Hi everyone!

Today, I want to share with you some of the funniest and most ridiculous reasons why I’ve failed in sticking to my diet plans in the past. Of course, if you had tried dieting, you know how hard it is to resist the mouthwatering delicacies that surround us every day. I’ve tried every diet you can think of, and yet, here I am, still working on my weight loss journey. So, without further ado, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and revisit some of my most memorable dieting disasters.

The Irresistible Ladoo Incident

We all know how hard it is to resist sweets during festive occasions or family gatherings. One day, I found myself at a relative’s house, surrounded by an array of delicious ladoos, barfis, and gulab jamuns. I had been sticking to my diet plan religiously, but that day, I crumbled like a house of cards.

I told myself that I’d have just one ladoo. But before I knew it, I had devoured half the plate. Oops! It turns out my self-control around sweets is weaker than a used tea bag. Needless to say, my diet was completely derailed that day, and my waistline paid the price.

The Late-Night Snack Craving

You know those nights when you’re binge-watching your favourite Indian TV serial, and suddenly you get hit with the most intense craving for some snack? Yeah, that’s happened to me more times than I’d like to admit. One time, I was deep into a dramatic episode, and I just couldn’t resist the siren call of the samosas in my fridge.

I told myself that I’d just have one samosa (it’s jjust a mini-samosa, and alright with one), but before I knew it, I had single-handedly polished off the entire stash. And did I stop there? Of course not! I proceeded to raid the fridge and scarf down anything remotely edible – cashew nuts, dry grapes, dates, even a slice of coconut that was to be for the next-day chutney. The next morning, I woke up with a food hangover and a serious case of diet remorse.

The Biryani Bargain Blunder

As a frugal individual, I’ve always been a sucker for a good deal. But when it comes to dieting, my love for saving money has been my downfall on more than one occasion. Take, for example, the time I decided to order biryani for dinner. I was all set to order a small, sensible portion when I spotted a fantastic buy-one-get-one-free deal.

My thrifty side took over, and before I knew it, I was the proud owner of not one, but two large biryanis. And you can probably guess what happened next. I couldn’t possibly let all that delicious biryani go to waste, so I did what any reasonable person would do – I ate both of them over the course of the weekend. Diet? What diet?

The “I’ll Just Have One” Pakora Predicament

Finally, let’s talk about the time I thought I could handle having just one pakora. As it turns out, “just one” is not a concept I’m familiar with. My wife had prepared a fresh batch of pakoras for an evening snack and I thought that I could treat myself to just one as a reward to complement my wife’s hard work. But as the saying goes, “one is never enough.”

That’s right, I went on a full-blown pakora-eating rampage, consuming at least four plates of them in no time. Of course, my wife was happy that I liked it; I was distraught and in reply, all that she had was a mocking smile and a ‘Dieting?-are-you?’ look.

There you have it folks, I was my own cause for my dieting failure. IN so many cases, it is our own resolve, our own fight in the battle between desire and delicious dishes. Now I have found a solution for this challenge:

1. I avoid situations in which I have to look at delicious edibles placed near me. I immediately leave the place.

2. I take a glass of water and gulp it down.

This time round, it is working so far, and I am able to have the longest streak of dieting – 45 days and counting…

Well, happy dieting!!!