“The size of my T-shirt was increasing every month!”

It can be really frustrating to battle extra kilos and not being able to do anything about it. It becomes even more annoying when you see your clothing size go up with every passing month. For 30-year-old Navneet Sharma, losing weight wasn’t only about fitting into the clothes of his choice again, it was also about getting his life back on track. Once he decided that he longer wanted to feel lethargic and exhausted all the time, there was no looking back. Here is how he lost a whopping 15.5 kilos in barely 3 months.
Name: Navneet Sharma

Occupation: Consultant

Age: 30 years

Height: 5 feet 6 inches

Highest weight recorded: 75 kgs

Weight lost: 15.5 kgs

Duration it took me to lose weight: 2.5 months

The turning point: When you are overweight, even doing bare minimum physical activities become really taxing and exhausting. I felt low on energy and lethargic, all the time. However, the size of my T-shirt was increasingly on a monthly basis and it was really devastating.

I felt that if things kept going this way, I will end up in the obese category very soon. The worst part was that I used to feel incredibly low when I used to see myself in the mirror of the changing rooms. I realised that I needed to lose weight and get back in shape.

Pre-workout meal: I don’t eat anything before working out. I usually drink a cup of black coffee or green tea.

Post-workout meal: 5-6 boiled eggs without yolk

My breakfast: 2 plain dosa (without oil) with groundnut chutney or 2 idlis with groundnut chutney. After two and a half hours, I eat a plateful of salad (1 cucumber, 1 carrot, 1 bell pepper and 1/4th papaya).

My lunch: 2 chapatis (without ghee or oil), 130-140 grams rice, 1 bowl of dal and a portion of vegetable.

My evening snacks: 170 grams of dried chicken or 1 fillet of fish and 2 figs

My dinner: 2 chapatis (without ghee or oil), 130-140 grams rice, 1 bowl of dal and a portion of vegetable.

I indulge in: I do not believe in the concept of cheat days. Hence, I have not taken a single cheat day off until now. However, I would love to eat a small portion of chicken biryani on my cheat days.

My workout: I work out 5-6 days in a week.

As abs are a big muscle group, I train them every alternate day and focus on weight training as mentioned-below.

Day 1 Shoulder + Abs

Day 2 Biceps

Days 3 Back + Abs

Day 4 Triceps

Days 5 Chest + Abs

Day 6 Legs + Abs

I try to exercise all the sections of abdominal muscles during the Abs workout.

Low-calorie recipes I swear by: I completely vouch on a simple salad mix. It consists of 3 to 4 vegetables and 1 fruit. It is not only a good, low-calorie recipe but also reduces your hunger pangs effectively.

Fitness secrets I unveiled:
I have learnt that going to the gym regularly and doing extreme workout will not help you in losing weight quickly. Calorie deficit and clean eating is the first step towards losing weight and the workout is just supposed to accelerate the whole journey to give you better results.

How do I stay motivated? I have realised that tracking my progress regularly and seeing tangible results keep me motivated to go on and do more.

How do you ensure you don’t lose focus? A strong determination is an ultimate key for not losing focus. Losing weight is not that difficult but it is a person’s determination which decides whether he or she will succeed in the journey or not.

Whenever I used to feel demotivated, I used to look at my old photographs. I know it for a fact that I don’t ever want to go back there.

What’s the most difficult part of being overweight? When I was overweight, I used to feel really low on energy. Additionally, I was very sleepy and lethargic all the time.

What shape do you see yourself 10 years down the line? I want to become a fitter person with every passing day. I want to gain more lean body mass and maintain the healthy lifestyle I am following right now.

What are the lifestyle changes you made? I have made it a point to completely shun sugar-laden products, oily and junk food from my diet.

What was the lowest point for you ? The size of my-shirt was increasingly every month and it was really devastating. I felt that if this is how things kept going on, I will end up in the obese category very soon.

Lessons learnt from weight loss: On my quest to lose weight, I have realised that one needs to completely quit sugar-laden food and any kind of oil or food from the outside.

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