Losing weight is easy! – No kidding

You might think I’m crazy when I say losing weight is easy. Seriously, I’m not blabbering. I’m speaking from personal experience. During the covid-19 pandemic, like most people, I gained a lot of weight. I went from 74 kg to 89 kg. 15 kg, that’s a lot.

At first, even the thought of losing weight felt like a distant dream. I did what any sane person would do in my position – I started dieting. I cut down on my food as much as I could. However, it wasn’t easy because on some days, I would eat more than I should have. I was losing weight, but the progress was too slow and difficult to maintain. Sometimes it felt like I wasn’t making any progress at all.

I started looking for other ways to lose weight quickly. I supplemented my dieting (to whatever extent I was able to do) with workouts. Initially, I started cycling. It certainly accelerated my weight loss, but it wasn’t working as I liked it to be. Because cycling helped me make friends, and where there are friends, there are parties (mini – celebrations :D). Eating at parties cancelled out the progress I was making with both cycling and dieting. So, if you come across a fat cyclist and wonder why they are fat even when they cycle, now you know why.

While I was going through all this, I kept looking for sustainable ways to lose weight. That’s when I came across the idea of ‘Intermittent fasting’. It was fascinating, and a lot of chatter was happening about it on Twitter. If I remember correctly, Paras Chopra (Wingify’s founder) also talked about it on Twitter and also showed its results. I was super curious to learn more, so I dived deep into the topic and learned more about its working. My conviction got stronger when I met a doctor (through the cycling club) who had been practicing intermittent fasting for many years, and it had worked wonders for her overall health and weight maintenance.

I followed intermittent fasting religiously for four months and combined it with workouts such as running and cycling. That’s how I was able to lose so much weight.

I followed a fasting routine of more than 16 hours, where I would eat my last meal of the day by 3 pm and only have half a glass of skimmed milk at night.

How am I doing today?

I haven’t been working out for the last 3 months, and my intermittent fasting practice is sporadic. Even after all this, I am still around the same weight of 74 kg. And I’m super happy 🙂