Success ! ! Success !! Alas found an effective way to live a healthy and happy life.
Sunday morning I woke up and looked into my calender for any parties to be attended. I have a large set of relatives located in the garden city of Bangalore. Since I belong to a community where each and every step forward in life is celebrated and people ( Not exactly poor ) are feasted upto their neck and loaded with gifts to get good blessings.
I always wondered was there ever economic crisis (recession) in India ?. We, the people of India always celebrate life to the fullest extent. We save for the marriage, tonsure ceremony, naming ceremony of the kid to name a few and ignore retirement. Such is the irony of life in India.
On these thoughts I was checking the calender in my china mobile and there was B’Day party to attend. I was holding my son in hand and was chit chatting with my relatives who are around. The B’Day party host arrived with a plate full of party cake slices and offered the same to us. I took one slice but surprisingly my son rejected it. I wondered and asked him Why So son? He said I had my breakfast now and I am not going to have any food for sometime until hungry.
This kindled me and said within that if a kid is thinking that he should not eat when he is hungry then I am his father. Well big things always come in small packets and so are the thoughts.
So I took this very seriously and started hunting for information on weight loss and eating habits. Found a good article in internet as to Why New Yorkers are slim and trim ?. The reason for their fit body is that they walk and I promise you they walk a lot. Since in downtown New York the parking is a big thing in the morning and its hefty on the pocket as well. So people use sub-ways to travel and reach their destination which involves a lot of walking back and forth to and from the station.
I started implementing the same idea but to cater to my needs. First thing I parked my car in the garage and made a promise to myself that I will not commute to office using the same during the weekdays unless there is emergency. Went to the nearest bus station and en quired about the buses , the rates and about the passes that are available for the daily commuters.
Went to the place where the local guy suggested to get a photo-Id give for the daily commuter. It took me close to 2 hours of standing in line to get one. This one was worth it as it burnt lot of my calories which is what the ulterior goal. I am all set to take the city bus to commute. It was hard in the initial days as I had to move .Approximately one mile is the distance to the nearest bus station from the home and around the same distance to the office depending on the bus routes. So I walk one way around 1.5kms to 2kms. On way back after first week one I get down one stop ahead and started walking to home.
RESULTS.
Original weight on May 30th – 91kgs.
Weight on July 4th – 89kgs.
Overall Feel – Fit and fine.
Recommendation – Try this with no fat diet I am sure you will loose more.
On a last thought it is an easy way to give your bit to the environment.
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