Fact Check

As scary as it sounds, before a weight loss journey, it is always good to get our facts onto a journal

> Weigh yourself
> Measure your inches
> Check your cholesterol levels
> Check your sugar levels

we are going to use these as our Reality Markers.
We are going to promise ourselves that we are NOT going to see this weight on the scale again after this week.

So take a good look at your weight on the scale and say - 'Good bye! gonna miss you (NOT)'

> We will weight ourselves only Once a week

The pattern of weight loss we are going to follow is a weekly goal
We need to first understand our eating patterns - not because someone else tells us about it - but we need to see it for ourselves.

My weight currently is 100 kilograms. I am 5'2'' - which means, my ideal weight is like 50 Kilograms - which also means that my heart is doing twice the work that it is actually supposed to do! and that to me is very scary.

My cholesterol is at 240 - which is pretty high and I am 33 years old(1982).

Here is what I am going to do for myself. I want each one of you - whoever you are - wherever you are to chart out a plan just like this one for yourself.

Week 1 (Feb 1 - Feb 6)
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Feb 1 happens to be my mom's birthday :-)
ok.... focus

• Weigh myself
• Measure my inches - Bust, Tummy, Butt, Thighs(upper), Thighs (lower)
• I am planning to walk 2 hours a day at a leisurely pace
• Every morning - Will drink Lemon-Honey in warm water
• Drink 4 litres of water in 24 hours

No other restrictions in my diet. I am going to include only the above 3 changes and see if this brings about a tiny bit of change in my weight.

Good luck to you all.....

Setting the goals before my journey actually starts..

For most part of my life, I have struggled with being overweight. The struggle mostly was from the fact that I am a foodie. The very thought of depriving myself from my favourite dishes made me put the thought of diet for 'Tomorrow' and as we all know, 'Tomorrow NEVER Comes'.

Then I go about my usual routine and everything seems to go fine till I stumble upon pictured of cousins or friends who had been overweight but now boast of having lost so much weight and wow! they look amazing. I find this sudden rush of exercise spirit and tell myself that within 6 months, I should look like that!.... day 1 - all set - day 2 - on track.... day 3.... oh ! its raining.... day 4 - i slept late - ... never seen a day 5 ugggh!! WHY?? then I try giving reasons why I couldn't complete what i started. I try and look for ways to blame the situations around me but never once do I blame ME.

I went to my daughter's school for a 'Singing with mamma' session. It was such a beautiful experience. Loved every minute of it. One fine day, her teacher posts the pictures and there I see myself and I shrink on the inside seeing how huge I look. I never feel that huge but somewhere inside I know that the picture does not lie .. :-(...... All the other moms look so young and with perfect figure and there I am.... I felt so low and started hating myself for being me. I was losing interest in everything around me. I refused to style my hair. Refused to buy stylish clothes. I clad myself in anything dark or black and BIG. I just wanted to vanish.... My husband told me that I am beautiful no matter what - but I did not want to believe him. I just wanted to believe what I saw...

It was one such days when after finishing a relaxing shower, I was sitting down at the table sipping a cup of tea and doing nothing when my pretty little three year old comes to me and says - 'Mommy, you have curly hair just like me - you are soo pretty mommy' and there I was, looking into her innocent eyes that were wide open with admiration for her Mommy. Her words were pure, her feeling so real.... there she was - the Person who thinks I am 'Beautiful'. And for the first time in many years, I felt beautiful. I felt something new - Its that kind of feeling when you keep watering your plants every day and then notice a new leaf shoot out. I decided that if I needed to get healthier, I had to do something about it.

It wasn't just about the figure - It was about a healthier me. To be healthy for myself and for my loved ones.

Someone once said - The number of times you fall doesn't matter - so long as you remember to pick yourself back up onto your feet once again

I know may of you out there are in the same position as I am today. But Let's make our own chart - Lets make a better day for us. We can do this!


...... Update +4 years and many kilos loaded :-)

Everyone who has a thought that they need to lose weight,  is already half way there. Over the years,  I realized that the only person who can change us is us.

The time right now is 1 am. Dawning into India's 71st Republic Day and the year reads 2020.

I am in bed, tucked in beside me,  are my lovely little children and my dear husband.
I want to promise myself today,  that I am going to take it one day at a time and just be a better version of myself everyday. Praying that God does not give up on me.

I am starting a 180 day challenge starting today.  Those who know me well,  are well aware of my endless 'Day 1' days.  Lol.  I feel blessed. Anyway,  getting back to our Day 1/180. My promise for today is, my first meal of the day will be hot lemon water.
 I will walk for half an hour. I will go to bed by 10 pm.  I will finish dinner by 8 pm. I sure hope i can keep up with it. Wait for my updates tonight.  Good night for now.