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Here is what happened. I was just wondering…..

how to get rid of those 2-3 kgs of stubborn fat on my body. Now, this ‘wondering’ is going on since last three years. Everyone knows that there are times when you are ALMOST perfect with your weight. I said ‘ALMOST’ because you are not THERE yet. That ‘ALMOST’ word sucks.  No matter what you do, those 2-3 kgs just don’t budge. Try aerobics, yoga, be on water for whole day, try combinations of exercise and diet, but nothing happens. Those fats seem to love your body and clings to you like a baby.

I came across GM diet through…..

 internet search. It seemed wonderful. After all, you are not starving. You are eating fruits and vegetables and not just eating but you are allowed to stuff yourself with it. And then you can also have beef and bananas and milk and coffee (black and without sugar. I am yet to develop a taste for that. So can’t really have that.)  Nothing can be as great as this, especially for those who love eating. So, what did I do? Well, with so many things allowed to be eaten and with no restrictions on the quantity, I decided to go on that diet.

There were some hesitations ..

which led to some questions. They were as follows:

1) Do I really need this diet? I mean I don’t weigh100 kgs. Just 55 kgs. I just want to lose those 2-3 kgs, that’s it.

2) Am I going to lose my curves? Because you see, the point is, I don’t know from where the fats are going to vanish. I like to be voluptuous (who doesn’t like that!) and I want to keep my shape. So I was a little hesitant.

3) Am I going to survive seven days? It’s not easy.

So the obvious next step was……

 to talk to people who have been through this diet. Fortunately, one of my cousin’s had done it. She said she couldn’t handle it even for the first day. But her mother-in-law survived for seven days. I was impressed. I spoke to her mother-in-law and with all the energetic enthusiasm she encouraged me to do it. I agreed, as I knew that I can stop the diet whenever I want to. I was told that I was not going to lose my shape and if I have enough will power, I will survive. And then, I was allowed to eat!

I was happy and in divine bliss. I went for ….

shopping. I shopped for loads of fruits. The GM diet instructions say you should have watermelon the most if you desire good amount of weight loss the second day. But as I could not get the watermelon, I went for watery fruits. I bought apples, papaya and loads of oranges. I came home and happily declared that I am going on a diet. (It helps to declare it to the world because from this point on, your ego gets involvedJ). From the next day the diet began.

I got up in the morning, went to the……

 kitchen and had a nice tea with 2 teaspoon of sugar in it. And suddenly I realized that I had to go on a diet! How can I forget? I missed the whole thing!! I calmed down, took some deep breaths and relaxed. I told my mind not to worry. It is ok to make mistake. No problem. You can forgive yourself for being a little forgetful (and also thank yourself for that forgetfulness secretlyJ).

Next, instead of going to my usual …..

morning stuff like checking my mails or reading newspaper, I went to the refrigerator and started looking at those fruits. The coming ordeal generated hunger in my stomach before its usual time. I chose orange. I peeled it nicely, took out the seeds, cut it into neat small pieces and had my breakfast. I felt good.

Then I started wondering…

 what to eat next. This thinking started even before I could finish that first fruit of mine. I decided on orange again. After an hour I had another orange. I was feeling light but also little irritated. I mean, why the hell did I tell everyone that I was going on diet?

Now I was stuck. I had to…

 prove that I can do it, at least for the first day. By afternoon, I started imagining about all sorts of juicy, spicy, crispy, oily and buttery dishes that world has to offer. I gathered some courage, went to the kitchen and had an appleL. It was tasty.

By this time I also had……

 some five glasses of water. I was waiting for the night eagerly. The watch was showing 3 pm. I wanted that day to run off quickly so that I could sleep well and if possible, carry the instructions for second day.

Now let me be little objective here. The good thing about……

the GM diet is that you don’t feel weak or drowsy. You are strong, your stomach is full and you cannot complain because you are actually eating! You are not starving yourself. The only thing that you miss is having variety of food, and especially if you are used to spicy food.  So I couldn’t even make sad face and go in front of my mom expecting her to coax me out of it. This diet makes your face glow, you start looking healthy and fresh. So no one is going to pity you and no one’s going to try talking you out of that diet. Finally I had to stick to it.

By night I had….

 2 apples, three oranges and a big bowl of papaya. I also had 8 glasses of water.  The last orange that I had did not get a nice treatment as the first orange had got. I was irritated, little restless and was missing the dinner that was cooked in the kitchen. I forgot the sophistication, peeled the cover with fingers, put the slices in the mouth and ate it. (No, I did not eat the seeds!) I was not that hungry. No neat cutting or small pieces. I accepted simple, pure, natural way of eating.

I avoided checking my….

 weight in the evening as I wanted to be little nice to myself. What if I have not lost any weight? I might go into depression if I found that so many efforts have given me no gain. No!! I was not prepared to handle that.

I was hoping that someone….

 will sympathize or empathize with me (no matter what ‘thize’ they choose. I was OK with it) and ask me to stop the diet and have a hearty dinner. But no, no one was really interested in doing that. I looked at my brother expecting him to pity me and ask me to have at least a bowl of rice. Instead, he said, “Go, have a glass of water. You HAVE to drink 10 glasses of water.” So, I had a big glass of water and went to sleep.

Objective thought again, …

I was feeling absolutely no physical discomfort. In fact I was feeling light and energetic. This diet was proving very good. The discomfort was just of my mind and my tongue. But by the end of the day, there was a huge satisfaction. I won, I survived the first day. Hurray!!

P.S.

 I am wondering if I should be happy or sad. I will have to stick to it the next day…..

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