You have done the diets. All of them. The one where you ate cabbage soup for a week. The one where you counted every calorie like a hawk. The one your neighbour swears by. The one the influencer made look so effortless. And every single time, you came back to the same square. The sameContinue reading “Give Yourself a Chance”
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A Break from the Noise of Food
I asked a question in 2021. It took me four years to answer it. In October 2021 I wrote a blog post asking… is there a plan which can give me a diet and keep me happy too? I didn’t know the answer then. I found it the hard way. In December 2020 I wasContinue reading “A Break from the Noise of Food”
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”
Resistance to fatloss
When I first started on this journey, I didn’t like the idea at all! Why diet? Why weights? Why not plain cardio? Weights could injure me, the diet was bland. The smoothies that I had to drink were also not acceptable. You know the paradox? I had come here to lose weight. My mind wasContinue reading “Resistance to fatloss”
Foods that are designed to keep you fat
The pandemic came later. We have been afflicted by the obesity epidemic since the beginning of industrialization. Sedentary lifestyle coupled with packaged, butter oozing foods have expanded our waist lines and choked our arteries. What do all fast foods have in common? Why are they so appealing? Why are they so popular? The interesting bitContinue reading “Foods that are designed to keep you fat”
Relearning chewing
If there is one thing I have learnt in these last few days is that chewing plays a great role in controling obesity. I have always been a fast eater. For most of the years, I have been proud of this habit of mine. My time management was impeccable because I never ‘wasted’ a lotContinue reading “Relearning chewing”
My Fat Loss Journey 