From elegant office wear for my MBA journey (though never wore before ) to smart casuals to one minute edgy T-shirt and jeans look for the hectic class schedules all adds that fashion element in my look.
Being born in a family with not even a single cousin sister, I always wore jeans and tops, sometimes even on wedding functions. I know that was incongruous. But that was something I mostly relied on. Then came my 19th birthday, mom took me to pantaloons for smart Kurtis that I could actually wear on jeans as well and look more girly and chicky. Beyond doubt, there has been a paradigm shift in my wardrobe. I keep on exploring new trends in ethnic and got so used to it that I actually wear a bindi on top and jeans now.
The most important challenge was to accept that I was actually doing something wrong for months, it’s just like applying primer every time after foundation, luckily I was able to correct it and I believe that I have done pretty well in overcoming it.
So, I am of the opinion that our society is bias towards fat people, they think that the person is fat just because he eats too much. But that was not true with my case. I was not fat as a child, I put on some weight after 10th due to stress.
When I entered college, I weighed 70 kgs. I was quite chubby. I was mocked for every related reason while shopping for clothes – I never ever get selected tops or jeans instead used to get remarks like, “mam, your size is not available for this selected top “. Out of peer pressure and continuous remarks, I decided to lose weight and become physically fit.
I started searching on the internet first. I searched for every article to lose weight. Then switched to the gym. I somewhere also believe that not eating will reduce my weight, I started skipping meals, drinking less of water, made sodium intake almost negligible, no fat no butter, I was actually deprived of energy and that went on for months. My parents were actually worried about my deteriorating health.
I remember they took me to the dietician, she made a drastic change. I was actually doing something wrong from the very beginning. That was something I never wanted to do, I never wanted to be lean or sick, or look pale and dull, but wanted to be curvy, having the right amount of muscles at right places. Then I changed my complete eating habits and exercising schedule. I understood that dieting means eating healthy not eating less.
My transformation was amazing. I have understood that fitness has to be inculcated as a habit, not as a one-time destination. It is a journey that needs to be completed till the end.
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