Big and Round

Here you go.. A feeler to all you underweight and perfect weight people. A call out. A shout.. This is the story... NAY.. The life of a man who has lived all his conscious life in the shadow of weight.. Of himself.. :P

To start and make you all aware that this isn't idle rant and is very much the real thing, check out the photo below..

Yes.. That's me. That is my 18th birthday.. 127 kilos. My greatest days. Its the heaviest I have ever been. I was probably 6'2" back then.. In college, I got to 94. Possibly the lightest I have ever been. As an adult.
Now, as I write this, I have hit 111 kilos now.. Gained all of it back.

Now, I am also tall. I have met and have taller friends. Bro is an inch and a half taller than I am.
Life isn't easy for a fat man. Its even less easy for a tall man. And when you're a hybrid, you've taken the cake. Truly.. Chocolate. With a cherry on top. And I don't even like cherries..
Forgive the metaphor.

So then.. The attempt-at-losing-weight days..
Grandad was the first to figure that I was getting fat. I was probably in class 6 or something. He looks and tells me that I gotta get into shape. Now my grandad. When he said, I did. I never asked questions. I didn't even know what questions. He commanded that kinda scary respect. From everyone.
So he made me run. He made me wake up early. He took these walks. And made me run. Jog. It was a 500mtrs stretch.. Bro will tell me it was less. He'll enjoy saying it. And grandad made me run up and down this stretch 6 times.. Thats 3 kilometres Not back and forth. Watch the language.. It was UP and DOWN. And for a class 6 kid, at least me, I was a wreck. However, it didn't work. Unfortunately, I knew how to open the 'snacks cupboard'. Not gonna explain what that is. To get an idea, look at the picture above again. So Grandad tried.. I never quite understood how important it was to lose weight..

Then there were the running trips Dad took me to on. I ran.. Again, snacks cupboard.
You see, the snacks cupboard thing, no one knew that I knew. And I had a superpower breaking into it...

So I spent my schooling years HUGE.. Height helped. I could take all the rebounds and stuff. But was never any good at basketball. I fit in the seats back then. I went back to school 3 years after graduating. Couldn't possibly believe it. I was stunned. How Did I Do It?

Food back then. A 3 case carry lunch box. Always, for 8 years in school and 2 years in junior college. 2 parathas, a veggie and a dal. Everyday. It was good food.
And then there was all the InBetweenMeals snacks.. Oh, they were many. they still are.. :P ;) Which made me mega fat.

I used to go for cricket coaching. In some way, it was supposed to make me lose weight. But it didn't work. I still always was, "Bhains" . . :P

I went to college in my prime. I was big, huge and an illusion mostly. There were times when people stopped talking because they thought I was a teacher. I shit you not. I dont understand. I was larger than the teachers too. People would start laughing once they realised it wasn't a teacher. These things never bothered me. But I think it eventually immunized me to the fact that I am a little out of the circle in general.. :)

In college though, the food, the walking and all together, it helped me LOSE weight. I slimmed like a crazy person. In a year, with no active attempt at doing so. I dunno. Happened to everyone. So I could finally wear jeans and ready made clothes again. :D :D
Really, I didn't fit in clothes. I had Everything stitched.

And tall. Tall is good. Its nice.. BUT.. I don't fit. ANYWHERE.. I don't fit in buses. I don't fit in Planes. I don't fit in the berths on trains. I don't fit in the backseats of cars. I don't get shoes. I don't get clothes(but that also has to do with my alien waistline)..
Being tall is great. But trust me, the world Inst all rosy up here..

From 94, I'm back to a cool 111... :P
I think that busted some things for me. So I'm back to apples and phulkas and all that stuff.

I am a gourmet. I need food. I like food.. I cannot diet. It Inst in me. Oh, you will have to gimme a lot of reason to..

I'm not gonna tell you that being fat sucks.
Being fat doesn't matter. I asked the people who matter. And they don't care. I don't care..

Don't have to comment this time. :)
Good Bye.. Good Night.. Good Luck..
Be Fat.. Its IN.. :P :P :P