Day - 99 Rating 1

Finally the steak of 0's ends... what a relief... had to relocate today to a new place... this is just next to office... so i can go swimming anytime i like...also there is a running group near by and i can reach there cycling... lets see how it turns out... so didnt sleep long last night... started sleeping very late and woke up when the movers and packers was scheduled to come at 9am... but they showed up at 11.20 am... anyway no breakfast... lunch after relocation work, had it at 3.30 pm... had 3 thick flat breads made in Tandoor... with chicken curry and egg... the swam for 2hrs... then had a dinner of lettuce salad and a small piece of roasted bread given with the salad... thats all for the day... it was great and i'm very tired ... time to sleep..

Day - 98 Rating 0000000000000000000

Entry for - 5/30/2014    --   Woke up at 9am... went to office and had brown bread with jam... 2 slices of them... green tea with honey... this was around 12.15 pm... then it all got screwed... well so of... I've messed up my diet today beyond imagination.... But I'm still happy... The video I've made for my organization competed with 24 other videos and came out on top... so it will represent my company now when it competes with 100 other companies... I managed this last year as well so its 2 years in a row for me... very excited and happy about it... so lunch had an egg puff and buttermilk with some fried batter treats .... it only went more berserk from then on.... evening had a samosa, a uthappa and a cream roll... then dinner had a feast with friends for the success of the video... had chicken, rice, flat bread and all the wrong stuff in large quantities... still i'm okay with all mistakes today... great day for my creative pursuits... swam for 50mins... shifting tomorrow to a new place... time for a new beginning... GN

Day - 97 Rating - 0

Entry for 05/29/2014  --  Woke up at 9.30 am... didnt anything till i went to office around 11.45 am had a couple of hard boiled aggs... While writing yesterday's entry, i realized that there is too much of bread in my day.... i'm not talking about the flat bread, its a staple diet here and its not baked... so removing bread from my diet today, so i had eggs... then had a green tea with honey... lunch had 3 flat breads with chickpeas in curry sauce... 4 pm had another green tea with honey... then it all went south... went with my colleague to accompany for evening snack... i wasnt planning on eating anything... but had stuff fried and extra fried and all that shit... had something called as a samosa chat, then some deep fried dough called bajji... so all efforts of the day in vain... after this debacle went for swimming swam for 1hr and 15mins... wasnt hungry in the evening so came home without having dinner... felt hungry after midnight... so had a banana... so its a good day gone bad... 

Day - 96 Rating -- 0

Woke up at 915 am... didn't eat anything... went to office and had 2 slices of brown bread with jam... this was around 11.45 am... then had a green tea... lunch at 1.45 pm had 3 flat breads made of whole wheat flour and mix vegetable curry... evening had a green tea, then after some back to back meetings around 7pm had a 2 egged omelette with 2 slices of white bread... then in the night had 3 flat breads with mix vegetable curry... started volunteering for a health and wellness program in my organization... looking forward to be a crucial contributor for this program... lets see... dad got unwell today and he is in hospital... a little worried about that... though i didnt eat anything wrong... i think i ate a little too much than i should and there was no swimming so today's rating is 0 :( :(

Day - 95 Rating -- 1

Entry for 05/27/2014  --  Started the day by waking up at 8.30 am... had a task to complete and send out the final result to the client onsite... so was looking to get to office and get that work done soon... had a banana in the morning at around 9.30 am... then went to office, 12.00 pm had 2 slices of brown bread with jam... and had a green tea with honey... 1.30 pm had a lunch of 3 thin flat breads made of whole wheat flour with cauliflower curry ( there wasnt any salt or spice in it :( )... worked pretty much constantly to finish my work... then around 3pm had a green tea with honey again... around 5.30 pm went for evening snacks... had scrambled eggs (2 of them) with onions and tomato... with little bit of bread... 8 pm had a black coffee to get on with my work... no sugar... dinner at 9.30 pm had a 2 brown bread slice sandwich stuffed with a hard boiled egg and boiled corn... had a buttermilk at the end... and before leaving office had some pieces of mango... probably half of a small mango... one thing I'm proud of today is I was offered sweets and ice cream today... one of them was by boss who just returned from his hometown... managed to avoid eating the sweets... Happy about it... Working on organizing a talk by my city's running group to our entire organization to encourage more people to take up to running... our company has 2500 employees, so hoping to get some of them into running... lets see how it goes.. didnt swim today, had to work and finish my work... so an okay day... didnt eat anything bad... time to sleep now...

Day - 94 Rating -- 0 :( :(

Slept like hell last night... Best sleep I've had in a while... Woke up at 11.30 am... had a banana for breakfast... then went to office to catch up with some work... This is where everything went south... around 4pm, went to have some lunch... for some reason, wasn't feeling hungry till then... had a 3 slices of brown bread made into a sandwich stuffed with boiled corns and hard boiled egg... then screwed up everything and had 80gms of fried snack... then a buttermilk with some sprinkle with some chickpea flour batter deep fried... then for dinner had to rush as my cab was about to leave so had a deep fried snack called Samosa and an Egg puff... again the buttermilk with that same sprinkle... so a bad day... no workout pool closed on Mondays... little bit of pain in my legs... thy of both legs specially... played ping pong for an hour or so... discovered an artist called Hozier today.... amazing voice and beautiful lyrics... heard his Take Me To Church again and again... amazing talent... A Angelic voice and a Blasphemer at heart of all religions... amazing... inspired me to write something... will do if i can today....

Day 93 Rating -- 1

An epic day... first of all last night's dinner was a bad idea... i had heaviness and uneasiness as i woke up at 4 am to join the run which was at 6 am... Anyway despite of that i made it to the start point on time... my long time target for a 10 km had been to finish it under 90 mins... my first 10 km was on October 6th 2013 was 110 mins, then on 6th December was 96 mins... Then i did a 15 km in 144 mins... o my best till now has been 9.6 mins per 1 km... I havent ran for a month or so... i wasnt sure if i could get it done under 90min... but i did itttttttttttttt.... i finished it in 87mins... it was quite a run today... i ran for the first 30mins, and i covered about 3.5 kms... then i took the first walking break, then i started running quicker... small walking breaks then quick runs for few mins... i crossed the 5 km mark at 44 mins, then came the big shock... from 5.5 km to 7 km mark there was a hill to cross !!!!!!! i had no idea that i was so steep... from 5 km on wards the uphill started and from 5.5 kms on-wards it was a direct climb... there was a proper road and all, but the elevation was a killer... To reach from 5 km to 7 km it took me 21 mins... with just 25 mins left i had to cover 3 kms... but there was a down hill, so i took that chance to cover up the time... i kept running as fast as i could till the down hill was over... took much shorter walking breaks once the down hill was over and continued to run faster... till i saw the finishing line with 5 mins left i wasnt sure if i could finish the race under 90mins... once i saw the finish line, i kept running strong and finished with 3mins left on the clock... was an amazing day... if that uphill wasnt there i could have improved my time even more.. anyway.. extremely happy with the way it all went down... i was a bit more tired than usual, not sure if its the lack of practice or something else... anyway after the race had a powder of electrolyte with water and felt a lot better... then came back home, had a banana.... also had a half of banana while i was running.... had a lot of water... then for lunch had a couple of flat breads with lentil stew and spinach also had some rice... but only a little... finally had a beverage of some sort and an ice cream...  then went for a movie... wanted to keep moving the whole day and not stay at home sleeping... during the movie had a bowl of pop-corn and a soft drink... then went for swimming, swam for 2hrs... had a dinner of rice, lentil stew, a curry of some ground vegetable, and a vegetable battered and fried and a chicken fry... thats all for the day... best day probably... lot of exercise, little more carbs then usual, they were necessary... not even the banned food can turn this day to rating - 0... the race day is a no rules day... either way... really a great day... no pains in legs ... at least as of now... enjoyed the day a lot... need to stay on path... one bad thing is i checked my weight again the machine shows 93 today :( :( ... dont know if its broken or what... anyway will check again on tuesday to confirm... Gn for now...

Day 92 Rating - 1

So big day tomorrow, didnt run for a month or so now... doing a 10k tomorrow... lets see how i do... target is to do it under 90mins... being a little light should help my speed... lets see how i go... today is carbs day... Morning wokeup very late, slept till 11.30am... no breakfast... had a late lunch at around 3.30pm... Lot of rice, lentil stew, yogurt, couple of other dishes... dinner had rice pancakes with mix veg balls fried and placed in a gravy.... then a little bit of veg crispy i.e. an assortment of vegetables battered and fried... as today is the day before race, all food is allowed hence the rating 1... looking forward for the run tomorrow... am a little anxious to see how i would do after this long break... time to hit the bed... 

Day - 91 Rating : 1

Entry for 5/23/2014  ---  So 90 days later the second part of the 180 days experiment started today... just checked out my first entry for the 180 days from Feb 16th... So i was 94 when i started this 180 part... After 3 months I have lost 4kgs... Just checked my weight today, its exactly at 90... Not exactly amazing change but I'm happy with it... I have strayed on many days, actually on most of the days, i broke one rule or the other... yet I managed to maintain at 90... with little more discipline I'm sure I can get to 85 soon... Lets see... I'm hopeful... Last night after the blog, i was awake for a couple of hours and had the worst of hunger pangs... the fruit plate burns out so soon, and it showed its effect... I was so hungry that I could have eaten anything, i had a mango at hand, so I ate it... not ideal, but not too bad either.. so i slept around 2 am, woke up at 9 am, went to office, ate 2 slices of brown bread with jam, then a green tea with little bit of honey, this was at 11.45am... lunch went out side of office to a restaurant which we used to frequent earlier... i used to eat like crazy here, but did manage to control myself, and eat only minimal... had 2 flat breads made of wheat flour with 2 small pieces of chicken in a curry gravy, then had 2 tea spoons of rice in lentil stew with some potatoes... the latter 2 were of very small quantity... I have registered for a 10k on Sunday, hence the little bit of rice this was around 2pm... evening had upma the semolina flour boiled in water with few more things, this was at 6pm... also had another green tea and a black coffee... dinner had 3 slice brown bread sandwich with hard boiled egg and corns stuffed in... then had a buttermilk (yogurt mixed with a lot of water)....  this was around 11pm... 11.30 had few pieces of mango... may be 1/3rd of a normal mango.... now going for a sleep... I would still rate the day as 1.... need sleep and rest now... gn

Day - 90 Rating - 1

Read some of the entries in the blog from the earlier days... Felt good to see through one day without doing something stupid and impulsive... alright woke up at 930am... slept late last night, something i want to avoid going forward... breakfast had 2 boiled eggs only red chilly powder, no salt... had one green tea... this was around 11.45am... lunch at 2pm had 5 flat breads made of whole wheat flour with mix veg curry... evening had a 2 egg omelette with a bread bun... dinner had fruit plate... also had 2 more green teas with honey... so all in all a good day... need to keep going... did an hour of swimming after the evening snacks... happy with the day... Rating for the day is 1.... need more of these...

Day - 89

Alright, I believe I'm at a point with this whole thing where I have reached several times before... The point of giving up... Where making mistakes doesn't hurt your resolve to follow the rules you have set for your self... you take all your actions for granted and all mistakes forgiven and forgotten the next minute... I'm hitting that point, i know because I've been there few times till now... the difference is i have this blog this time, so my task is to Read the blog again and try to recall everything i have been writing, and to restore my resolve... so I'm going to restate all the rules i have set go through my blog to remind my self of what I've set out to do... time to get serious seriously... So here are my rules set way back in Sept 2013 when i was 100kgs... 10kgs later I'm revisiting the rules again now...

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..

So i'll rate a day as 1 or 0... If all the rules are followed without a miss, i rate it as 1 else 0... So here we go... lets see how many 1's i get for next 90days...

In addition to the above rules, No TEA.... Green Tea with honey allowed... Now about today...

Breakfast, fruit plate at 11.30am... Lunch 5 small chicken wings in barbecue sauce, then mix veg curry with 3 flat bread made of whole wheat flour... evening had a biscuit packet may be 8 biscuits were there..... dinner had a brown bread sandwich with corn and potato mash... had couple of more teas throughout the day... 1hr of swimming, so not a bad day.... time for bed now... tomorrow onwards things should get a lil intense... lets see if i can sustain it...

Day - 88

Entry for -- 05/20/2014  .... woke up at 9.30, went to office early so i can go for a swim in the evening... breakfast had a egg puff, a tea with a cream roll... not at all ideal... lunch had 3 flat breads, with soy in gravy... evening shared snacks with friends... so had few pieces of multiple things... then swam for an hour no dinner wasn't hungry... all day had 4 teas... needed them to keep me going through the day... an okay day need to get better... i showed the video i made to all the employees who acted in it.... all them said they liked it... lets see if it gets shortlisted by the company... time for bed now....

Day - 87

Entry for -- 05/19/2014.... didn't get time to update the blog, no exercise as the pool was closed... had a good sleep, but doesnt seem to be enough... felt tired after getting home... slept again after getting home... something is wrong... i feel a little down physically for no reason... lets see if i get better soon... food had quite a bit dont have time to recall and write it all, but not a good day as far as i can remember... 

Day - 86

Entry for day -- 05/18/2014..... Slept like crazy last night after 40+ hours .... Woke up in the morning around 10am, dad had his second surgery today... it went well... then i had some bad stuff and biscuits and went for a lunch... rice pancakes with fish curry... then swam for 2hrs and 15mins.... for dinner had a soup and a salad of lettuce and other veggies... had a couple of biscuts before sleeping... an alright day... finished my video yesterday and submitted it... need to see how it fares in the competition... time for bed now...

Day 79 to 85

Update on 5-17-2014.....Been a hell of a week.... Sunday swam well, but rest of the week ate like a crazy cat... The food intake went on to increase as i got closer to the deadline for submitting my video... been an eating frenzy.... like the annual migration feast for bears or crocodiles... anyway... today is by far the worst ... its been 35hrs since i've had any sleep... i finished writing, planning and shooting the video on Wednesday, Thursday did some minor remaining part shoot, then made the rock band of our company record a nice song for me... been editing for last 2 days.... worked on it continuously for 22hrs, then tragedy struck, because of some compatibility issues, cant save the edited film into an MP4. Struggling to get it done... anyway happy with the way the film cameout, hope to finish it soon and get some shuteye... otherwise my body will cease to function and force me into a coma or something i guess... no swimming after Sunday... bad bad week... need to check my weight to see how much screwed it is now... anyway all should be over soon... hoping to get out of this bad patch soon....

Day - 78

Entry for -- May 10th 2014... Slept well, woke up at around 10am, had a brunch, made scrambled eggs with 2 onions, one tomato, a medium sized potato and of course eggs, 3 of them... some salt and chilly powder and green chilly... no lunch as I had brunch at around 12... so evening went on house hunting. Trying to move closer to office, for swimming, running and all else... went to a friend's house in the evening, around 6pm, had 80% of an apple and may be 30gms of yellow lentils roasted ( its a ready made snack)... then went swimming, swam for 1hr15mins... then had a dinner of 4 chicken pieces in spicy gravy with 4 flat breads... also had a little snack called papad... so an okay day... not back in the groove yet... lets see how tomorrow goes...

Day - 77

Entry for - May 9th  2014 -- Wasn't exactly an ideal day... didn't exactly go as I planned... had to do something creative today... there is a short film competition in our office for Great Place To Work 2014 official entry... so had to write and think of a concept, talk to people to act and help me make it... strangely was craving for sugary stuff all day... not sure whats the connection anyway... in that aspect everything went well... finished writing, casting and thinking... just got a week to shoot and edit the video... not sure if I can complete it... lets see... needless to say, my diet went all awry... Its too painful to list all the items, but het I got to do it... this is what has been missing for the last 4 weeks causing me to lose control... so here we go... Breakfast an egg puff and a cream roll, then a tea... lunch had 3 flat breads with kidney beans in spicy gravy.. evening, had a tea and few pieces of fried dough... dinner is where I totally screwed up completely, 3 very thin flat breads, with spicy rice, soya in spicy gravy and potato curry... and a sweet, then some fried snack... so that's the long list and a confession of a glutton... anyway, got to get my thinking hats on and get the video done soon... ohhh couldn't swim as well today... will compensate in the weekend...

Day - 76

Slept late last night, so woke up around 9am, hadn't been running for the past 10 days or so... ran only on one day... cant balance my sleeping time and have enough time to run... but have been swimming 5 to 6 days a week... 2 of those 6 are weekends on which I usually swim for 3hrs... so back to today... breakfast had 3 slices of bread and a 2 egg omelet... then a tea... got to stop the tea... lunch had 3 flat breads with okras in a yogurt base... evening ate bits and pieces of some snacks not the planned diet... but sometimes in a social situation cant avoid eating this kind of stuff... anyway finding it hard to get back to the rules of the experiment... got to get back to the plan... then swam for about 1hr and 15mins... dinner had 3 very thin flat bread with soya in spicy gravy and a small piece of sweet... then a butter milk with some pieces of spicy fried stuff... about 10gms may be... anyway I can see how this all seems very much unlike someone trying to lose weight... I know ... will try to get back on track...

Day - 75

Until May 7th 2014 -- Well its hard to get back to the blog... last 5 weeks have been hard... Lot of roaming around hospitals, experts and all that... anyway back to my base town 10days ago... haven't exactly been following the rules of the experiment strictly ... but in these last month I had put on 2 to 3 kgs, but lost most of it again... Managed to run on 9 days... swam for 8 days... 3 of which were long runs of 2 hours or more... all of the runs at around 30mins running and 1hr walking...ate a lot of carbs and there were no restrictions on food as it wasn't possible... so back to the experiment now... will start getting back to the routine... but have to travel again in few days to get my dad through the second surgery... lets see how it goes... will update from tomorrow on a daily basis... Need to work extra hard once all this is over so that I can hit my targets on weight... as of now I'm 91... got my LIPID profile done couple of days back... everything is in limits.. will post numbers tomorrow... time to sleep now...