My Diary

For those of you who enquired on fitness in previous posts, I am finally back to gym, treadmill 30 minutes, weights 10 minutes, Complete nirvana for those moments spent working out......... Wondering, why does it take extreme life events for me to look back towards my health and fitness levels..... Go work out, get your endorphins up...Deep breathe and live... Carbs- only in 1 meal, preferably lunch Dinner wound up before 8pm. Stairs instead of lift Nimbu pani for tea.... dhokla for samosa 2 ltrs of water a day better thoughts better focus,,,,good health... Good health to one and all! Cheers!

Who devised the word wrong. there is nothing like wrong...these are relative situations , but we have been conditioned to think what's right n what's wrong....that's unfair...these are juxtapositions... There are times when nothing seems to be moving the way you want to see it. You get lost in the way, there is no one to tell yu if there's any solace to ur condition n no one to help yu thru this coz its your own calling n ur decision. So what do u do? Live in the moment,,,,,drown urself in what yu feel can take ur pain away, what yu feel will bring lil joy to ur already vitiating problems and issues. So, what do you think might help....music....friends...driving....? m yet to find ease in these....ur life ur call...but come what may baby....dont give up...u'll find ur calling. n ya time heals nothing....For me, my work gives me a lot of peace, keeps me focused, takes me miles away from the pain. So the working moms out there, there will be a day when this same j...

Past month was over before i could blink...We were busy doing up our new place, settling down and office. Evening trips for grocery/ dec'or shopping were a welcome change but tiring. I was often frazzled and snappy. Was wondering where am i headed, why i am always irritated? The stress of doing so much, being at all places, all the time, was getting on to me. Then i started waking up before my usual time to catch up on some project. The project was over in a week, but the body clock remembered the timings, so it became routine to wake up earlier than usual. And, before i knew i started liking the calm of the mornings, the time to plan the day, the space to communicate with myself. Ladies, at the cost of sounding preachy, do take out some time for your own selves when you will not cheelo pyaaz, or put kiddo's dolls back in the basket. You will be with yourself. Throw in a nice mug of adrak ki chai or a bubbling frothy coffee. But nothing else. No magazine, no lappy, no tv, no ...

I have relocated to a new city. I am the new lady in town. The culture, food habits, weather, traffic, language is all very different. Until now i was cocooned in my home town, i knew what to expect from the city, the people, the office... this is entirely new terrain to me....my work profile is different...life is now not easy, ITS FULL OF CHALLENGES. But, I, like many women my age and conditions was in a quandary as to continue working or call it a day. But i stuck to it, stuck to this job. Few years back my parents had a dream for me, i completed my engineering, did post grad and joined this public sector company after struggling and working for it real real hard....Should i give up this dream or should i use every bit of strength I have, to keep this job? I chose the latter. I don't have the support i had in my hometown, but i have thought of working at ways to sort things out and not let negativity creep in. When you are positive, god and forces around you help you in ways y...

Moong Dal Cheela is by far my most favorite breakfast n the kiddo loves it too. Its very nutritious and just the comfort food you need in the morning or in your school tiffin. You need: 2 cups of moong dal 1 inch cube of ginger Few pods of garlic as per liking Salt to taste Desi ghee Pick, Wash and Soak Moong dal the night before. Dal should get submerged in water. Grind it with ginger garlic and salt the next morning...You may add chillies to this. My daughter has'nt started spices and chilli so i avoid. Once the batter is done, heat a tawaa...i dont use non stick owing to its health hazards. so i use the regualr tawaa. sprinkle lil oil on tawaa and then and rub potato (half cut from the sliced side) prior to spreading the cheela batter on it. This technique makes it a non stick.... spread batter like in dosa. Put ghee on edges. Let it cook on medium flame, turn and cook from other side. Its cooked before you know it. Serve it with green chutney or butter or w...

We do not have flexi timings where i work. Its defined work hours. I have been able to contribute to the organization i work for, significantly...(so i think). Yet, i strictly avoid late sitting in office, unless something urgent crops up. Within this time there are a gamut of targets to be achieved. So how does one do that? I make most of the limited hours available and follow some basic rules learnt from some lovely ladies i met during my career and some learnt on the way. 1. Reach work on time 2. Do not participate in office politics, more energy than you think is lost in the process! You lose your work hours big time 3. Let your work speak for you 4. Don’t bitch 5. Keep at it, your superiors will recognize your good work sooner or later 6. Stop procrastination, the task that you have been avoiding for real long is not that complex. All you need to do is open that file and start NOW 7. Save your holidays. Might be useful when your kiddo might need you. Learnt this f...

You all know that I Lost 10 kgs precisely in 7-8 months November 2011 to July 2012. This proves slow and steady wins the race. The other part which most don’t know and needs to be shared is coming up. What I did wrong from July 2012 to November 2012 1. Did not have my daily multivitamin which I had promised myself 2. No health drink like Woman’s Horlicks, Bournvita or Nurture etc. No milk in the first place. No curd to substitute/ Paneer - maybe once or twice in a month. 3. Most days I was going without that early morning fruit, which I had been taking initially for 3-4 months 4. My dinner on busy days was just some chapatti or stuffed paratha 5. Little or no exercise/ suryanamaskaar 6. There was a lot of personal stress All in all my meals though were the right calorie, but lacked the nutrition a very active woman like me needs. As a result I was exhausted most days to the extent of reaching extreme anaemia, at the end of the 7 months. Post July all the protein I had was c...