Me and Food (now)
People who know me personally, know it very well that I have always been a foodie. And that is obvious because my Aai makes the ‘bestest’ food preparations. Let it be the simple dal khichadi or multi-layered biryani, she makes it the best. So now I grew up eating this delicious food and loved it. And I grew up to be a ‘healthy’ person. This theory of me being healthy was associated with the fact that I was born a ‘healthy’ baby. Carrying this belief all through my life I never questioned my weight till there came a time when my legs would pain from prolonged standing. I would feel breathless after barely climbing a flight of stairs. When I checked my weight, I was no longer healthy, but an overweight person. At that time I was fortunate to have come across a Zumba class along with a diet program. The Zumba class was fantastic and helped me build my stamina. In the diet program, I was basically asked to stop sugar in all forms including fruits. So I was on a no-sugar, no-fruit, no-wheat...