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 !!!! ;) ;)

Day - 17

Yeaaaahhhhh woke up at 6am... went for that walk... 45 mins... 4.5kms... just walking, but will start slow jog tomorrow... breakfast and apple and a pear at 9am. 11.30 one egg sandwich, had a little bit of rice in lunch with 3 flat bread with Spinach sauce curry. No evening snacks and 2 teas. Dinner an apple, orange and guava. Was a good day, hope to carry this momentum tomorrow... had to work an hour extra so running late in my schedule... GN

Day - 16

Its proving very difficult to change my sleeping schedule... could manage get up only after 8am... not enough to go for a long walk... will try again tomorrow... day wasnt that great, there was an office lunch and i had to attend it, so had some stuff that i regret having :(.... anyway dinner was only an apple and an orange... stomach upset continued again in the afternoon... got to get my shit together... will try to get things right tomorrow... for now hitting the bed... hopefully this power outage will stop and i get the power back... that will really help me sleep....

Day - 15

My habitually vampiric sleeping habit didnt allow me to sleep till 3am last night so couldnt wake up at 6am. I actually woke up at 6am thanks to an alarm, but was dazed, delirious and half concious... I went back to sleep without my own knowledge... So didnt walk :( .... had to work for 12hrs in office because of some pending work..... had a normal breakfast at office, but the tingling sensation on my tongue caused by the long abscence of the spices and the taste its used to, tempted me... but i fought it off to some extent and made a healthy choice of toasted peanuts for a snack... but they upset my stomach :( ... and i havent felt well since then... anyway not a good day by any means... i counted wrong last night... got only 12 days to prepare.... hoping to wake up early tomorrow and go for that walk.... GN

Day - 14

Alright here we go... getting a little serious now... Had a Veg puff for breakfast with Coffee ... Went to buy fruits... filled my fridge with them... Oranges, Apples, Pommergrenites, Pears and Sugar Apples.. Finished registering for the 10k run.... So ITS OFFICIAL now... Called my boss and changed m shift timings... So will have enough time to walk in the morning... got 14days for preperation... not sure if i can finish it... never ran in a long time and not certainly 10k... Rest of the day today only ate fruits... Orange, 2 Sugar Apples, a Pear, a Guava may have an apple before i sleep... Hitting the bed early, have to get up by 6am... GN

Day - 13

Milk and cornflakes breakfast... week off so had to make lunch at home, only made ready made noodles, may be not the right choice, but i ran out all fruits... dinner again not ideal, had rice... tomorrow have to buy fruits and other things... may go for a long walk to prepare for the 10k run... Time for bed now....

Day - 12

Woke up late again so, breakfast was only milk and on the way to office had a couple of bananas. Then lunch was normal. Walked agai for a kilo meter like the last couple of days. Evening had a Dosa. Dinner apple and pomergrenite... so all in all a good day... only deviation was that had one tea... looking forward to the weekend... hopefully wont go crazy and eat something i would regret... time for bed now...

Day - 11

Alright another perfect day.... Almost!!! Didnt sleep well for a couple of days but slept well last night and woke up after 11am... so didnt have any breakfast. After noon normal lunch... evening didnt eat any junk... around 7.30pm had little bit of cornflakes with milk... dinner a pommergrenite and an orange... more over no Tea... only Black coffee... so it was a good day except for skipping breakfast... Hoping to continue this tomorrow... For now good night....

Day - 10

Well, as you can see 10% of the experiment is over .... i dont see a significant change .... most of the days i broke few rules... anyway... back to today... usual breakfast orange and an apple. Lunch was normal, didnt stray in the evening... but had some cornflakes with milk... dinner one pomergrenite and an orange... All in all may be the best day sofar... hope to continue this... Some changes at work... mostly good... Tomorrow phase 2 and i'm going to register for that 10k run .... lets see... ohhh and walked 1km today... i know its not too long, but hey i wasnt doing even that earlier... lets see how things go tomorrow... Time for bed now... Good night...

Day - 9

Well started off well again... Breakfast an Orange and an Apple. But lunch was heavy, but i guess its okay, dinner one orange and one pommergrenate... Lets see if i can keep this up tomorrow excluding the heavy lunch... Not sure about the 10k run... still thinking... didnt stop tea also yet... got to stop it... got some good news at work... so that was cool... now time to hit the bed...

Day - 8

Morning breakfast and lunch were good, controlled myself in the evening as well, but had to attend a party in the night and ate a bit more than desired.... but again...My early morning determination seems to be running on solar power... the moment the sun is down, the black hole inside me opens to chew and swallow everything within reach... got to change it, still thinking on the 10k run... not sure if i can do it.... lets see.... its time to do something challenging....

Day - 7

Got a little off track today, ate rice.... but i guess its okay. Realized that no matter how much i control food, it wont make a big difference until i start some physical activity. I've been thinking for years to hit the gym atleast in a milder manner, but never been able to do that. So thinking of setting another challenging task that would keep me motivated to do some physical activity .... Thinking of doing a 10K run (atleast walk half the way if i couldnt run) in the upcoming Marathon in the nearby city next month.... Will decide tomorrow and register .... Not sure if 20 days is enough to prepare for this, but will give it a try, what do i got to loose (hopefully some weight :))... Hopefully this would keep me on my toes and help me stick to the plan.... Time for bed now....

Day - 6

Breakfast -- Fruits, Lunch - Cornflakes with Milk, But dinner got screwed up.... had a Biryani and evening had a Veg Puff..... all in all okay...

Day - 5

Well day started well, but as usual i screwed up in the evening, for some reason i'm optimistic now that i can pull this off, lets see if i can intensify things in the next week... TV still off, measurements not done yet...

Day - 4

After a disastrous yesterday .... i started today with a breakfast of Papaya and that took me to hell and back twice ... i had a severe stomach ache after that... after some remedies it all settled down... I'm done with Papaya forever... Lunch was fine, but in the evening drifted a little and at a couple of things i regret.... but ended the day with a couple of oranges for dinner .... so all in all not bad.... have to be a bit more disciplined from tomorrow... TV is still off, measurements still not done... have to get to that soon....

Day - 3

Today was an unimaginbly fucked up disaster !!!! cant even explain how much i fucked up today.... Cant say anything else.... i hate that i cant even respect my own decision and sticket to my own choices!!!!

Day - 2

Day 2 could not have started any different from Day 1. I woke up at 8am as planned, Had a breakfast for the first time in a long long time!!! An Apple and a glass of milk... couldnt have hoped for a better start... but thats not the end of it unfortunately... Had a healthy lunch but drifted away from the plan in the evening.... Had to meet an aquaintence so went out and ate the big bad boogey man of calories and the ever so seductive mortal enemy of everyone trying to lose weight.... CHOCOLATE !!!! had a chocolate cake with an extra serving of chocolate syrup.... that broke my will and later on ate some othe shit load of fried snacks .... the day was finally given a disasterous conclusion with a bowl of spiced rice !!!!!  I seriously doubt if i have what it takes to be desciplained in the 98 days to come.... I dont want to give up... will give everything i got tomorrow!!!! Have to be more respectful of my own decisions and stick to them.... couldnt get the measurements thing done... will do it tomorrow.... for those who think i'm too easily giving up everyday... try to understand this, i've been this way for 20 years, i dont even realize or think twice before making a food choice as a result of these habits.... so its not easy for me to change....I'm trying my best ... so lets see...I hope to fight again tomorrow!! Time for bed now!!!

And it all Began !!!

DAY - 1

                       So the experiment began today !!! First day isn't the best start i hoped for... In the habit of the day i forgot all about the experiment and ate my Lunch as usual :( :( .... only after i got to the table and started eating i realised my mistake... Had a severe headache for some reason post lunch... drank a lot of tea... Tea is another thing i have to avoid... Had a little snack in the evening, and Dinner only Fruits... So a rocky start but a better finish to the day... Didnt get into any physical activity today... Have to organize my day better accomodate some physical activity... Like someone said, Unstructured time is your biggest enemy... will think of a better way to structure my time....One of my undoings over the years had been my habit of sleeping very very late... i mean reallllly late... i usualy sleep between 3am to 5am... and i wake up around 11am. I usually skip breakfast... I know I know its the most important meal of the day... So i have decided that i will sleep by 00:00 every day and wake up by 8am. One of the reason for this weird sleeping ritual has been TV and Internet games... So I'm going to stop watching TV from today. I can prodly say that i have been able to keep my TV off for the past 13hrs... So bye bye my dear TV.... And very little internet time... I think i should take all my measurements and note down my weight tomorrow to review my progress after the 100days, Will do this tomorrow... Alright its my bed time... A rocky first day... hoping for a better tomorrow....

My 100 Day Experiment!!!

                  Have you ever tried doing something for so many times over so many years and have failed each time miserably ???? I have !!!! I'm an average guy with a desk job for nearly 8 years, I've been very successful at it. Though i have alternate career ambitions i still love my job. I always had a can do attitude and always was able to do most of the things i set out to do. But i never had a sense of complete accomplishment because i never could overcome one thing i desperately wanted overcome. I set out to do it so many times... but every time i failed miserably !!!! As much as it pains me to admit, In my life of 30years, i have tried to accomplish this for 20 years... Every single time i failed to hold my oath for long enough and broke the promise i made to my self.... Through all the heartache and pain... i still believe i am capable of achieving my elusive target... I cant give up just yet... I cant abandon my own promises...so here i am trying for another time... possibly the last time to do what i want to in the next 100 days... Till the age of 10, i was a perfectly normal skinny kid on block.... but at 10 something happened and i exploded and became a Fat Kid... now I'm 30 and for the last 20 years, i have continued to grow... my desk job and my sedate lifestyle only aggravated this problem... I don't want to get into the details of my problems as a Fat Guy... they simply are too many... So lets say i want to get healthy ...This is just a personal journal to inspire myself for the next 100 days... i have no targets except for getting into a healthy lifestyle... balancing my work life and doing everything i can to avoid eating the junk I'm used to... These are the Rules i have set for the next 100 days...

1. I will not starve myself with weird diet plans...
2. Will try to eat as much Fruits and Vegetables as possible...
3. Avoid Rice and Oils, Butter, Cheese etc..
4. Avoid Baked, Fried, Deep Fried food.
5. Take smaller portions, but no limit on number of meals... Starving doesn't help....
6. Slowly build up a physical activity plan... Walk, Jog, Run... Don't hit the Gym foolishly....
7. Record each days activity in the Blog...
8. LAST but NOT THE LEAST....  NO MATTER WHAT .... Stick to the 100 day Experiment..

Good Luck To me!!!!

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