My three month weight loss programme begins today....

I was surfing the net and came across this gem....

I'm so fat that...

When I dance I make the band skip.
My cereal bowl comes with a lifeguard.
When I go to the zoo the elephants throw me peanuts.
My graduation picture was a aerial photograph.
My driver's license says picture continued on other side.
When I ran away they had to use all 4 sides of the milk carton.
When I get in an elevator it HAS to go DOWN!
Instead of being born with a silver spoon I was born with a silver shovel in my mouth.
They have to grease the door frames and put a Twinkie on the other side to get me through.
I could become rich and sell shade.
My belly button doesn't have lint -- it has sweaters.

And you think YOU'RE fat?

That got me thinking that it is time I did something before the aforementioned person is me...as I have mentioned in my earlier post on resolutions, weigh loss is kind of like my no-1 priority this year...

Today I began taking baby steps towards the ideal weight...

To begin with I would like to mention that I am 10 kgs above the weight recommended in the insurance charts for my height...there is no way I am mentioning my height...so you can keep guessing what I weigh at the moment...

I have stopped eating the soda rich food that they serve in the office canteen ...for evening hunger pangs I keep a packet of instant soup handy... I know... I know... pacakaged food is not good... but comeon guys I need to wean off these foods slowly... stopped eating chocolates (OK, OK...the past two days I have not had any, honest)...SOB...SOB...HIC...SOB...SOB...WAAAAAAAAAH...SOB...SOB...

I went out this morning and collected the book "French women don't get fat". I had ordered this book a couple of weeks ago, this must be a really effective book since it was out of stock when I asked for it (or another line of thinking is that no one wants the book so it is never in stock)...never mind that...

I have read a few pages and it looks promising... since it is written by a person who has battled the bulge and emerged triumphant... I am sure what she has written will help me as she can empathise with my condition ...

I have also started playing badminton every weekend (starting today)...need an iron will to play tomorrow, as I am sure every muscle (even the ones I never knew existed) will be screaming for attention...so god be with me...

SO far I have done well...all the best to me for the future...

Welcome 2009...

OK, time to list out my resolutions for 2009 which I hope and pray that I am able to keep...I normally don't believe in resolutions, but this year want to make an exception and try and straighten my life a little... so this formal declaration of Resolutions for 2009...

1) Lose weight...haha...if you thought I am going to disclose what I weigh or how much I intend to lose...fat chance, I am not going to disclose that...suffice to know that I plan to lose quite a bit...someone told me this morning that I should not give Kareena competition by trying to be size zero...so I will honour the request and try not to get too competitive...

2) Learn to play the guitar proficiently...want to be able to strum it for songs not just melodies like I do just now...I strum abominably at the moment...but by the end of this year should be able to strum basic songs atleast...my dream is to play the guitar like Slash from Guns and Roses(Yeah I see, people giggling, but no harm in dreaming big right!!!)...the guitar piece in November Rain is to die for...

3) Learn a foreign language...I know about five Indian languages fluently (Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada & Tulu) and can navigate me way around most of Western and Southern India with these in my kitty...now is the time to make my foray into international languages...maybe I will learn Italian or Spanish...Italian is so that when I have my dream vacation in Italy I will be able to understand if some good looking hunk is flirting with me...and Spanish is so that I can understand the meaning of the songs sung by Enrique Iglesias, the videos dont give much of a clue..if you know what I mean, he may actually be singing about friendship or about brotherly love but the videos are strictly of a not-to-be-watched-with-parents variety.

4) Drive the car like a seasoned ace and not shivering like an aspen, which is what I am reduced to at the moment, when I see a bus bearing down on me...

5) Start Trekking again, its been a while since I went on a trek, this year I intend to trek more regularly, maybe I will go for a forest safari, it is something I always wanted to do...

So thats about that...these are the main ones...the others which are hanging off the pheriphery better take care of themselves...