Day - 116 --- Rating --- 0

Alright... Monday is here... and the pool is closed... so no swimming today... after all that swimming for past 2 days i had a very sound sleep last night... slept around 1 am and woke up at 11 am... wanted to go running but couldn't really do that... anyway happy with the last couple of days... 1 rest day is very necessary i think... so no serious workouts today... just played serious ping-pong for 2 hrs... ok food... in the morning woke up late so around 12.30 pm, had a small glass of pomegranate juice... caught a bit of cold after all that swimming this morning so didnt want drink that cold juice, but had no other options... lunch had 3 flat breads with green peas in a curry gravy... around 4pm had a tea, then in the evening around 6pm had a tea and a cream roll (bad choice... but was so hungry and craving for some sweet stuff) ...  also had a boiled vermicelli dish... another bad choice... dinner had a vegetable hot and sour soup with little bit of dry noodles... thats all for today... not an ideal day ... so rating 0 

Day 101 to 115 --- And the trouble strikes !!!

Been a while since i have posted anything here, there is a good reason for that... last 2 weeks have been difficult ones... had so many ups and downs... to begin with, the shifting to new place and hoping to intensify my exercise efforts too a big step back as i started having back pain 2 days after getting here... Since i had a serious serious back problem back in 2011 which lead to a major surgery, i had always been very careful with back pain... i think by now i know when to push on and when to hold back and take rest when i get a back pain of any sort... so this one felt like i need to slow down and take things slow... so first thing i did was to stop the plans of running, then for a few days stopped swimming as well... started eating my usual food without any rules, increased meat and egg intake... not sure why this always helps with my back pain... so after 4 or 5 days i was feeling much better... all this eating created some guilt which kept me away from getting back to the blog... anyway after 3 days started swimming and 3 days ago started running on a treadmill in office gym... things got better after the first 5 days... and i continued my swimming, but the food habit change was like opening of a flood gate its very hard to get back on track once you leave all the rules... so that took a lot of time... good news is my running hasnt gone bad... i started running day before yesterday and that day and yesterday i ran for 35 mins each and 3.3kms on each day .... the amazing thing to share is my swimming form... something amazing happened to me 5 days ago, i found a rhythm in swimming.... and since then my swimming has drastically improved.... its basically to do with the way i breathed, once it got sorted on its own, i could do wonders with swimming... day before yesterday after my 35 min run i swam 144 rounds in that 25meter pool.... can you believe it 144 rounds that is 3.6 kms!!!!!!!!! Even Ironman triathlon has a swimming section of 3.5 kms only... i did 100 meters more !!!!! :) :) :) 44 of those rounds were continues rounds with no breaks.... 2 days before this event i figured out a more relaxed and easy way to breath... it just came to me while i was in a 2hr swimming session... and then it all became so easy... today i did 2 swimming sessions one in the morning and one in the evening... no running today... in the morning i did 120 rounds 50 of which were non stop rounds without a break.... then in the evening went back to the pool again and did 80 rounds... so in total did 200 rounds today thats 5 kms !!!!! That is beyond any imagination i could have ever had when it comes to my swimming abilities.... my per round time has decreased dramatically as I'm doing more continues rounds... yesterday i did on an average 56.7 rounds per hour... today 120 rounds in the morning took me 2hrs and 80 rounds in the evening took me 1.5hrs... this is amazing improvement my previous highest rounds of 102 took me 2hrs and 45mins... compared to this the current timings are amazing... just goes to show you how much the human body can adapt and do amazing things... mine isnt even fit or in shape... Shopping around for a bicycle these day may be in a week will buy one... so that would really put my calorie burning in a different gear... Started an additional challenge for my self... the challenge is to do 100kms of running and 50kms of swimming in 30days .... started this 3 days ago and I'm using something called as a Dailymile website to track my distances... will post them on a weekly basis... food is still an issue... havent got that under control yet... will try hard from tomorrow... alright i think i updated everything... daily updates from tomorrow... things are looking good... I'm very sure that i will breakthrough the 90kg barrier soon... as of now it hasnt changed the machine still shows 90kg when i checked my weight this morning... anyway i'm not bothered about it as long as my running and swimming go well... Finally thanks to the god for keeping me safe and sound and allowing me to do this quest for self respect... 

Day - 100 Rating --- 0

Entry for -- 1st June 2014 --- Okay, 100 days up today... still 80 to go... didnt remember it today... Anyway to the eating... Woke up around 10 am... ate a small 50 gms pack of biscuits for breakfast may be around 11.30 am... it was 200 calories as the pack said so... then we for lunch around 2.30 pm... had what is called a Thali... went to a place that serves the regional cuisine where i'm originally from so i didnt contain my self... its a rare thing to go to that place... so i had plenty of rice, lentil stew, battered and fried cabbage... and so yeah it breaks all rules of the experiment... feeling a little guilty but cant help it now... evening went for swimming and swam for 2.5 hrs... stopped counting rounds these days... feels a little too difficult to do that now... i'm usually lost in swimming, tried it a couple of times but i forget to count as i continue to swim... dinner had 3 very thin whole wheat flat breads with boiled cabbage and coconut... very small amount of yellow lentil stew and raw cucumber and carrots may be 1 piece each along with this... time to sleep now... 

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 :( :(