My Diary

Some people use diaries, some journal in app and some just mentally keep a tab of their food intake, exercise and other key areas. I find solace in writting all thats going on. Fitness is no exception. I use this chalkboard n weigh my progress compared to previous day. Just rub off the lastnight jottings n add fresh ones. Keep it honest and doodle all u want. Happy tracking and keep fit.

I was sitting in my office yesterday and was candidly remarked on office profile pic of mine which had been taken fairly recently. I was told, lo and behold that how old is this pic? When I remarked fairly recently I was told oh you have aged so much. Now this pic is just 3 years and yet people said that I had aged big time. What the heck? Hey, hang on! I use good creams, i feel happy using them. I am ok with XL clothes also. I shop healthy at the supermarket, I don't have wrinkles, I am just 35. Yet i am aging. No please. Here I was sitting after a good bath, feeling good after some 6 hours of sleep and my schedules were fairly good these days, compared to last two hellish years. Yet, I had aged and big time! Ok! Fine! However hard i tried to ignore the parlance of this morning, I have aged and fairly fast at that. But why? Now, what is aging? This is what I asked coz I wanted answers and quick ones. Was it ok or bad to age? Its ok if you age as time progresses, but accelerat...

Whatever the title might suggest, i am not ill or dying. Yet I forever wanted to list things I wanted to do or experience before mortality strikes, so here I go, however silly it may sound. 1. Climb a mountain and spend night under the stars reading in night lamp. 2. See lil one graduate 3. Get celebrity makeup and attire and get clicked 4. Do something for abandoned girls 5. Live in a cabin house for few months every year 6. Grow my own fruits and vegetables one day and live in an open farm 7. Spend some time in Auroville If you are reading this, do write down what is it that you must must do in this lifetime and please do it dear friend, coz these rich experiences and moments that make you alive is what real life is. Start making plans on how do u fulfill that list and give a pat on your back whenever you reach any milestone. Cheers to life!

Weight loss was what i kept looking at and tried to manage for several years. It was never about good health or skin, avoiding diseases, ageing without exorbitant hospital bills, my bone health, my stress levels. I gained and lost and gained again to lose. But i constantly had this at the back of my mind to eat healthy, avoid biscuits, too much oil etc. etc. Yet, the struggle was always there. The change started about an year back when i was gaining inspite of my constant feeling of being on diet. i cared lil about late night snacks, binges of bakery products etc. Yet now that age is catching up and i am more aware of diseases that happen due to junk overload in our bodies, the whole relationship with food is changing. Instagram accounts of people following paleo diets, of moms on other side of the globe in search of good food options for growing kids, of healthy individuals incorporating fruits, raw vegetables more and more has led me to think and change. These little changes are hel...

Growing up as an army kid, we changed schools, friends, homes, neighborhood every 3 years. It never felt starnge and we sort of looked forward to meet new people, places, new food, new rooms, new everything. As if this newness will take away all negative and make space for better. But as i grow old, my heart looks forward to change yet resists the same in mind. So why this duality? Guess its got to do with the comfort level we reach doing the same things over and over again. It makes us feel secure to be with the same set of people, same routine, same challenges (which will be victories with a lil work ;-)), it helps us expect the expected, while the unexpected scares us. Yet, the heart will always leap to do something new, something more, push a little harder, rough it out, go out of the comfort zone and create the unbelievable. How you reach your balance is totally an individual calling. Nevertheless, it is magical when you reach out for new beginnings and sometimes even create his...

I spent the new years at the Varun Beach, Vizag. We squeezed in a lil time to reach the beach. The road from Hyderabad to Vizag is great. We drove down to Vijaywada, then to Vizag via Rajamundry. The drive was breathtaking, the rice fields , dancing palm trees, the slight winter chill. I experienced a beautiful evening when it drizzled around sun set, while driving through the highway near Rajamundhry. Driving on that road was surreal. The countryside is so beautiful that you wil yearn living on some farm on the way, do nothing but watch transition of morning to evening and evening to a beautiful starry night. You would want to do nothing but sip tea in the verandah and smell the rich aroma of wet soil in the air. Lets get back to the trip, we had packed Veg Biryani with us so that kept us full. Quick tea/ bhutta pit stops were taken n we reached within 10 hours. We stayed at Novotel, Varun Beach and had a good time. Though the property is good, they can improve the customer orient...

That, no matter what time you wake up, what time u slept is more important Fresh malai applied liberally while making morning tea and washed off in 10 to 15 mins is a wonder cosmetic to my super dry skin Hugs and chit chat with the lil one is the best pick me up Instagram boot time is so traumatic...lol Pranayam is key to feeling calm Staying quiet saves loads of trouble at work and at home Loofah eliminates moisturizer A selfie a day keeps the blues away This one was clicked on a working Saturday, I work Saturdays and do casual dressing...n feel that I am not working...:-( Stay good people...