14th March - It all begins today…. The regime is drastic because I do not have an option.

Keeping in mind that it would be a tough act, with a lot of people watching and more cheering, I decided to blog it weekly for the 5 weeks that I would be following a very strict diet. Details of week 1 can be read here.adfat2fit-bigloser20111

Alert: My customized diet and regime are being conducted under strict supervision of a doctor. It is advisable to consult a qualified doctor before attempting any regime whatsoever.

Whilst waiting to commence reduction, read a tweet from Asfaq that he had lost some 8-10 kg….when according to me he had nothing to lose. Soon enough the great Bombay Addict aka B50 got on the band wagon as also a lot of others who said that all of us need to support each other in changing our lifestyle.

B50 proposed a scheme whereby people could sponsor those trying to lose weight and the number of kilos lost by February 2012 would be multiplied at the rate of Rs. 10/- kg and given to charity. You can read more about it here. So, as we say, Read up, join up, Sponsor up or at least damn RT it and spread the word.

Soon enough, more people joined, making it difficult to keep tabs at which point Bombay Addict decided to make it a movement and hence Bigloser came into being with its own website

This is where it now begins… I lost 6 kg in 18 days (more cleansing of antibiotics etc rather than anything else) and would begin my plan on the 14th March 2011

There was a large gap in my plan and posts, thanks to Dr. Davare’s clinic being renovated and my wanting to see how I could maintain myself.

I was fairly successful in maintaining myself, with just and increase of 2kg till November 2010, when our Anniversary, birthday and generally party season began.

My Gym membership had lapsed and like everyone else thought that, I was fit enough not to renew it again. And then 31st December, party clothes refused to fit me. “Wake up” said my wife - who incidentally with all the parties and eating nay hogging had not put on a single kilo.

January 2011 began, called up Dr. Davare who finally agreed to give a date in February with the reason that - more relevant people were also waiting.

Whilst waiting for the date, renewed the gym membership, but in the intervening period - Jan 1, 2011 - Feb 15, 2011 fell prey to the recurring ligament & tendon problem, followed by the AV fistula problem that is persistent since birth.

Antibiotics, laid down, not even the brief walk piled on the kilos, leading to being depressed, thereby eating more, feeling guilty but still not worried.

This meant that when I weighed in for my Plan, I was practically back to my original weight of 156kg. I was sent back with a warning to lose 4-5 kg by flushing out toxins and to discontinue the antibiotics.

After meeting with a lot of reputed dietitians decided to work out a common diet plan, which should work for me.

During this period, I stuck to the following rules 100%
1) Only 2 pegs (30ml) once a week
2) Fried stuff only once a month
3) At least 11/2 liters of water everyday

The objective here was to see whether I could begin to discipline myself, without doing some drastic stuff.

Yes, It did work for me, Lost 8 kgs during this period, not a great achievement, but at least I was down on the quantity aspect.

Here’s the dietplan2009mar-june