Weight on my Mind...

I know – it’s been ages since my last blog post. Other than being busy, there was no “major” event in my life that I wanted to keep everyone abreast of. The last one was my sister’s wedding. I finally found something I bet many people can relate too (or may have the same “struggle” with) – WEIGHT.

I turned 30 this year and the 30th year + 1 day I was alive – something weird happened. The 3 birthday cakes I had enjoyed the day before woke up next to me (I am used to waking up alone!). I was warned for the entire year leading up to my 30th that this was going to happen. The weight just sticks to you. But hey, this is me we’re talking about and I live in denial. So I kept thinking that it was a phase my body was going through (kinda like water retention once a month) but something was different – I could not pin-point what exactly had changed.

I had my Wellness Assessment at my gym two weeks ago and I heard what I have not heard in all my 30 years of being alive. “Dear, you are 6% overweight. You need to lose 11 lbs to bring your weight to your ideal body weight for your height and age”. I could not believe it. How could it be? I eat right – A vegetarian who doesn’t indulge in junk food, no fast food, and better yet, doesn’t smoke or drink. How could I be 11lbs overweight? (That’s 5 kilograms for those of you who believe in the metric system).

Still in denial when I came back – I came to Facebook to look for comfort in the arms of my family and friends. I could not help looking through the “history” of my FB status updates for the last couple of months and could not believe what I saw!

“I had Rasmalai for breakfast – yum”....
“3 birthday cakes? That’s it?”....
“I made a huge tray of almond-pistachio biscotti & coconut-pecan banana bread today!”
“Mango vs. Pistachio kulfi – Which do I heart more?”
“Time to wear the elastic pants – Dinner at Shabusan tonight”..
“Can’t fit into my work clothes...hopefully one day work pants can be optional and we can wear sweats (and/or jammies) to work”...

It was all staring at me in the face...the clothes that don’t fit, my affinity to elastic everything, my fridge filled with more desserts than vegetables, me panting to catch the train (or Bentley), or the best one, me eyeing the old lady sitting in the sky train wondering if she or I deserved the seat more (as I could not stand for the 4 stops from Commercial Drive to Brentwood)! I was living an unhealthy lifestyle and kidding myself that being vegetarian trumped all! Dude!
So the next series of blog posts will be dedicated to my efforts in losing the 11 lbs over the next 50 days (wish me luck!). I’m on a friggin’ crazy workout administered by one of the trainers at my gym and my good friend Sarb will help me with the diet choices.

I’ll end this post as a tribute to all the foods that I used to love to devour (and think about all the time pre-devouring) and bid them farewell in an attempt to get closure on the previous unhealthy chapter of my life and as Sarb cleverly puts “Be prepared to eat for nutrition and not for taste”.

I bid thee farewell:
• Yam Fries lathered in chipotle mayo from White Spot
• Awake Tea Mistos from Starbucks (with 6 pumps of Vanilla syrup)
• Chocolate Lover’s Cake from Safeway
• Yan-Yan (*sob* A whopping 320 calories per box)
• Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes and my friend, buddy, confidant, Tony the Tiger
• Polar Bear Sugar Cookies and Mint-Chocolate Chip Brownies from Starbucks
• Croissants (this is sooo very hard...the little baby cute ones have 45 calories each)..
• Kaju Barfi/Kulfi/Jelabi/Milk Cake....
• Poutine from KFC
• Onion Rings from Burger King
• Tomato Basil Soup from Safeway
• Yam Rolls & any other sushi with cream cheese
• Actually...strike anything with cream and/or cheese...

I think I need a good cry in my bathroom....