Week 1 - 20

Duration : Nov 1, 2010 to Nov 7, 2010
Workout : The targets for this week
45-->60 mins of walking Daily
05-->30 mins of Breathing Daily
15-->30 mins of Yoga
Starting Weight : 174 lbs

Day 1 - Nov 1

Woke Up : 8:00 am
Morning - 9:40 am : 2 Slices of 15 Grain Bread + Scrambled Egg
Mid-Morning Snack - 1 Glass Mango Juice
Afternoon - 1:30 pm : 2 Rotis + 1/2 cup Moongdal Bokchoy curry + 1/2 Cup yogurt
Snack : 1/2 Snicker
Night - 9:00 pm : 2 Rotis + Chicken Curry
Hydration - 96 oz
Workout - None
Retrospect : Not a good day. Did a lot of cleaning in the house but no other workout 
Pros  : Portion control and drank the target amount of water.
Cons : Ate a chocolate

Day 2 - Nov 2

Woke Up : 8:00 am
Morning - 9:40 am : Three dosas + Chutney powder + 1/2 Apple
Afternoon - 1:00 pm : 2 Rotis + 3/4 cup Angular gourd Dal + 2 small Chicken pieces + 1 Peach
Evening : 1/2 Apple
Night - 8:15 pm : 4 Small Dosas + 3/4 Cup Brinjal Curry + 1/4 Cup Dal
Hydration - 96 oz
Workout - Yoga - 30 mins
Walking - 45 mins
Breathing - 15 mins 
Retrospect :  A good day. Was very hungry in the evening and did not eat anything resulting in a heavy dinner. Need to avoid this.
Pros  : Included fruits and veggies. Did workout
Cons : No greens. Dinner too heavy. 


Day 3 - Nov 3

Woke Up : 8:00 am
Morning - 9:40 am : 2 Slices 15 Grain bread + 1 tbs Honey + 1 tbs Peanut Chutney
Mid-Morning - 1 Plum
Afternoon - 1:30 pm : 1 Roti + 1 Cup Bottle Gaurd Masoor Dal + 1 Glass Buttermilk
Evening : 
Night -  : 2 Rotis + 1 Cup Egg Curry
Hydration - 96 oz
Workout - Yoga - 30 mins
Walking - 45 mins
Retrospect :  An Ok Day. Again very hungry in the evening and did not eat anything resulting in dinner more than required. To Watch out
Pros  : Included Fruit, Dal and Veggie
Cons : No Greens. Dinner too heavy


Day 4 - Nov 4

Woke Up : 9:00 am 
Morning - No b.f as woke up very late
Mid-Morning - 11:00 : 1 Roti + 2 small Dosas + Bottle Gaurd Masoor Dal Curry
Afternoon - 3:00 pm : 1 large Banana
Evening : 5 Dosas + Chutney Powder + 1 Tsp of Olive Oil
Hydration - 96 oz
Workout - Yoga - 30 mins
Retrospect :  An good day. Though my timings have gone awry and no exercise specifically, i still call it a good day cause did a lot of cleaning around the house for more than 3 hours and that was really good exercise.Hurray tomorrow is Diwali. This is my first one away from my parents :( but hey the first one with my husband :), and guess what prepared Ladoo for the first time in my life. They came out perfect . Though i could raise my hands cause of exhaustion..it was worth the effort. Sreeni loved them too.:)). And i could eat them after all that effort..eating left for tomm..
Pros  : No walking but cleaned the house.
Cons : No Greens. No fruits

Day 5 - Nov 5

Woke Up : 8:00 am
Morning -9:40 am 2 Slices 15 grain bread + 1 Tbs honey 
Afternoon - 13:00 pm : 1 Cup semiya sweet
Hydration - 96 oz
Workout - Yoga - 30 mins
Retrospect :  Diwali Evening..had really good time today. Invited some friends over for dinner. Wore a Saree( of-course with a lot of difficulty and with some help). Its nice to wear new clothes and go around all decked up once in a while. Feels really good. For Dinner had festival food. Portion control was the only thing i managed.

Day 6 & Day 7

A night of poker and a day of shopping and eating festival leftovers is how I spent the weekend. It was brunch and dinner everyday. But kept it on the light side. Have lost a pound in-spite of all this so its not that bad after all.

In retrospect an ok week. Not great but not bad. Needs further improvement.


Long Break

It has been a long time since I last posted. What with a move,falling sick,..with lots of people visiting, we visiting places...my schedule went for a toss. And with a roller coaster summer, I just could not get back to it. Thanks to a health problem and my neglect I have put on what little I lost and the target now is to lose 63 lbs. Its a tougher goal now and would require more effort. With the summer at its end, this time made plans to stick with:) :) :).

I had earlier planned for 58 weeks having 58 lbs ,but this time I will be taking a smalled target of 20 lbs in 20 weeks ... The plan remains as indicated in my earlier blog "59 Weeks". My plan starts from today..here I go.