Weight loss - Maggie pig

My daughter came back from college one day and told me that she has taken a bet to lost 5 kgs in two weeks. I told her it is not impossible if you set your mind to it.  Her friends have been calling her Maggie pig, a fat piglet in a cartoon series. If she lost 5 kgs, then they will not call her that name and the challenger will have to sing in front of her  college and make a fool of her self.

When we sets our mind to it, nothing is impossible. We have to work on our mental habits regarding food. It has been our culture to eat three times a day and in Penang, as often a 5 times a day but not of lesser quantity at each meal. Is it logical to eat so much food in a day ? Actually, this is very wasteful but we need food on the table to have a choice of variety and to build up our appetite. Yeah, one or two dishes is enough but there is no choice and it makes our life miserable. We work for food and we die for food. Some live to eat and some eat to live.  For those eat to live, they will be slimmer and more healthy whereas those live to eat is normally on the fatty side.

My daugther is the "live to eat" type. She goes for her favorites , eat sizable quantity and it can be pricy . How can she lost 5 kgs in two weeks? This will be a big challenge and she is going to be in trouble if she diet in the wrong way.  In weight reducing program, everything have to be gradual and so, your body will get us to the weight lost and accepts your body conditions. If we lost weight too much and too soon, we will put it back in no time. Everything have to be gradual and systematic.  Another side effect is that we will encounter hunger pangs and we will be thinking, dreaming  and calling for food. It is a whole mix up feeling of despair and desperate.

At the beginning of the weight lost, the improvement is noticeable and great but as we move further , we will hit a plateau or even worst a desert. We can hardly notice any weight lost after the initial phase. So, there is a lot of patience and psychological dilemma  as your weight lost program deepen.

But , whatever is been said, each person is different from each other and our body behaves very differently. So, what we have to do is to be aware of our problem, watch the food we eat , acknowledge that  this is an impossible task but have a firm belief in yourself that you can do it. Meditation helps to strengthen the belief in our self , acknowledge our mental habits and break away from our mental control. If we are in control of our self, everything will be possible.  Not only 5 kgs , even 10 kgs is not a problem.

Nothing is impossible and impossible is nothing as I have mentioned in one of my articles. Just do it. When there is a challenge , Life becomes more meaningful and purpose driven.

Namaste.