These days, when I am down or upset, all I want to do is dive into a bag of chips or gorge on some namkeen or bread. I am not hungry for food but I am hungry for love and somehow eating that food makes me feel loved! As a result, I have gained someContinue reading “Can I give up my emotional addiction to food?”
Category Archives: resistance to fatloss
How Much Water Should I Drink For Weight Loss?
These days, water has become the best solution for my hunger pangs. Once you get used to it, drinking water actually feels good!
The good thing about fat loss
We ignore this small gain and then get a rude shock of many kilos. The good part is our body responds to whatever we do and we can (most of the times) measure the response.
Villagers And The Great Outdoors
This time when I visited my village Leelki, I learnt something new. In the world of fitness, we are told to minimize wheat and avoid eating this or that. However, the people of the village eat everything including ghee. They don’t restrict anything in their diet and yet they remain healthy. I realized that theyContinue reading “Villagers And The Great Outdoors”
When you start losing weight…
Slowly but steadily, you realize that eating junkfood is not really worth the fat gain. You start feeling happy when the numbers on the scale change. You start thinking about eating the right thing even when the temptation strikes.
Who is hiding behind that fat and why?
The book titled A Course In Weight Loss by Marrianne Williamson has been a revelation. I did not know I was hiding behind this coat of fat. As a person in her 20s, I was more or less okay as far as my weight was concerned. I had a lot of admirers too, people whoContinue reading “Who is hiding behind that fat and why?”
DISCOVERING THE FIT ME
I have never been a sports aficionado or a person who enjoys working out. However, I throughout my life, I have loved long walks and hikes. So, you can say I was moderately active most of my life. I liked walking to the nearest store, strolling in the park and listening to birds and theContinue reading “DISCOVERING THE FIT ME”
Reducing weight for yourself
People venture into weightloss due to a lot of reasons. Some do it to please their spouses, some for their children, others do it to look better etc. I have lost weight earlier too. However, at that time, my reasons were different. They were about looking good or pleasing my late husband etc. The factContinue reading “Reducing weight for yourself”
When your feel your body responding
The first few weeks of the fat loss program, especially for someone like me, were a torture. The exercises were killing and my body protested vehemently on every move that I made. My brother kept forcing me to do more…one more rep, one more pushup or pull up and I resented him for it. TheContinue reading “When your feel your body responding”
My Brother, My Trainer
My brother is the kind of trainer who gets after your life for everything. He not only focusses on your body but also eating habits, sleeping habits and even thinking patterns. Since he is also a psychologist, he talks to me about the emotional reasons that made me gain weight in the first place.
My Fat Loss Journey 