Weigh in #14 and shameless bragging

by ~Tina on May 17, 2012

Tina's Weigh

I have these jeans in my wardrobe. They have been hanging in there for I don’t know how many years.

The last time I was able to pull them up over my butt would probably have been maybe 10 years ago.

I was feeling really crappy the other night and came up with the awesome idea to try on jeans that had the potential of making me feel even more like shit because I wouldn’t be able to do them up.

Yep, I come up with good ideas like that.

But I did them up. The zipper AND the button. I couldn’t sit down in them that night but meh, I could do them up.

And now, I can sit. And breathe. And walk in the without looking like I’m walking like a robot.

It’s these things that are keeping me going.

jeans sizes

Wondering how I went this week?

Let’s do this…..

weigh in

  • Starting weight – 130.3kg
  • Last week’s weight- 118.0kg
  • This week’s weight – 116.7kg
  • Loss/gain – 1.3 kg
  • Total weight loss – 13.6kg

This week’s plan:

  • be more conscious about how much water I am drinking
  • better choices for dinner
  • 1 x swim
  • 7 x 45min walk/jog on treadmill
Onwards and upwards….or downwards as the case may be.

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6.4kg to go to my second goal of losing 20kg.

12.46kg to go to my goal of losing 20% of my starting body weight.

19.5kg to get to half way.

51.7kg to get to goal.


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Been reading – The Wedding Season

by ~Tina on May 16, 2012

been readingI am not even going to tell you how long it has been since I have finished a book. A real book. So I’m kinda excited to share this post with you and feel like I have the reading bug again and already am on to another book, which I’ll tell you about next time.

But for now I’m sharing with you what I thought of…

The Wedding Season by Su Dharmapala.

The Wedding Season

From the back cover:

Meet Shani – she’s 32, single and has a job to die for and is very happy with her life. So why does everyone insist on trying to convince her that the only way to the true happiness is meeting the perfect man?

When Shani’s horoscope miraculously reveals that now is the best time of her life for marriage, her mother decides to take control. As the Sri Lankan wedding season opens she arranges a parade of suitors, in the hope that her unmarried daughter will salvage the family honour by finally finding Mr Right. But true life, like true love, can get very complicated.

Amidst a riot of hilarious dates with would-be husbands, a stressful job and a neurotic mother with serious cultural baggage, her best friend is sliding into depression and Shani seems powerless to help.

Through a flurry of curry, cricket, sarees, and weddings, Shani comes to learn that love comes in many guises – and that life is a one-shot game, even if you do believe in reincarnation.

What I thought:

I really enjoyed this book. Right from the first page, you get drawn into Shani’s world. I only read when I jump into bed at night and I found myself not wanting to put the book down to find out what was going to happen next.

I found myself laughing out loud in some bits and I love books like that. I found myself wondering when Shani was going to change her mind about marriage and waiting for her to realise where her heart was.

I loved how the Sri Lankan culture was so prominent in the story and found that I actually learned something as well. The whole story is written as though Shani was sitting, chatting with you – another thing I like.

Have you read The Wedding Season? If so, tell me what you thought of it. If not, tell me how often do you get to read?

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