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.....