Day - 43

slept alright last night, but had to wake up early around 7am to go for a blood test... this is a planned visit for some preplanned treatment of my hair... so went there got it over with... then went for breakfast and something amazing happened... someone walked up to me and started asking me if I remembered him... the face looked familiar, but I couldn't remember his name or where we had met... so he refreshed my memory, he was a classmate of mine from my engineering days... so we had breakfast and tried catching up.... I had a breakfast of the rice pancake and orange juice... then had a tea with that friend after an hour... we went and picked up a gift for my friend who recently got married... then we bid adieu after exchanging numbers... But the day of surprises and coincidences didn't just end there... just as I finished sending him off with a big gift in my hands, I got a call from the same friend for whom I got the gift... I picked up the call with a smile, and it got even more wider when my friend asked me why was I carrying a gift... she was in the same area at the time and saw me holding the gift I was going to give her while driving by... so the day of unexpected events continued pleasantly ... we met spent few hours catching up had our lunch together and then I came back to office around 4pm... we had not met for about more than 2 months, it was wonderful this accidental meeting... I gave her the gift then and there... lunch had the half of veg manchow soup, then some veg fried rice and some noodles with some Manchurian balls in thick sauce... so that's not a bad lunch... I guess... didn't eat too much the portion were very small... evening screwed a little and had some fried snack, not hungry for dinner, may have a pear before hitting the bed... a very nice day with a lot of surprises and wonderful time spent with friends... enjoyed the day a lot... our final league match tomorrow, we aren't qualified for next round so will just play tomorrow for fun... looking forward for my swim also tomorrow... feeling a little heavy like I have gained weight need to check it tomorrow... hoping for a nice sleep...

Day - 42

Big day, couldn't sleep last night, excited and mosquitos are the reasons... slept for about 3 hrs, woke-up very early around 3.30am... then got ready and went for the run... run started at 6am... started slowly... I haven't been running for about a month now its all been about swimming... so was a little skeptical if I could finish the 15k which I was running for the first time... so wanted to run without a break for as long as I could... the best I have done before was 52 mins, so was hoping to do atleast 40 to 45mins... the race was a big lap, starting point to the midway point, then back to the starting point... so I was able to run non stop (but extremely slowly) for 1hr 11mins and 25seconds... so that's 71mins... longest I have ever ran... I covered almost 8 to 8.5kms... from then on, did the walk-run walk-run things... so its been a good run... felt exhausted after the run... will update this post with run times and walk run timings ... all in did it in 144mins... pretty alright for a first time I guess... happy with the run... knees are hurting, used ice to reduce the pain, but it still hurts... should be good in a day or two... so food, before the run had one dry fruit, the during the run had lemon based drink, lot of water... then after the run had 5 biscuits, then one coconut water... then came back home, had the usual after run headache, had an apple around 11am... lunch had some rice with beetroot and yellow lentil stew... drank water regularly, slept for couple of hours in the evening... then ordered dinner from outside, had plans of going for swimming, but knees are too painful, so didn't dare to go out... dinner had big serving of fish curry with 4 rice pancakes and 2 wheat flour flat breads... heavy dinner... but needed to eat well as my lunch was also a normal one... so tomorrow rest day, then day after swimming and got a cricket match as well... lets see how body will react tomorrow.. time for bed.. a great day, my first 15k run proved to be very enjoyable...

Day - 41

no swimming, no running... rest day... so took good rest, stayed home except for 30 mins for buying some vegetables.... slept very late last night around 4am, indulged in watching some TV after a long time... woke up around 10.30am... had some milk and a couple of dry fruits, then prepared lunch rice, yellow lentils in cabbage, two egg omelet and beetroot boiled with some onions and tomatoes... evening had some black grapes, dinner going to have the same as lunch... need to wake up at 4am and go for the run... going to sleep early.... looking forward to tomorrow... if I can finish the 15k without running for months... it would help my confidence in attempting a half marathon... lets see how it goes...

Day - 40

couldn't get up early enough to run... so I guess I will be running 15k on Sunday without any practice... that's alright I guess... had a breakfast of muesli and some milk.... went for the swim, did only 20 rounds in 30mins... felt little uncomfortable today during the swim... not sure but I cut it down to 20 rounds before it became worse, also had to play a cricket match today, so needed to save some energy... lunch had 2 flat bread, rice, yellow lentil stew, with some egg plants dipped in chickpea flower batter and fried... then had a green tea with honey in the evening... played my cricket match, it was with the toughest team in the league..... we had no chances of winning, but we played very well as a team... I bowled surprisingly well, actually I bowled a maiden over without giving a single run to the best batsman in the league... go figure.... we contained them to an average score but couldn't chase the target... they had a very good bowling attack... anyway we came out feeling good about the way we played... one more match left to be played next Tuesday... lets see how it goes.... dinner came back home and cooked some oats with some vegetables, salt and chilli powder... not a bad day considering that I am trying to carboload... may be that's just the excuse my mind is making either way tomorrow is a rest day... hoping for some rest...

Day - 39

Didn't eat anything else last night... slept a little late around 1.30am... woke up at 9am, went to office before that had a breakfast of Muesli cornflakes with milk... Did swimming for 1hr, did 40 rounds... feeling very exhausted these days with even 40 rounds of swimming.... not sure the reason... had a cricket match in the evening so had a nice carb-full lunch of chicken fried rice, the quantity was huge, had it and also had a flat bread and a small piece (about 1/6) of a roll... heavy lunch... finished with buttermilk... its very hot summer here, so buttermilk will feature frequently in my diet from now on... didn't eat anything else in the evening... played the cricket match... didn't bowl well, but fielded very well, took a stunner of a catch and batter very well to get us over the line... this is our team's first win... we were all ecstatic... didn't have anything for dinner yet... planning oats with vegetables and some corn... need to run tomorrow not sure if I can get up early enough to run... have to try... big day sunday... need to run once before that...

Day - 38

Something happened last night, I was watching some video and clicked on an audition of someone called Sam Bailey on youtube and got hooked... saw all her videos till 3.30am... absolutely fabulous individual this woman, mesmerizing voice and she won the Xfactor... she made my day... watched her sing while eating some puffed rice and chickpea flour batter in thin shreads deep fried :( ....so slept very late, didn't go for the run... couldn't go for the swim as well as I had a lot of work at office... went early there but got stuck with work... played tt for 30mins... back to regular diet... didn't have any breakfast, but around 12 had a glass of buttermilk... lunch had some rice with yellow lentils and spinach.... evening went on a little binge, had a butter milk, some snack called paani puri and some onions fried in chickpea flour.... dinner had a pear... may have something to eat depending on my mood before sleeping... feeling very tired no proper sleep last night... need to exercise tomorrow... ohhh weight update... its been at 90 for almost 10days now... just 15more to lose... taking it in small steps.... 5 in next 3 months... lets see

Day - 37

slept a little late.... I guess the lack of swimming had its effect... usually when I swim for long, I get a good sleep... anyway woke up at 8, prepared vegetables, carrot, cauliflower, beet root, green pepper and oats, boiled with a pinch of salt, packed it for lunch and for evening... then packed 3/4th of an apple. Breakfast had a red pear and 1/4th of an apple... then went for the swim, did 40 rounds only in 1hr and 5mins... but did 2 rounds at a time, almost with out stopping... this was completely different from 1 round and a 30second breather... so this was exhausting... then had a lunch of oats and viggies I have packed... evening got a kind of invitation to run on Sunday with my city running group... so I have decided to push myself and wander into unchartered territories.... Instead of my usual 10k I will be doing a 15k... have been feeling a little down because of this new diet I guess... anyway need rice if I'm to run this Sunday... so dinner had rice, lentils, and a chutney... had a full meal... felt bad to break the diet, but I cant do a 15k on this new diet... so back to basic diet for few days... played cricket match for 1hr, lost the match, I played badly :( ... Played Ping pong for 35mins... Will try to run tomorrow morning... need to get back into running now....

Day - 36

Slept well last night... Monday pool closed so wokeup late and didn't have any breakfast but at 11am had cucumber and a couple of black grapes... prepared vegetables and boiled them in water, packed them in 2 boxes for lunch and evening snacks... the ones used were, 1 beetroot, 2 carrots, slice of cabbage, some cauliflower, capsicum (bell pepper) and green peas.... had the remaining liquid after taking out the boiled vegetables at 12... then went to office, had for lunch a half soup of veg hot and sour and had one box of vegetables I took from home... played 1.5hrs of intense ping pong(TT) then in the evening had some black grapes... couldn't eat dinner in office due to work... but played an hour of cricket... by the time I got back home, I still had a box of veggies, I couldn't imagine eating them just like that, so boiled them a little with some oats and added some salt (tried avoiding it but my tongue was literally dying for it) ... was also feeling a little down so having this now before my sleep... a good day, a little disappointed with the end but its alright, I got to swim tomorrow need some energy so i'll consider this day as a good one...

Day - 35

Another day of long sleep... woke up around 10am after 10hrs of sleep... felt great... around 12 had oats and dry fruits with a little bit of honey like yesterday... Then went for the swim around 4pm... felt a little hungry so had a salad, Jamaican Jerk Chicken Salad... it was nice, but felt a little heavy while swimming... swam for 3hrs and did 82 rounds... a little slow, but I was taking it slow, talking to people in the pool, teaching someone to swim... all in all happy with it... this is my second highest total first being 102.... then 3rd is 80, 4th 71 and 5th 66.... after the swim went and bought some vegetables and fruits... will continue to pack my lunch and dinner for weekdays... happy with the day... oh after the swim had a veg hot and sour soup for dinner... so finally it feels like I have earned for myself some cheap unhealthy snack :) ... going to eat it now while watching the 3rd episode of SPACE... feeling amazing... hope to continue this good run.... will go for a run tomorrow morning if I wake up early enough...

Day - 34

slept very well last night, wokeup around 11am, cooked oats with honey and dry fruits, no sugar, salt or milk... contrary to my expectation, it tasted awesome... then watched a CD I bought (Sam Neil's scientific series called "SPACE        " .... :) ... its alright not as impressive as The Wonders Of the Universe by Brian Cox... will watch the rest of the episodes only saw the first one... may be I'm being too quick on my judgment lets see... then went for swim, swam for 2.45 hrs, did 71 rounds... felt a little more exhausted than usual days... had a dinner of hot and sour chicken soup, with Greek Salad... it had lettuce, bell peppers, onions, tomato, black olives with vinegar dressing... felt hungry after coming home so had some black grapes... now going to bed after one more episode of SPACE          .... feeling good about the last 3 days..... hope to continue this...

Day - 33

Slept late last night, playing Facebook Game as there was a happy hour (bonus points)... So slept late, but slept very well, felt relaxed after I woke up.. Woke up at 8.10am, prepared my lettuce salads, some white grapes and the 7 types of dry fruits... packed them all to office... milk I had went bad, so had about 75gms of muesli cornflakes without milk... then went to office for the swim... swam for an hour and 45mins and did 62 rounds that's 1550meters... Was a little tiring, but enjoyed it... lunch had lettuce salad with honey dressing... evening had a green tea... Had a cricket tournament in my office, intra business unit matches, so had to play a match.... needed some energy so had Upma (semolina flour) dinner had a lettuce salad again, half of the quantity that I had for lunch... played the match well, but we lost... no big deal... enjoying life that the GOD has so generously bestowed upon me...

Day - 32

Didn't sleep much last night, but woke up by 8am... Been planning to carry food from home and not eat anything from office cafeteria or the restaurants... so packed 3 boxes, first one --  Iceberg Lettuce 30% of a whole lettuce with a dressing of orange juice and honey with some orange pulp, second box was of grapes black and green ones, may be 25 of each... medium sized ones... third box was of 7 different dry fruits and nuts ... all in very very small quantity (3 to 10 of each) need to search for all their names in English so will update this tomorrow... So breakfast had 500ml of milk with muesli cornflakes... cornflakes quantity was very less... Then went for the swim, swam for 1hr and 45mins and did 60 rounds... that's 1.5kms... enjoyed my swim very much today, tried varying my pace, changing speed of my legs and doing 2 rounds without my usual 20second breather... Felt good.. Lunch had a veg Hot and Sour soup (only thing I ate from outside food also only cooked food I had today) then had a single small piece of chicken, then my salad of lettuce... Evening had those dry fruits and nuts, then around 7pm had the grapes... 11pm had a pear... that's all the food today... also played TT for 30mins... so very good day... hope to repeat it often in the days to come...

Day - 31

Entry for 03/19/2014  --  used mosquito coils last night and slept well though slept late... removed swimming from my schedule just for today to rest my body (it gave a lot of red flags yesterday after the 70th round).... so slept well... coils worked well no mosquitos last night... such a relief... didn't have any breakfast, lunch had some thinly sliced chicken in spicy sauce and some goat(mutton) also made the same way with some bread... evening felt hungry so again had a craving for bad stuff and the bad stuff found me... not an evening of any redeeming factors or qualities... better be forgotten... I see that the days I don't swim or run... I tend to get more reckless and indulgent... also seems like I'm becoming a little more complacent as the people around me seem to notice the weight loss now... got to get myself under control... my weight keeps oscillating between 91 and 92... planning to take it below 90 in a week's time... lets hope I get there... so a good day ruined by an evening filled with cravings and I succumbed to the momentary indulgence .... need to get more strong... looking forward for tomorrow's swim...
so relieved that i updated the blog finally... didn't miss much of the details... have to update it daily...

Day - 30

Entry for 03/18/2014 --- slept alright last night, woke up at 9am, went to office by 10.15am... had a breakfast of milk and muesli cornflakes while I was on my way to work... then had an amazing 2hr and 45mins of swimming... I did (Drum rollllllllsssssssssssssssss) 102 rounds that 2550 meters.... felt amazing... had some pains here and there after 70th round onwards... but managed to keep the pain in check and finished the target... for lunch had a full meal of 3 flat bread, rice and 2 eggs in a gravy, yellow lentil soup and some gravy of another kind, and a small piece of dessert... felt amazing to finish the target... evening had a green tea, dinner had a pear with some white grapes... an amazing day...

Day - 29

Entry for 03/17/2014 -- tried updating the blog, couldn't going through some personal issues and not getting enough time to do anything else... anyway Monday hence no swimming... slept alright... needed that sleep, mosquitos are still wrecking havoc, need to find a solution.. I guess I need some mosquito coils... okay food, breakfast had some brown bread with honey and jam... lunch don't remember exactly, but don't think ate anything bad on this day... dinner had a pear and before that around 7pm had upma, need some good sleep... planning to do well in the pool tomorrow...

Day - 28

Entry for 03/16/2014  --  woke up a little late not enough of peaceful sleep... mosquitos are continuing their terror reign... need some remedy for this... Had couple of bread slices then went for the lunch party... and as expected there was a banquet... had chicken, rice, potato curry, desserts and a lot more stuff... was there till the evening, then on that full stomach went for swimming... swam for an hour and half and could only do 40 rounds... then went back home and on my way back, bought some corn flakes, fruits, veggies, green tea and stuff of that sort... Had a ready to eat salad for dinner... stomach is a little upset with today's excessive eating... so have to balance my diet tomorrow...

Day - 27

Entry for 03/15/2014 -- Slept till 10am, didn't get enough sleep, problems with mosquitos... There is a seasonal change here, this season is the party time for mosquitos... have some liquid repellent placed in my room, but it seems useless... Anyway cooked some lunch, rice and yellow lentil stew with ginger pickle... ate a lot like I used to 6months ago... in the evening went for a swim... swam for almost 2hrs but did only 50 rounds... taking it slow to do more rounds tomorrow... on my way back home, bought brown bread, honey and milk... for dinner had 6 or 7 slices of bread with honey and with yellow lentil stew... slept a little late... have to attend a lunch party at boss's home... I'm sure i'll be stuffed after that lunch... hospitality here means force feed u r guests till they beg u not to serve them anything more... so I'm sure i'll be screwed tomorrow...

Day - 26

Entry for 03/14/2014 -- Friday last day of the week, went early to office for the swim... had a rice pancake, felt a little heavy while swimming... did 50 rounds... then had a lunch of Hot and Sour soup, some fish and one flat bread, 4 tea spoons of rice... Evening is where all got screwed... went on a binge and ate a lot of fried snacks coated in chickpea flour and deep fried... that screwed up everything... think I had some milk and cornflakes for dinner... don't exactly remember this... bad end to the week...

Day - 25

Entry for 03/13/2014  --  Slept around 1am and slept till 9.15am... So a good night sleep and I feel great... went for the swim swam for an hour and 5mins and did 40 rounds... this is the quickest I have ever done 40 rounds... for breakfast had a double egg omelet with some bread... Had a lunch of egg sandwich... 2 eggs and 3 brown bread slices... evening had a upma, dinner had some rice with yellow lentil soup and okra curry... little bit more food than I would have preferred but I'm alright with it... need to improve my breathing technique... will try from tomorrow... Time to sleep...  

Day - 24

Last night slept very late ... around 4am... few more problems of the heart... should be ending soon... I hope that they do.... So I wasn't planning on swimming today, but I woke up at the usual time, so went to the pool... Took it a little easy, did only 32 rounds in 1hr.... had a breakfast of rice and black lentil pan cake (DOSA) .... Then had a banana milk shake as I was feeling a little hungry and burned out... all this was before the swim... An hour after the swim, had my lunch 2 thin flat breads, and a little more rice than I should have... With yellow lentil stew with some spinach, some fried potato, kidney beans in spicy sauce... A pretty heavy lunch, left office early to get some rest, for dinner had milk and cornflakes, muesli and normal ones mixed.... planning to sleep around 11pm... an okay day... need some sleep... hope to get it today....

Day - 23

Entry for 03/11/2014  --  Cramps and pains in the legs... cant believe that all my running was forgotten by my body so soon... Not sure how much I can swim today... Went to office early by 2.5hrs as usual... So went to the pool, did 50 rounds... feet still hurt... but I guess its foolish to think you can loose weight without some cramps and body pains... Got to take it in the stride and move on... just hope that I don't break myself beyond the point that my body can take... Have made the same mistake before once don't want to do it again... Enjoyed my swim today, did the 50 rounds 1250 meters in 1.5hours... that's kind of fast compared to my usual speed... but I did it very leisurely, trying to get into that elusive lazy elegance .... Before the swimming had a breakfast of Upma (the semolina flour cooked in water) ... Lunch had a full meal, 3 flat bread, spiced rice with spinach soup in cottage cheese and a mixed veg curry... Evening had 70 grams of peanuts... no dinner... will eat some cornflakes now... its pretty late... done with updating the blog... so will sleep in till late tomorrow and no swimming tomorrow... need some rest, my feet hurt and I feel tired... so going to take some rest...

Day - 22

Entry for 03/10/2014  --  Last night's pizza really bothered me and what's more is that today was Monday that means the pool is closed today... There was no way to spend the pizza calories.... the cake, dessert ... I woke up around 6am.... now I had to go for a run to spend away that dinner.... Its been a while since I ran... I've been pretty used to it earlier and a 5km run seemed challenging.... that is considering that I did 80 rounds in the 25 meter pool 12hours ago... So I started running, was able to finish 5kms in 40mins and 28seconds... but it was one of the most gruesome and physically punishing run I have ever had to do... For the first time in my life I felt that I might just pass-out at any point from the 3rd to the 5th kilometer... My shoulders started to hurt so bad... it was grueling... I was thinking of a triathlon... and thought I could do it... But I have a long way to go... I have a new found respect for triathletes now... I'm proud to have finished the 5kms... it wasn't easy at all... had a breakfast of milk and cornflakes.... Later went to office, for lunch had a fruit plate ( a plate of papaya, watermelon, musk melon, pine apple and half a banana).... Evening I was still hungry had a couple of boiled eggs... Around 7pm was still hungry had 3 small idlis (the steamed snack) .... dinner had 3 rice in yellow lentil and spinach stew... my feet started to hurt by the evening... played a lot of Table Tennis more than 2 hours of it... all in all a good day...ate a little too much may be, but none of it was bad stuff.... All in all happy with the day... But feel a little tired... need a good night's sleep...

Day - 21

Entry for 03/09/2014  --  Alright the D-day... Woke up a little late... there are plans for the evening surprise party so cant go for swimming in the evening... So I went in the afternoon, for lunch had a soup of sweet corn soup, then had a salad of lettuce in mayonnaise dressing... after lunch started swimming, by the evening around the party time when I had to go there, I was done with 80 rounds in 2.5 hours... so that's 2kms ... pretty happy with it, could have finished 100 if I had more time... but there will be another Sunday... I went to that friend's place had some cake... then as it got late and we needed to have dinner so everyone decided to order Pizza, garlic bread with a small chocolate lava cake... there is this social situation where for the past few years everyone in your friends is accustomed to your eating habit, and kind of enable your eating/feeding... They don't intend to do it on purpose... its just how they have know you to be.... so this was one of those situations, where I had to eat more than what I would have liked as my friends rely on me to finish the food :(... its incredibly foolish of me to eat more, in fact I ate the extra piece of pizza on my own.... no one forced me to, they just indicated that I could try one more and I jumped at the occasion ... that dinner really burdened my guilt... slept late... not a bad day I guess, except for the pizzaaaa !!!!!

Day - 20

Entry for 03/08/2014  -- Woke up a little late... friends made some plans for the evening to go out with them... So tomorrow 100 rounds challenge in the pool, so planning to take it easy today, so no swimming today... Had a packet of 5 grain biscuits (6 of them) in the morning... Around 4pm had a cream roll (puff pastry roll stuffed with chocolate flavored cream), wada pav (bread, potato mash dipped in chickpea flour and deep fried) and a samosa (a potato mash covered in rolled whole wheat flour pastry then deep fried)... Bad stuff but had no option as I was away from civilization at this point.... So had no other go... not to mention I was very very hungry... Went out with friends in the evening for a long drive, then had a dinner of some chicken starter ( think it was Chilly Chicken) shared with 2 others... Had a spinach soup, then some noodles.... Waiting for tomorrow... have some plans for the day (need to visit a friend's place to celebrate his b'day ... its a surprise party :) ).... Trying to squeeze in my swim...need at least 3.5hrs to finish 100 rounds.... lets see...

Day - 19

Entry for 03/07/2014....So woke up as usual at 9am... went to office and swam for 1hr and 45mins... Did 52 rounds... confirmed about the dimensions of the pool today... its a standard 25meters by 15 meters pool... so that goes to 1300 meters.... I'm pretty happy with that... hope to continue doing this.... Breakfast was a thin rice pancake (dosa) ... Lunch a veg hot and sour soup, one flat bread cooked in an oven with 4 small cube pieces of fish cooked in tandoor... Evening had a green tea and had a snack called Misal Pav, its piece of bread and crispy fried thin slices of chickpea flour batter in a spicy gravy... Its not too good as per my rules, but it isn't too bad either... Around 10.30pm I got hungry so ate a packet of (6) 5 grain biscuits... kind of got lost towards the end of the day... looking for a longer swim tomorrow...Sunday planning on doing 100 rounds,.... lets see how it goes...

Day - 18

Entry for  --  03/06/2014..... Slept alright last night, but for some reason woke up around 8.30am... went to office 2.5hrs early for my swim... Before the swim had a breakfast of 3 small IDLI (a steamed bun of sorts made from Rice flour and black lentil flour) and 1 small wada (black lentil paste deep fried in vegetable oil)... A lil heavy but wanted to have a good breakfast... swam for 1hr 45mins... and completed 52 rounds lengthwise... was a good effort... had a lunch of Veg HOT and SOUR soup and 1flat bread with mixed veg curry.... also had a piece of another flat bread, may be 25% of it... had a green tea in evening.... around 5pm went for a farewell party of one of my friends from office... so ate a little bad stuff.. a sliver of chocolate cake, brownie, some bread... some cheese was also there... 8pm was feeling hungry so had a biscuit packet which had may be 8 or 9 cookies... didn't have anything else... bit of a bad day in terms of food... really looking forward for good day tomorrow/... not too unhappy about today though... weighing after swim, seems like I may be lost another kg... wont check until I feel I have gotten into 80s... waiting for the swim tomorrow.

Day - 17

Entry for 03/05/2014  --  Slept around 1:00am last night, woke up at around 9am... 8hrs of sleep, still didn't seem enough today.... anyway had to go out with a friend of mine to help her with something, so no swimming, no breakfast as well... by the time it was all over it was 2.30pm and I was damn hungry... it had been almost 19hrs since I ate anything... so I ate a more than usual lunch... but didn't stuff my self too much... had 3 flat breads with some rice and yellow lentil stew... also with some potato curry, mix veg curry, and a small piece of a sweet... sounds like a lot, but all are in small quantities... had 2 green teas in the evening... then in the evening had a lot of work to do, and I needed a normal tea, so had one... dinner had some rice in lentil stew and with some soya beans in curry sauce... so lot of work, little more food than I would have liked, no exercise and a lot of work... looking forward for my swim tomorrow...

Day - 16

Entry for 03/04/2014 -- Slept very very very late last night... around 5am... problems of the heart again... but anyway woke up on time rushed to office... went there at 10.30am... had a breakfast of double egg omelet with some bread... lunch had some rice with yellow lentils and some beans and few potatoes... evening had a green tea with honey... around 7pm, had a upma (semolina flour dish boiled in water) ... nothing else in the night... In the morning went for the swim from 11.30am to 1pm... did 44 rounds so a little more than 1km... Not a bad day... but need some sleep... its already 1am... so have to hit the bed now...

Day - 15

Entry for 03/03/2014  -  After that amazing swimming session yesterday, I was feeling great.... and slept till late... had a bad thought of celebrating that effort and I did that in the worst way... I didn't have breakfast Pool is closed on Mondays so no swimming...  and went out for lunch with my buddies... and as much as it pains me... I must list all the shit I ate... that's the point of this blog... I need to admit to myself what I've done wrong... so here it goes... The restaurant is a nice one in front of my office, pretty diverse menu... had a soup to start with, Sea food soup, starter had a sesame chicken, fried pieces of chicken rubbed in sesame seeds, then had 5 chicken wings covered in sweet BBQ sauce... for main course had some burnt garlic fried rice with Burmese curry, had some Szechwan Noodles.... then the restaurant offered a Lebanese dish kind of a wrap with chicken stuffing as a complimentary dish... so that's the lunch...  its just a keyhole peep into what I used eat for lunch regularly for quite a few years... at least 2 or 3 times a week... That should have screwed up my yesterday's swimming efforts and the calorie loss... But I'm not too sad... tomorrow I'll swim again and will fight the habit again... that's just how it goes for an addict... I always believed that gluttony is also an addiction... so the root cause I guess is the screwed up reward mechanism in my head... anyway enough of rambling... didn't eat any dinner... rather couldn't eat any... I'm not too disappointed about today... I guess its alright... one day of stupidity... looking forward to swimming tomorrow...

Day - 14

Entry for 03/02/2014  --  Slept late last night, after some heavy phone call running into hours... little bit of heart problems again... anyway that caused the slip up last night... Today is a fresh day... slept long into the day... almost till afternoon.... Lunch had a very late one, around 3.30pm... had a veg hot and sour soup, then 2 flat breads, a dry curry of cauliflower and potato, left out most of the potatos and had cauliflowers.... Had a buttermilk to finish off... then swam for 2hrs and 45mins... did count properly today and drum rollllll I did 66 rounds length wise... and 4 rounds width wise... so in total swam 1.6 kms.... yeeehhhaaaawwww.... For the first time my hand muscles feel sore... that's a good thing I guess... enjoyed the swim very much... tomorrow the pool is closed as its Monday... So after and before the swim had a green tea with honey... dinner had a salad of lettuce, tomato, peppers and chicken... loved the healthy dinner... so all in all a good day... have to make sure I eat breakfast also, will try to do that from tomorrow... lets see... 3 good days... feeling great... Ohhh also been checking my weight, I'm at 92 now... lost 2kgs... just 2 kgs away from my short term target of getting into 80's... sure I can do it soon....

Day - 13

Entry for - 03/01/2014  --  After yesterday, I was really looking forward to the Saturday swim, usually I spend 3hrs, but there is a lot of idle time, so I wanted to see how much I can push my self... also today is another best friend's b'day so there was a lunch party and I had a heavy heavy lunch... tried white wine, two sips... it was yuuuuuukkkkkkkkkkk.... so that's my first real tryst with alcohol... I guess I'm not going to try that eveeer again... Food food... foooddd... there was plenty... Had some Malacca street dish made of chicken and wrapped in a beetle leaf... Then had few pumpkin chips... then tofu fried... Then chicken fried rice, veg fried rice and a delicious noodles in a curry sauce called Burmese noodles... then a chocolate mouse cake of some sort for dessert... so a grand number of calories... Then swam for 2.5 hours... again did length only... 6 or 8 width wise rounds only rest over the length... but lost count after 22, I probably did about 45 to 50 rounds... enjoyed the swim, breathing technique isn't perfect yet, but its getting there, slowly... Dinner had very very thin flat bread with potato and lentil curry... But got hungry in the night as I was awake late into the night, so had ready made noodles... that's a slip up... looking forward for tomorrow...

Day - 12

Entry for 02/28/2014  -- Went to office excited about swimming... went there 2.5hrs early... For the first time I wanted to count the round I was doing and wanted to do as many as I could... So I started the count and also measured the length of the pool, it was 24meters long... nearly.... So I managed to do a total of 32 rounds in ( 16 if you count to and fro as one round) ... I did 8 rounds width wise... so in total I did around 800 meters... of course I would take a break after each round to steady my breath... I spent in total about 1hr and 45mins... Really happy with how it all went down... Ok food, breakfast had a stuffed pan-fried flat bread called Paratha, the stuffing was vegetables and some mint... After the breakfast did the swimming, lunch - went out to the restaurant, but controlled my intake, had vegetable hot and sour soup with mushrooms and vegetables, it was pretty spicy... also had one flat bread with a spice coated fish cooked on direct fire in a special oven called tandoor, evening, had a green tea and a plate of fruits, Dinner only soup was different, it was chicken manchow soup, flat bread and the fish stayed the same... ate quite a bit, but I guess its not too much... happy with the day... hope to keep the momentum...