Have 2 Minutes? See What Has Happened After Two Weeks Of My Continuous Efforts! You Might Be Surprised.

We love to brag about ourselves.

"I was the most popular person in my college," 

"That girls is totally into me."

"I’ve bought a killer car. Let's go for a drive yar!"

"I can do anything, if I want."

Blah! Blah! Blah!

I wish I could brag too, but being honest even after two weeks of dedicated efforts:

I still weigh same!

Hell! But Why?

There might be many reasons behind it. I might have become too old to lose fat or there might be some hormonal issues with me. But I believe it’s because:

it’s hard to eat less food. Let me explain.

I switched from tea to green tea to cut 400 calories from my diet, but when I was not having tea, I was binging (desperately eating deserts at night). I was so horny for food by the night, that I just couldn’t control myself anymore, and ended up eating more than I actually used to eat.

More important, I was foolish to think I could stop liking tea that I had liked for all my life. Could you stop loving someone whom you holding on dearly for 3 decades of your life? No, so how could I? I punished myself for being a little overweight, by not drinking my love for 5 days, but eventually I ended up taking 4 tea on Saturday, and two on Sunday (which is not over yet) 

One more confession: Since Saturday, I’m not jogging too. Why? I was just not feeling to jog. And it’s the main reason people quit exercise. They start it to burn calories, and when they don’t see results they get bored and quit it all together.

If I’ll go like this, I’m bound to fail. So, I need to be realistic with my goals. I can’t just not eat a food that I’ve been eating or drinking for all my life. I need to learn to manage my food so that I can create a calorie deficient for the day.

Bottom Line : I’ve failed, but I’m going to try again and again until I won or I die(Whatever comes earlier) J

What 3 Lessons I learned About Fat Loss After Many Failed Attempts(And Two Successful Attempts) !

In my first post I said "I've thin for most of my life."

So, how could I fail many times? I'll explain :

It's true that I had been thin. But when I gained weight(even for few years), I failed, failed and failed few more times to become thin again.

And these failures has taught me three valuable lessons.

1) Fat loss happens only - if you maintain your sanity. 

Let me explain.

Since I've started this fat loss journey, instead of loosing any weight, I've gained 5 pounds.

Try to be in my place. How it feels? Good? Bad?

or Worst?

If I had not tried this before, I might have stopped putting any more effort. If I had not tried this before, I might have never gathered the courage to share it publicly on my facebook accout. But because I did - I know what most people don't :

Fat loss isn't one day, one week or one month game. It's a long term commitment. If you'll expect to get results soon, you'll be disappointed and leave it.

Be prepared mentally to get fail. Be prepared to work even without seeing any results for months. Then and only then, you'll be able to win this game.

Ok., so that was the first lesson, what's the second lesson?

2) There's No Point In Being Obsessed About Your Weight

As I already said in my last post, I gained 5 pounds. But did I?

No!

After that day, I weighed myself many times. In morning, in noon, in evening and night even. And I realized that our weight changes from time to time. Even drinking a glass of water can make you one pound heavier. Besides this atmospheric pressure, the food you eat, glycogen level in the muscle etc each play a role in our weight. So, our weight can fluctuate from time to time between 2 to 4 kgs, you don't need to be obsessed about it. Weigh yourself once every week, and be done with it. I know this is easier said than done, but trust me on this. The more times you weigh  yourself, the more impatient you become.


3) Life's Satisfaction Decreases Temporarily

I've started to jog for 10 minutes, I've switched from tea to green tea. But how do I feel inside? Honestly, it's not a rewarding feeling. I feel empty inside.

We get addicted to food, and when we try to take control of it. We're bound to feel miserable at least for few months. But after some time, we start feeling normal again.

Please share this post to help those who really need it. :)

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!!

Since 10 days I'm making consistent changes in my life, I though to re-check my weight. 

May be by now I've lost some. So, I stepped on the weighing scale, and...guess what? 

Instead of losing some, I've gained 2kgs. I now weigh 82kg. 

Obviously, it has disheartened me a bit, but remember Edison failed 10K times before inventing electric bulb, and I've only failed once. 

So, I'll try again!

Switching From Tea to Green Tea

In my last post, I recorded my current diet on a typical day.

I was amazed to see that I was getting 400 Kcal from tea alone. I'm taking a bold move and switching from tea to green tea. Green tea has zero calories(unless we add sugar and milk in it) So this way, I'm cutting down 400Kcal.

Will update about results shortly. :)

My Current Diet (Before Making Any Changes)

In my last post, I told you that I'm going to study some diet books for making changes in my diet and lifestyle.

Before I begin making any changes, I just writing down my current diet here to track any changes in future: -

1.  7:30 A.M  (Before Breakfast)
   1 Cup Indian Tea (With Buffalo Milk and Sugar) - 100 Kcal Approx.
    Sub Total = 100 Kcal
2. 9:45 A.M Breakfast 
   3 Almonds (Each has 7Kcal approx, so 7x3=21) - 21 Kcal Approx
   1 Glass Milk (Buffalo Whole Milk with 2tsp Sugar) - 300 Kcal Approx
   1 Slice of Bread (With Ghee Coating) - 11 0 Kcal Approx
    Sub Total = 430 Kcal
3. 12:30 P.M Mid Snack
   1 Slice of Apple or Any Seasonal Fruit - 20 Kcal Approx
   1 Cup Indian Tea (With Buffalo Milk and Sugar) - 100 Kcal Approx. {Occasionally}
    Sub Total = 120 Kcal
4.  2:00 P.M Lunch
   3 Roti (With Ghee, & Roti has 100, and Ghee has 50 Kcal) - 450 Kcal Approx or
   3 Paratha (Each Paratha has approx 250 KCal) - 750 Kcal Approx
   With Seasonal Sabji like Began Bharta, Aloo Gobi etc - 150 KCal Approx
   1 Cup Indian Tea (With Buffalo Milk and Sugar) - 100 Kcal Approx.
    Sub Total = 1000 Kcal
5. 7:30 P.M (Before Dinner)
   1 Cup Indian Tea (With Buffalo Milk and Sugar) - 100 Kcal Approx.
   Buiscuits or Namkeen - 50 Kcal
    Sub Total = 150 Kcal
6. 9 P.M (Dinner)
   4 Roti (With Ghee, & Roti has 100, and Ghee has 50 Kcal) - 600 Kcal Approx or
   4 Paratha (Each Paratha has approx 250 KCal) - 1000 Kcal Approx
   (Ghee Added) With Seasonal Sabji like Began Bharta, Aloo Gobi etc - 200  KCal Approx
   Any Desert - 250 KCal
    Sub Total = 1450 Kcal

 GRAND TOTAL = 3200 Kcal

I've calculated the upper limit not the lower limits of calories as much as possible. For instance, most of the time I have rotis, but still I've calculated my diet calories as if I'm taking Parathas this is because to be safe.

More important, the calories of each food has been taken from internet and they are just rough estimation of my current diet. I may be consuming far less around 2300 or 2400 Kcal or even more around 3500 Kcal. I'm not going into that much detail yet. It's just a rough record to guide my choices in future.

One week has passed. 

I’ve lost no fat yet and I still weight the same – 80Kg. 

This week, I’m going to study four popular books on Fat loss so that I can make some changes in my diet and lifestyle. 

(1) The Great Indian Diet by Shilpa Shetty and Luke, 

(2) Bollywood Body by Design written by Kris Gethin. Kris is mainly famous because he has trained Hritik Roshan, John Abrahim, Ranvir Singh and many other well know personalities.

(3) Don’t lose your mind, lose your weight by Rujuta. Rujuta is a Registered Dietitian who helped Kareena Kapoor lose weight. And 

(4) The Lean Muscle Diet by Alan Argon, and let me tell you Alan is Giant when it comes to nutrition advice. 

So, I’ll study these books and will share with you what steps I’m going to take.

One More Baby Step Towards My Fat Loss Journey

In last post, I told you that I've increased the jogging time from 3 minutes to 10 minutes. I’ve taken one more baby step towards my fat loss goal. 

Today, I get off the rikshaw before reaching my home, and walked the remaining distance. It took me only 10 minutes to come home. And I think I can do it daily, so from now on I’ll leave rikshaw at that place only, and will walk that extra distance