Category: General

Trying on my wedding sari proved to be very difficult, there just did not seem to be enough fabric to cover my new body ( pictures to follow).  But the experience did not render itself completely awful, there was one huge positive, my husband has joined the battle.  He watched me wrestle a rich red sequined opponent and lose.  So he decided to join the fight by committing to eat every revised Indian dish I cooked.  I have to admit that I did have an ulterior plan when I handed him the camera and asked him to follow me into the basement.

My husband also has put on some weight since our nuptials.   In our dark basement, out came his Salwaar and Kameez and a lot of  shock.  How did this happen? cried my poor little Shahrukh Khan.  I guess as the years go by fashion changes and you buy new clothes in slightly bigger sizes each time, not realizing how tight your old clothes have become.  Then suddenly you are in the basement with your wife participating in another one of her shenanigans and you find yourself facing your big fat self.  Yes, there are little warning signs along the way that you choose to ignore, like all your aunties telling you how mota you are, but really when are you going to put on your wedding Salwaar Kameez and rock out?  For us, it was last night.

So I took his measurements as well as some pics, and with a big sigh of relief that I don’t have to cook separate meals, began to work on my first recipe.  Channa Masala.

The journey starts here, sick of being moti, but even more sick of tasteless diet food. I can’t diet anymore this has to be a lifestyle, my lifestyle and I need the heat, the flavour and the satisfaction of spice. When I eat a hot delicious curry I really feel as though I am full, unlike bland and often boring diet food I never feel content and I leave the finished meal starving and thinking about the next time I can eat. With my curry I don’t need a large amount, just a tasty little portion, but it is so calorie dense.

So I must do something about it, I plan to convert all my Indian meals into healthy nutritious fuel for my weight loss . This blog is to track the success, which recipes work the best, sorry taste the best, and what are the best healthy substitutions. This blog is also for my Indian family, who will watch my weight loss and constantly ask “what are you eating beta?, make me a diet too”.  Ok here it is.

My Goal is to fit into my wedding Sari (big picture goal is to help prevent diabetes and heart disease in our community one hundi at a time). How long?, not sure yet. Lets try on the Sari and get some starting measurements and weight.