2017 Chapter II Section 17

WEIGH-IN PART 6

I have been a good girl this week. I did eat a few outside food, but I made sure the amount wasn't a lot. Since I was out of home quite a bit this week; I had to eat outside!  

The week did not start off so well as I suffered from a severe stomach upset the first two days. But, the rest of the week was quite uneventful. 

Today was the start of something important in my life, which will culminate on 23rd. I am hopeful it will be all positive. Let's see! 

Today was rather exciting. 

I met my school friend after almost 12 years! She was my first friend. 

We had fallen out of touch for a while but recently reconnected. It was great to see her after so long. She looks so different from the last time I saw her, but she talks and smiles the same way! It made me miss the good ole' days! :) 

Since the year has started, old friends of mine have been getting in touch with me one way or the other. It feels a bit surreal!

More on that later, I am way too sleepy to function right now! 

Tata! 

THE STATS FOR THE WEEK:

DATE: 17/02/2017

Weight: 85.5 Kgs
Body Fat: 50%
BMI: Obese Class 2
Lean Mass: 42.75 Kgs

Neck: 14.60 Inches
Shoulders: 47.1 Inches
Chest: 44 Inches
Waist: 44 Inches
Hips: 46 Inches
Bicep L: 13.70 Inches
Forearm L: 9.80 Inches
Bicep R: 12.50 Inches
Forearm: 10.01 Inches
Thigh L: 28 Inches
Calf L: 15.20 Inches
Thigh R: 27.6 Inches
Calf R: 14.90 Inches

TODAY'S CHECKLIST:

• Exercise: Weight Training, 4200 steps
• Food:
  • Breakfast: None
  • Lunch: Quinoa, Dal, Aloo Poshto
  • Snack: Chia, Flaxseed, Half a Chicken Sandwich 
  • Dinner: Dimsum, Noodles, Rice, Hunan Chicken (MainLand China), I had a little bit of everything
• Study: None
• Read: The Confidence Man
• Feeling: Optimistic 

2017 Chapter II Section 12

Stories of Old & New

Today was a fun day. I was at my friend's place. I met her after almost eight years! I have known her since I was 11! We were quite inseparable when we were young. 

In between for a few years, we both got busy with our lives and did not keep in touch. 

But, I am happy she has come back into my life. I had missed her a lot. She is one of those people with whom I can talk about absolutely anything under the sun and not have to think about her judging me or getting me wrong. 

She has the cutest baby boy now. Yesterday I had gone to a party which was in his honour. He is so cute and has such an adorable smile! :) Makes my heart feel warm. 

Throughout the day we kept chatting, and it felt like I was back in my childhood. 

My brain kept getting confused. It felt like I was a kid again and nothing had changed yet every time I saw her with her son, I knew a lot of time has passed. 

But, it doesn't feel any different. I feel the old and new is nicely blending in together. 

I love it when she tells me stories from the time we couldn't talk. They add to the surprise element yet everything seems familiar. 

It is the weirdest of sensations. I just hope we keep talking and be present in our lives for the rest of our times. 

While talking to her, I realised, though I have changed a lot in the past few years, the good, the mad and the funny things in me have remained the same, and that made me happy. 

On that nostalgic note, Tata! 

TODAY'S CHECKLIST:

• Exercise: None
• Food:
  • Breakfast: Oats pancake
  • Lunch: Rice, Shukto, Dal, Alu Bhaja, Fish Fry, Mutton (Promadi's son's party) Awesome food
  • Snack: Tea
  • Dinner: Quinoa, Veggie
• Study: None
• Read: None
• Feeling: Happy and nostalgic. 

2017 Chapter I Section 6

Blast from the Past! 

OH MY GOD! What a fantastic day it was! I did not think my day would end this way! I love it. 

I met my childhood friend, my sister from another mother, after 10 Years! 10 YEARS! And, the best part, nothing has changed. We are still the same crazy kids we used to be. 

Due to circumstances and life and long distances between us, we had fallen apart for a while. But, today it felt like nothing has changed as if life had stood still for us. 

We became friends when I was 13, and we are inseparable. She is older than I am but that never was an issue for us. 

As a kid, I didn't have a lot of friends. We lived in the same neighbourhood and to be honest I somehow never really fit in with others. 

I used to go for English classes to her mother's house, and that's how we met. I always thought we were cool kids. We talked about everything under the sun. From books to boys to nothing at all. 

What I loved about our friendship was we were very different, yet somewhere we were the same person. 

Her house was on the next street to mine, so I used to spend most of my time after school at her house. 

Every day, even on days when I did not have my English classes with her mother, I would show up at her doorsteps. Then, we would go for long walks to chat. We would walk for hours, yes hours. We had a particular route we would follow. And, every day it ended with getting 'papri chat' at our favourite 'Chaat' guy at this local shopping mall area, Dakhsinapan. 

It was my daily routine. These walks are some of my fondest memories of my childhood. 

She moved to Bangalore to study and then I moved to Pune for my Master's and somewhere in between, not sure exactly when, we stopped talking every day. 

It wasn't like we entirely stopped talking, but we somehow fell apart. I never did feel like I lost a friend, though. I always knew she was there. 

Somehow in the past ten years, we were never in the same city at the same time. And, then, life happened to us both. So, all this took us away from each other. 

I do not know what the future holds, but I cannot be happier for this one day. I felt like we were those two young kids, roaming around, talking our hearts out and just loving life as it is. 

TODAY'S CHECKLIST:

• Exercise: Walked 4117 steps. 
• Food:
  • Breakfast: Boiled egg and bread 
  • Lunch: Quinoa, Mixed vegetable, Dal, Fish 
  • Snack: Biriyani!!! (Was outside and got super hungry)
  • Dinner: Palak Chicken and two rotis. 
• Study: 30 mins of French 
• Read: None
• Feeling: Ecstatic!! :D Cannot stop smiling.