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Simple Changes That Helped Me Lose 5 Kg and Feel Great in Just One Month
A detailed yet easy plan of 30-minute bodyweight exercises, a bit of extra walking, and a shift to healthier food
When the pandemic-induced lockdown happened, I lost all motivation. My lifestyle became sedentary. Up until then, I had a relatively healthy lifestyle peppered generously with sessions of table tennis in the evenings and long walks along the dusty campus roads with friends at night.
The indoor lifestyle didn’t suit me. It affected my mental health more than I would like to admit. I knew I was gaining weight, but because I didn’t want to do anything about it, I started consuming more processed food. It was a vicious cycle of self-hate feeding self-hate, until one day when I finally gathered the courage to weight myself, I found I was 64 kg.
I was horrified. Before this, my weight had never crossed 60 kg. Since I am not very tall either (160 cm), this meant my BMI was 25.4, which is unhealthy for me.
Since I am inherently a comfort-loving person, I could not devote several hours of my life in making and sticking to a religious meal or workout plan. I did the best with what I had: free workout videos on YouTube from celebrity fitness influencers. Along with it, I…
