How did i lose weight

How did I lose weight?

After being asked this countless times by people both known and unknown-I have finally decided to write about it.

August 2010-Did this fabulous Art of Living course called YES!+

For those who haven’t heard of the course-it’s a 4 day course where you have the most fun you’ve ever had in your life compressed in a few hours-the exercises,the masti,the surya namaskars and of course the Magical SUDARSHAN KRIYA all rejuvenate you completely!

The people who know about the course and still haven’t done it-

WHAT are you waiting for?

It was the course that helped me lose weight-heck I lost 3 kilos during the course itself.

Apart from the surya namaskars and the kriya-the course gave me something which was instrumental

in helping me loose weight-a determination regarding food-I have always been a foodie-and I thought it was impossible for me to leave things like non veg, chocolates, sweets et cetera…- used to have chicken almost daily (even earned a nickname ‘Pasha’ which was a place where I used to eat).

After the course I voluntarily left all these without any trouble at all and believe me that has made all the difference. Its not as if I was forced to stop eating anything-it was voluntary. Eating non veg/overeating/eating spicy food-it disturbs your meditation, but I guess people who haven’t done the course wont understand.

Although I joined a gym-I still give all the credit to the Art of living course for making me loose weight. Diet is the single most important thing when you are trying to loose weight and boy was I strict with my diet, and thus I was able to loose 20 kgs and a total of 15 inches in about 3 months! Even my Gym trainer and my nutritionist were amazed at the rate at which I lost weight!!! My gym people have sent my story and some before and after photographs to their headquarters in Mumbai to be published in a catalog.

Below is the routine I followed -

M Y      ROUTINE -

·        45 minutes Kriya(Meditation)

·        13 Surya Namaskars

·        1-1.5 hours Gym

·        15 Mintues of walk after Lunch and Dinner

·        6 small meals a day rather than the usual 3

Credit goes to my close friend, fellow AOL meditator and co founder of this blog, Abhishek as he’s the one who got me into the course! There have been many other changes in yours truly and of course Abhishek as well…but then that’s a story for another day!

I had decided that I would gift myself a completely new avatar on my birthday and I did, gave away all of my old clothes and bought a complete brand new wardrobe-thanks a ton to mom n dad and my best friend Manali for that!!!

Jai Gurudev

Ayush