How often does one need to include a change in their life? Is it when they fall into a rut or get bored of same old all the time, or when they just feel like it to take a break from the monotony of the schedule they've been living day in and out?
There could be several reasons or one, but there isn't just one way of making a change just as there isn't just one way of eating or living and often times these modifications themselves get stagnant over a period of time when those are the only adjustments one makes.
A change could be anything. From cleaning your living space to making massive life decisions to changing furniture propping a vase full of flowers to going to the gym every day. Really, the list is endless and one of the reasons I go in for a change is when I start plateauing. Not just in terms of life but also domestic landscape, interiors and even health.
Getting out of a schedule shocks your system, senses and sensibilities and it's an exercise to adjust to the sudden transition.
There are perhaps many ways to explain this, but I have one example from recent times when I decided to change my morning eating schedule and it was funny how my body reacted to it in the most positive of ways, not that I was doing anything wrong, to begin with, but perhaps my system was so attuned to it that it stopped working the same way it had before.
I have for almost a month now stopped my morning ginger masala tea, shifting its timings to post lunch just as I have deleted my morning banana to a post-lunch snack.
I'm an advocate for banana and will be the rest of my life, in fact this plantain couldn't find a better propaganda minister than me, having relied on this sweet fruit during my illness from a couple years previous when my body couldn't even keep down water let alone food, when banana was the only thing that my body accepted and that's all I ate for nearly 3 months. Living on two bananas a week and losing over 15 kgs I learnt a lot and have since respected, loved and spoken out for this miraculous fruit to anyone who'd listen, and going as far as adjusting my diet to eating a banana in the morning above everything else, followed by morning tea, toast and beastly workout for almost more than one and a half year that is until I hit a plateau and realized my body had found its comfortable home and refuses to go any further. Though not disconcerting it was a bit bewildering because when you work out and wish to walk fitness road keeping certain goals a plateau isn't what you necessarily look for.
Exercising diligently, eating healthy (lean and clean) what does one do? One can either get on the new diet bandwagon and go for a wholly different diet (keto, paleo, vegan, HCLF etc) but I'm not the one for restrictive dieting, moreover what I eat is balanced, healthy and nutritious and I do not wish to start cutting out some vital habits that are important to me, because what after that? I do not wish to cut out, rather alter and that's what I did.
Instead of beginning my day with a sweet dose of a fat banana, followed by a cup of sweetened tea and small toast I now simply eat a plain egg white before workout and lunch after. The tea and banana come after I've eaten my meal and though this sudden change did pose a bit of getting used to initially I'm comfortable with it now and dear god can I see the changes.
For some reason there's no more bloating in the mornings, my face never feels plump the way it usually would in the mornings after waking up and I feel much energy during exercises, especially during HIIT. There has been a slight difference in the way my abs now look and I have if even by millimetres shaved some fat around my waist which though not concerning had a tendency to make itself visible after a ravenous weekend.
Of course, it's nothing drastic and I've not developed a shredded body overnight but when you're used to seeing yourself and knowing your limitations and suddenly step over that small hurdle there is a bit of jubilation in your heart.
I think this small change might have helped due to a few reasons, one being that my insulin doesn't spike up after having a dose of fruit and sugar first thing in the morning, especially when having it on an empty stomach after an almost 14-15 hour fasting period and the pure protein of egg white helps keep up my stamina for workout.
Once I've eaten a meal I freely indulge in both my morning tea which is now afternoon tea and 2-3 bananas because what am I if not bananas about it?
There could be several reasons or one, but there isn't just one way of making a change just as there isn't just one way of eating or living and often times these modifications themselves get stagnant over a period of time when those are the only adjustments one makes.
A change could be anything. From cleaning your living space to making massive life decisions to changing furniture propping a vase full of flowers to going to the gym every day. Really, the list is endless and one of the reasons I go in for a change is when I start plateauing. Not just in terms of life but also domestic landscape, interiors and even health.
Getting out of a schedule shocks your system, senses and sensibilities and it's an exercise to adjust to the sudden transition.
There are perhaps many ways to explain this, but I have one example from recent times when I decided to change my morning eating schedule and it was funny how my body reacted to it in the most positive of ways, not that I was doing anything wrong, to begin with, but perhaps my system was so attuned to it that it stopped working the same way it had before.
I have for almost a month now stopped my morning ginger masala tea, shifting its timings to post lunch just as I have deleted my morning banana to a post-lunch snack.
I'm an advocate for banana and will be the rest of my life, in fact this plantain couldn't find a better propaganda minister than me, having relied on this sweet fruit during my illness from a couple years previous when my body couldn't even keep down water let alone food, when banana was the only thing that my body accepted and that's all I ate for nearly 3 months. Living on two bananas a week and losing over 15 kgs I learnt a lot and have since respected, loved and spoken out for this miraculous fruit to anyone who'd listen, and going as far as adjusting my diet to eating a banana in the morning above everything else, followed by morning tea, toast and beastly workout for almost more than one and a half year that is until I hit a plateau and realized my body had found its comfortable home and refuses to go any further. Though not disconcerting it was a bit bewildering because when you work out and wish to walk fitness road keeping certain goals a plateau isn't what you necessarily look for.
Exercising diligently, eating healthy (lean and clean) what does one do? One can either get on the new diet bandwagon and go for a wholly different diet (keto, paleo, vegan, HCLF etc) but I'm not the one for restrictive dieting, moreover what I eat is balanced, healthy and nutritious and I do not wish to start cutting out some vital habits that are important to me, because what after that? I do not wish to cut out, rather alter and that's what I did.
Instead of beginning my day with a sweet dose of a fat banana, followed by a cup of sweetened tea and small toast I now simply eat a plain egg white before workout and lunch after. The tea and banana come after I've eaten my meal and though this sudden change did pose a bit of getting used to initially I'm comfortable with it now and dear god can I see the changes.
For some reason there's no more bloating in the mornings, my face never feels plump the way it usually would in the mornings after waking up and I feel much energy during exercises, especially during HIIT. There has been a slight difference in the way my abs now look and I have if even by millimetres shaved some fat around my waist which though not concerning had a tendency to make itself visible after a ravenous weekend.
Of course, it's nothing drastic and I've not developed a shredded body overnight but when you're used to seeing yourself and knowing your limitations and suddenly step over that small hurdle there is a bit of jubilation in your heart.
I think this small change might have helped due to a few reasons, one being that my insulin doesn't spike up after having a dose of fruit and sugar first thing in the morning, especially when having it on an empty stomach after an almost 14-15 hour fasting period and the pure protein of egg white helps keep up my stamina for workout.
Once I've eaten a meal I freely indulge in both my morning tea which is now afternoon tea and 2-3 bananas because what am I if not bananas about it?
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