I remember posting a few months back about my weight gain issues and my lack of initiative to lose any of it.
I also remember asking people to remind me about the work-outs I had planned (really?!!)
Barring a few, no one bothered to 😦
Last week I posted a few pics from the cookery competition I was a part of. People commented that I looked rather slim for a mother of twins. Aaah!! But that was only half the truth. What many people DID NOT realize was that the snaps were cleverly clipped at the point where they showed the entire me !
Brilliant work, that. Especially since it came from a person who has never touched Photoshop!
B-U-T.
How long can one deceive? How far do untruths go? We all gotta wake up and smell the coffee, right?
So, was it any real surprise when I visited a pathology lab last week for a medical check-up (for my LIC policy) and found to my horror that I have *hold your breath* breached the 70 Kgs barrier 😯
But, here comes the REAL shocker!
I breached it by FIVE kgs!
So, forget my laments about hovering just above the 70kgs mark on the weighing scale. I, shamefully, stand at a mammoth 75kgs for a 157cm frame.
*hanging head*
I know, I know….no punishment is enough! I think I’ve become a nut. The one with the hard shell, of course. The kind of shell that doesn’t pierce easily 😐
So no laments from mother, no tender hints from the BF, no straight-faced truths from the twins nor the ever-changing measurements at the tailor’s have been instrumental in making me come to terms with the weight gain!!
Once more, I blatantly confess to my procrastination, my hopes of starting work-outs from ‘tomorrow’ and my resolve to give up on fried food and sweets asap.
Lies. All lies.
*Sigh*
Tell me, is there a cure for the mind?? I’m sure my body follows my mind. And my mind is rather weak right now. I can’t stick to a diet, I can’t follow a work-out routine, I’m lazy, hopeless and now, irrevocably FAT.
*plus, I love soaking in misery*
Can someone pull me out of this pool of pity??
Sorry, no help here! I crossed the 7- kg barrier myself, and if I do not control things RIGHT NOW, I’m gonna bound across the next 10 kgs soon. Besides, I’ve got (minus) 7 cms over you, so it makes me all the more whale-ish. Gah! In any case, I cannot compare with you. You take care of a whole lot of people and the house and the house guests. I can barely manage the two of us, and the two very low-maintenance dogs. I have no excuse 😦
Noor, on the other hand, i crossed the 70kg, other way around, after a long long time :). I now officially weigh 69.5 kgs, doesn’t take much to cross 70 though.
For my sake have a chocolate rasagulla (Portico in Sayaji, does have this).
Srihari….truly a friend, aren’t you 😛 😀 ?!!
btw, does drooling cause weight loss??
😐 😐 😐
whatever i can, to help you Noor 😉
depends on how you drool, are you jumping, hopping, running while you are drooling?
you in pt right, do u walk up the stairs for lunch/snacks? try that if u r not already doing it
Hey MomofRS, Please let me tell you, you have exact similar situationed people for company, not you alone. I thought my heart ached to eat more and more and the very next moment i realised my mind is so weak that it just gives up. Whay a pity?? I am not less in weight than you. But here is the real thing, i can loose weight easily as well if i am on a normal diet (that is tough) and exercise which i do everyday. For me no eating out, no barging on sweets and fried foods, nothng inbetween meals except fruits. Start to write what you eat and see what all you can cut down on. Even when you see that you are gaining weight inspite of careful eating and all the needed, i would say check on thyroid levels as well. My friend kept on putting on inspite of low food intake and controlled eating, she was detected borderline hypothyroid. We should not give up yaar, mind needs to be controlled.
How positively blessed you are dear 🙂 !!
I think I gain weight just by thinking about it!!
But yes, for starters, I can write down all that i eat in a day….i think it is a good idea.
thanks for dropping by 🙂
I’m in the same boat as you Momo 😦 😦 at least I can give you a hug and cry with you! *sheesh*
((Hugs back))
thanks a lot sweetheart 😐
Lets both cry together 🙂
wat do i say, when i am struggling to put on weight.. 🙂
You lucky girl you!!!
😐 😐 😐
I burn in envy….alas, its no use. the burningin-envy doesnt really burn them fats 😦
do you want to do this together?? I am on my journey down or should I call it struggle? I will message you on FB.
Sure 🙂
I’m in!!
Though frankly, I dont think i’ll have a better update next week 😦
I’ll still keep track though 🙂
Thanks for chipping in for the weight count 🙂
Galll!!!! I am totally with you here… Let’s do this together since it really helps if you have someone with you!!!
Let’s write our diet to each other no cheat n a lil exercise we do! Ours wts.. compared every-week!?! What say? I am there with you!!!
I need to do it too.. n im not getting there try as i may and the post totally tells my story!!! n i have the time in the world and still dont look after it 😦
I’m IN!!!
My weight is 75kgs as of now. Will let you know what I weigh next week 🙂
I can be of no helpt whatsoever I am myself so overly overwieght 😦
No, you aren’t!!!
Unless you’ve been using photoshop to tweak your snaps before posting them 😛
🙂 🙂 🙂
hello !
I crossed it long bak bt ,found a diet which is not tough to follow 🙂
dr .rosedale diet . it’s helping . u just have to avoid carbs ! u can eat every thing
and u can notice the difference in 20 days . try it .
looking forward for more posts …..anoo
Hi Anoo,
thanks a lot for this input. I looked up Dr.Rosendale diet on the net.
Let me see if I can start implementing it in fits and starts 🙂
Will definitely update this space if there is any weight loss 🙂
Cheers 🙂
Hi Noor. I have a very good friend who has successfully managed it. The trigger for him was not self-realization (as it appears in your case) but the back telling him that it could no longer support his weight. He initially tried wacky diets and exercise. However that did not help.
He finally availed the services of a professional dietician – and that helped. She is very strict and has a no-nonsense approach. He followed her instructions reasonably strictly but you could make out that he was serious and committed. Every thursday he would have a meeting with her – he would be tense if he failed to achieve the target (not just in terms of weight change but also in terms of the diet plan for the week). So much so that we used to call his meeting as “his date with Ms. Hitler”.
There was no crash diet, no sudden reduction in intake, there was reasonable flexibility in terms of eating out.. and the out come has been a fairly sustainable weight loss.
I would really recommend that you find a good dietician in your area.
Yes, I’ve heard about the postive effects of hiring a dietician myself. I did consider it once, but since I’m slave to mine and the children’s work/school timings, visitng a dietician regularly is out of question 😐
Maybe once the kids are a little older and start full-day school, I may actually visit a dietician 🙂
Thanks for the input though 🙂
One day a week for 15 mins is all it takes! I know it is tough with two kids but you owe it to yourself
I know!! I do!!!
Right now its Ramzan, once its over, I plan to follow a difinte work-out program, at home!
Hi, I too am in the same boat and am looking at ways to remedy the situation. A diet diary is the first step I think as it will point to the pit-fall times of the day. Unfortunately, in my case I even know that but am unable to stick to my resolve of not helping myself to more than one biscuit in the evening. Cutting down sugar and salt intake in the evening (after 7pm) seems to help. I know people in India have late dinner but if you could try and keep awake at least for 2hrs after dinner, that would help too. I do realise that you do a lot more taking care of your household so you might want to have a look at your schedule to see how it can fit. Rujuta Diwekar’s book is good at least to have a starting point, you may not have to follow/believe all that she says but she does have some good pointers. Good luck with the weight-loss programme. Also remember that fitness matters more than weight.
Yeah, Rujuta Diwekar seems rather popular, I believe, because her suggestions work.
I have subscribed to her on FB.
Thanks for dropping by 🙂