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...