Resolution 2017

Hey All,

I hope almost everyone would have got to know what would be the content of this post. Yeah!!! you are right.. it is all about my resolution which I had for year 2017. Before every new year most of us will have a resolution for the next year in our mind based on our career, health, wealth etc.

And there must be a background or reason for all of our resolutions. Yeah, as you know I always love spending time with friends and travel with them. During one of my travels, I didn't have a good time and that was the time I decided or I would say, that was the day which made me choose my resolution for the year 2017. Yeah that was all about reducing my body weight.

So now let us dive in to the core content, before that, I know everyone will be interested in knowing what went wrong during my travel/trip to make my mind up (Now-a-days, people are most interested in knowing others’ mistakes and it has become a trend!?). About end of the year 2016, I visited Goa for the first time with friends and during that trip we went for a water sport called banana ride. During that ride we were dropped in to ocean with life guard and while I tried to climb back on the boat I struggled a lot and that was the time I decided with this much of flesh I am not happy at all. I hope, I declared to my friends that I will hit gym for next year.

Before starting gym, I wanted to tune my body, so I started jogging early morning with my brother. I started slowly and I was able to make half of his effort like 5 rounds of jogging. That made my mind that I could fit in to gym, with some guts, I enrolled in a gym for yearly program by paying 6,000rs (even now I am not sure how I made myself up to pay 6K in a single stretch). During my initial days, I got a mixed feedback like if you started doing gym you have to continue for your life time and you can't come out of it easily, and if you stop doing gym you will gain whatever you have lost in few months.

Yes, I was afraid upon hearing all these stories and advice from my friends and few people told that let’s see how long you are going to continue this. Somehow, I started my gym journey by Jan 5th 2017 and that was the day I decided that okay whatever it is, I will give it a try (even if I fail it might be a lesson for me). As expected, initial days were so difficult and most important thing is I didn't take my mobile with me for first 6 months (as you guys know I wouldn't live without my mobile and that was the hard part for me than doing exercise ;) (mind voice within mind voice :P )).

Here I wanted to tell u all about the very first person whom I met in my gym, my trainer Mr. Ranjith (I have never seen such a polite trainer). Whenever he gives me an instruction to follow, I was able to make only 80% of that, but still he encouraged me saying this is just a beginning and you can do better in days. Those words were boost for me and I kept trying. Still I can remember the day I had that dizzy moment for the very first time, as usual, Ranjith gave me an instruction on the set I have to do and he went for a break. I was able to complete till my second set and I just laid down on the floor. When he approached me I was able to see only his face and beyond his face everything was dark (at that moment I just said I am not able to move). Ranjith ran back and he came with a glucose box in his hand, he gave me around 2 to 3 spoons of it and water in a glass, after having them, he told that we will stop here. I was scared twice like that, then I started enjoying it (that was a new kind of high for me and I enjoyed that part totally 4 or 5 times in year 2017).

I felt that I got settled with my exercise, I started carrying my mobile with me. I always used to listen to the lyrics of a song even it is happiest or saddest song during my training. There started my diet part! I was allowed to have only 11 egg whites in a day with 4 to 5 bottles of warm water. I felt dizzy in my office hours and started getting a mild head ache because of this food control (I convinced myself saying even this is temporary) but really had a difficult phase during that time. I saw a notable change in scale after following this diet and continuous training. Still I can say that I didn't do it 100% and many of my friends will also say this.

At some point of time, I contemplated quitting, but at those times, I just recalled what all my friends said before I started gym and what they are saying now (everything will be changed as time passes). I got good number of friends, many of gym mates have told that I have reduced a lot and shaping up good. Till today whatever it is, I don't remember a day that I said no to Ranjith, whatever the instructions he gave me, I just said "will give a try!!" and got a reply saying "you can do it!" from my trainer.

What so ever it is, when we do something regularly we will improve ourselves among our circle of people. I was so happy that after noticing the change in me, many of friends started hitting gym (At least 4 to 5 people for different reasons ;) ). All the credits goes to my resilience, Trainer, friends who are always there and never forget to encourage me.

I have taken few videos during my training session and I have posted a part of those clips in instagram and you can see them using below links

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ab0fSXoZgzZkkUXy1

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYJuCW-lv7lbQoFGnHDNqI0mgyb94jKWVXlPVc0/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYgEV_Jlb_VhnIaQh97DQ4fBRSgpTZgDUVXYy40/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZQeabEFtgakSz3zV8p2hY1RJDHg1EAm27iqTg0/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbeArklF_dNcR0AepYO-9aTZt9hdG18O1TQEbA0/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbtpWkKFjjllV_4qPSJmq3xkFRuk9Sde0MAXOE0/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb3dt-TF8Cc4GZUnytCIKm-59p6SlvNPDf6FhI0/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcCEonzl4z643QNcH6KRwhXHpeWa7U9hba0z_E0/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BccqoroFXN5PmMH8ahRElyRt29L7YDPhO0Gk0w0/

Pic in which I love myself:

Comparison pics of 2017:











Here are the words that I came across from starting till date

1. Don't waste money
2. Better do jogging
3. Let us see how long you can continue
4. Are you doing it regularly?
5. I think you have reduced a bit!
6. Don't lift weights.
7. Yeah, now I can see the difference.
8. You are doing great my friend
9. After seeing your change I wanted to do it.
10 Better stay in gym :P ;)

I enjoyed my one year of gym journey, I hope and I will achieve my results before a target date as how I did in this year.

I have achieved at-least something I wanted to do it in the year 2017, hope I have harder target for 2018 and I will share the result with you in next year.

Please share if you have similar experience in your life because I always wanted to be part of your life as a friend ;) :P

All the best and all for the best!!!

Special Thanks to editor: Dhivya Kanagasabai