Someone with a full figure: I am happy being me!!!

Remember that particular scene from the movie “Devil wears Prada”, when Andrea (Anna Hathaway) suddenly realizes that she does NOT want to be a part of “that” world? And that she chooses not to follow Miranda (Meryl Streep)?

Well, I am happy to announce… that I too had a somewhat similar “Eureka-Moment” only a couple of minutes back!

I realized that after behaving like an idiot for god knows how many months, running after my dream of becoming “thin” and finally fit into a nice, sexy 1 piece, I was just trying to be someone else!

I am surrounded by females who are thin, show off to the T and can easily slip into a 1, 2 or how many ever pieces dress they wish to!!! But for someone who has always been on the border line of being slim & heavy, the choices are limited. And I am sure, that a lot of girls must be nodding their head in agreement!

I am not saying, “Being skinny or thin is not right!”… But all I am saying is that, “Don’t let it get into your head.” Because once it gets in, you only start harming your body.

I have seen models go anorexic… for obvious reasons! But this whole “fashion clad” society leaves no stone unturned in endorsing “thin-ism”. Even pregnant women are not spared! Actress Aishwarya Rai had only given birth to a new life and after months of carrying the baby girl, it takes time for the body to get back to normal shape. But people didn’t leave any chance of criticizing her when she made her public appearance. The media went crazy about her weight and behaved as if “gaining weight” was a hideous crime!!

So ya, I accept. I accept I got carried away for a while. But now, I am back on track and my aim is to stay fit and healthy! I am unique, and the qualities that I possess can never be found in the same proportion in any human being. So it’s time I start valuing what I have, rather than crying over something I am not!  

P.S. I am proud of what I am. And someone has rightly said, “Haddiyon pe toh kutte marte hain!”  

Calories, Dieting and that little bouncy tummy !!! ;)

Hello friends! :- )

The phase I am going to talk about here, I call it the “20-something-health-freak” phase.

I remember up till 3-4 years back, whenever I used to chat with my girlfriends… words like “Calories” & “dieting” and phrases like “Look at my tummy!!! Oh man…So embarrassing it is!” or “You look like a pregnant cow” never came up!!! :P

I never gave a 2^nd thought to how many calories a slice of bread must be having or that how many calories will be safely deposited on my butt from that one super yummy cheese burst pizza!!!

       I (rather WE) just ate & never thought so much. But as I (along with my friends) became a 20 something beings, it was as if we had transformed into some kind of an annoying fitness freak!!!

I would, and even now get occasional bouts of going to the gym and stretching my body. But it is only OCCASIONAL and obviously I am still the same. :- (

My mom calls me “Healthy” to make me happy and not feel offensive… and then I have my friends who call me a “Cow” and “Pumpkin”, so that I feel offensive in every possible way!!! :P heheeeeee….

For a lot of 20 something people out there, even smelling that “Aalo ka paratha” is a sin!!! (And that very much includes me!)

But there are times when I let my hairs down and don’t give a dam as to what is going down my gullet. I am an absolute foodie and love having Pani puri, Jalegi(s), Pav Bhaji and what not! (To my international audiences, these are all Indian dishes.)

I have seen girls starve themselves with just an omelet and a glass of juice. Now this is too much! Being health conscious is good. But being a freak to the extent that you start starving yourself is absolutely unacceptable.

The fact is that whether you are Fat or Slim is immaterial. What matters is who you are. And who you are, is not determined by your “external” figure. Just believe in yourself. :- )

So, “Garv se kaho, hum chatore hain.”!!! And love yourself…!  

Everything's sooooooooo expensive !!! :(

As I had earlier mentioned that with the coming of 20ish life, there comes along a host of “things” that start bothering us as well… and to begin with. “Everything becomes too expensive”!!!

Till the time I was not earning and used to get pocket money, world was absolutely cheap or even better “Dirt-cheap”! Irrespective of whether that expense was necessary or not, I would without giving a second thought, shell out all the money. Back then, my mentality was, “Papa hain naa, de denge, Big deal!!!”

But since the time I started earning, everything seems to have changed completely! EVERYTHING & EVERY POSSIBLE THING have become REALLY EXPENSIVE. I have realized the importance of money.

I now think close to 20 times before spending a penny.

Initially a cup of coffee that used to cost me 100 back then, now looks like 300 to me! :P

Browsing through the menu, this is what everything looks to me now:

Paneer kofta: 190 (looks like 360)

Regular Cappuccino: 80 (looks 180)

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Not that I am a miser and not that I don’t go out for parties, but I am much more conscious about what how much I am spending now. Is it the same with you also?

Tell me ! ;)

The 20 something girl...

A very good morning folks!!! :)

Starting a new blog when you already have an established one with a huge international audience was like intentionally leaving a baby behind to plan another one! You don’t know whether it will be an equal or a bigger success… and that how well people will reciprocate and that whether this time your AdSense account will be activated or not!!!

But as it is rightly said that, “The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step”… I at 3 in the morning decided to keep aside all the “uncertain” thoughts and go ahead with creating this blog.

As soon as I wrote my graduation’s last paper, there was something weird happening inside me! I call it “The-desperate-for-an-identity” phase. All of a sudden I was a “Grown up”!

My parents expected me to act in a certain way…  my peers expected me to enter the rat race… my professor expected me to get my masters in another couple of years… my granny expected me to get married by 25...!

Too many things in just one moment!

I was not a girl… and not yet a “woman” either! The REAL life had hit me hard, and brought me face to face with the reality. Life is definitely not like the one shown in YRF or movies for that matter.

There were host of “things” that are bothering me. I am still getting used to my 20 something skin! With acne & bouts of pimples every now and then, I am still finding ways of getting comfortable and confident about it!

So the posts following this one I will unfold host of things to watch out for IF you are in your 20s…!

Stick around for more ;)