No more 'WTF?'

One minute silence to all who haven't read this post title as 'No more Where's the food?'. I'm a big foodie and not a day will pass for me without asking/encountering these phrases - 'Where's the food?' or 'What's the food?'. I always wonder, 'Why the hell,fattening foods are so tasty?'. My day starts,runs and ends with the thought of food. One end, I couldn't control my food cravings and on the other end, I worry about putting on weight.The biggest offense of being a shorty is that we will look bulky even if we put on few pounds.

As days passed, my food cravings grew up high in the graph along with my worry about being fat. Eating is an absolute pleasure to me but ironically, I felt anguished over my unhealthy eating. One day, when I strongly felt, "THIS IS IT", there needs to be an end to this. I sat alone and went through the things which I might change to stop my over-unhealthy-eating.The things which I say now may sound familiar, but I write this to share how I adapted these practices.

Journey towards healthy lifestyle : Self-Challenge 2

Just like everyone, I sought help from internet for any diet plans. And I was drawn towards 'GM diet'.It is a 7-day diet plan, which definitely won't let you starve.So, I took this as a challenge and went for it. The diet was tough for the first three days but from day 4, my body became accustomed to it. I customized the diet plan as per my eating style (but not changing the core of the diet), and it was roughly like this:

Day 1 : Fruits day
Day 2 : Veggies day
Day 3 : Fruits + Veggies
Day 4 : Banana + Milk
Day 5 : Sprouts + Soup + Veggies
Day 6 : Sprouts + Soup + Veggies
Day 7 : Brown rice + Cooked veggies

As a catch-up line, this diet plan was said to make you lose certain pounds in a week. More than losing pounds, I strongly believe that, it will detoxify your body. Once we undergo this diet for a week, we will continue to have a control on our food portions and our cravings too. This diet is not recommended to undergo continuously for more than a week. Whenever, you feel like, it's time to detoxify, you can  take this up. If you find it tough, just be a little-evil by cooking the meals which you hate to your family members, so that you might feel that  the diet food is much better.(Well, I did so :P )

Journey towards healthy lifestyle : Self-Challenge 3

You thought, I would finish of this post with just one self-challenge,huh? Nah,nah,nah...
Here comes, yet another simple self-challenge : Early dinner.

My usual dinner flow is like :
Preparing dinner - feeding my son - serving my husband - doing the dishes - eating. 

So, it would be not less than 10 or 10.30, I will have my dinner. I made a simple change to my above flow and now my dinner flow is like :

Preparing dinner - eating - feeding my son - serving my husband - doing the dishes 

Now, I tend to finish my dinner by 7.30 or maximum by 8 and shut my mouth after that. I feel light by the time go to bed. To reap more benefits,try adopting the inverted triangle food habit (heavy breakfast-medium lunch-light dinner) along with the early dinner habit.

I won't assure that you can lose weight by practicing these habits, but I will assure that these simple habits will affect your lifestyle positively and make you feel lighter and in turn happier.Always remember, it's not about becoming skinny, it's about becoming healthy. Adopt few such habits and you are one step closer to a healthy lifestyle,just like me :)