The Possession of a Preoccupied Mind

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Hey, how you doin'?  No, I am not rewatching Friends for the zillionth time.  It's just that I hate to start traditionally.  I'm in a conflicting situation: some of my readers like my conversational tone, but apparently it isn't quite acceptable to the publication agencies. Two of my best-appreciated stories were rejected because of their tone. The rejection felt like a jolt that I could practically feel in my head, especially the second one.  Since that day, I've been caught up in a vicious loop of boredom because I stopped writing anything new.   I also called off a new transcription gig that promised me some good money, but the client was a tad bit of a scoundrel in his behaviour.  So here I am, having voluntarily stepped away from both writing and work, and somehow managing to be bored out of my mind. Pretty efficient, ain't I? I'm in that peculiar state where I don't want to do anything to kill time, yet somehow want the time to pass joyfully. I ...
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To The Prescription Of A Dietician

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Dieticians or diet coaches are amazing and angelic when it comes to making you eat healthy so that you stay healthy and look healthy.

They give you stats and facts about foods and eating patterns. 

From what should you be eating and how much should you be eating to should you even be eating what you are eating? 

From what is there in what you eat, to what is not there in what you eat. 

They are basically Wikipedia of Food and Nutrition.

Follow the Prescription to See the Results 

If you type "how to lose weight" on YouTube you will be blasted with fitness coaches and nutritionists. And by and large, they all will speak the same language.

Check your BMI, find out your calorie intake, and eat less from that calorie intake to lose weight. 

As easy as that. And it is basically like a prescription. Anyone who is in the phase of wanting to lose weight knows this prescription. 

Here prescription is only a metonym for the rules set out by the diet coach for you to follow.

However, the success of losing weight by following a diet coach is divided between those who succeeded and those who are still where they have started. 

Now, those who have succeeded in losing weight are those few samajhdaars who played by the rules. They know if they have to reach their goal they have to act as per the prescription. 

But there are also a number of people who miserably fail (the unfortunates) even starting the journey altogether. If they start, the journey lasts for a month or so. 

Knowledge Also Comes From Experience 

Now you might think, how do you know? Are you a diet coach or something? 

So the answer is no but here's the deal, I happen to have shed 21 kgs in a span of 1 year by simply following the prescription. 

Yes, you read that right!

Your humble narrator is also a former fatso! 

And my success had me hand out the same prescription to others as well. But to my utter dismay, none shall follow it. 

So what makes one prescription works for someone but not for the other?

Regarding the Disregard

Here is the start. 

The whatever! attitude of the unfortunates towards the prescription. The absolute disregard for the do's and don'ts is one of the major cause of failure as far as losing weight is concerned. 

(Here I'd again have to remind you that prescription is only a metonym for the rules set out by the diet coach for you to follow.)

There are certain things you must avoid or limit to a great extent while you are on a diet for losing weight.

Par nahi, "Mai to khaungi/khaunga.

See, this is where the disregard part comes in.

You can't expect results without following the prescription. 

But not in the case of these unfortunates. They actually expect results without inputs. 

And in case it didn't work out, fir ye kehne ke liye to hai hi,

"diet coach farzi hoga, kisi saste online course se degree li hogi, aise gadhhe/gadhhi ko licence kisne di dietician ki."

Absurdly Uncompromising 

Now, with great effort you have succeeded them in following the rules of don'ts but what about the do's?

See, if there are certain don'ts for you to follow, such as the don'ts of consuming grease and cheese then there are also certain do's you ought to follow. 

For instance, you will be asked to refrain from a lot of food items but there are also a lot of food items you'll be needing to include in your diet. These are mostly vegetables and probiotics. 

I will not explain what those are because this is not an informative write-up in which I have to get into the specifics. 

Anyway, the adamant nature sets in for some who are uncompromising in changing their food habits. 

Conversely, they will be reluctant to include vegetables in their diet. But more so, non-veg bhi bina gravy ke nahi khana hai.  

Dietician Not Magician 

The adamantly uncompromising now brings us here where a dietician could not help but think,

Bhai/behen mai dietician hoon magician nahi.

Here is a thing, Dieticians/Diet coaches are trained professionals who know what they are doing for your body and health. 

And they try, they try their ultimate best to make a diet based on your preferences and their knowledge of nutrition. 

Food in moderation is the mantra. 

If your preference is rice, they will let you have it both for lunch and dinner. 

But if you ask for a diet in which you could lose weight with the quantity of rice on your plate resembling a mini temple...

Again abusing the relaxation. 

For example, if given to have a cheat meal a week but turning the cheat meal into a cheat marathon, which goes on and on for the entire day,  and then expecting for the plan to work out as they should, then phir se wohi baat,

Bhai/behen mai dietician hoon magician nahi.

The End Note 

One thing about dieticians is understandable though that their ways sometimes might seem a bit extreme but only in the beginning. 

And as you continue to follow the prescription your body will be adapting to these new changes in your food habits. 

But for all this to happen, 

You need to follow the prescription of the dieticians. The do's and don'ts, the restrictions and permissions, everything as he directs without a leeway.

But as some unfortunates refuse to do so wittingly or otherwise their journey to lose weight never sees its fruition. 

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