I started my journey officially today as planned! Which by the way makes me very happy.
I thought of using the same piece of writing and updating it every day as i move along my journey, so it remains as one chunk. My target is to lose 15kgs before 25th December 2010. That leaves me with approx. 15 weeks and exactly a 106 days starting tomorrow. Wish me luck! Here i go...
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| Ready for a life-changing, self-challenging, life-style changing routine of Diet+Exercise=Health=Wealth!!! |
Day 1 (106 days left):
I did good for the first three-fourth of the days and ate only fruits (1 apple, 2 sapotas and lots of water | no bananas) as it is for day 1 but i had to study and was feeling really weak, could not focus or take in anythin'... so for dinner i had some rice and curry. But I am gona take this to tomorrow as well... and keep trying until i succeed at it. Exercise-wise i could not do much today as i had to go out... but i invested in a real good thing today while out... i invested in a membership at a local club here close to my place! So the day is well utilized but i could do better tomorrow which is what i am hoping to do!
Day 2 (105 days left):
I started the day good, woke up early and did some meditation and Pranayama. First half of the day was on fruits (2 apples and 2 sapotas). Had rice and veg. curry for lunch and a McDonald's Veg Meal for dinner... I know i committed a mistake there... hey the day was stressful and i could not stick on to the diet part... i gave in... my bad... but i won't quit... il keep tryin...! When im working at office its real easy for me to maintain any diet coz amongst all the work and gray cells usage... i hardly notice im on a diet... the day goes on smoothly and i end up maintainin my diet too... but when at home its definitely not easy to start a diet... could manage continuing one... so for sure i plan to follow to the fullest the diet from Monday... but il try if i can do it from sunday... that is provided im done with my MBA assignments by then... coz i really cannot study without energy from carbs... Anyways hoping to do better tomorrow!
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| Could not follow the diet coz of exams. No carbs n i cant study :( |
Day 3 (104 days left):
Maintained a normal meal day with studying involved. Could not exercise today :-(
Day 4 (103 days left):
Again a normal day with 3 meals of rice items and veg curry, idli etc... Finally finished my pending online exams. I gotto clean up my room, sweep and organize it, guess it will count for some calorie burning ;-). All geared up for tomorrow to start again and have a fruity day ;-P !
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| Day 1: only fruits except bananas. |
Day 5 (102 days left):
I had gained about 500gms in two days when i checked my weight this morning which is bad.
Anyways, today was a real fruitful fruity day! :) I survived the day only on apples, sapotas and water. As office work was there i could hardly notice the difference but then around noon gosh... my stomach was fuming and craving for carbs... and a milder version of it i experienced at dinner time... but now its all good... the day has come to an end and Im pround of myself for sticking along it! Also I did some treadmill, exercise and yoga. All in all a good day. Waiting to check my weight tomorrow.
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| Day 2: Potato for breakfast and any boiled or raw veggies for the day. |
Day 6 (101 days left):
Wowwwwwwyyyyy I have reduced a kilo compared to yesterday... real nice... combination of fruits + water... great in reduction without starvin ;P
Anyways today morning i had a big potato and chick peas + green peas for the rest of the meals. Heavy work at office so could not drink enough water. Could manage to drink only about 6-7 glasses. Did half hour of treadmill + warm up + yoga.
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| Day 3: Fruits and vegetables, no bananas or potato. |
Day 7 (100 days left):
Oh boy... I have reduced only a 100gm to yesterday's weight :( was it the potato? or the lack of drinking enough water??? no idea... gota see tomorrow how i fair... Today i ate some apple, sapota, boiled chick peas and boiled green peas. Again only 5-6 glasses of water today too coz of work at office - too little... my muscles are aching real bad so no exercise today... giving them a day to pick up.
Well dieting has not been serving me good, without carbs im not able to pass my day in a healthy way. Its not about will power, i can do it, iv done it many times but as always guess my body is not one to be subjected to starvation, i go pale n' my health starts to give out unhealthy symptoms. And i realised the target iv now set for myself is very unrealistic. So I've set a new target which is reduction of 500gm/0.5 kg per week and approximately 2 kgs/month. So according to this:
Week 13-19 Sep 2010: Achieved (0.9kg)
Week 20-26 Sep 2010: Failed (0.3kg)
I am now working hard and putting effort in making a lifestyle change rather than a temporary fix for the problem. And must say it takes time. But well nothing is impossible just gota give it time, focus and self at times and hang in there most of all and not give up... Day 20 (87 days left)
I started going to the gym. Man was real tiring. Did the stepper and my heart was pounding so badly that i thought it is going to burst and stop. Man this still stationary life has sucked out the stamina from my life... Gota try better tomorrow. (Tue, 28 Sep 2010)
Day 21 (86 days left)
The weight remains the same no change :-| having normal food only so far, eating some cheese still. Had bread + peanut butter. My trainer told this is a combo to have and to avoid cheese, white rice n' sugar. Instead have wheat food - broken rice, chapathi's, fresh veg/fruit juices with less sugar or no sugar in it. (Thu, 30 Sep 2010)
Day 22 (85 days left)
The weight remains the same again :-| had only wheat bread n' peanut butter first two meals of the day. For dinner had ceylon parota (white food) + veg preparation + oven baked potato wedges n' small cutlets (all veg). Oven baked was light and not rich, not a single drop of oil added to it unlike fried food. I did an hour n half of gym kinda feel like iv sprained my thigh muscle... good it weekend can get back the strength to goto gym monday. (Fri, 1 Oct 2010)
Day 23 (84 days left)
Had reduced 600gms... wowwww whole wheat bread + peanut butter really works!!! No workout done today, My spine hurts bad from yesterday's gym session. Bread+Peanut butter of two slices + milk for breakfast, white rice+greens-dal curry+oven baked finger chips for lunch. For dinner had lil white rice+greens curry+ quite some potato snacks all oven baked gota see how it's gona affect my weight tmr, experimenting (Sat, 2 Oct 2010)
Day 24 (83 days left)
Weight has increased by 300gms, oh lesson: potato in too much quantity even if not fried is bad! :S Wheat Bread+peanut butter 3 slices for bf, white rice+greens curry+oven baked potato wedges for lun., ceylon parota+curry+some noodles for din. Had some walk. (Sun, 3 Oct 2010)
Week 27 Sep-3 Oct 2010: Failed (0.2kg)
Day 25 (82 days left)
Weight down by 200gms! 3 slices of wheat bread+peanut butter+milk for bf, 2 slices of wheat bread+peanut butter for lun., one slice of wh.bread+P.butter for eve. snack, 2 ceylon parota+veg curry for din. Had an hour of workout. (Mon, 4 Oct 2010)
Day 26 (81 days left)
Weight down by 200gms! 3 slices of wheat bread+peanut butter+milk for bf, 2 slices of wheat bread+peanut butter, 2 cashew sweets diamonds and one slice of wheat bread+peanut butter for evening + some bhujiya, wheat broken rice+veg curry+3 papads+veg subji. No work out today left office only by 9pm. (Tue, 5 Oct 2010)
Day 27 (80 days left)
The weight remains the same as yesterday :( wondering if the sweets i had yesterday became an obstacle to my reduction and not working out added to it... hmmm. 2 Neer dosa+green chutney+milk for bf, 3 slices of wheat bread+peanut butter for lun., broken wheat rice+sambar+4 papad for din. (Wed, 6 Oct 2010)
Day 28 (79 days left)
The weight again remains the same :( have not idea why... :S 3 slices of wheat bread+peanut butter+milk for bf, 2 slices of wheat bread+peanut butter, a slice of wheat bread+peanut butter for eve snack, broken wheat rice+sambar+4 papad for din. (Thu, 7 Oct 2010)
