Dieting was never my forte, it was never on the cards at any point of my life, the reason why it was hard to kick-off my food-control challenge. Blame my huge liking to some of those tantalizing spicy foodstuffs that I could never afford to miss for the entire world, it was more than hard to think about living on fruits and lesser quantity of food, with practically very little oil and spices. But being on a stage where I hardly had any options on my arsenal, to shed those extra pounds on my body, I took to dieting for the first time, almost like a challenge to myself, and have managed to walk through the initial stage of difficulties and cravings, without cheating much on my plans. As I ride successfully towards the next level, I can proudly say that I have bid goodbye to almost every junk food that had taken prominent places on my daily food chart. After giving me a few days of uncontrollable hunger and insuppressible urge to have those indefinably lip-smacking foodstuffs that I had always loved, my taste-buds had to finally give-up the battle, making me feel better with my newly adopted eating regime.
Although I hate living on such strict diet, I do have something to admit, and that’s nothing but the happiness on seeing my shrinking stomach that has lost oodles of fat, plus the amount of ease that I feel inside my tummy. After lessening the quantity heavy meals and leaving away my fast-food mania, I feel as if my entire stomach has undergone that much needed rejuvenation. It’s a kind of relaxing feeling, almost like soothing cold breeze after days of scorching and dreadful hotness. I must confess that I have never had this satisfaction in my entire life. The bloat or pot-belly that I was extremely upset about has shrunk to a noticeable level, and so did the extra fat deposits that blew me up. I know very well that one month is hardly any time to judge about my bodily changes, but I can definitely say that I do notice myself on daily basis, and feel extremely good about even the slightest amount of change.
Being someone who has been traversing through the difficult journey from ‘fat to fit’, I can definitely say that the road is not easy, but it’s not too hard either. All that you require is the determination that can make you do even the toughest dieting step with a pleasant smile. Giving up my spicier meals and living on lighter and tasteless food was never on my to-do lists, and I had never dreamt of sacrificing my favourite foodstuffs someday, but had to do it willingly, as I never wanted to compromise on my health. By health, I don’t mean my looks, but my fitness and overall energy. After living on a whole lot of fast-food and other kind of ready-meals and snacks, I had actually gone way ahead from being healthy, and was on the verge to getting severe medical problems which could have affected my health permanently. As I said I had never grown extra huge, but had overlooked so many of bodily changes, considering it with lesser importance. But thankfully, I was stopped at the right time, mainly due to the wise intervention of my dad, who helped me grab hold of a chance to rethink about my eating spree. I should also mention the amount of hurtful comments that were made about my weight issues. I definitely do not want to create bad blood and don’t want to carry any kind of bad feelings for those superficially ‘over concerned’ pals of mine. Although they had meant to poke fun at me, their comments turned out to be blessings in disguise, and helped me start my good eating regimen, right from the scratch.
I don’t know how my eating habits would be in the coming months, but I am completely sure about one thing, and that’s my steady decision about not going to back to the way of eating that I carried throughout these years. I would never do that anymore, and put my body at risk. But I do ease my dieting routine in-between, and reward myself with a limited quantity of any one of those foodstuffs that had been on my day-today list sometime back.
To conclude with, I have just one message to say; eat healthy, eat right! Because, it’s for your health and not for your looks! Looks can always take the backseat, but the impending health risks would never give you a visible warning before attacking your health. So better eat healthy and stay fit!
Healthy eating is never easy
I'm not sure what made me gain weight in a short timespan, but I must agree that I had become so plump by the mid of this year that everyone, both at my home and in the office, couldn't actually stop wondering how I gained so much weight 'in the blink of an eye'. With everyone’s overgrowing concern and some hurting comments that kept pouring in every now and then, poking fun at my sudden weight-gain, I couldn't help but keep a close check on my body as well as the things that eat. I am definitely not a glutton, and was never one, at any point of my life. So I was really curious to know the reason why I am getting fleshy and too big for my clothes. Although I didn't have any major health problems that could have augmented my weight gain, I decided to 'cut down' a few things that might have become the major reasons behind my sudden weight gain.
Blame my love for junk foods, the whole task was not at all easy. I wanted to start-off in a very simple way, but the sudden dieting plan took a huge toll on my body for awhile in the beginning. From junk food to samsoa chats, I had do cut down everything that belonged to the junk food category, and the second part of my goal was to reduce the quantity of rice that I had been having till then.
I knew very well that the whole amount of calories that have accumulated in my body would never burn-out overnight. I wanted it to go slowly yet steadily, the reason why I leaned a few exercises from one of my hostel mates who is an avid fitness freak and never skips her gym sessions, no matter how ill or busy she is. So, with some easy to do exercises and some basic diet changes I started off my journey to becoming healthy. But I have to admit something here! No matter how serious you are about your diet, your craving would suddenly arise from nowhere many times each day, and I was no different. Sometimes cravings became too high that I couldn't stop bursting in to tears. But I forcefully stopped myself from becoming vulnerable all the time, but definitely cheated on my diet plans in between or very rarely, and I don’t really regret for that, as I felt I had to be rightly rewarded for the pains that I am taking to get back to shape, and become healthy. By healthy, I don’t want to say that I was unhealthier before, and had a bunch of bodily issues. But I wanted a physically fit body devoid of unnecessary fat deposits.
Snacks time was the favorite part of my day, and I've always wanted something heavy, like a plate of chat, a vegetable roll or burger, along with tea. I had been so used to having all those delectable rolls and burgers that initially I was finding it so hard to stop that addiction. I knew it was hard for me to stop my evening snacks, but wanted to eat something good, and hence started having 2 dry chappathis or appams with a mix of vegetables. It was totally unappetizing and tasteless. But I had no other option left. Slowly I started getting used to my new set of snacks, which sometimes included fruits and arrowroot biscuits as well, instead of chappathis and appams.
Blame my love for junk foods, the whole task was not at all easy. I wanted to start-off in a very simple way, but the sudden dieting plan took a huge toll on my body for awhile in the beginning. From junk food to samsoa chats, I had do cut down everything that belonged to the junk food category, and the second part of my goal was to reduce the quantity of rice that I had been having till then.
I knew very well that the whole amount of calories that have accumulated in my body would never burn-out overnight. I wanted it to go slowly yet steadily, the reason why I leaned a few exercises from one of my hostel mates who is an avid fitness freak and never skips her gym sessions, no matter how ill or busy she is. So, with some easy to do exercises and some basic diet changes I started off my journey to becoming healthy. But I have to admit something here! No matter how serious you are about your diet, your craving would suddenly arise from nowhere many times each day, and I was no different. Sometimes cravings became too high that I couldn't stop bursting in to tears. But I forcefully stopped myself from becoming vulnerable all the time, but definitely cheated on my diet plans in between or very rarely, and I don’t really regret for that, as I felt I had to be rightly rewarded for the pains that I am taking to get back to shape, and become healthy. By healthy, I don’t want to say that I was unhealthier before, and had a bunch of bodily issues. But I wanted a physically fit body devoid of unnecessary fat deposits.
Snacks time was the favorite part of my day, and I've always wanted something heavy, like a plate of chat, a vegetable roll or burger, along with tea. I had been so used to having all those delectable rolls and burgers that initially I was finding it so hard to stop that addiction. I knew it was hard for me to stop my evening snacks, but wanted to eat something good, and hence started having 2 dry chappathis or appams with a mix of vegetables. It was totally unappetizing and tasteless. But I had no other option left. Slowly I started getting used to my new set of snacks, which sometimes included fruits and arrowroot biscuits as well, instead of chappathis and appams.
To be continued...
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