We thank God for keeping our family safe through the second quarter of the year even as our nation was grappling though a very bad second wave of COVID-19. Friends and family were ill. Many of the WhatsApp groups we are in would have updates of lives lost on a daily basis. It became emotionally…
The first quarter of the year has been a busy one for the DSouza household. Mia turned 5! We thank God for her. Eddie’s family came over to celebrate Mia’s birthday. Mia had multiple celebrations with various groups of friends. She made up for not having an event last year. School life School life has…
A stressful week. Bad food choices. This is kind of the underlying me. I have to actively fight such behavior. It is good to notice that one cannot relax when there is war. Fighting bad habits requires relentless effort.
Plateau – my usual residence before a slight breakthrough. It is time to level up. Not because I have defeated a villain and I get to move to the next level. Which perhaps is not unreal. I have come a long way from where I began and have knocked off 33% of my excess weight.…
My desire to control portions has paid rich dividends. I have lost a third of my excess weight. That is such a joyful milestone. I have no idea how much of it is actually visible to others. It has been 8 months now. I have never stuck with a program for this long ever. I…
I am glad that I have lost about a third of my excess weight. Progress has been slow but positive. There are plateaus and near u-turns. But what I have learned is to not give up or give in. Just keep pressing on. When I mess up, I need to forgive myself and try again.…
My food habits last week has been irratic. Or the scale is going nuts. But, I hope to get back on track.
I have been making progress this week. I am close to hitting a weight loss milestone. This was looking nearly impossible with the plataeuing that was taking place. But I am grateful to the missus who made sure that the food that I ate was balanced. Moreover, she made sure that my intake was good…
It is easy to give up. A plateau makes things very hard. For nearly three weeks my weight seemed to just mildly fluctuate. Well it wasn’t working in isolation. My food habits, exercise and overall routines all took a hit. The weight was just keeping score. But when your habits are not good, you are…
Ten years ago on this day I completed all the formalities for exiting from a job in a big Indian IT firm. I had just completed about four and a half years working for Infosys. I quit my job with the intention to preach the Gospel of Jesus while being employed full-time by Cross Cultured…