Chapter 7: How I became a Freak..!!!!

Hey guys wazzap....!!!!!

In this blog I write about probably one of the greatest achievements of my life, something I'm quite proud of n the journey of which will forever spur me on to keep at bay the "part of me I managed to lose", the mass of me  manged to lose..the journey from Gargullah to Gargelete..!!!

Weighty issues...something that has plagued me for allll my life...It seemed like the greatest irony of mankind that I was actually born half a kilo underweight, something on which my over massed leg has perenially been pulled upon...N with typically over reacting Indian parents who could not bear the ignominy of an underfed child, so began the rise n rise of the magnitude of my dimensions...

It was not that I wasn't the outdoor types...I was the chump kid who would be the first to reach the cricket ground n the last to exit it, over enthusiastic towards anything that was sport (n still am...!!!),  it was just one simple problem...i simply ate too much...!!! 

Well the weight grew n grew n grew, the lesser n lesser i seemed to care about it..I started thinking that its something I have to bear n nothing can be done about, or maybe that i was born to be that way....When i'd entered college, i had bloated to a level where if i were to expand any further then the skin concealing my tummy wasnt going to hold it much longer...I'd had to buy pants which were meant for those Past their time Babu's in over Stationarized Govt. Offices(dono where that came up from..!!) n by no means for an average heighted college kid...As school, i was the center of all weighty jokes in the college times....It was in good jest till a point but then I'd slowly started to lose confidence in life...N at 85.5kgs n at 38.5 inch waist size, the bubble snapped...

There r three key essential things for a healthy body as I always say..regulated diet, regulated sleep n regulated exercise of course....For the regulated diet,I'd decided to cut down on the evening snacks, aerated drinks, limit intake of rice, junking to once a week....(Thank god atleast alcohol was never an issue coz that can be the toughest to sacrifice or as i've only heard...!!!)...I'd regulated my routine acc. to the Military routine..(pipedown at 23:00, Rise n Shine at 06:00...yaa i somehow managed it even in the nocturnal DCE hostel..!!! but I'd received such unforgettable taunts for leading this unbelievably drabby routine..) n come hell or high water or those cozy winter mornings...(shockingly i managed to commence this routine in the ultra foggy Jan days..!!), i somehow from somewhere found the will to hit the track...it gained from once a week, to two n then it became more of an addiction than a compulsion..Word of advice for all weight loss aspirants, its a fact that the toughest part is settling into the routine, persisting with it is infact the easiest...!!! My thought process transcended from something of a compulsion to something I'd started enjoying....It gave aim to my life...it gave purpose...I had a mission...a target that i could see my self with every morning...!!!!May i take a note to mention that i am indebted to Das n Ashok for being there throughout the transition phase who sgreed to mentor me through those rigorous times...

N the results were there to see...the shedding process was showing results n in 7 months i'd managed to shed a whopping 21 kgs...My greatest joy came when my mom pulled out a pair of barely used trousers from my 8th grade that had somehow survived  its way through all the shifting to be still there in the closet...I tried it n it fit..!!I felt like such an achiever that day....

Since then I'd decided to take up fitness as an integral part of my routine....Even today I put on the running shoes as n when i get time from work...May it be even once a week...I strongly believe that if the urge for fitness is there in the mind, sooner or later its sure to rub off on the body....The key is, never lose the sanctitude of fitness if you don't want fitness to lose you...

I've managed to inspire lots of people not just in my circle but also a few of them whom i din't even know...!!!N most importantly, i got the "rotting n ailing somewhere in the doldrums" confidence in myself back...Here was the leaner meaner fitter me...N here is when started the new chapter of my college life..."From Pillar to Post"....

N that's the story of how i became a Freak...A Fitness Freak...

Cheers...!!!