I'm happy to report that I've lost all the weight I'd gained during my short holiday at home. Losing 3 kgs in a week isn't a feat because most of that was just bloat I think. Something that happens in short intervals of time when you indulge too freely with the sugars and irregular meals or as in my case all day meals.
Once you get back on track with life. Regulate your eating habits and go easy on the sugar you end up losing that so called weight you'd so quickly gained.
Add to that brisk exercising, and exorcising fattening food.
Honestly I gave up on carbs altogether to lose that weight. It had got me a bit worried and depressed and I so wanted my weighing machine to get back to the old number of 56kgs that I didn't mind starving some.
Of course I didn't starve, filling voids with fruits and often nuts. But man oh man I didn't go near any breads and starches.
Now that I'm back to being the usual, I'll go back to my regular eating habits that include breads, roti/rice as well.
It sounds a bit mad, yes, and it is, but anything to make yourself feel good.. and feeling fat doesn't ever feel good to me, and I guess it's a shortcoming on my part. Minor weight gain shouldn't be a problem. It's jut body after all, and these things happen. One can't stop living for the fear of fat, and to be honest it's not the kind of fat that's even noticeable, and yet it does make me anxious.
I'd been sick for almost a year, and a residual part of that illness still remains, perhaps it'll never leave me, but it was during that time I realized how much my body can take and how best I can nourish it.
I'd lost almost 15kgs during a span of three months. I'd shed most of my body fat, and was unable to eat anything for days.
Would you believe I ate nothing more than a Couple boiled potatoes and bananas in a week. Imagine living on two bananas a day, yet none of that adversely affected my hemoglobin, blood pressure or liver.
I realized that having eaten usually healthy throughout my life, prior to falling sick cushioned my fall during illness. It kept me going and never betrayed me once. I was never fatigued nor weak.
Once I started recuperating, and the recuperation was mighty slow, it made me realize that it really did matter what I put into my body.
I've never been a manic about healthy eating but erred on the side of being careful. Nor have I been crazy about staying thin, but I know that there's a certain line of weight gain which you sometimes cross and coming back to an earlier weight isn't all that easy.. which is why it bothered me when I gained the extra poundage. Because it's easy to go beyond that, but extremely difficult to fall back.
I still have sick days, when my old illness rears its ugly head that is mostly decapitated but still it has the power to subdue my good spirits.
I follow a mantra of 'two steps ahead and one step back' in terms of indulging and eating things that affect my system.
Caffeine, alcohol, oily food and concentrated sugars do not sit well with me anymore. That doesn't mean I don't drink coffee or tea or eat fries or desserts. It just means I've regulated these foods a lot more than usual.
If I drink coffee too regularly or indulge too often in fried food I know I will end up falling sick, so I have not more than 2-3 cups of coffee in a Week, and because I need a cup of tea every morning I make sure I've eaten something before that.
Eating a banana first thing in the morning ( that is moments after brushing teeth) helps you absorb you food through the day much better. In fact there's an overall feeling of general wellness that permeates through your day. I've been practicing this for a year now, and it has greatly helped me.
I've also realized that going for long stretches of time without food is the worst torture you could put your body through. The acid in the intestines can erode its mucosal lining and that can make you very sick.
A quick solution to that I've realized is keeping nuts handy. I like to eat a lot of pistachios and walnuts in between meals or when I feel hungry.
Sometimes out of sheer laziness you let yourself stay hungry because you're in no mood to cook, and that's a good time to snack on bananas and munch carrots.
This does sound like a lot of self righteous drivel and for the most part it might be, but this isn't a rant on healthy eating or loving your body.
It's what I've experienced after falling sick and learning how my body reacts and gets affected by food. Food is an integral part of our life, and I have an unnaturally mad love for it. It isn't just fuel and sustenance for me, it's a way to living, celebrating and enjoying life.
It's only a question of food loving you back.
I'm not a great believer of body being a temple and other similar jargon.
It's your body, and you know how best it responds to different kinds of food. One should eat what they like, at the same time being aware of what they're putting in and how best it can help you nourish yourself.
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