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....