Day - 87 to Day - 100

Entry for 12/04/2013 to 12/17/2013    ---  Alright finally I'm here to update... I changed my shift to accommodate swimming, but that left me with very little time for anything else... Okay that's not entirely true... I've had enough time to play my Facebook game Criminal Case.... Had spent significant time on it, but been keeping away from writing the blog... A cold wave of the winter hit my city, that hampered my morning routine and doesn't prove to be conducive for running.... I managed only 4 days of running since December 1st.... But ensured that i kept swimming.... I swam for 13 days in total (this is till 21st).... Let me tell you this.... I can do freestyle now.... couple of weekend days i spent more than 3hours on each day and that really helped me get rid of my fear for water.... I regret that i didnt write the blog regularly, it would have been a nice jorney from those initial days when i was so bad and scared in just a 4feet of water.... Now i ca float freely, do a little bit of breast stroke, but cant synchronize my legs with hands... I find this stroke very relaxing.... I can do a freestroke well, legs and hands are in control, and i cover good distance... But breathing is still a problem, i can cross the width of the pool in one breath... but for crossing the length need at least one stop to take breath.... Cant bring my head up to take breath or exhale in water yet.... hoping to do this soon... Have broken food rules few times, may be a little more frequently that the normal days... But the over all adherence has been fair... All in all when i checked my weight at the end, i have lost 5kgs... I'm pretty happy with this number... But this wasnt the real target, I'm miles better compared to my lifestyle 3 months ago... I complete two 10ks in Marathons and did 10k on my own 3 times... Increased my distance and improved my time for 10k well... I'm happy with my own progress, but i do see lot of things i could have done.... All in all i would deem the experiment a success... I'm going to continue the same.... this time may be with a little bit more vigour... Right now on a 2 week vacation to my hometown... where I'm constructing a house for my parents... This would be done in 15 days.... Here to love and show hospitality means to feed someone to the point of killing them then and there... So I'm certain I'll put on some weight by the time I'm back to the town when I live... So I'll restart the experiment again from January 6th 2014.... Hopefully without putting on too much weight... Planning to continue running and swimming... Hoping to add Cycling once my weight goes below 90... Lets see when i can do it... Looking forward for the next 100 days and to get more healthy... Lets see how this goes...

Day - 86

Entry for 12/03/2013--- Okay the Swimming day !!!! slept late but wokeup early to start swimming, there is a 4feet pool in my office campus... its been there for 5years i never set my foot anywhere near it... but starting today i want to spend sometime with this beautiful aquatic creature... so went to office at 8am, put on my new swimming costume, with new swimming goggles, headband and an upper and lower swimming costume to cover my gigantic being... i did my first swimming lesson... Boy did I suck really bad... i tested the patience of my friend who was trying to teach me the first lesson of swimming, FLOATING... i was so bad at it... its very hard to override the hardwired instinct that tells u that u r drowning and screms at u to find solid ground... after many attempts i couldnt do what her asked me to successfully, and everytime i rushed to reach the ground, i hurt my leg... both my legs have cramps now... its a little embaressing that all this happend in 4feet of water ... but hey I'm glad to have tried it and wont be giving up easily... i have bigger plans with swimming, hopefully i can learn to do it in next 3 months... so will take rest tomorrow and start swimming again from the day after... lunch had 4 thin flat bread with cauliflower curry, had a spinach dosa with potato salad in the evening, no dinner... looking forward for a good night's sleep...

Day - 85

Entry for 12/02/2013  --- there arent a lot of pains, so thats good... went to office, took my medal, wokeup around 9am... ate a lot of fried rice in the afternoon with chicken... didnt eat anything for dinner, wasnt hungry at all... a slow day... nothing much to update... starting swimming tomorrow... Tomorrow is the first lesson... excited about it...

Day - 84

Entry for 12/01/2013 --- Race day!!!! Despite of my best efforts couldnt get enough sleep last night, and before the race tried to run a little to see how my back was holding up, it wasnt very promising, i havent run well for the last 2 weeks owing to ankle pains and fear of an impending ankle injury... so lot of negetives going into the race, anyway i started the race with 1300 other people, so in that rush you have to run... so i started running, everything seemed to settle down and there were no pains atleast not in unbearable proportions, so I continued to run for 2 or 2.5 kms, when the most unexpected and stupidest of all reasons stopped my run... my shoe lace on my left foot was loose... it was danglish from left to right, i ignored it for a while, but it presents the danger of a fall plus every one running past me was telling me about it, so ultimately i had to stop... get it tied again and walk for few moments so that the heaviness in my legs can wear off before i strat running, also had to take loo break... so i wasted about 5mins for all this... surprisingly my ankles didnt hurt... i guess it was good decision to rest for few days... or it might just be my laziness talking either way, i was doing well, running more and walking less compared to my previous attempt on october 6th... The crowd support was amazing that also kept me going... So i finished with a time of 97mins... 7 mins above the target i had in mind but i'm happy with it... considering all the negatives I'm happy with the time... now the target is to train harder and get inside 90mins... will try it out... post the race had a breakfast of a sadwich, fruit juice and a couple of bananas and plenty of water... didnt wanted to stay home and laze around on the bed, so went out for a big lunch in the afternoon, had fish, chicken and prawns with flour made flat bread and rice flour pancakes and a lot of buttermilk... then went out for shopping with my friends for a laptop... in the evening had a team dinner, where i had only a little bit of starters and desert... winding up the day slept early... REST tomorrow :) :)... was a good day...

Day - 83

Entry for 11/30/2013 ---  slept till 2:30pm... had a long long sleep, well deserved... woke up couple of times in between when my back ache soared, but felt better than last night after that lengthy sleep.... Icing on the cake was that my lunch was already prepared, so had lunch and stayed on bed all afternoon and the evening just to make sure i don't aggravate my back... Had Rice with yellow Lentil stew all day for lunch and dinner with some scrambled eggs... Carbs build up in my body must be good now... but I'm not sure how my body will react tomorrow... I'm scared of doing some damage during the run... but cant give up on the 10k... it all seems so much of a cliche... anyway looking forward for tomorrow, not sure if i can realistically achieve my 90mins target, but will try my best....

Day - 82

Entry for 29/12/2013 --- Wanted to take leave from office today and just rest to get my back pain in control... but as fate would have it, got a call from some rare visit to my office, so went in 2hrs early... and ended up working for 12hrs... :( :(  ... still feeling the pain at the end of the day, have to be on bed entire day tomorrow to have any chance of running on Sunday... Sleepin very late hope to sleep till afternoon of tomorrow... Food had kind of 2 lunches, didnt have any dinner, guess had an orange...

Day - 81

Kept my alaram for 5.30am, but  guess i'm running out of motivation... stopped my alaram and went back to sleep... woke up again at someone else's instigation and went for the jog, did my usual 2.7kms... feeling too much of wear and tear in my body not sure the reason... had dosa for breakfast and lunch... dinner will be fruits... probably couple of oranges... but by afternoon started getting back ache stiff back and stiff neck and shoulders... this is a serious concern... have to get some rest and be in a good shape for sunday... have to collect my bib for sunday event.... planning to go in sometime.... Happy Thanks Giving to all the spambots hitting the blog and to any real people who might stumble on to this page (which i'm sure doesnt happen at all) ... I've got a lot to be thankful for... Finally being able to do something i've wanted to do for along time is definitely the primary thing.... now hoping to be better in a couple of days to run my 10k in an international marathon... 90mins.... thats the target now...

Day - 80

Entry for 11/27/2013 --- Breakfast 2 puffs. No running... Lunch Biryani, a spiced rice and chicken dish...2 teas in the afternoon had a lot of work and was feeling sleepy so needed 2 teas... Dinner an apple and 2 oranges... will run again tomorrow

Day - 79

Entry for 11/26/2013 --- Woke up at 5.30am after a very bad dream, went for the jog, Updated the blogs, Ran only 1.5kms... ankles started to show signs of pain so stopped... Dont remember what all i ate didnt anything abnormal except for some rice in the afternoon... carbo loading for sunday...

Day - 78

Entry for 11/25/2013 ---- When i slept last night, the effects of the rides were still present, I was feeling the effects in my sleep as well... couple of times I may have fallen out of my bed ... ha ha ha just kidding... the effects were the though, i was in my sleep still feeling like i am riding on the roller coaster... through out the day, i felt dizzy and my head was kind of spinning... body is settling down no severe pains as such, but there is still soreness in my body... tried out new shoes to office, ate puffs, chips, a sandwhich and chinese food for dinner... not good for the experiment... have to get back on track from tomorrow will check my weight tomorrow... it rained today, and it was pouring down like hell... i had to do some walking in the rain to get to my dinner appoinment ... but it was worth it... new shoes ruined :( ... they are supposed to be water proof, but they are cheap shoes so not sure if that promise would hold up or not... washed them and left them to dry lets see what happens to them... will jog tomorrow, little anxious to do after so many days... lets see how my ankles react... looking forward for a good sleep...

Day - 77

Entry for 11/24/2013 ---- Woke up at 5.30am... no jogging, going for a team outing today... And boy did i enjoy the roller coasters.... did all 4 of them which were there in that park.... the pure rush of blood and adrenelin is unimaginable... my head is still spinning after 2 days... It was an awesome experience... did few more rides like Dare 2 Drop, kind of a free fall ride, guess its called the superman jump in some parks... enjoyed the day... was on my feet all day, so good workout as well... except for some headspinning and sore body everything else is cool... feeling amazing... I guess this is the closest anyone can get to flying if they are not superman or his girlfriend... one of the best days in the recent times... had to travel today on some important thing, but had to cancel it bcoz of some unforeseen circumstances... either way feeling great... got home very very late slept around 3am... so no jogging tomorrow as well...

Day - 76

Entry for 11/23/2013  --- Woke up late... but got up around 9am, had made some plans to go out for some shopping with friends... so went out, ate out the whole day, so there was lot of stuff i ate which i shouldnt have eaten... but roamed around a lot... walked around the whole day... Bought my self a new pair of shoes... a new hard drive.... and swimming Gear !!!!! If my ankle doesnt settle down will start swimming soon... even will alternate between swimming and jogging... planning to do swimming for fun... i wanted to learn swimming for a long time, but never could begin... So lets see how that goes... Ankle is better... but no jogging yet... have a team outing tomorrow, so have to wake up very early... going to an amusement park, never been on a roller coaster, so looking forward to this...

Day - 75

Entry for 11/22/2013 --- No jogging, ankle is a little better but not in the best shape yet... walking continues... register for 10k on 1st december... probably will go for jogging from tomorrow... lets see... slept late last night... food... had nothing for breakfast as i wokeup late... lunch had 3 thick flat bread made of flour in a tandoor with mutton curry... evening some puffed rice with some spices... Dinner 3 very very thin flat bread with mix veg curry... Got home very late... sleeping very late...

Day - 74

Entry for 11/21/2013 --- Didnt go jogging...need some more rest... not sure why but my body is asking for rest... or its asking for rest but in reality is just being lazy... changing shoes from tomorrow, wearing old shoes i used to run with earlier... today has been a bbit of disaster in terms of food... had an omlet for breakfast... Lunch... had 3 flat bread, with rice and 2 veg curries... dinner was trying to settle down for an apple but ended up having a dinner after some interesting conversations and strange turn of events... anyway slept very very late... so no jogging tomorrow as well...

Day - 73

Entry for 11/20/2013 --- For some reason my body still feels tired when i take my usual walk around the office. Didnt go for jog today, slept well, but i still feel a little tired not sure the reason... And the cold and Throat Infection arent helping either.... anyway no jogging today, usual office and work... Not sure if i mentioned this earlier in other entries, but everyday evening i take a couple of rounds around the office, just normal slow walk... probably i cover about 2kms... so i get a feel for my ankle everyday... i know its much better now, but the sleepy feeling is still there so wont be going for jogging tomorrow as well... ok food

Breakfast  -- Nothing, was asleep till 11am.
Lunch       -- 3 flat bread with chicpeas in a gravy and an orange juice
evening     -- had three small dosa
Dinner       -- glass of milk and an orange

No jogging, but no big screwups in food... Will rest again tomorrow...

There is a marathon in my city on December 1st... registered for 10k and got a couple of other heavy kids ;) from my team also to register... so it will be fun... just hoping that my ankles dont throw me a surprise in the next 2 weeks... So will start my practise runs from day after tomorrow onwards... target this time is to complete in 90mins... fingers crossed....

Day - 72

Entry for 11/19/2013.... Getting back on track, updated the blog for the earlier days... Didnt jog today... Day seemed so lousy without the morning jog... anyway, my legs hurt a little... not sure why this sudden change... wokeup at 8am and had to do something like i explained in my last entry.... did that this morning, Happy to have done it... but just hope i didnt bother my friend too much with the news... it didnt seem so, but its hard to read a woman, specially if she is a strong independent and free thinking woman and believe me such woman knows what you are going to say even before you say it. Anyway we are still friends and thats what i care about...So food...

Beakfast  --  An apple
Lunch      --  3 and a half flat bread with mix veg curry
Evening   -- 2 teas
Dinner     --  Musk Melon Juice and dosa

Not running tomorrow also... still feel tired and drowsy, got a bit of cold and throat infection... seasonal change always does this... will rest well tomorrow may be i can run the day after... i hope to...

Day - 71

Entry for 11/18/2013   ----  The day after the big jog and the fat meal... mixed emotions and stiff limbs and a appeased stomach.... thats how i would define this morning... had to fight myslef to get out of bed... some part of me was telling me to rest for today specially after that big jog and ankle pains... but i had to go, yesterday's dinner was so big... so i went, the moment i strted running, i knew i was in trouble. Both my knees and ankles were hurting, but i cant stop running not after that dinner... so i kept going for 1km then my knees settled down, ankles still pain a little specially the right one which used to be my strong one earlier... anyway ran till my usual point of 2.7kms, was seriously considering continuing the run against my better judgement when a street dog started chasing me.... so i had to stop running and engage in a stare down with the dog to keep it down... it almost growled (seriously not even barked it growled at me or my be it was just the Adrenalin in me at the time) and made me stop. And i thank it for that... long live street dogs... :) :) ... otherwise i would have continued to run and probably hurt myself... anyway the pain in ankles seems a little troubbling so i will not run tomorrow, will try to allow my body to heal and rest... Ok food

Morning -- Orange
Lunch     -- When ever i have limb pains, i turn to mutton so had mutton curry with 4 flat bread made in tandoor, i should have stopped at the second flat bread... again small guilt here...
Evening  -- 2 teas, was feeling sleepy so had to have some tea to keep my self awake and do the work
Dinner    --  An orange

All in all an okay day... Decided to do something important tomorrow, and may be a little foolish as well, but might as well do it than to regret for the rest of my life... been thinking about doing it for a while, but was doubtful of risking a friendship that i value... but i guess u need to honest with any friend of great value, so will do the same and hopefully dont drive them too mad... hopefully...

Day - 70

Entry for 11/17/2013 --- Woke up at 5:00am, couldnt sleep well last night, was excited and looking forward for the big run... 2 days without running and 4 days of feeding or bad eating... so kept my targets high today... first kilometer difficult as usual... then after 3kms had a serious thought of giving up the run, but the guilt of 4 days drove me foorward... kept going and going and going... all in all i ran close to 8kms in just over an hour... my T-shirt was soaking in sweat... stopped after 8kms because my right ankle along with my left ankle started paining around the 6km mark and they couldnt take anymore after 8kms... so i stopped, walked back 3kms to my home... so all in all a very good day... found some surprising things today, after 5 to 6kms your body doesnt get tired very easily, your breathing is so relaxed... if only i can build strength in my legs and limbs i can clearly run a long distance.... may be even a half marathon... but first lets not get ahead of ourselves... lets just try to run a 10k first, i havent done that yet... and need to make sure i dont hurt my self in the next few days... but very happy with today... ok food

Had about 400ml of milk an hour after the run...
11:00am had a mixed fruit juice
Lunch an orange and a pear
Dinner  --- Family day at office, so its an annual feast and the beast in me came out raging across the buffet, devouring everything in its path... so today is a lost cause... despite of all i have done this morning, the day ends on a bad note...

i guess this meal alone will be in excess of 3000calories... that 30kms of running :(((( .... I'm sure my weight will be back to 100 now... 70% of the experiment ends on a bad note...

Day - 69

Entry for 11/16/2013   ---  Okay Another day of excuses and made up hurdles... slept late again, so didnt get up in the morning... so no jogging... Had to do some shopping, so went out with friends in the morning, had a Veg Roll with Garlic veg balls, not a good choice, but so i have been for the past couple of days... did all the shopping, skipped class in the afternoon watched a movie, in the intermission ate popcorn and chicken nuggets again bad judgent, then did some grocerries shopping then had a simple dinner of 2 flat breads, yellow lentil stew called Dal and mix veg curry... Hoping for a big sunday run..lot of guilt  and weight builing up inside... have to sweat some of it tomorrow...

Day - 68

Entry for 11/15/2013 --- Didnt run... was feeling lazy and pissedoff with the way things have been going... not sure what i'm thinking but days are going on and I'm losing control... didnt eat anything in the morning, afternoon there was a big party boss's b'day and 4year anniversary in this company... so again big big lunch... didnt eat anything in the night, just had some butter milk... not in a mood to update the blog also after so much mess cant write again about the day... will update after a couple of days...

Day - 67

Slept at around midnight and wokeup at around 5.45am... Its cold outside so its getting hard to wake up... feel so lazy... after a few mins of lazing on my bed... got ready and went for the jog... Same as everyday rusty and out of breath for the first km. From 1km to 2kms things were looking bright... Then my left ankle started to peekout everynow and then reminding me of its presence like a meercat peeking out of its hole... also both my ankles started to hurt for some reason... this is the first time this is happening... I continued till the 3km mark, took me 25mins... then after a while of walking everything seemed normal again... just hoping not to get into an injury of some sort... Not a good morning succeding a not much better of a day... Food

Breakfast    -- 2 eggs and 6 exteremely thin (almost half of the thickness of a normal bread slice) pieces of whole wheat bread... bread and raw eggs melanged on a hot pan with some salt and red  chilli powder.

Lunch         --  Here is where things started to fall apart... I'm back into my rotten routine... went outside ate flat bread, chicken in a gravy and a rice dish called Biryani... though only some rice, still   rules broken...

In-Between--  Another disaster... lot of people coming to back to office after the year's biggest festival, lot of sweets on the floor, Today is Boss's b'day, his 4year anniversary so again sweets... Such forced/implied social interactions cause me to get off track... and i did today

Dinner       --  Not in a mood to eat anything, disappointed with the way the day went on... I have to    introspect on few things and really get my shit together and focus... Well what do u know... I went out and had dinner... there was a fire drill an hour before my shift ended, and had to evacuate the building, and the team went for dinner... i just ate chicken pieces and nothing else...

Checked my weight again after these 3 days of Feeding... it still is at 96... better get my act together before it changes for the worst... also need to be careful with the run and take it a little easy... an Injury would destroy all the hardwork of last 2 months... Need to focus more ... Need to focus...

Day - 66

Slept around 00.30 last night... and had to wake up at 5.30 today... i screwed up big time yesterday so had to make up for it... so with some laziness and difficulty finally got my self out of the bed around 5.45am... got ready and went for the jog... its getting pretty cold in the morning and i didnt jog yesterday and things were looking a little uncertain... i was out of breath soon after i started my jog... had to struggle a lot to just stay afloat for the first kilometer... then things seemed to settele down... after my usual 2.7kms i was pretty tired but yesterdays sins kept me going... very slowly and with very tired body i dragged my self till the 3km point, then my 3rd best of 4km point... now the starting point was very near, but my left ankle started bothering me... still I kept at it and by 40mins reached my start point, then jogged for 200meters more to the begining of my street, which is a little short of 5kms, so took a U turn again, ran around 200mtrs, then another U turn and 200mtrs back to the begining point of my street... So all in all easily more than 5kms... My second best distance till date... Happy with the run... but left ankle and right knee hurt for some time but the pain soon vanished... Hope it doesnt creep up again in tomorrow's run... slept for a couple of hours after the jog, then got to office for a training... all in all ran for 45mins by the end of it i was drenched in sweat... i love the feeling of being drenched in sweat.... tells me that i have done something right that day... this is my second best time as well... Ok Food...

After the jog  --  A few drops of Honey and water
Breakfast       --  2 soft boiled eggs, little bit of salt and red chilli powder
Lunch            --  My ride got me to office pretty late, so was getting late for a training, so only had an
                           orange juice
Evening         --  Had something called as a Egg Paratha. Which is a stuffed flat bread, stuffing consisted
                           of hard boiled egg white cut into small pieces.
Dinner           --  2 parathas (1 chicken, 1 potato) the same stuffed flat breads with different stuffings

So dinner got a little heavy which is very bad... i guess tomorrow's jog has to really count... and I need to get back on track and that too very quickly.... got to stop scrweing around otherwise i will put back those 4kgs....

Day - 65

Slept at around 10.30pm, and kept my alarm at 5.30am... but boy when i wokeup at 5.30am i was delirious and disoriented... fought so hard with my self to get out of bed, but my eyes were burning and my body was telling me stay down... i had no pains anywhere, guess its just the fatigue and the sleepless ness... after fighting with it for 45mins, i gave up... i had to get back to my sleeping, my body was adamant... slept will 11.00am... thats a long long sleep of more than 12hrs... felt really fresh when i woke up... i guess a day of missing jogging didnt bother me too much, coz it felt so great to wake up knowing you cant sleep anymore that day, no matter how hard you try... So got to office... no breakfast... food

Breakfast  --  Nothing, busy sleeping
Lunch       --  Didnt eat anything since last evening, so was hungry. Had 5 flat bread, Spinach and Corn
                      curry and Ridge Gourd curry
Evening    --  Was happy and went little crazy and had a piece few sweets and snacks... none in big
                    quantity, I guess it was just an act of celebration...a little unnecessary... anyway its done now.
                    Also had something called as buttermilk, its just yogurt mixed with a lot of water and salt.
Dinner      --  Okay... its officially messed up today... I'm on a rampage... Had spiced rice with Brijal Curry
                      All experiment rules broken today... anyway i'm not too disappointed... that 4kg difference
                      made my day... will be surely back on track tomorrow... Hopefully that 4kg drop doesnt
                      change tomorrow...

Ok here is the pending topic... Weight... Eventhough i mentioned in one of the days out of frustation more than anything else that i want to lose 5kgs in a specific time, i wasnt serious about it... It was something i said in the spur of a moment... I just stuck to my rules from the first post and continued to run... Havent hit any gym as well... i think its foolish to hit a gym without having some basic fitness level... so I wasnt expecting a big change... anyway there was a considerable change I am very glad... I've lost drumrolllllssssss 4kgs .......... I'm just 96 now ;) ... happy with the change.... long way to go still..... Hoping to keep on with this...

Day - 64

Slept early last night around 9.30pm... After a long jog yesterday, was just curious to see how my body would react... Except for some laziness and sleepyness everything else was fine... Had to force my self to go for the jog... The thing with me or few runners out there is, Once we do a big run, we feel like we deserve some rest or celebration ritual... I wanted to get out of this loop, so i kept my yesterday like any other Sunday... I had to jog today to keep this day as usual as it can be... Also there isnt any pain in my legs, so i didnt see any point of resting or celebrating... So i started my jog with that rusty feeling in the limbs... Breathing is getting difficult to control, one reason is the cold weather, not sure what other reasons could be there... Have to open my mouth every now and then, much frequently than previous days... So i ran with some breathing difficulty but my rhythm was good, i was able to run for 34mins and 4kms... my 3rd best distance... was happy that i could do this after a big jog... So i guess i can do one big jog everyweek... will try to hold my 6km distance in the coming week... got a surprise gift from someone... it was a very nice gesture.... hadn't received any gift in a long long time... infact dont remember the last time i got a gift... ok food...

After the jog...  Ate 2 small chocolates (were part of the gift), no guilt here ;) ;)

Breakfast   --- Moseli corn flakes in milk and honey
Lunch        --- 3 flat bread with Brinjal simply cooked into a mash and a Tea.
Evening     --- 3 hard boiled eggs
Dinner       --- not hungry

Got home very early from work... going to sleep soon... been a good day.... hope to run well tomorrow.... will check my weight tomorrow and post it... should be a small change... lets see... GN

Day - 63

Entry for 11/10/2013.... Ok got to say one thing before i start... Yesterday night when i was eating rice, after the first serving of small quantity of it.... i felt like i had enough... which is unusual because where i come from  we eat rice for lunch and dinner and sometimes even for breakfast... it felt like my stomach had become smaller ( i know that isnt true ;) ..at all)...... anyway i tried a second serving, but couldnt eat it... so had to throw it...so i guess my capacity to eat had reduced a little, I guess thats pretty good news.... anyway woke up at 5.00am... stomach still feels a little full, i guess full stomach the night before isnt a good idea... not atleast for me... The same thing happend on Oct 6th... anyway went for the jog... struggled with breathing and vomitting sensation throughout the run... But it was the big run and i ate a lot of carbs yesterday so had to justify it through my run... So I kept at it, after 5kms, I was closing my eyes and opening them every now and then... felt like i might passout... but that was just for the briefest moment... then it all settled down and i ran some more... All in all Ran 6kms in 51mins... then walked for 7 kms more... total of 13kms took me 130mins... thats 6kms/hr average speed... I'm pretty happy with today... did my best distance and time by far.... Enjoyed the run... First time did 10km or more after oct 6th... Felt great... no pains of any sort... went for my class in the morning after the run... Food..

Breakfast     --  Mixed Fruit Juice
Lunch          --  Dosa, the Rice Pan cakes
Evening       --  Again Dosa
Dinner         --  An apple

Been an amazing day... kept myself physically active till afternoon... then was at home only, mostly taking rest.... just hope not to get any leg pains tomorrow morning and hope i can continue my run tomorrow.... Been a pretty good day after a couple of not so good days.. Finally redemption .... Its almost like a 3 act Screenplay... Pains... Path to Well Being... Straying from the path... and Finally Redemption... The End... Only here its not the end... its just another day... Got a surprise today... a pleasant one.... Hope i can return the gesture at some point... Its just nice to have people around you who are so much like u.... This is a day to remember....and Remember, I will....

Day - 62

Had a huge fiasco yesterday... forgot the keys to my home inside my house, so when i got home at 11pm, i had no keys, so went back to office got the keys from my room mate, and by the time i got home, it was 1.30am... slept around 2.30am... wasnt in any mood or shape to run... so didnt run today... slept well, took a lot of rest till afternoon, then went to my class... Planned to do a 10k today but the incident last night ruined it all... also ate some sweets last night after getting home...

Food today...
Breakfast  --  Nothing, just had some honey and water...
Lunch       --  Ate the remaining sweets... i dont know what the heck i was thinking... u r mind make upall kinds of feel good reasons when it wants to eat... mine was tomorrow u r doing a 10k so must eat...

Evening     --  Had a fruit juice, and a veg puff

Dinner       --  Reason here Carbo loading--- ate Rice, spinach and lentil stew called Dal...

So huge disaster in the name of a 10k.... so have to go tomorrow for sure... Bit of a bad day i guess... Feeling a little down...

Day - 61

So here we are into the last 40% of my experiment... Slept around midnight last night... wokeup at 5.15... After lazing around for 15mins, got ready and went for the jog... Wanted to take things slow today, as i was coming back from a rest day... There was a sense of unmotivated approach to my preparation today, so that pissed me off a little... So i got to my starting point, and ran my usual distance of 2.7kms and went 50mtrs further than the normal stopping point.. took me 21mins... Was in a good shape at this point but stopped myself... Not sure I should have pushed my self a little more or be happy with this laid back run... but it sure was difficult to run today... specially the first km, felt very rusty all over my body... anyway looking for a better tomorrow...

Food

Breakfast   -- Just some honey and water
Lunch        -- Had a big lunch... went outside office campus for lunch... 4 thick flat bread made in a special
                      oven called Tandoor... with Mutton curry and an egg... Not a very bad choice, atleast serves
                      well interms of protine needs, but it was heavy. Also Mutton is believed to be good for
                      limbs, so i guess its okay. Had a buttermilk, which is nothing but Yogurt and water with salt.
Evening    -- Tea, a very small piece of sour bun sandwiched with little bit of cream
Dinner      -- Will update later, probably an apple...

Few more troubles of the heart... trying to find a way to overcome... Been a productive day of writing... wrote couple of things and posted one on my other blog... The second one is a bit over the top, so not sure if i want to publish it...  Tomorrow looks good for a long run... lets see how it goes...

Day - 60

It feels a little weird to take a rest day... but rest days are as important as running days... Need to observe them with same seriousness... So slept around 00.15 last night, woke up at 9am, but stayed in bed lazing around till 10.00am... then got ready for office... Wrote some interesting write-up on Humans and Perfection and sent it across to a couple of friends who are into this sort of thing... One of them replied with some interesting questions and we discussed over a long long email about this topic and other related ones... bit of a serious stuff... Discussed in general about writing with another friend for quite sometime... so was an interesting day with interesting conversations... Felt nice to have some like-minded people around... I guess I did a good thing by starting this blog, it helps me think about things to write about during my run, thereby it keeps me distracted from the distance still to be covered, Whenever I am about to eat something bad 2 things pop up in my mind... Eating this would ruin the efforts of my run this morning and I have to write about it in the blog... It’s almost like a catholic confession... that’s what my blog is sometimes i guess... Anyway it’s helping in controling my urge to fill that black hole inside my stomach... one of the reasons why I haven’t given up on my experiment like i usually do every time, seems to be this blog... Except for some spam bots which keep hitting my blog as referral sites, there aren’t any real viewers of this blog, may be except for 4 of my friends...  So I'm glad i started it... Ok food...

Breakfast     --  Omelet, 2 eggs, some salt and Red chilli powder
Lunch          --  3 flat bread with kidney beans in a gravy
Evening       --  Had a Dosa (the lentil, rice flower pancake... everything else available was oily )
Dinner         --  Evening Dosa i had was around 7.30pm so wasnt hungry, so didnt have anything else.. Had something called as a paan... Its a beetle leaf stuffed with a lot of different things...

One of the things I forgot to mention is for the past 3 days, I have been taking some honey (may be 10gms) after I brush my teeth... then I drink some water... Don’t think this will make any difference, but I like honey so it will continue... I feel light on my feet these days also my cloths tell me that I lost weight... I have checked it once, there is a difference in my weight, but I want to confirm one more time, before i tell myself that I’ve lost weight... so withholding that information for now...

Day - 59

Slept late as usual... around midnight... Woke up at 5.15am, went for the jog... feeling a little discomfort in my body, not sure why... i only walked yesterday... anyway... started my jog with the rusty feeling in my limbs, pushed forward after a kilometre things settled down, but i knew my energy reserves were very low... So kept my pace low. Winter is kicking in, the good thing with winter is sun doesn't come up until 6.30am and i love running in the twilight... but the bad thing is that the air is thick and breathing needs extra effort. Today felt this effect clearly, had to breath quite a few times with my mouth... So after completing 2.7kms, i wanted to go further... so i went up to my 3rd best point, which is nearly 3.8kms... So finished that, then stopped my run. By now i was exhausted, This was the most exhausting run till date. So i guess I'm due for a rest day. Might just get some rest tomorrow and sleep well.... OK Food...

Breakfast  -- An Apple
11.30am    -- A Tea
Lunch        -- 3 flat bread with chickpeas in a gravy. Few raw carrots
Evening     -- Upma ( semolina flour snack)
Dinner       -- An Orange

Not a bad day at all... Couple of cracks in this good day, During lunch got tempted and had 4 thin pieces of shallow fried potatoes. Before dinner had about 10gms of a sweet. Other than this no other distractions. Not proud of them, but couldn't control... Had to work a lot in last 2 days.... so will take rest tomorrow... GN

Day - 58

Woke up at 5.30am... slept at around midnight last night... so not a lot of sleep... went for the jog, yesterday while I was doing the 5kms, I noticed some discomfort in my right knee and it popped up a couple of times during the day. So I just wanted to take things slow today, but didn’t want it to be a rest day, so I walked for 6kms. Walked at varying speeds, 6kms took me 70mins, that's roughly 5kms per hour... not too good, but I guess its okay for a slow day. Came back home, slept for a couple of hours.... rushed to office. Now food,

Breakfast      -- Nothing, didn’t have time to eat breakfast
Lunch           -- Faltered a little bit here, was extremely hungry by lunch time, had 3 flat bread, with 
                          Brijal curry, then RICE!!!! Yeah had rice today, little bit of a sweet called Jilebi.

Evening       -- Tea
Dinner         -- 100ml milk with some corn flakes may be 50gms

So bit of a disaster during lunch, had a craving to go out and have some good lunch, but stopped myself that would have been a bigger disaster. Anyway, not an ideal day, but was feeling a little weak of body and heart so lunch was a result of that. Also been under some stress at work and also in personal life... that might be another reason for seeking the comfort of a full stomach..... Anyway need to do a longer run tomorrow to redeem myself to some extent...

Day - 57

Yeeee...haaaawwww.... Woke up at 5.45am... Went for the jog... Was feeling a little down and lazy... didnt feel like i will run for long... Back to my tattered phone, so no running apps. Set up my timer to 35 daunting minutes and started my run..  the rusty feeling in the limbs is still intact during the first kilometer of the run... Ran slow as usual, after 21mins reached my usual 2.7kms mark... This is where it started to get enjoyable... was feeling pretty tired but my breathing was in a good shape and in my control, so pushed forward... pushed for a uphill climb that comes on my way everyday, after that it was 25mins, wanted to continue atleast till 30mins, by 30mins i reached nearly a good hanlfway back to my starting point, once the 30mins was over wanted to get to a temple on the way, then wanted to reach 35mins, once that was done, i was close to my starting point so wanted to get there :) ... this way with smaller targets in mind, i ran both ways and reached my starting point .... Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... But didnt stop there because i wanted to reach the 5km mark, which i missed by 80meters last time... so i kept going to my previous best point and then went 100 meters ahead just to make sure i dont miss the 5km mark this time... All this took a few seconds more than 42mins... So here I am today with my best distance and feeling ecstatic... was in no mood to do 5km today, but it kind of happened and i'm happy that it did... Just walked back and forth in my street (about 500mts or so) to just cool down... some leg pains might creep up by the evening... but i'm very happy... Easily i must have done a 5km run today... will consult my oracle-the google maps in some time... Didnt eat any breakfast, the sweets i had last night continued to haunt me, though a bad choice, skipped breakfast... Work shift has changed so i will be getting home only by 11pm every night, so this will put some pressure on my morning routine... to get into the habit, i slept for a couple of hours then got to office... will follow this same routine everyday from now on... Ok food

Breakfast --- Nothing
Lunch      --- Theree very thin flat bread, with 2 hard boiled eggs and gravy
Evening   ---Tea
Dinner     --- 4 slices of whole wheat bread with jam and some milk

Read an article yesterday, it talks about weight loss and running... Summary is when you are running and want to loose weight through it, you have to create a big enough energy defficincy between your intake and output by keeping your rest hours and other daily activities the same... So will try to control my intake and remember that on an average i'm spending just 100calories per km...No body pains as of now... have to see how it will be tomorrow morning... GN

Day - 56

Entry for 11/03/2013   ----   Wokeup at around 5.45am, went for the jog... wanted to take it slow... so ran just to my usual 2.7km distance... Ran today with a friends Iphone. It had a running app in it... So was able to exactly know few details... The 3km point which i used to assume as 3kms turns out to be 2.7kms... i guess its alright... ok so here are the details given by that app... Its pretty neat... for the 2.7km i took 21mins, with an average speed of 7.6kms per hour, highest speed of 10.2kms per hour... burnt 260 Calories.... thats even less than a coke bottle or a packet of chips i guess... puts things in perspective doesnt it :) .... so i dont need to feel too good about my run everyday... coz at the end of the day, i'm not burning enough fuel... The app showed that my starting and finishing speeds were high and my speed inbetween was less... which i guess is good... it also shows elevations and other things on your path... all in all in reminded me that 20mins of run per day doesnt create high enough enegry deficit... so i need to think of more ways to spend calories... Glad that i did this... ok so food...

Had rice pancakes all day... stopping these from today... Also had an orange today... Also as it was festival day had a couple of sweets... regret having these babies... but hey it was the biggest festival of the year... :)

Will need to do good enough run to burn more calories from tomorrow...

Day - 55

As planned today was the rest day... slept late... and was sleep deprived for a while... so slept till 11.30am today .... wokeup at my usual 5.30am but forced myself back to sleep... Didnt do much... had some writing work... couldnt get on with it... for some reason i couldnt start it... tried all day but it didnt work out... anyway didnt get anything done... took a couple of kilometers walk in the evening... will run again tomorrow... Food....

Had an orange in the morning...
Had about 100 gms of corn boiled in water with some salt and chilli powder
Had the same in the evening
Dosa (the Rice Flour Pancake) in the evening...

Going to sleep now...

Day - 54

Entry for 11/01/2013  ---- Today was special, i did my best distance by far... and i never thought I would be able to do it.... Here is how it all went down... I wokeup at 5.00 am... went for the jog... kept my timer on 35mins, i thought of today but decided to run as lazily as i could and take Saturday as the rest day... So i started my run, with no intention of completing the 35mins... The initial rustyness in my limbs returned today... my run was slow... after i did my usual 3kms (2.8 according to Google maps).... i was feeling good and wanted to go on further... slowly i crossed all my best distance points and kept going... the discomfort in my left ankle kept popping up every now and then but wasnt serious... so slowly i reached the point where i start all my runs from... then i went 100 or 150 meters further...i felt like i could go forever... but was cautious enough to stop before i ran some stupid distance and injured myself... So i stopped and started walking back to my home which is now just 400meters away... the adrenalin rush started to go down, and the pain in my ankle soared high... it settled down after putting it on some ice... so all is good now... and that distance according to google maps is 4.8kms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not far away from 5km mark... but holding up this distance again would be very difficult for me... so it took me 42mins to finish the 4.8km mark... pretty damn slow, but hey i did better than my best... and thats what running is for me... And i think the Rice flour pancakes did have something to do with the energy i found i had this morning... Okay so 4 days of good runs... i WILL take a rest day tomorrow... It was a traditional day at office... so went in a traditional attire... Food...

Breakfast        ---    A 2egg omlet with some salt and chilli powder and an Orange

Pre-lunch        ---    Tea

Lunch             ---    5 flat bread with Cauliflower (i may have gotten a little carried away with that good run this morning)

Evening           ---   Poha (the flaked rice snack)

Dinner              ---  Met with someone after a while so went for a coffee and i had a milk shake :( ...

The milkshake was sweet, but the discussion went down the sour road.... anyway... Slept a little late... no run tomorrow... got a lot of writing work thats been pending for long... no classes in the weekend, so will finish this work over the weekend hopefully....

Day - 53

Entry for 10/31/2013  --  Woke up at 5.45am... didnt have my alarm on... but i guess the habit of waking up everyday woke me up around my usual time... went for the jog, went pretty late around 6.45am... did my 3km distance, Wasnt in a mood to strain my self as i already did my best distance yesterday... But something interesting today was that my run started at a high pace, not sure why... and i didnt have the usual inertia in my limbs... it was all pretty smooth and ran faster than usual for 1Km or so then went to my normal slow pace... all in all a good run of 3km which took only 20mins... (usually it takes 23 mins)....

Breakfast   -- Had DOSA (made at home, its the Rice and lentils pancake i was planning to stop eating :( )
Pre-Lunch -- Tea

Lunch        -- An Egg sandwich made with a hard boiled eggs, layered between 2 slices of whole wheat bread, and a third slice seperated by boiled corn. No cheese.

Dinner       -- Again Dosa (The Rice and lentils pancake)

Not sure if i want to run tomorrow, been 3 good days of running... thinking about taking a rest day... will decide tomorrow...

Day - 52

Slept around 11.30pm last night and wokeup at 5.15am... Went for the jog... wanted to hold up my yesterday's distance... so set my timer at 35mins... just to keep it daunting... i was sure i couldnt do this much of time... so started off as everyday with lots of discomfort... but once all the rust went off in my body... i was at my usual slow pace, steady breath... and looking good... After 2.5kms... my back started hurting a bit ... it was the usual pain that everyone gets when running for long.. so i kept going... slowly but with certainity i reached my usual 3km distance... was tempted to stop... it was 23mins by now... i just wanted to see how further could i go... so i kept going very slowly... at around 33mins, reached my best distance of 3.7kms (like i said before this is what google says, and i have to agree with it).... so kept going further and reached a new point... 3.92kms per google... so close yet so far from 4kms... i crossed the 35mins inbetween 3.7kms and 3.92 kms... i finished 3.92kms in 38mins... i was really surprised and happy to have done this .... really didnt think i could do it... Man i was ecstatic.... the real joy of running comes in the last 5mins of your run when u gasp for air... beathing with u r nose and mouth and hoping you had a couple more of those... sweating from everywhere and everything passing by is nothing but a blur... thats the true joy of running atleast for me... i know i'm not an expert runner but today i really felt like a runner... so despite of my reservations i rewarded myself... had a new Tshirt for a while, its a little tight... so didnt wear it till now... i didnt care today... wore it to office... thought the day couldnt get any better but it did.... No more details on this... but it turned out to be bittersweet... anyway... I'm happy about how it all went down... Played a cricket match in the evening and lost again :) ... its alright... Ok food...

Breakfast   --- Upma (the Samolina flour dish)
Pre Lunch  --- 1 Tea
Lunch        --- 3 flat breads with simply boiled cabbage dish
Evening     --- Didnt eat anything was busy with work and wasnt hungry
Dinner       --- A very small sugar apple, little bit of sago boiled in milk

All in all a great day for the experiment... But as i get ready to sleep... i feel a small void inside me... a void that i was hoping to fill, but knew for sure i havent found the one to fill it yet... i was hoping i had found the one... but hey i was wrong... again... like i said its bittersweet... i go to sleep today with a feeling of serenity and happiness not just from running, but from life itself, from being blessed with a chance to do what i wanted to do for long... from having the chance to meet people who could understand some of my craziness, from the simplicity of an honest conversation that allows you to sit across the table and just talk about anything you like, without having to think too much about the reactions you might invoke... From the simple joys of life... GN

Day - 51

The big dinner lastnight didnt agree well with me... another reason could be that i hardly had 5hrs of sleep... eitherway my stomach was upset and i had a vomitting sensation... but wokeup at 5am, went for jogging, it was very difficult to jog with that weird vomitting sensation and my legs were also stiff, specially my right knee... anyway everything settled down after 1.5kms... i slowed down my pace and jogged with a mad target i wanted to run for more than 30mins distance didnt matter today... it was all about time... so speed wasnt important... set a stopwatch and pushed myself to run that long... my best time till date had been 27mins...My normal average time for 3kms is 21 to 22 mins... But Voila... Today i did the 30mins plus 2mins more... and the distance was ofcourse more than anything i have done so far... atleast 600 to 700 meters more than my best distance... Drumrolllllll i believe i have crossed the 4km mark today... my new best distance... Googlemaps almost agrees with me... just a 100 to 200mts short of 4kms... i consider it 4kms :)  .... very happy with it... For the first time it feels like i can run 5kms very soon... ok food

Breakfast --- had 400ml of Milk with littlebit of Honey
Lunch      --- 3 flat bread with Soyabean curry and few slices of carrot
Evening   --- Tea
Dinner     ---  Apple and 2 breadslices with Honey

In the evening played a cricket match... lost the match ... but good physical activity... thats all i care for now...

And its an ideal day... happy with it... Time for bed... GN

Day - 50

Entry for 10/28/2013 .... Here we go... the 50th day is here!!!! 50% of the expperiment done... Today as i look back at this journey... i have mixed emotions... on one hand i havent lost any weight :( ... but that wasnt exactly the target behind this whole exercise... so the target was to get ito a healthy lifestyle and get into physical activity... i guess i didnt exactly follow everything to the dot... but i did most of the things i wanted to... few days were bad... the good ones are more in numbers than the bad ones... did my first 10km... now able to run albeit very slowly for 3.5kms... most importantly i found the joy of running again... It taught me a lot about my self... and no injuries so far... praying to all the gods to save me from injury.... i am optimistic that in 2 weeks i can run 5kms at a stretch... so happy with how things have gone... I'm happy that i stuck to the plan till now.... hoping to continue going forward... so about today...

Went for jogging, ran 3kms my usual distance...

Breakfast --- Egg sandwich... 2 slices of bread, 2 hard boiled eggs, no cheese or butter, one Tea

Lunch     --- 3 flat bread, dont remember the vegetarian curry i had along with this

Evening just one tea

Dinner    --- Okay little bit of justification... Today is the last day before all my friends would disburse for the years biggest festival, and was also my 50th day... and i wanted to try Lobster for the first time in my life... all these things culminated into a party :) ... so yeah i had a heavy dinner... I dont mind this one... it was my idea to have a party!!! I'm happy dont regret this party... going into tomorrow with a good feeling...

Day - 49

Went for jogging today.... did 3kms 500mts shorter still than my best distance...

Breakfast -- had 3 slices of small bread and 2 eggs ... made them into kind of French toast... only salt and chilli powder no sugar...

Lunch -- 3 small rice pancakes with omlet made with one egg

Evening --- 4 bread slices, with jam and honey

Dinner -- rice pancakes again... need to stop these suckers from tomorrow... hoping to get into my usual routine from tomorrow...

Almost at day 50 havent lost even a kilo... but feel much better than when i started on day 1... so i will keep going...

Day - 48

Entry for 10/26/2013--- Slept till late ... no jogging... i know the week has been rocky... havent done enough... but i needed sleep... didnt eat anything bad... just fruits, an omlet of 2 eggs, few rice pan cakes... will go tomorrow for jogging...

Day - 47

Entry for 10/25/2013... Slept till 8am today... had to sleep for few hours...been cutting my sleep time very thin... so took a rest day... also watched the film Gravity today... amazing movie... loved it... didnt eat anything bad or in big quantity... didnt go for the jog... slept very late ... my friend is gone so will have time from tomorrow onwards... dont think will jog tomorrow as well...

Day - 46

Entry for 10/24/2013...Went for joggin again... did my 3km distance... still 400 to 500meters short of my best distance... didnt register for 10k on 27th... i want to be able to run atleast 5km at a strech before i do another 10k... again dont remember what all i ate... but did have a lunch and dinner with my friend so might have had some bad things... not a good day in this aspect i guess but was socially needed... anyway... havent slept well.. so need to sleep well tomorrow...

Day - 45

Entry for 10/23/2013....  Went for jogging today... did my usual 2kms... friend has visited... he will be here for 3 to 4 days... so couldnt update the blog...  cant remember exactly what i have eaten... but for sure didnt eat anything bad... at least not in regrettable quantities... So guess was an okay day...

Day - 44

This Entry is for 10/22/2013... Didnt go jogging today, been sleeping late and waking up early for few days.. and i have a cricket match in the evening...so not straining myself today... we played the match in the worst possible way... and ofcourse we lost... anyway, no regrettable stuuf. so allz good... tomorrow will jog again and update the blog on daily baiss.

Day - 43

This enntry is for 10/21/2013... work up early, went for the jog, did my best distance so far, a little more than 3.5kms.... felt really really nice... i realized today that the pain i've been having in the left leg is not a pain in my heel but its in my ankle... little scared that i might just hurt it... so taking cautious steps and listening to what my body says... also will start taking rest days from now on... Food, all normal, no big and regrettable stuff all was in limits... Need to update the blog daily, loosing a lot of details if i write after a few days...

Day - 42

Entry for 10/20/2013 --- Its been a very hectic 5 days... havent written in 3 days... Have a class today and didnt jog for last 2 days, so woke up early, went for the jog, did 3kms. Then class, then office... and slept late in the night... been a hectic day... as i try to write about this day thinking of what all happened... its all a haze!!! dont remember a lot of details... so i must start updating everything on the same day... otherwise this is useless...

Day - 41

Woke up late as i slept very late... second day in a row without morning jog... followed by the best jog i ever did ... that was on Thursday... anyway... need to get back into the rhythm again... i've set a target now... i need to loose 5kgs by 11/07/2013.... and will do a 10k on 27th... didnt have any breakfast this morning... had a lunch of flat bread, rice with green beans, lentils and some samolina dessert... wasnt as good a choice... but its the third day with bad eating... didnt eat anything in the evening... dinner planning to eat an orange and a pear may be... hitting the bed in some time... need to go and jog my ass off tomorrow...

Day - 40

Entry for 10/18/2013... This day marks the completion of 40% of the experiment... but wasnt an ideal day... woke up late as i slept very late... still feeling sleepy... didnt go for jogging... came to office... feeling a little low... didnt eat anything bad as such... but worked in office for more than 15hours straight, so jogging not possible tomorrow... tomorrow is Saturday usually off day from work, but tomorrow have to go and work on a project that i need to deliver on Monday... so its going to be busy ... hopefully can jog on Sunday morning before the class...

Day - 39

This entry is for 10/17/2013....Wokeup at 5.30am, went for the jog, ran 200meters more than my best distance so far... been very busy all day... ate lunch and dinner outside... booth parties with friends ... so ate a ton of shit!!!!!   :( :( :( ... my fall from grace was very ungraeful today... slept very late... except for the perfect run which lasted 27mins.... then walk back which all took 1hr 10mins... all in all good start ruined... need to get back to form... got home very late slept after 1.30am... feeling bad for spending the day this way!!!

Day - 38

Though slept very late last night, wokeup at 5.30am, and went for my jog... And it was a glorious day!!! I ran continuosly for 23mins and 10seconds!!!! covered just a little than 3kms... longest distance i ran for the last few years.... then on my way back ran on and off... may be around 1km in total... felt amazing.... my T-shirt wet with sweat... i was breathing fire like a dragon :) ... My reading glasses (which i wear even during jog) covered with vapor radiating from my face... the foggy road ahead with few walkers in the early morning... it was a perfect setting... enjoyed today's run so much... The pain in the heel reminds me of its presence every now and then during the run... but its not severe... running very slow most of the time to ensure i dont do any damage... planning to run 10km again on 27th... there is a 10km charity run... still thinking... ok food..

Breakfast   --- An apple at 8am
                       11.20am     --- An omlet with some bread and a couple of biscuits
Lunch        --- 3 flat bread, with okra side dish
evening     --- didnt eat anything
dinner        --- a small pear and a pomegrenite

A great day ... planning to hit the bed now... tomorrow have a team lunch so will be stuffed during lunch... will try to avoid over eating there.... GN

Day - 37

This entry is for 10/15/2013... couldnt write yesterday as i was busy...Wokeup at 5.30am, went for the jog, did my usual distance and on my way back tried to run a little more, did almost 40%  of that returning distance running with some breaks in between...rest of the 60% walked... so was a good day... still have some pain in the heel trying not to stress it too much... Ate a Sugar apple the last one i had at 7.45am.... 10.30am had a breakfast, a pancake kind of a thing made with rice flower and letils... had a big lunch, chicken leg marinated in a mint marinade and grilled on indirect heat from charcoal, naan bread with mix veg curry and 1/3rd of a chicken briyani, a spicy rice dish... didnt have anything in the evening except for a tea... didnt eat dinner also, as i was busy in some work... Except for that big lunch everything else was good... and skipping the dinner isnt ideal, but i did run quite a bit and seem to have some motivation back... looks like i'm getting back on track... hoepfully not having dinner wont affect my run tomorrow and slept really late around 1.30am, hope that this wont cause any problems getting up at 5.30am tomorrow....

Day - 36

Woke up at 5.30am... went for the walk... i have to admit that the Friday morning run that caused a pain in my left heel, scared me a little... another reason why i didnt run on Sat and Sun... today only walked... did a brisk walk... At times its a little embarassing to see older people and much bigger people walk past by me... today i tried catching up with a middle aged couple who walked past me... but couldnt catch up with them... not sure if i'm too slow or they are too fast... my walking speed has to improve if i'm to go below 1hr 30mins in the next 10k try out... been down emotionally and my motivation has suffered... but i'm pretty sure i'm back again... hadnt slept well in last couple of days some troubles of personal kind... but things are getting back on track in that dept... so should be good... Ate a Pear and an orange at 7.30am, 10.30 had a breakfast... just a little more than what would have liked, lunch had a good solid lunch as its festival here today... Evening had a piece of bun with tea, but had a little bit of fried snack called Namkeen... this is the lowest point for me in past 10days or so... not hungry for dinner... so tomorrow got to get the hell up early and get my run right... lets see ... only way from here seems to be up... unless i screwup something... hitting the bed...gn

Day - 35

Slept till 8.30am... didnt go for a walk or anything... infact havent gotten out of home the whole day... Some problems of the personal kind :( :( :( .... was craving for the comfort that good food so readily provides... but that cant be the solution right .... so didnt go out and eat something i would regret later on... didnt have any cooked food, ate one sugar apple in the morning, then after a couple of hours some cornflakes, then a pomegrenite after some time, then a small pear in th evening, then sokme cornflakes again in the night... had some serious craving, did well to keep myself at home and not eat anything bad... anyway its a sullen day!!! cant wait for the week to start... gn

Day - 34

Was feeling a little tired and demotivated... probably because my weigth didnt change even a kg, i knew it wouldnt change much not even a kilo!!! i walked and ran may be 30 to 40kms in the last 34days... still no change in weight... so i've decided to get professional help... will join a gym, will try to work with them to get me to lose some weight... but i have to consult my spine doctor first... i've had issues with my back before, so need to understand if its okay for me to get into a gym, also need to figure out my workout plans based on doctor's inputs... so will go there on tuesday, meanwhile will check for good gyms around... ok, food...

Breakfast --- wokeup late today, slept well, had cornflakes (mouseli) with milk
lunch        --- 2 mosambi
evening    --- there was a cooking competition at my weekend class, so ate a spoonful of few things, all in very small quantities, may 5gms each... one coffee
dinner       --- orange and a sugar apple (also known as custard apple)

Was very very tempted to eat some junk... but controlled my self... but need to shift gears... need to shift gears!!!!

Day - 33

This entry is for 11th - Oct 2013.....

Couldnt update last night... so doing it now.. woke up at 5.30am, went for the jog. After running a little more than a km my left heel started giving me severe pain... so i stopped just before my usual distance, and walked back rest of the way... today marks the completion of the 1/3rd of my experiment, checked my weight again today... there is absolutely no change .... so i'm planning to swing into phase 2.... will hit the gym soon ... will look for professional help... and i need to be motivated a little more... lets see

breakfast   -- cork flakes (mouseli) with milk
tea at 12.00 pm, lunch usual 5 flat bread with 2 veg curries
evening upma, dinner 1 small pomegrenite and a mosambi...

Need to get into a serious mode .... will try soon ...

Day - 32

Felt very tired in the morning... so couldnt go jogging... continued to sleep till 8.30am... had breakfast at office, Poha the flat rice dish, had to buy some gift for someone in office so went out and had lunch there only... had a burger with 2 strips of chicken in the middle. Dinner an officail office dinner so had too much food... feels like i am travelling fast down the downward spiral into that pit of familiar place... failure to hold onto to my own promise... had a great day at office with lots of appriciations... but didnt keep my own promises to my self... will start fresh tomorrow...

Day - 31

couldnt wake up early... but after i woke up around 6.15, went for a small walk... at 8am.. had a heavy breakfast... cornflakes (mosilin) with nuts and dry fruits with milk... then a 2 egg omlet with few small pieces of bread thrown in... 12pm had a tea, 1.30pm had lunch 5 flat bread with potato dry curry (bad choice i know) and mix veg curry. Evening had upma (the samolina flower snack dish). Dinner small pomegrenite, 2 mosambis. Planning to cut down on food intake after the 33rd day... lets see ... planning few more things as i dont see much change in my weight ... time for bed...

Day - 30

Wokeup at 5.30am... went for m jog... felt a little stiffness in my legs and body during my run... did only 1.5kms... on Sunday during the race the first 5kms seemed so long... that made me doubt if my previous estimates of my daily jog distances are correct or not... so will do a complete research on near by land marks and their distance from my regular starting point... So i may not have been running as many kms as i have been imagining... will check... breakfast, corn flakes with milk and a banana... 12am 2 boiled eggs... Lunch-- 4 flat bread with mixed veg curry, dinner 2 eggs scrabled with a little bit of bread... hitting the bed now... got to wake up by 5.30am tomorrow... I Feel very nice and relaxed today.... hope to keep the rhythm going... took my finishers trophy to work... kept it on my desk...

Day - 29

Didnt go jogging.... there is a little bit of pain in legs... will put some ice before sleeping... Went to office... not sure what the reason is but i'm very very pissed today!!!1 dont know why .... but the day has been frustating and people are getting onto my nerve for some reason... but i've behaved myself and kept the anger inside me... Breakfast and lunch as usual evening 3 boiled eggs, dinner one mosabi... will start jogging again tomorrow... hitting bed soon... gn

Day - 28

Yippie Kai Yayyyyyyyyyy !!!! (of course i wont be using the rest of the part by Mr.McClane).... I did it .... I did the 10KM... I crossed the FINISH LINE :) :) .... I wanted to do it in 1.5hrs...But i learned today the race day is different... no matter how much you practice and prepare ... it will throw u for a loop... the road is different from the one you are used to... there are slopes and different kinds of roads... its all new ... i guess these are not earth shattering revelations for regularss but they were for me... and dont underestimate the intimidation factor .... u see all pros in streamlined shape and there u r in u r awkward size and shape.... there are a lot of big guys in 3k and 5k but not many in 10k... anyway i walked more and ran less... possibly 6km walk and 4km run... or something like that... but i'm very happy... i did it.... the day before we had pasta, which i almost never eat, and it upset my stomach... had a very weird feeling till the begining of the race... so if i do this again i will refrain from eating anything that dont normally eat.... Also my right leg bothered me all day yesterday and this morning as well, had to keep my running to short sprints because of the fear of hurting it... Its hurting just a little bit now... guess should be good tomorrow... Keeping all this aside , i finished it in 1hr and 51mins... i know its almost an hour more than the time compared to the pros... but i dont give a rats a$$ about the pros... I run my own race against my old self... so I'm happy with this time FOR NOW!!! My first 5km took me 1hr and 1min and the second half took me 50mins... With more practise i guess i can get it to 1.5hrs... thats my target now... I will think of the next one after a week... but have to continue going for a jog every morning... Ate a hell a lot of food in the evening... was very hungry... not in a mood to list all ... i'm just happy today... But tomorrow is a new day with new challenges and opportunities... Cant be stuck in yesterday... got to keep moving... Got a busy busy week ahead... hoping to keep my focus on things... Enjoying the last 20-20 cricket match of Sachin and Rahul Dravid... Recharged TV for the Friends visiting to run the race.. It will be off again from tomorrow... Hitting the bed soon once the match is done... GN...

Day - 27

Alright ... much much better now... woke up at 5am... fired up to run as long as i can... got ready and opened my door... damn its raining... it kept raining till 7.30am... so my practise time ruined :( :( ... Friend were going to come from another town to run, they are doing half marathons... so cleaned up my dirty room as much as i could, got ready, collected my bib, and the other stuff from Expo... ready to run tomorrow... now going out for a pasta for dinner... seems its kind of a tradition for these guys... cant believe the day has arrived already... havent run for 3 days...lets see how long i last tomorrow... wish me luck :) :)

Day - 26

The tablets helped... in the morning i was much better, woke up around 6.30am, but was feeling drowsy guess the cold medicine does have some side effects... anyway got back to sleep again... woke up around 8.30am, got ready for office,

Breakfast        ---  Breakfast dish famous here called Poha (Dried Fattened Rice is the main ingredient).
                             and a Tea with a cream bun. Cant hold back on the carbs now as race is on Sunday.

11.30am         ---  Another Tea :( :(

Took tablets after 11.30 tea,

lunch              --- 5 flat bread, lentil soup and a potato spinach curry. No evening snaacks

Dinner            --- ready made noodles, 4 slices of bread.... Ready to run tomorrow now.. Taking medicine again to ensure this...

 Didnt go for the jog today, i guess i wasnt completely ready. Some of my friends and office colleagues started mocking me, saying that i cant take part in the race on Sunday. That i might be better off trying these kind of things. I guess they are fair when they say these things, i dont exactly look like a long distance runner... anyway one more reason to run well on Sunday...

Day - 25

I just realized that 1/4thof the experiment ends today... what a disasterous day it had been... Was on leave planning to have a quiet day, but last night started coughing and got serious cold and headache... woke up at 5.30am as usual but couldnt go for the jog, was too unwell to do anything... Slept till 10am, then had a Pear and 2 pommegrenites for breakfast, then again slept off till 15.00 ... still feeling tired with a serious headache and cold... made a spicy soup of noodles hoping that it would give me some relief... still no relief.... went out in the evening got some medication for the cough and cold... trying to eat some dessert as someone suggested it to be a remedy..., all in all a screwed up day.... must go and jog tomorrow... hope these tablets help... in writing these 10lines i sneezed for about 7 times.... not a good sign .... I'm a little worried... By Sunday i should be fine i hope...

Day - 24

Slept around 11:30pm last night, which is earlier and better than the past few days. Woke up around 6am, went for the jog at 6.30am... Started from my usual point with SOAD playing Lonely Day --- such a nice song, wanted to do a longer run today so kept my initial pace very less, my back also was bothering me a little bit, its a legacy of my older life... Anyway after half the distance, something changed and my rhythm was bad, i was getting out of breath, LedZeppelin whispering those enchanted words of the song Kashmir into my ears, i was done for the day... But i focused on just taking the next step and those wondeful lyrics of Kashmir helped... after finishing my usual distance i wanted to see how far i could go forward... It just donned on me today morning during the run that There is something good and also bad in running a fixed distance everyday or having landmarks in your path, once you reach that landmark you feel like you have done enough, you feel like you have achieved something. But the downside of it is you rarely push beyond that point, that landmark becomes a wall you cant and dont want to cross... So i decided to go further down that road and see how far i could run, i had no targets in mind, no landmark to reach... i was just running... trying to go as far as i could... now my rhythm got better, i was a lot slower (slower than my usual which is slower than most people :) )... But i could further cover another 1KM... that last km was very tough my legs started paining, and LedZeppelin moved to Stairway To Heaven and that helped a lot... i love that song and its lyrics... i wanted to hold on till that song was done... and i was able to last till that song was done... and its a damn long song, more than 8mins... by the end of the song, i was so so tired... upper body all damp with sweat... so i started in a bad way today, but finished better than i ever have... This is my best distance for continues running.... drumrolls ........ its 3kms... I'm very happy, legs are paining a bit, but i guess a chunky cube of ice can take care of that... All in all best day so far... i walked back the 3 kms to my home... so its 3km jog, 3kms of walk... took me exactly 1hr... Inbetween bought fruits and filled my fridge again with fruits... its been empty for 3 days now... My body is hurting a little, just trying to make sure that i dont strain it too much and get an injury that would be a disaster... might take leave tomorrow and get good rest at home...

Breakfast   --- A small pommegrenite, a medium sized pear, and a Citrus limetta - known here as
                       Mosambi..
11am         --- Was feeling very hungry, had a Aloo Paratha, its a whole wheat flower flat bread filled
                       with mash potatos. May not be a great choice, but i was starving...
12pm         --- One Tea, for some reason, i cant seem to be able to stop taking tea :( :(

 Lunch        --- 4 Flat bread with lentil soup and mix veg curry.

Evening     ---  Had lighter snacks, one Tea

Dinner        --- 1 Pomegrenite...

On leave tomorrow will get some rest after my usual morning jog...

Day - 23

Slept around 2.30am last night... woke up at 5.30am as planned. Went for the jog at 6:30am, today was the first time in a few days (4 i think), i started with an intent to run seriously. Most of the last week had been walking only except for one day. But soon after i started, i found my self running on empty cylinders, may be because i didnt have dinner last night or because its been few days since i ran, but after half km, i was feeling tired. Had to push my self a little bit to finish the usual distance, but as i was determined to run more than my usual distance, i didnt stop after reaching my usual point, i continued to run back to the starting point, could only cover may be half km then i stopped running and started walking back, but after a km ran again for may be 300 to 400 mtrs. So i ran the usual distance plus 1/3 of that distance back to my starting point. Walking seems to be fine, probably because i walk pretty slow. Anyway wanted to check out a small park nearby with a nice walker's area. So on my way back took a detour and walked 2 rounds in that park, by then my right leg started bothering me a little so went back home. My right leg gave a serious scare about 2.5yrs back because of some back issues, it is normal now, just bothers me every now and then with a little bit of pain. Today's morning jog was very tiring, another possible reason could be the lack of sleep also, haven't slept enough in last couple of days, anyway got back home around 7:30am, rested a little bit, slept for 45mins and then got ready for work. Was a session of 1hr, 15 mins more compared to usual days. Ran probably for 2.5kms, may have walked another 3kms. No leg pains or cramps of anykind, so should be good tomorrow as well. But need to get good sleep today.... Planning to run as hard as i can for the next 2 days, Friday will run less and Saturday will just walk for more than an hour, sunday 10K race :) :) ...

Breakfast 9am  --  Omlet with 2 eggs, a hint of salt and Red chilli powder...
 11:50am           --  Tea and a Cream Roll (its a light puff pastry of hollow cylindrical shape about
                               7inches long, with a little bit of cream filled in).

Lunch               --   Had an office lunch so ate a lot of Chicken and some rice with one Naan Bread,
                               Heavy lunch, but had to attend, the host was a very very dear friend of mine)

Evening           ---  Tea

Dinner              --- Not hungry, ran out of fruits as well, little worried that this might affect my jog
                              tomorrow, anyway i cant eat anything now...

Feeling good about today ... Hopefully will run a lot more tomorrow... GN

Its showing wrong date here, this entry is for October 1st 2013... may have to set the clock in my profile to my location... will check it once.

Day - 22

Well wanted to slee well today and get good rest... did sleep alright, but wokeup with a serious headache which continued to haunt me for the rest of the day like my shadow... Caught cold as well by the afternoon.... Anyway The day didnt exatcly go well, with yesterday's success i was in a celebratory mood and got a little carried away post lunch...

Breakfast  --  1 pommegrenite
Lunch       --  My usual 5 flat bread, Lentil soup, Okra and a small portion of sweet dish called Gulab
                      Jamoon

Post Lunch   -- Here is where i went crazy, ate some fried shit, then 2 Samosa's which are again deep
                        fried snacks... had a large coffee in the evening to help with my headache, doesnt
                        seem to help much though... no dinner


Will sleep now Must go for a jog tomorrow, will try to run 5kms in one stretch tomorrow... wish me luck...GN

Day - 21

YES .. YES.... YES.... I might strt sounding like wrestler Daniel Brian... but i did it .... YES... YES... YES.... wokeup at 5.45am, though i slept very late around 1.45am. I had a lot of questions if i could walk more than 11kms or not... but who knew... i finished the entire distance... its actually nearly 12kms... and it took me almost 2hrs and 30mins... started at 6.40am and i was there by 9.05am... i ran only for 1km, wasnt sure if i could sustain long enough if i ran, so didnt run after the first km... Felt amazing to reach the target... so if i ran here and there i guess i could finish 10kms in about 1hr 30mins... we will come to know on 6th... i wont do another 10km strech till 6th, i think it would become too much for my body... will continue jogging, will try to run more and walk less... i feel pretty fine thought i would be totally exahusted with severe leg pains... neither haappened ... i guess walking was okay with my body... but i dont know how i will feel in the morning thats when the battered and bruised body starts its complaints ... the next morning is when the body exerts its revenge on u... so will know tomorrow morning how it is... Drank plenty of water... about 1.5ltrs from the morning, so we are good there i guess....

Breakfast ... coffee after the run
11am       ....samolina flower boiled with salt about 100gms of it (its called UPMA here... a very 
                     regular breakfast dish) and a Tea.

Lunch      ... 2.30pm apple, pommegrenite and an orange

After the walk, went for my class, and had lunch... i feel fine, no pains of anykind...

So one goal reached... will update again in the night.... I'm on cloud 9 now :) :) :)... will sleep now for a while a well deserved afternoon nap....

Couldnt sleep in the afternoon, so got to sleep early now to get up early again tomorrow...

Dinner an orange, 3 eggs soft boiled, 6 papads (just dried dough of whole wheat flour or chic pea flower burned (or grilled) on fire)...

Time for bed, good night/Day...

Day - 20

Wanted to sleep well this morning... so didnt wake up till 10am, no breakfast... Lunch 3 pommegrenites... one coffee in the evening. I have  a class every sunday morning 11kms away from where i live... so planning to walk and jog all the way to the class.... this is my practise run :) :) for next sunday... So had a stomach full of rice, lentil soup and scrambled eggs... tomorrow is the first test... my only ambition for tomorrow is to walk and run as far as i can... lets see if i can get till the finish line.... got a lot of homework to do... but will sleep now... GN...

Day - 19

Well i couldnt do as planned last night, slept only after 1.30am... and when i woke up this morning i was aching at every single place.... couldnt wakeup despite of my sincere efforts till 6.15am... my body was refusing to even move an inch... this time it was my mind that was strong... it managed to remind me of my promise and i went for the walk albeit a little late... couldnt run... legs are hurting too much... so walked 4kms ... its was very hard to work in office, was feeling sleepy all day...

breakfast -- 100ml milk and an orange
11.30   -- egg sandwich (this means 2 bread slices, seperated by a layer of a single sliced hard boiled
                egg.
15:00  --  egg and corn sandwich... 3 slices of bread, filled with egg and corn in between each bread slice.  no cheese or butter in any sandqiches

had a delicious rich dessert called Halwa... had quite a bit of it

Was invited for a dinner at a close friends place. And in these kind of dinners the level of hospitality is measured by the amount of over eating that you make your guest indulge in, and i'm known to indulge in this kind of thing, and they dont know about my experiment, so all these things resulted in eating 3 times i'm eating now... so ii'm full to the point of spilling out... all in all a bad day... its alredy late and i just got home... i'm going to take rest tomorrow.... planning to do a 10k practice run on Sunday.... will depend on my condition tomorrow... so gn for now... will try to come back strong tomorrow...

Day - 18

Yippppeeeeee..... Woke up at 5.45am.... slept late actually but woke up on time :) .... Went for the walk... walked 5kms, 2 kms jogged !!!!! Running for the first time in 18months.... wasn't sure if i could run (this word only means a slow jog... don't mistake it for a sprint... my body cant do that.... YET!!!! ) my usual mark is 2kms which i used to easily do 18months back when i used to jog on a daily basis.... I candidly said to my self today at the starting point that i could do it... my mind was sure i CANT do it. But surprisingly i could do it!!! felt really nice to finish the 2km mark... Often comparing between the Body and Mind, the Mind is said to be the strong one... but the Body despite of all the abuse we put it through is much more capable than what we imagine it to be.... Today my mind was feeble but my body pulled it through !!! I tell my self at the start of the jog everyday that I'm the descendant of a persistent hunter... my ancestors even before inventing hunting tools hunted animals that were much more faster and agile than them just by running after them long enough to exhaust them...... I inherit the same body... i know i haven't used it to its fullest capabilities in a long long time.... but the machine is very much capable i just have to trust it and tell my feeble mind to follow along.... with all its doubts, complaints, hesitations and laziness if my mind can just follow along, focusing just on LimpBizkit screaming in my ears and leave my body alone then .... I'm sure i can finish the 10k run, even if i have to walk most of it.... This is  a very nice start to the day.... hope to repeat it more often in the next 82 days... Will update this post at the end of the day with other updates... Have a good Day/Night you all...

Breakfast at 9.15am -- Milk (about 150ml) and Cornflakes (about 75gms)
at 11.30am               -- 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch                       -- 5 Flat Breads with Okra, Beans, probably 25gms of chicken
Evening                   --  Got a little excited and ate some deep fried snack :( :( :(
Dinner                     -- An orange may be a pommergrenite will hit the bed by 9...   -- Didnt do both, slep at around 1.30am. Didnt eat dinner, wasnt hungry.

Finally got around to that measurement thing. Here is me...

Gender  -  Male
Age       -  30
Height   - 169 cms
Weight  - 100kg (220.5 pounds) just checked few mins back
BMI      -  35 (which puts me on the far edge of Obese Class I - Moderately obese)

I don't worry too much about BMI, i don't think its that accurate. but i would like to track my body shape as well, my waist is big, thanks to the tummy...so will try to get those measurements soon. So as you can see, I'm not a small guy... evidently. Lets see how this changes at the end of 100 days. Hopefully i can follow through till the 100th day... Legs are paining now... hopefully good night sleep will get them back on track...

Boy spell check shows so many mistakes.... all corrected now... My English teacher of yesteryears would have been furious !!!! ;) ;)