Cut the Fat

By 2050, over one-third of the Indian population is at risk of being obese. It’s time to get on that treadmill and tighten the waist

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I huffed and puffed and almost blew myself away! The days of getting back to fitness after the holy trilogy of Durga Puja, Dussehra, and Diwali is an uphill task. This year was a double whammy for me with the festive season preceded by three months of excruciating cervical spondylosis-related pain. So, here I am once again, feeling like Iam starting my fitness journey from scratch — what four months of inactivity can do to the old bones and muscl With each passing year, even as it physiologically becomes more arduous to exercise, it also becomes that much more imperative. It feels absolutely amazing to lounge on the couch, eating a bag of chips, watching some show — not all of us are natural athletes; many just want to vegetate, and relish the sedentary life. Asa woman, our hormones too actively demand lethargy, chocolates, and lots of wine. But here's the kicker to jolt us to good sense — all adults in every 5th Indian household are overweight and one in four Indian adults are obese.

Being fit is not about vanity alone — of course, it’s wonderful to defy age, but health and wellness is more about fightu iL ing off future ailments or atleast beingin