feels like a cheat meal 😀  And that is one of my goals- to eat healthy flavorful meals.That’s the only way to stop myself from Binge-ing  and to stick to the diet  adapt a new lifestyle.
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    Have a Good Weekend,Everyone 🙂

    Much Love,

    Trish

  • Nanya talks,Aadi wonders..

    I have had the worst day ever today and need some cheering up and what better to cheer me up than my little munchkins’ chatter.
    Ms Nanya loves L.O.V.E.S. Baby Looney tunes.She knows the names of all the characters and rattles them off as the show is starting-BugBunny,daffiDuck,twitty,Lola,Taz!She LOVES TAZ…and tries to act like him,stomping her feet and fake crying.
    She now speaks full sentences-has been for a while now,but everytime I hear a complete sentence,my heart turns to mush! “Mumma,Papa found me book.” Yesterday,she was at home with SD and I had gone out with for sometime.When I got back, SD was in the shower,she yelled out..”Papa,Look Mumma come back”and from the moment I came back,she didn’t leave me for even a minute. Love her love for me 🙂
    Every morning,when she wakes up,she walks out of the bedroom,straight to the kitchen and hugs me..snuggles with me..ALWAYS turns me to mush..ALWAYS.
    Nanya is always stuck to me..so today Aadi complained,I never get to hug you.I said sure you can and stretched my hands out to her.She came in for a cuddle.And sighed…”I wonder if this is a dream or if this is for real”..My little drama queen. Speaking of cuddles,I love it how both my babies fit in just right in my arms….Its amazing 🙂
    Aadi is so proud of the fact that she was the one who made Ananya laugh for the first time. She is..Nanya was 3.5 mo and I was cooking,I had propped her on the couch and Aadi was jumping in front of her,trying to play with her and she started laughing..like really loudly.SD and I both stopped what we doing and just watched..so amazing was the sound of our baby’s laughter..so special because she was laughing for her sister.Today,they were playing and Aadi started doing the same thing,pretending to fall down and saying ‘their’ special phrase..”Aaa traa ta ta”  and Nanya started giggling..She was laughing so hard that she was falling off..and Aadya kept going,even when we told her to stop.It was so nice to hear them laughing like that..And when I was tucking Aadya in for the night,she said to me,”Mumma,did you see?I made Ananya laugh again..she laughed her pants and eyes off.She thinks I am funny,but I don’t mind,because she sounds so happy.” OMG! I was so proud,I felt like my heart was going to burst.
    And now,writing this post has made me happy..my problems haven’t gone away but atleast,I am smiling again..:)

    I hope reading about my gorgeous girls makes you smile too 🙂
    More later…

    XOX
    Trish

  • Keeping up

    Keeping up with Healthy eating and blogging 🙂

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    This was my dinner tonight – a bowl of kala chana(black gram) and a tall glass of buttermilk.

    And I am so so sad to hear about Tarla Dalal’s demise. She was one of my favorite chefs.Really really sad 😦
    More later…