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”
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Why do people like exercise?
I have a very strange relationship with exercise. Sometimes I love it and sometimes I hate it. Yesterday, when I went to the gym, I had to lift weights. The weights were heavy. It took a lot of pain and effort to lift them. I see men and some women lifting weights. The pain thatContinue reading “Why do people like exercise?”
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”
Watching People Who Can Eat Anything and Remain Thin
I have a lot of people around me who are quite thin. Their food servings are topped with butter, ghee and the works. They love eating tasty food, fast food, junk food and all the kinds of foods that I cannot eat. Yes, I can cheat once in a while but then I cannot haveContinue reading “Watching People Who Can Eat Anything and Remain Thin”
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”
Diet Chips, Diet Food- All Hogwash!
We want to have it all. We want all the chips, pastries, cakes and yet not put on weight. The companies use this to create all kinds of diet foods, diet chips, fat free icecreams and charge a bomb for these. We love the idea because it takes away the guilt of indulging in theseContinue reading “Diet Chips, Diet Food- All Hogwash!”
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.
The ups and downs of weight
I have not been exercising for the last five days because of obvious womanly reasons. I have stuck to my diet though. Yet, the weighing machine keeps teasing me. Every morning, when I stand on the contraption, my heart pounds and I wonder what the judgement would be. The thing I climb on is notContinue reading “The ups and downs of weight”
Sitting Jobs, Dedicated Employees, Cups of Tea and Weight Gain
In India, there is a tradition of drinking tea in the office. Mostly teas are heavily sweetened, endlessly brewed concoctions that are served to the employees atleast thrice a day. The sugar provides the much needed energy while the tea is the perfect cure for the fatigue or tiredness. Tea has been an important partContinue reading “Sitting Jobs, Dedicated Employees, Cups of Tea and Weight Gain”
My Fat Loss Journey 