No I don’t have any diet plans,
or exercise regimes, or weight loss techniques to share. The professionals are
already taking care of this elsewhere! What I think important to share are the
feeling and the events which we all go through and are all too familiar with
when concerned with this all too close-to-home, and sometimes depressing, “phenomenon”.
As a teenager till the age of 26,
weight gain or “fat” was not a concern for me. I was an average weight of 45-48
kg at various points of time and was able to eat ALL food groups without
worrying about the “after effects” on my physical being. Yeah I was thin
(depressing reminiscence…)!
After the age of 26… life
changed. 1st, I got married, and 2nd…. My metabolism
refused to cooperate! I couldn't understand what was going on. Were my clothes
actually getting tighter? My tummy was bulging…why? I was eating the same
stuff, and my daily activities were the same, then why?
Okay … okay… I won’t be so
melodramatic. It’s not like I’m unimaginably over weight now, just above the
required number in relation to my age and height. This I get from my BMI (Body
Mass Index). Let me not bore you (if I already haven’t) with the definition and
all.
I need to be A LOT lighter! How
much? Okay, here goes…. At least 15 KG!!! Let the truth be told.
I also learnt an average statistic:
after the age of 26 or so, a woman’s metabolism changes! Change means, becomes
slower. And what does this
mean? Burning calories is serious business if you want to remain at your “before-26”
weight, or in my case now, lose it by any amount.
Didn’t I already know all this
you may ask? I did but I never really thought, never imagined… I would let this
happen to me. Why? Because I was always health conscious, loved working out,
and took care of myself. It was when I was trying on clothes in my 2nd
or 3rd year of marriage that I noticed that any clothes that looked
great on a mannequin or display looked so strange and awkward on me. I started
feeling like I was in a stranger’s body. Really!!!
Notice how I blamed getting married
and age on weight gain? Yes, that’s the biggest mistake I keep making.
Time for the truth – Life is all
about embracing changes, good and bad. But nothing is impossible. It’s all
about what you are willing to do to achieve your goal! Repeated and failed diet
plans, exercise routines that start and fade as time goes by, and so on, have
been part of my life for the last 9 years or so. I start and see progress then
something just hits me and I shoot off towards the same old tangent. I mean all
the effort, then laziness, then wishful thinking. You know the saying, if
wishes were horses? Yes… I’d be riding!
It’s not that the stuff I’m doing
is wrong for me, or inadequate, it’s ME! I’m just not disciplined or patient. It’s
simply about keeping at it. If it works, don’t give up. Now if only I could
keep reminding myself and do the same…. (sigh).
Wow, true reflection dat!
