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There are three main parts for being healthy.
Food, exercise and sleep.
I have been guilty of violating the most basic rules regarding all three.
No more.
Rules:
Sleep is important. Get it.
Exercise is important. Get it.
Food is important, But don’t get too much of it.
Its that simple.
I am planning to *run* the SCMM- half marathon in Jan-10.
I will wake up at 5.30 to go out and run.
Upper body exercises, yoga during evening.
Sleep latest by 11. (means in bed before 11, winding down from 10.30)
Develop rituals.
Watch what I eat, watch before I eat. Say No. No, thanks to be polite.
Chew. Meditate.
Learn.Change.Enjoy.
Take care.
or what makes an embryo human??
The Mumbai High court denied an abortion to a woman, whose embryo was detected with a heart condition. I have my own personal observations to share about this.
My younger sister would tern 17 tomorrow. Even if I write “many happy returns of the day” she cant read it. She cant read anything for that matter, or see a movie or the rainbow. She is blind, congenitally. She is also autistic. Some part of her brain refused to develop, along with the rest of it. The eyes never got developed. She cant speak. And yet, she is intelligent enough. She can very well emote, and identify people and enjoy life as she sees it.
It confuses me to no end. What exactly is a human being? I am sure philosophers are dusting off their books in anticipation of a new virgin entering in their hunting grounds, but I dont want all those brainy answers. My questions are different. For example, does she have a voting right? what if he has no clue of what is democracy and why she is pressing the button, will she still vote?
I am confused.
On an unrelated note, I had to climb up 12 stories to reach my office. Of the 3 lifts in the wing, one is under repair, one is broken, and almost all of the employees of the myriad offices turn up in the same narrow window of time. The queue stretches to infinity. So I took the stairs. And immediately noticed the difference in me. The tiredness has come down drastically. The thigh muscles are still under worked, but the respiratory system has become efficient enough. Till the 9th floor, I was not even breathing heavily. Last time when I climbed up, I was panting since the 4-5th. I like my breathing exercises. Whats more, they are simple, take around 5-10 minutes… AND ARE FREEEEEEEE!!!!! I guess raw food is helping the cause too..
I am planning to buy a cordless headphone set for my sister tomorrow. She enjoys music a lot.
Take care…
feeling tired.
Okay! I am only half kidding. I am feeling very tired since the last week. The quality of my sleep has been shot and that I guess is showing finally. Add the month end load factor and it is a recipe for a disastrous mistake in work. Or worse, in some relationship.
I have already started my Nth back to good health program. Pranayam ( more of the pre pranayam or shuddhikriya…. means cleansing breathing practices) 3-4 asanas ( positions ) regularly in the morning. Also, I have just shifted to eating banana smoothie and raw food in place of dinner. The next step is to cut down on all the gallons of coffee I have been drinking while hanging out with friends in this or that coffee shop. The cups of tea in the office are killing my digestive system too, guess too much of powdered milk will make me feel acidic in stomach.
Next target for me is a drastic one. I am going out on a 3 days 2 nights trek with my local friends. I need to get in shape for that. Guess I really need to push my body in the remaining two weeks to get in some semblance of shape at least. I guess I would focus on push ups for the next three days. Waking up early enough and for that matter sleeping on time must be my priority.
After Wednesday, I have hopefully woken up early for all the three days. Then comes the going out in the morning for a morning walk part. By Friday,I must be jogging. I am so totally out of walking and jogging part that I am getting friction burns due to all the sweat while I walk. I am not aware of any solution till now, which would get rid of all the extra fat that has found place in my thighs. Specially when I am strictly opposed to following any crash fad diet.
Luckily I learnt a crucial thing during the last trek. Its more about mind than body. I am sure of myself that I can push my body to the limit easily, without any mental struggle sapping my energy. That was of great help to me that time, hope it comes to my rescue this time as well. Other wise I am toast with all the extra pounds of fat I am always carrying around on my tummy and thighs and what not places.
Another weekend over, another chance of relaxing and recovering and regaining strength lost. Learning from mistakes sometimes is just plain more difficult in some areas than others.
Take care…
of the culture, of my past, what my father has passed on to me, his beliefs and practices… timeless wonder. Yoga, pranayam.
I was a regular in not doing various breathing practices, although i had always benefited immensely when ever I did it. The mumbai air is a potent mix of assorted pollutants and sadly nothing is being done about it. The effect on me was frequent colds and throat related issues when ever the weather changed. It took only a couple of weeks of proper practice of “kapal bhati” and “Bhasrika” to rectify this problem that was my companion since childhood. I then started a great routine of yoga and exercise while I was in engineering. It not only changed my physical health level, but also gave me a emotional balance and added an edge to my already strong mental descipline.
Then I went to MDI, for my MBA, and all these practices I had went for a toss. The reasons are not to be thought about now, but to say the least, I suffered because of it.
Now again I have started the practice, tentatively as of now, trying again to regain that mastery that I had in those days. The results are quick to show. My nasal passage has cleared up from all the choking I had due to the erratic monsoon.
There has been quite a proliferation of yoga across the globe, and the media has as always helped immensely to spread exactly the wrong sorts of things that kill a good idea before it becomes mainstream. Rediculous claims and rumors add to the downfall of this beautiful free form of health maintainance tool.
Yoga in itself tell us to feel comfortable. In all the positions one must feel utmost comfort, not only physical but mental as well. There is no such thing as a perfect posture, it depends on person to person, and it is to be found by oneself. People count the number of breaths and watch themselves in mirror to attain “THAT EXACT” position. I feel the journey is more important, and when you are near enough then the destination might just jump at you!
I believe that everyone can do yoga and everyone must do yoga. For physical balance, mental balance and emotional balance.
Take care…
when I am supposed to just be lazy, and be lazy I was that day.
Nothing of notice happened on last few days, except on a personal level. Nothing I could share on a blog.
Did not exercise for quite a few days, hogged around a lot more than I should, and the fat has immediately started to show. Working out is the only feasible option it seems. I will also have to incorporate the eating raw at night habit, but my mom is impossible, so unless I take up all the preparatory part on me, its not going to get done.
I ahd a very difficult month end professionally. Most of my work over month end consists of updating the client portfolios manually. Manually because my office still has not quite understood the concept of using a software to automate such processes. So we take the data from various websites and type it in excel. It is criminally stupid, but I am too junior to fight it. All I could do till now is to automate some parts of information collection by using excel web queries. And to think I never worked on excel. Sheesh, some offices just need an engineer MBA combo I tell you. As the days will go by, I swear I will make enough changes to make the organization competitive at least at the local level. I mean, clients cant even see their own portfolio real time on the net. Every time the person handling the stuff has to pull down the information, confirm about all the transactions that have occurred from various sources and then pray to the god of portfolio updation that the portfolio is without any mistakes. How my company gets clients is a question to me. Maybe because the services and personalized attention that we provide is not matchable in the industry till now. So, luckily we are ahead of the curve.
Enough cribbing. Got to go to work and make some value add tomorrow.
Take care.
Good fun it was last night. I was at my friend’s place with 10 others to watch the final of the euro cup. We all had this betting going on within out group, nice time pass and something to discuss about.
So I won the most, and thats that.
Was sleepy today as the match ended at 2AM in the morning, and couldn’t sleep properly as the bedding was lopsided. Still feeling tired. Today being a month end was a slightly hectic day, but I had very less work. Just scraped through the day and got back home. Will sleep early today to catch up with the sleep debt i have accumulated over the weekend.
My belief in the mainstream media is over. The news is no longer information about an event, it is a sold piece of some ones opinion. Like if I am a leader, and i need to rig the public opinion over an event or need to distract them, all I need to do is get hold of a murder or theft or an imaginary affront caused to a community. And rake up a storm over it. Shuffle some feathers. Give some strong statements to some gernos. The main head lines over a long part of the month involved a double murder. All this while the oil was boiling and the inflation was flying high. Where is the relevant news these days?? That is why I read blogs. I hope I will get good information there at least. And some thoughts for food.
Anyways, todays count is 25+15 Pu.
Take care.
I think it’s in the name. “SUNDAY’. I feel lazy just by hearing that word. Sleep late, wake up later, don’t do anything worthwhile basically just waste these precious free hours which I get out of the week’s busy schedule and work. Then evening comes, and I feel guilty about all the waste. Never missed this routine for many sundays now.
Simple solution is to have targets for the day. Just do this and do that, rest is free for you to waste! This will work for me definitely. As long as this and that does not involve investing too much time. Sunday is all about having time for me, time to hang out with the friends I grew up with, friends i critisize, friends I will not be able to ever live without ( okay, thats way too much) but still, I have had and continue having massive fun with them.
I watched “Forest Gump” just yesterday. I am shocked. Shocked that I had this movie with me all this time, and I just didn’t see it. Made a great impact on me. It told me :
- Listen to your momma, but interpret in your own way.
- Find and keep great friends, specially friends who are thinking different.
- Siting will not solve any problem, you have to run for it.
- Fall in love, stay in love.
- Try new things. Buy a boat if your friend comes up with a great business plan!
- Think simple.Stay simple.
- A great pair of shoes is one of the best gift.
- To get back the one you love, you have to let him/her go first.
- Respect choices made by other people.
- ” If god wanted to make everyone equal, everyone would have got braces”. Feel sorry for others who lack those gifts you have. So go and help them.
- Say yes, especially for giving a speech, to a large audience. you might find the one you are looking for.
- Feel proud of you kid. Specially if he is not like you.
- Whenever you make your own decision, people will follow you.
- Do what you like. Make a run for it.
- Whenever you are tired of whatever you are doing, get back home for rest.
- Stupid is as stupid does.
I am sure there are many learnings I have not realized yet, but these are enough to last me for several lifetimes, or several marathons….
BTW, that first paragraph was basically to say that I did not exercise today. Just had dinner as well, so no more opportunity. Tomorrow is another day they say….
Take care.
and not at all proud of it. Somehow I get this immense mental block against doing something, as if taking clothes to the laundry involves doing my engineering again or something similarly impossible. I have no clue how I came out of that engineering college in the first place. Maybe they bribed those examiners to get me out.
Another thing is that I tout some character traits as being my intrinsic part. This mindless repetition has ingrained those harmful traits in me. Like being lazy for one. I justify that one by saying librans are lazy, or that smart people find easier ways or that I am like that only and so on. Totally untrue. So I need to watch what I feel my mind. More and more closely if you may. Not that I don’t do this. Strictly no newspaper for gathering information. They put in too many depressing and negative pieces in there for my taste. Me, I am an optimist any given time of the day. I wish I could share you my “balls of steel” experience here. So be it.
So, back to the main line of thinking. I need to be more energetic. The only way to do it is to tell that to myself so many times that ultimately I know I AM energetic. Keep telling I am, energetic. I am full of energy and vitality. On and on. Continuously. That is one trait I have. Like a bulldog. Don’t think. Don’t get tired. Keep going at it, again and again. That was how I upped my scoring from 56% and a KT to 74% and university topper. In a year. Just two semesters. I used to skip my lunch and even having water the whole day. Just study.
I have moved on now. I have become complacent. Lethargic. LAZY. Too much food and too few challenges or shocks. Dad once said to me, I will not learn unless I will get a shock in life. I needed three. To change. I changed good but. I cant wait for shocks now. I may not come back to the leadership position I covet. I need to imagine those shocks. I need to feel deprived of my rightful place. Easy enough. I am off to write it out now.
Did not exercise in last few days. Bad enough. I will be back on it tomorrow onwards. Or now.
Addendum: Now it is.. Push ups 25+15. crunches 0.
Take care.
My first day as a worker in the office. My joining was on 7th april, but today was the day I actaully got to do something. The story goes like this:
There are five people in the office, the boss and four of us associates. The back office guy feels ill in the morning, decides to skip the office for the day. The marketing guy is in serious health trouble, is taken to the hospital by the roomie who is the third colleague. So its me and the boss in the office for the day.
It was fun though, not really hectic but at times I got confused. No accidents though, and the day is saved. I also attended a couple of meetings, one with a client and another with a fund manager. Good day for me in the sense that things are now moving in the direction I want them to move.
Reached home late, at about 8.30PM. Had dinner today for a change. No exercise though. Sad.
Tomorrow, I am going for three meetings, will be fun. Need to hammer out what I want to accomplish in professional and personal space for next few months. till then
Take care.
I woke up at 10 to 7. got ready to catch the 7.57 Churchgate fast. Reached Churchgate station and walked the way to the office that takes about 20-25 minutes. Had huge breakfast with Poha and Shira. The dude stands outside the building in which I work and his massive storage gets over by the time its 10. Then its office time. I skipped the normal tea at 10.30 but had one at around 12. Lunch is nice and the tiffin is provided by this company. Freaking good food, and the meny is hardly repeated. We have opted for an option where we get 8 rotis with vegetable and curry. Thats a collosal amount of yummy food we all enjoy to hog down.
The food part for the day ends here. In the afternoon another round or two of tea ( at 3.30 and at 5, if I am going to wait after that). And I left the place at about 5.30. A slow walk across the sea shore again and I reach just in time to catch the Borivli fast at 6 pm ( I dont remember exactly, I just saw the “Bo ” and that the train has not come yet, and ran to get a good place to jump in) ( got window seat too , 
you losers!!). I reach home at around 7.30 and luckily I see couple of my friends going to the neighbourhood chaiwala. So quick cutting, and we are off to play table tennis on the table bought recently. 2-3 games and the crowd increases. I am finally at home at 8.30 pm.
Few push ups and ab crunches and its time to have fruit juice. Today its chikoo milk shake and I am done for the day. time to blog and touch base with my google reader. will sleep by 12-12.30.
So, all in all, I get free time from 8 till I sleep…. pretty boring but good enough than many of my friends.
Take care.
