So here is my Plan September:

Current weight as on 31/08/2014 - something between 63-64 kgs

Target - to reach 60 kgs by end of this month.

Exercise Plan:
Morning - Half an hour Walking & jogging
Will try to have a walk after dinner

Food:
No rice this month (its pledge now)
Breakfast - Milk, 1 Fruit,  Cornflakes
Lunch - Dal, 2 small roti, Daliya, Khichadi, vegetable etc
Evening - 1 Fruit
Dinner - Soup, Milk and fruit,
Tea - 2-3 green teas in the day, 1 tea in the morning , 1 in the evening

Punishment if failed - need to decide it but it is a must to keep myself on track

Mistake and all

Yesterday was very bad in terms of eating. So thought to confess it here. yesterday wewere expecying a relative to come over. So I cooked food in the morning accordingly.Later I came to know that he is not coming.

So the result was I was left with so much food.

BTW in the morning I had Chole Kulche left from last night dinner. Though chole were healthy as I had put so much veggies in that but eating 3 kulchas was a mistake.

Later in lunch, I had one bog bowl of Masoor Dal, 2 small roti w'out any ghee. Evening I had half bowl Poha.

Error was in the dinner, which is supposed to be very light.But due to our effort to finish the left overs, I had 2 rotis, aloo palak sabji and one bowl of rice.

So this last  item was a big mistake which I realized later. I should have kept the rice and can eat it next day after altering it little with veggies and all.

I really felt very guilty after this. So much that today morning I decided to compensate this.
I had 1 allple and a glass of milk in breakfast.  Brought half bowl khichadi,1 bowl palak raita and 1 bowl Torai sabji.

For evening I have 1 apple and planning to have a soup in the dinner. This way I will try to manage my yesterday's mistake.

As my goal is to  reach 60 by end of September else I will punish myself .

A New but focused start...

Yes here is my new but more focused start to lose some excess weight. I know that I have done it many times before and failed always. Or I can say my journey never reached to its destination and here I am still trying and trying ....

BTW what happened has happened...

I have started pushing myself out of my comfort zone. here are few things I have started changing:

1. My body is habitual to eating rotis so I need to break the pattern. I decided to include dals, pulses, beans etc and ditch wheat.

2. No Whites. Yes anything or everything which is white is restricted be it Maida and things made from it, Rice, Sugar etc.

3.My body is cool with walking. So I have started jogging and running now. Yes I am breathless in just few minutes but practice will keep me improving. Though currently I did it for 3 days only but am dedicated to keep doing it. Somehow I like it too. Irrespective of it needs me to wake up around 4:45am so I am out at 5:00 am to jog/run for half and hour. As from 5:30 I need to make my kids tiffin.

At least by this weekend I was with my plans.

here a look into my Saturday breakfast and lunch.
Breakfast : Cornflakes (no sugar) with banana pieces, raisins, 2 dates

Lunch : Vegetable Daliya and buttermilk

Excuses...

Today while going through my usual net surfing for weight loss related articles I have come across one post from a girl who shared her weight loss success story.
She has written one line which I really liked and found very inspiring and true:

"Stop making excuses for your weight. If you have been overweight for some time it is not water weight or baby fat or bloating! It is excess, unhealthy fat!!"

This is very true.I realized that most of the times I end up doing so. Here are some of the excuses I keep making with myself. Also my thought for my own excuses:

1. I am not that Fat.
      What does 'that' mean.Am I in my ideal weight range. NO.NO.NO.

So this means I am overweight and need to lose weight.
Its good if I am not That fat, so better to be serious now before its too late I end me being That fat.

2.Eating one sweet,  eating a little more,eating rice today only etc etc will not harm.

   If I am not at my correct weight range am not allowed to do so.No means no.Not even a single time. A small amount of medicine works and as well as poison. All these things are currently like a poison for my well being. So getting indulged in even a tiny bite of that is not allowed at all.

3. As am taking steroids so am gaining weight.This is not my actual weight.I am or  my eatings are not responsible for it.

If I have gained weight, there is definitely something wrong in my lifestyle and eating which has to be corrected. Only such small (and safe dose by medical terms) dose of steroid (currently 6 mg a week) can not be culprit all alone. Even if it is Have I given my 100%best shot to not indulge in any bad eatings and making myself thin?

No,so I have to give the best shot to it.

So,first and top most priority I have decided after reading this line is to stop making and giving excuses to myself for anything which my mind does not allow  me to do.

I will stop making and accepting any excuse now related to eating. Self Control, Self Discipline and Self Monitoring is the first milestone I have to achieve here. I have decided to give my best to this target.

And when you truly wants to achieve something the whole Universe helps you to achieve it.

Links of Inspiration.....

Thought to share here and save it for myself,few important links of weight loss.
Reading these are quite motivating and inspiring:

http://newnimprovedme.blogspot.in


http://healthmeup.com/news-weight-loss/rupas-real-life-weight-loss-transformation/31043

http://healthmeup.com/news-weight-loss/housewife-on-a-weight-loss-mission/29263

http://healthmeup.com/news-weight-loss/weight-loss-to-gain-back-the-strength/29000

http://healthmeup.com/news-weight-loss/kick-the-junk-to-get-fit/28552

Why this all treats....?????

Aaah....why things never goes there ideal way...
I am too strict for my diet and there are too many temptation galore coming my way...
Y'day there was a fruit and Ice Cream party at office and ...I must confess after struggling a lot within myself I slipped badly. :( sigh

Now today there is a lunch treat. Oh how to control myself this thought is keep juggling in my mind...I feel like run away from here so I can avoid that food. Though I have my daliya with me and part of it I had at 11 am as my mid lunch because I had very little upma and a glass of chaach in the morning my 8:30 am.

My plan is to eat just half naan and dal and keep chewing it till end of the lunch-on.

Please GOD give me courage to pass thru it successfully.....

Things are not going good....

....
I had a medical camp in my society on Sunday. My MIL wanted to go and visit it so I took her there. I have seen many other people were utilising that opportunity to get them tested when doctors are on our doorstep. Then I also thought to give it a try and when I have seen a Dietician also sitting there, I got encouraged.

Unfortunately, my Blood sugar was not good. It came out to be 170 (random) which should ideally be not more than 140. Then today morning I have again checked my fasting sugar level at home with Glucometer and it came 110 (which should ideally be less than 100).

This has showed that I have to careful now as am on Borderline Diabetes.

Also as I take asteroid medicine (3 mg for 2 days i.e 6 mg a  week) on weekends and auto immune suppressor(1mg) everyday. These are for a skin decease which I have called as Vitiligo. These medicines tends to show Diabetes as a side effect when the patient has a family history of it. As my Father has diabetes so it seems I am too prone to it.

However last month only I had my blood sugar tested (as part of my 6 month checkup before my visit to Skin Specialist) and it came 80. In just one month picture is changed. yeah at that time my Cholesterol level was little higher side though.

So now I have decided to take control of it and bring it to normal.

I have left tea yesterday itself. Yes left means left. So now no tea (am not a coffee person) at all going forward. Will be on green tea only.

NO rice, fried food and outside food at any cost now.

yeah it seems difficult but then I though its my life and I can decide rules for me and make myself to follow it. I have to be in command of my self.

Started my morning walks and added little jogging in it. Though got breathless in few steps only but I know with time I will build up the stamina.

Good Luck to myself....

My latest love for Dressing up

Now a days I have found a new love in dressing and that is leggings with Kurtis.
Really I found this dress so wearable, so comfortable, so beautiful and what not... :)

Here are thumbs up points of my liking to it:

1. Leggings are way too comfortable because of the stretchable fabric

2. They are available in all sizes and colors to fit the need

3. A perfect blend of western-enthnic wear, very smart and easy to carry by any body shape and size

3. Very helpful in hiding the flaws of our figure

5. So many options of various color, size and material kurtis available in the market suiting all kinds of budgets

6. Very versatile dress to easily match the requirement of professional or casual dressing

So, all these things give my full points to this dress.
I do wear jeans, trousers etc but sometimes specially in the heat of delhi's summers I find it very comfortable.

I have become so obsessed with this dress now a days that I have got so many kurtis and leggings for myself. Also even I have taken out some beautiful cotton dupattas of my old suits and got kurtis stitched for myself.

Somethin Yun Hi.....

From last 2 years I am hanging around this 60....really somewhere between 60-61-62-63.....

My first hurdle to cross is this 60 barrier...so Target 1 is 59.....

I have also identified the problem with my effort and that is Lack of Consistency.
After reading so many health and weight loss blogs I felt that I do eat normal (not at all addicted to junk foods, colas, pizzas etc)
But the problem is something or other things I put in my mouth without thinking.

Also portion control is really required.

I have also analyzed that this 6-7 meals a day is not helping me at all as I end up eating more than required.

So eating my basic 3 meals properly is better for me.

The truth is every day is not same, and life is not going on routines always but yes few things should be non-negotiable and should always be part of our day similarly as we do for eating and sleeping.

So this I have to do now:

1. Portion control
2. Stop mindless eating
3. sticking to my exercise by hook or crook. For this the best thing I came up with is to do my 30 DS or some yoga anytime when I get time :). Or if nothing then a walk is also fine. But something has to be there.

Also in last few days I have realized that as per my body it is a bad idea to do any rigorous exercise during my P. As it really ached my body like hell. Body need rest at that time so a normal walk is fine but nothing rigorous. So I am going to take care of this now.

Overall this is post is nothing at all structured but just whatever was in my mind I poured it here... :)

Signing off now.....

Started the 30DS

Last week was not good at all....had some family emergencies to handle...so no exercise...also had some or other issues which has taken all my mind......

However now started my 30 DS from today.
Though it seemed easy but I was definitely breathless and feeling little cramps in upper arms.
However I liked it and found it quite easy to fit in my schedule. Decided to do it regularly.

Lets see how it goes..... :)

Diet plan for week#1

Source - http://www.dietburrp.com/indian-diet-plan-for-weight-loss/

Food Item	Amount	Calories (kcal)	Protein (g)
Early Morning
Lukewarm water with lemon	1 cup
Tea (without sugar)	1 cup	35	4
Marie biscuits	2	56
Breakfast
Skimmed milk with sugar	1 glass	90	8
Brown bread upma	1 plate	205	6
OR
Besan Chilla	2	290	12
Mid-Morning
Fruit salad	1 medium bowl	40
Lunch
Veg Khichdi	1 medium bowl	202.5	9.5
Veg raita	1 small bowl	75	3.5
Mix veg salad	1 bowl	30	2
Evening
Tea (without sugar)	1 cup	35	4
Wheat rusk	2	120	6
Dinner
Missi roti (without oil)	2	200	6
Mix veg	1 medium bowl	95	4
Curd	1 small bowl	30	1.5
Total		1213 kcal	54.5 g

This week starting from today I am following this diet plan.
Target is follow the same by next friday 9th may 14.

Plan

Week Links:

1.       Office Treats –

i.                     Avoid (make some excuse)

ii.                   If this can not be avoided, keep the portion very small.

2.       Office snacks – I grab it when had very little breakfast at 8 at home and no carrying anything for myself for heavy breakfast.

i.                     Make sure to have a breakfast which keep me full and not make me to look at food at all.

ii.                   Carrying something with myself for making my stomach full like Sattu roti, Daliya, besan / sprouts chilla.

3.       Home fried chips etc – JUST AVOID IT.

On a good note for myself I would surely like to put it here that I successfully avoid eating ice creams etc, never crib for or get tempted to eat out.

Planning for food:

1.       Breakfast Option – This has the items which keep me full and heavy for long time.Options are

i.                     Daliya

ii.                   Sattu upma / roti

iii.                  Sprouts

2.       Mid Morning snacks – This one is culprit as if had a very light breaksaft, I grab what is lying in front of me.

Options are

i.                     Same breakfast what has in morning

ii.                   Any fruit

iii.                  1 glass Badam Milk (home made with Mishrambu)

3.       Lunch – Dal, 2 thin roti, curd

Khichadi

4.       Evening snacks

i.                     Chaach

ii.                   Fruit and curd

iii.                  Sprouts

5.       Dinner

i.                     1 glass milk

ii.                   Sabji and 2 roti

iii.                  Daliya (watery like soup)

No tea at office, only green tea 2 times at office.

Exercise plan:

I fail miserably on this front as I decide something but have never been able to follow it properly.

As it is tough to find time in my routine, the plan is:

i.                     Going for morning walk/jogging at 5:00 am

ii.                   Planning to buy Jillian Mitchel 30 days shred and follow it

iii.                  After how I feel about point 2, will then but her yoda dvd and will follow it too.

But the major challenge is to keep myself pushing to do it and make this part as non-negotiable.Definitely need to do something to not allow myself to ditch it.

Plan to follow the plan:

Ohh this is biggest challenge. Yeah it is very very easy to make plans but as human we alway ditch our own plan. But I have to do something to keep my reminding about my plan. Something which will make me feel that I should not get diverted.

Hmm I need to work on it and get something. Will post it here when I will get something for this step.

Confession....

My last post was all about that weekend was good in terms of diet etc...and how I manged not to sweep away with temptations.....

But this week is not going good at all.
On Monday I went for a walk at 5:00 am as i thought. But after that on Tuesday even though I was on leave, here are the mistakes I committed:
I have not went for walk.
Had poori allo sabji in breakfast.
Had fried chips after lunch with my kid. I fried them for him but as he has not eaten it so I finished it.

Later on Wednesday again no walk at all, has Chinese in office as somebody has given treat there.

So overall not good.

But my biggest challenge is to create a plan for my weight loss as without deciding what path I have to follow how can I start my journey.

There are so many things going on in my mind but I need sometime to sit and pen down everything so I can actually see it in front of me and can follow.

Weekened was good......

Overall a good weekend in terms of diet and self control.

On Saturday husband asked me if I want to go out for dinner. We were agreed to have dinner out but somehow I managed NOT to do it.
later in the day I have told him lets not got out, we will eat at home only and we will eat out only when I will reach my first goal that is 58 kgs.

This was my first success.

Second was, he asked me lets have Sattu parath in the breakfast. I made so. But I made 2 roti on that sattu filling for myself and had it with no oil chuttney and dahi.
This was my second success.

In the night I have 1 bowl of Turai sabji and 1 glass milk.

Similarly on sunday morning has Poha in breakfast with Chaach.
Lunch was 2 roti with dal makhani (with to butter at all as this the way I make it) and aloo gobhi sabji.
Dinner was 1 bowl papaya and milk.

So I felt that I have self control and I need to keep working on this as diet is the most important thing if we want to lose weight.

Lets Plan....

It is said that ' Failing to plan is planning to Fail'
Yes right, I agree....

Currently this is my situation.I am not having any proper plan for me towards weight loss and this is why I am not successful at all.

I fail miserably....but PAUSE......
how I fail....one can only fail only if he has started his efforts.

In my situation i have not yet given it a honest try yes NOT given. Why I am saying so is because just by
thinking that I want to lose weight, thinking that I will control my food intake,
thinking that I will watch what I eat, thinking that I will follow some routine for exercise,
thinking that I will follow some planned diet for myself...
etc etc etc...
Just thinking is not going to lead me anywhere.


So, now when I know what is the problem at my end, I need to find a solution for it.

After lot of googling, study here and there, analysis of myself and my routines, I am trying here now to come up with a plan.

So here I am posting my plan here and will update it step by step progress.
Putting it here will keep me accountable.

Step 1: - Identifying the weak links
Step 2: - Planning the food
Step 3: - Plan for any kind of physical activity
Step 4: - Plan to stick to the plan :)

I will keep updating my inputs for the steps.

Life now a days....

Life is quite hectic now a days.....
My son has started his formal schooling now. His school bus come at 7 am. So I get up at 5 am, get fresh and prepare his tiffin. Then from 6 onwards its all about getting him ready for school and feed him something or other.

After that I cook for breakfast and lunch for me and my husband.
Then take a cup of tea and after that get ready for office. I leave home at 8:30 am. By 9:15 I reach office after facing all traffic and all.

I leave office at 6 - 6:10 pm , reach home by 7 strat cooking by 7:30 and finished it up by 8 - 8:15.
Then feed the kid and watch TV in the meanwhile we also have our dinner.
After that I do some miscellaneous household tasks and do some preparation for next day morning.


So in this whole routine I am struggling to fine at least 30 mins for myself to go for some walk.

Thought to go for it in the night but by that time I become so tired that I have only thought of it, have not been able to do so....

Lets see how it goes and how I fetch some time for myself from my own life.... :)

Weight Tickers

10/04/2014 - 64 kgs
17/04/2014 - 63 kgs
21/04/2014 - 62 kgs
24/04/2014 - 63 kgs  :(
 29/04/2014 - 63 kgs :( :( bu hu hu
12/05/2014 - 62 kgs.....miles to go.....
19/05/2014 - 62 ...AGAIN....... :(
30/05/2014 - 64   (on my homw scale)
01/06/2014 - 65  (on the doctors scales after lunch and all)

Bu Hu Hu
Bu Hu Hu
Bu Hu Hu

07/06/2014 -   61.5 kgs ( ohh a li'l relief....)

25/07/2014 - 65  kgs (on gym scale) (after a full on 5 days vacation )
:(

30/08/2014 - 64 kgs (in the afternoon after lunch)
31/08/2014 - 63kgs (in the morning after getting freshen up)

13/09/2014  - 61 :D  (seems things are fallen in place)

During Diwali 2014   -between 60-61 kgs.

21/02/2015 -  65 kgs.
:( :( :(

26/03/2015 - 66 kg
(after a vacation)
Ufff cant cry much here.....
Big big big disappointment I am feeling.

17/04/2015 - 65 kgs

06/09/2015 - 65 kgs
10/09/2015 - 65 kgs

03/03/2016 - 67.8 kgs (on office cafe scale)
:( :( :(

07/05/2016 - 68.5 kgs (on doc scale)
:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

Yes I struggling a lot to move the meter on reverse direction however I am not succeeding at all... Now it has become a battle between myself and the weighing scale
However I am determined be what may...I will not stop trying at all...I have to win this battle...
That's why after losing the battle all the time till now I keep logging it here...as I know one day when the reverse will start and when my win sequence will start I am going to cherish it too....
 I will surely log sooner or later 55 kgs here...Yes I will I will I will....

09/05/2016 - 67.2 kgs (on ofc scale)
10/05/2016 - 68.5 kgs (on ofc scale)...
now I don't have anything to say....
11/05/2016 - 66.5 kgs (on ofc scale)...   ?????????
???????????????????

13/05/2016 - 67.4 kgs (on ofc scale)...   ?????????
???????????????????

18/05/2016 - 66.4 kgs (on ofc scale)
23/05/2016 - 65.7 kgs (on ofc scale)
31/05/2016 - 66.4 kgs (on ofc scale)
---After 4 days vacation but thankfully I was stick on my exercise...n little abt diet....ate many things but in controlled way

XX/XX/XXXX - 57kgs
XX/XX/XXXX - 55 kgs

I BELIEVE to ACHIEVE this....for sure....

Body weight reduction - Doctors advice

I have come across this nice, simple, practical advice from my Doctor J.S Pasricha... Would like to quote it here:

Plan for Reducing Body Weight It is being increasingly realised that obesity is associated with a large number of diseases, and the doctors frequently keep advising people to reduce body weight, and remain thin. There are several diets or approaches for reducing body weight and most of them do succeed, but once the diet control is stopped after achieving the optimum weight, the obesity is likely to return. Strict diet controls cannot be maintained for long periods. We therefore believe that weight reduction should be done as a natural slow process rather than adopting a strict regimen. For reducing the body weight, one should take the following steps: Take fixed quantities of food at reasonably fixed intervals. And do not eat in between the meals. Missing a meal is not effective because the patient tends to over-eat during the next meal. Maintain normal routine physical activity, with or without exercise, and check the body weight every day under the normal specified conditions. Keep a daily record. The changes in the body weight will decide whether you are taking more food, adequate food or less food. Increase in body weight means taking more food. Decrease in body weight means less food. Maintaining the same weight means taking adequate food. To reduce body weight, it is necessary to reduce food intake and increase physical activity. Decreased food intake with decrease in physical activity will not lead to weight reduction. Increased physical activity with increased food intake also will not lead to decrease in body weight. Decreased food intake with the same physical activity will also lead to weight reduction. Increased physical activity without increasing the food intake will also lead to weight reduction. If a person loses 100 gm of body weight every day, he will lose 3 Kg of body weight every month. And it is so easy to lose 100 gm every day. Just a reduction by half a chapatti in one meal or reducing a large table-spoon of rice in a meal once a day is expected to achieve this effect. If you wish to take some extra food as during marriages, or social parties or even otherwise, compensate by reducing some other food item.

Thoughts......

On Sunday morning it was around 4am in the morning and I woke up somehow and after that I couldn't sleep and lots of useless thoughts were going on and on in my mind....things like who said what, why it was said, who did what and so on... Obviously those things were useless as I do not have control over others actions and speech.

I tried a a lot to get back to sleep but finally when it seemed that my body had enough sleep, and it is difficult now to get rid of these useless thoughts and they are unnecessary clogging my mind, I just ditched the bed and washed my face, had a glass of cold water and made a big cup of tea for myself. I took my book 'The Secrets - By Rhonda Byrne', which I am reading these days and went to another room and enjoyed my morning tea and reading.

 It felt great, yes really, having a peaceful 'ME' time is the biggest luxury a working mother can have. Had some good things learnt from the book which also made me happy and more optimistic. After that around 6:30 am had brushed and picked up my shoes and went for my morning walk. Kept thinking about what I have just read and what I have learnt out of that. Also thought as what I have to do to implement those learnings in my life and lots and lots of things like that only.

 I really felt good about myself that rather than letting those useless idiotic, depressing and negative thoughts to clog my mind and later to dominate or affect my actions in a negative manner, I have decided and did, to change that active and thoughtful mind to a positive direction. I felt good to control my mind rather than getting Under Its Control...

I felt happy that I utilized that energy to read, learn and think some good, positive thoughts and plans rather than wasting that energy and time in all those silly negative ones.

You have to leave me.....

Yes, you have to leave me...I will make you to leave me... This is going to be the biggest fight of my life...and I will win anyhow.... You so bad, so irritating...FAT and Bulges.....yes I am talking about this new fight of life with my own self.....I need to lose weight. I have been trying for it for long, juggled up with it everyday, every now and then, but what I always got was Defeat..... But not now....I have to figure out what is wrong in me and my approach....why I am not able to get rid of this......

To start with I needs to do some analysis, some defined and structured approach.... to start with Current weight as on 10/04/2014 - 64 kgs. 
Final Goal - 54 kgs
So the target is to lose around 10 kgs.

I did some calculations and according to that:
My BMR = 1400.9 and multiplied with 1.375 ( light exercise)
my calorie intake came to 1926.
So to lose weight I have to eat somewhere around 1200 cal.

Its because of ME.... :)

From my school time itself, I was always very active in all different areas like extra curricular activities and all. I have also been a good scholar too. In college I have been involved in all student association activities, later became Student's Association Vice-President and then President too. Organized many events, have been involved in Yoga , swimming and ..... Ohh the list is long.....but what is the point of mentioning it all her.... :) It is because this is what I am, yes, super active....... and as one day when I was cribbing for Champ (my son) as why can't he sit quietly for some time, my husband showed me an article in TimesOfIndia, next morning which said that active women have active kids.... And he said its all

because of you

... :D

Here is the article - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Active-mothers-have-active-children-says-study/articleshow/32634280.cms

About Me...

About me: Hmmm nothing very different, very new about me :) I am a normal woman, a working mother with 3.9 yrs old Hyper Active Boy. Have a loving, caring and super supportive husband V. I have always been into writing too but after marriage and kid, that has left behind, this blog is to have a place to pen down whatever is going into my mind and heart....I hope I will succeed to keep it up.....