On 23 October 2009, I was a very and tired person. My weight that day was 110 Kilo Gram (242 Pounds) or 17.32 Stone. My height is exactly 6 feet or 183 centimeter. My BMI Index was 32.8. I was suffering from obesity (Obesity starts from BMI Index of 30). Needless to say that it is a dangerous count and I was suffering a lot in my health. I totally lost any energy to go out or do any work even in home. Everyone will say that you need to walk and do some kind of physical activity to decrease weight but I did not have any energy even to walk for 10 minutes. I am in my Mid 30s and happily married. So, I felt sad and depressed on that day.

I lost hope about my future because I had all the unhealthy habits:

I was not fan of any kind of physical activity (not even walking)

I became addicted to coffee

I did not sleep before 5 AM

I was under a lot of mental stress and stress became addictive for me

I was a fan of Coca Cola, Pepsi and soft drinks

Mutton cooked with a lot of oil and spices was my favorite food

Sweets, sugar, Pastry, Ice cream- I could consume in heavy amount regularly

Burgher, Pizza and Sandwich- they were delicious

I used to eat more outside food than home food

Perhaps the only good habit I had was that I never touched cigarette or alcohol in my life (never means really never). The second good thing I had was that I was fond of some healthy food items like Cucumber and tomato Salad (cucumber, tomato, onion and Green Chili). I always like natural food items instead of hormone ones and thanks God that although my country is very poor, natural food items are available.

Anyway, on 23 October 2009, I said to myself that I must change and do something. Of course, taking this decision is very easy but implementing is very difficult and for me almost impossible. In the past, I tried several times but failed. Well, now I understand the main reason of my failure. I always thought that I would do some kind of extreme diet and lose some amount of weight and then go back to my unhealthy way of eating. This time, I thought that I would focus on eating healthy food items. This change in mindset has made all the difference in my effort and I am out of obesity today.

Today, my weight is some less than 100 Kilo Gram (220 Pounds) or 15.74 Stone. My BMI Index is 29.8. BMI index of 29.8 means I am still overweight and excessively fat but still, I am happy and celebrating because I am free of Obesity scale. Tonight, when I go to sleep, I can feel that I am not obese anymore. I am celebrating the day with 45 hours water fasting that I started from 6 PM yesterday. Yes, for the last 27 hours, I have not eaten anything except (drunk) water. I feel fresh and in good mood and I am writing for my blogs in a happy mood.

My blogs suffered a lot because I hardly worked in the last 7 weeks. Well, I realized that blogging requires a lot of mental efforts and when I blog a lot then I tend to consume a lot of unhealthy foods like crisps, chops, sugar, coffee and soft drinks. So, I stopped working and instead, I started reading about food, health, weight loss, fasting, calorie, obesity etc.

Reading different websites on those topics helped me a lot to understand about weight loss. In the past, I used to follow crash diet or stopped eating. This time, I continued to eat rice, lentil soup (with some amount of oil and spice), fried potato, Roti etc. I ate small amount of shrimp and egg. Consumption of vegetable and salad increased significantly along with Apple.

A farewell to outside food, oily and spicy mutton curry and sweets and sugar is perhaps impossible but I brought their consumption to just 10% or even less compared to the past. Eating just one pizza, one burgher, one sandwich in a time span of 50 days is not cheating according to me. I did not feel bad either after I occasionally ate unhealthy foods in the last 7 weeks. Anyway, I am happy that I have not drunk even a glass of Coke or Pepsi in 50 days.

I have made some changes in eating habits. I use Jaggery in small amount instead of sugar. Apple can be a great substitute for pastry and sweets. Ice cream and coffee can never bring the freshness that you get when you are eating healthy provided that you abstain from them (pastry and ice cream) for 7 weeks.

Just a few months ago, my weight was 100 KG like today but that time I was sick, weak, tired and mentally depressed. Now, I have the opposite feeling. I am full of hope about the future. Of course, I want to lose another 20 KG of weight but more than anything I want to stick to my healthy eating habit. I want this change in eating habit to stay forever- as long as I live. Yes, junk foods and heavy foods are tasty and very attractive. Healthy foods have their own taste too when you learn to enjoy them.