Sunday 31 December 2017

Baby Photoshoot.


"Photography takes an instant out of time,
altering life by holding it still."
by:Dorothea Lange

Nowadays photoshoot has become important call of the life,whenever you open your Facebook or instagram account you will get to see lots of pictures of prewedding shoot,maternity shoot,baby's shoot.Earlier we didn't know this term actually,photoshoot basically meant for the models or promotions of some commodity or products but now the era has changed we are in 21st century so anyone can do phooshoot anywhere.
But i thinks it's a very good thing that came into existence for the common people the technology has developed so much that big cameras which cameraman were using earlier with different types of lenses are available now in small and readily form.I didn't know much about camera and photography so i am not the right person to write about it more,lets come back to our original topic photo shoot.What i remembered when i was a child either on every birthday or new year we go to these photo studio near our place all dressed up in our best clothes and get clicked by the photographer in the signature pose (children were sitting in their parents lap) and some later we got this kodak camera which had that black reel inside and we can click maximum 36 photos from it and then give it to studio to develop and if by mistake the reel got exposed to sunlight or anything all the photos will gone this happened with me twice and thrice.
Photo shoot really helped us to store the memories of our particular celebrations and the amazing part is the candid pictures they are awesome we got all the pictures with the natural expressions,i really like the concept of photo shoot though with our mobile cameras daily we clicked the pictures of our self and baby but amateur like me never get that perfect shot but this shoot photography come like sigh of relief to us.
On Arinjay's first birthday we planned to do a photo shoot of him with all the family members so that we can save the memories of his birthday with the grandparents and parents in the most  beautiful way.There are the some pointers that we have to consider before doing the shoot which i would like to share with you all.
1.Plan Your Action: Plan all your things before hand so that you will be stress free on the day of shoot which is very important.
  1. What do you want from this shoot discuss with the photographer?
  2. What is your requirement from the shoot?
  3. How you want your pictures to be come out?
  4. If you have any pictures or reference show it to your photographer so that they get the idea what you want from them? 
2.Selection of Photographer:             "It is the photographer,
        not the camera,
             That is the Instrument."
The Most important aspect of photo shoot "the Photographer" she/he is the one who makes your ordinary looking picture into a picturesque portrait.Certain pointers you should keep in mind before the selection of photographer.
  1. Crosscheck or verify the past work of photographer go through their page so you get an idea about their work.
  2. Second important thing is to know they carry which type of camera and lenses if you didn't have any idea about camera and lenses than take the person who knew anything about it.
  3. Discuss the time of the shoot with photographer your kid is comfortable in morning or evening,best time for shoot is between 4-6 pm by that time your kid is settled done with the feed  and nap.
  4. Discuss about the charges at earliest and finalize them according to your budget.if their is any hidden cost please discuss it earlier so that it didn't create any ruckus later.
  5. You should at-least talk to 2-3 photographers so that you can compare and select the best.
  6. It's always better to ask for soft and hard copy.
3. Selection of place:It's your choice whether to do your shoot inside or outside,choose the place as per your and your child convenience .If your kid is fine with outdoor setup than  nothing is better than that,picture always comes beautiful in natural light,And at home or at studio they will feel more safe and secure with their near and dear ones.Parks are best place for the shoot and there you will get swing and slides where baby can enjoy if they get bored while doing shoot and you will get some real time candid moments.

4.Decoration and Prop preparation: Decorate the room as per your theme that you have decided for the shoot and discuss further about your theme and decorations with the photographer.Decorate the room with buntings,banners,monthly pictures of baby,and balloons but be careful with the balloons as when they burst the child may get scared from the sound.Prepare the props whatever you required for your photo shoot,do not over do the decorations and don't add so much props because sometimes child get distracted with them but always kept their favorite toys,and book.

5.Dress Selection and and Change:Select the dress of your kids and yours as per the theme,don't overdo its baby's photo shoot let him/her be the center of attraction.Choose the comfortable,soft and cottony dress in which he/she feels fine,dress with more of sequins work and glitters can cause irritation and rashes to them and choose the dress as per the weather and time of the day.If its summer than soft and cottony dress is fine but in winter you required layers for them in form of nice jackets and sweaters with cute bunny caps.Your whole family can twin the dress with the kid,twinning is so much in fashion these days.Go for only 2-3 change more than that will irritate your child and than he will not cooperate with you in the shoot

6.Make Child Comfortable: This happened with us Baby AJ was not comfortable with one of the member of photography team when he saw he started crying so first we make him comfortable with that guy so that AJ can enjoy the shoot without being cranky.
  • If your going outdoor for the shoot take your child favorite food item,water bottle,favorite toys,book and one extra toy for him/her.
  • Always keeps your baby carrier handy if your baby wants to be with you can easily snuggle him in it and can offer feed also.
  • Photo shoot is a tiring process if baby wants to take nap in between let him/her take their own sweet little time because when they got will be more relaxed and refreshed and full of energy.
  • Photo shoot is outside or inside let them explore the place than you will get more beautiful candid don't force them to sit at place and pose for you.
7.Enjoy the shoot: Whatever or how precisely you plan there will be some lacuna's so just stop worrying and enjoy whether its your baby's first birthday shoot or newborn shoot,this is time which you can capture in the reel forever and ever.We really enjoyed our baby's first birthday shoot with the family and i am looking forward for more shoots together.
                                                Live life
take pictures
relive memories
repeat.






I hope you like my blog on photo shoot i tried to catch up all the point if i missed something please pour you advice and suggestion.Show some love by leaving your comments.
Thanks
Being Ma







Monday 13 November 2017

A Letter to Son

Dearest Son
 Ma loves you a lot more than you can imagine of,you are the reason of my smile,laugh and cry nowadays you make my life more beautiful and fill it with vivid colors.You make me more responsible and sensible woman after having you my life got the new meaning and dimensions,you make my life worth living.
On the day of your birth i was quite tensed and anxious because my was little complicated pregnancy but when i heard your cry for the first all the pains,tensions gone in the vain,i was not the first one to hold you in my arms when we met after almost one hour and i saw you first i was totally amazed and astonished i had never ever seen such a cute and beautiful baby in my whole life, after holding you first time in my arms and when the nurse kept you besides me for the first feed i felt so complete and my eyes were full of joyous tear.

You are the answers to my prayers of five long years and the most wonderful outcome of my struggles that i faced before having you.After your birth i was so confused how to i handle you and how will i take care of my little bub,you were so tiny my squish that i was afraid of you to lift and hold.But you are a one strong baby you not only understood me very well but supported me also you never ever cried for the whole night or never wake up int he middle of night and start playing.

You are such a happy go lucky baby every morning you woke up with broad smile on your face and whole days smiles and laugh and make my motherhood journey more joyous and full of fun.
Slowly and gradually we both started understand each other and become best of buddies and now after one year only looking at your face i can understand what going on in your mind and you too know me very well because you are the one who knows how my heart sounds from inside.

You are the one made our house into home,now my place is full of laughter,giggles and fun.You makes our every morning very special and nights more cheerful.Me and your papa enjoying the  parenthood at its fullest,I didn't know where this last one year has gone from a tiny little squish now you have grown up into a toddler.You are growing up way too fast my baby please be little slow let me love you,hug you and kiss you little more.

On your first birthday i wish you all the happiness,love health and fun in abundance.I wish you all the success in your life but at the same time i wish you never get afraid of failures accept them they are the parts and parcels of life make your own mistake and learn from them and stand up again to achieve more bigger success in your life.I wish you work as hard as possible but party as harder as you can,and never miss the fun essence of your life be a little childish always don't let this this harsh and rude society to ruin your innocence.

I wish you can differentiate what is right and what is wrong and always take stand for your own decisions,do not get influenced by other think,repeat and act.I wish you always give respect to your elders and love to the little ones but you should know to whom you have to give respect and love it will be never enforced on you it will be always your choice.I wish you to be more kind,humane and sane towards the every strata of the society.

I know you are very small to understand all this things but still i wish you all this that when you grow up into an individual you will understand what your mommy wants to convey.I want you to know that i love you to the moon and back,you are the apple of my eye,you are the most most special person of my life.

I gave birth to you,but you didn't come with instructions.
I know i made mistakes along the way,and for those i am sorry.
I pray you understand that they came from me not a lack of love.
From the moment you were born my heart was yours.
I looked in your eyes and saw all my dreams and hopes come alive in you.
I love you more than you will ever know!
For now for always.

Happy first birthday Arinjay
Lots of love
Your Mommy.






Sunday 15 October 2017

Mundan Ceremony

Mundan is also known as baby first hair cut which is performed within the completion of 1st year or -+3rd year of age ans is performed with some rituals and rites.Some people say hair from birth is related to past lives and undesirable traits,the child is shaven to signify freedom from the past and moving into the future.

Significance of Mundan:

1)Improves the growth of the baby's hair.

2)Helps relieve headaches and pains caused by teething.

3)Helps to keep baby's head cool

4)Cleanses the child body and soul.

5)Protect the child from evil eye.

6)Bestows a long life and a good future.

7)Rids the baby of his past life negativity..

So we decided to plan our baby's mundan before his birthday at our ancestral town in Madhya pradesh. The day we choose was the auspicious asthami teethi (eighth day of navratri).We packed our bags as you all know with baby it was very tough to do packing so i started the preparations one week prior so at the last moment there will be less chaos,mess up is compulsory part of my travelling or else i felt something is missing,it is a goodluck charm for me.From pune we went to mumbai by taxi then from mumbai to jabalpur,from jabalpur to katni and finally from katni to matwari (ancestral place) it's a very small village and to my surprise google is showing this tiny village in the map.If we want we could take train directly to katni, it will take 16-18hrs to reach there but it was me who wanted to keep it comfortable and simple but it became little hectic for the baby,i think sometimes i should listen to my husband ,he is not always wrong but mind you he is not always right.But anyways we finally reached our destination of mundan.

After his birth baby AJ is first time going to meet his great grandmother she lives there only,this is his first visit to village and mine second.I really like the village far away from the hustle and bustle of city surrounded by greenery,full of fresh air,sunlight,vegetables,fruits and water.In the backyard only they plant so many veggies for their regular use.Some rooms of house is made up mud,soil and stone and mind part is much cooler than the other part which is made up from cement and bricks.

We performed the pooja and havan of our goddess here offer prasad and bhog seeking for her blessing for the wellbeing of everyone in the family.On 28th sep 2017 after performing our family rituals we started the ceremony of mundan.Im ny family Mundan is performed in the temple near some water bodies by the barber,My baby's mundan is performed in shiv temple where the first hair cut of my father in law and his elder brother was performed and by the same barber who shaved my father in law head.The barber was so excited as he got the chance to shave the head of 3rd generation of the family,before starting the mundan we took the blessings of lord shiva.

Baby AJ sat in my lap and to divert his attention from the shaving i handed him his favourite toy so that he get busy playing with it and luckily my trick works,he was so engrossed in it that he didn't even look up and cried during the ceremony,in ours tradition when barber shave the head of baby his aunt (sister in law) has to take the hair in the kneaded dough and afterward it would be put tin some pond or lakes i don;t have any idea why they did this but i think instead of putting here and there the dough will eaten by fishes so they will get their food and some good deeds is done by us.After getting shaved turmeric (Haldi) and oil paste is put on the baby's head so whatever minor cut they got will be get cured.

Some points to be considered before performing the mundan ceremony:

1) Make sure your baby is full because all the rituals take time,if he/she is hungry she will not cooperate with you and will cry their lungs out.

2)Always carry their favorite toy or toys to keep them engage.

3)Please take extra pair of clothes and diapers for them because after performing the mundan change is required.

4)Carry their water bottle or sippy cups/sippers whatever you have so they can sip water.

5)Experienced barber is required so make the arrangement prior.

6) Get your camera ready to click the pictures for your memories.

I know my baby is not going to remember all these but it's always good to perform your customs and traditions so by seeing the pictures they will understand the importance of these thing in our life.We are living in a very fast pace life where no one has time for others but by performing all these function we remain connected to our roots and got to learn so much from elders about our customs and tradition and may be can inculcate some values in our little ones.Most importantly get chance to meet family and relatives from whom we haven't met in ages.

Resources:Wikipedia and baby center







Thursday 21 September 2017

Naari

As the navratri festival is approaching we are going to celebrate the nine days of the famous goddess Durga. We celebrate these by performing rituals,keeping fast,by putting earthen pots (ghat) with jowar(sorghum) in it.In Gujarat people celebrate by playing garba and dandiya and in west Bengal they celebrate the festival by decorating pandals,scripture recitation,performance arts and taking out processions.Whole India is celebrating this festival of Ma durga worshipping the nine different goddesses.Who is Ma Durga? She is the Adi Shakti warrior goddess who combat the demons who tried to demolishes the peace,and prosperity. But she is a woman first who creates,nurtures and demolishes the evil.A woman  can play so many roles in her life.She can be grand mother,mother in law,mother,daughter,sister,wife,friend and so many other roles.



Woman is also known as Janani,she is the only one who can give birth to the new life,nurture and develop,imparts moral value in the tiny little squish and turns into a sensible human being,who runs the society.

Woman is also known as Annapurna you give him cereals she will turn into food to eat for you and your family,she will keep herself hungry but try to feed everyone before and she will get full be seeing you eating and relishing the food.She also make sure to prepare food not only the family members but also for pets and in during old days they used to prepare one extra chapati for the cows.

Woman is also known as Saraswati,she is our first teacher(guru) who guides us from how to eat,walk and learn,whether she is literate or not but she knows how to guide you in every good and bad phase of your life.She is our guiding light in the darkest of the darkest situation.

Woman is Lakshmi who not only manage household but plan the budget very tactfully,she knows how to save before spending,she believes in the concept of a penny save is a penny earn.She can be the bread winner for the family at the same time by organizing her work meticulously.

Woman is a Shakti she only looks soft from outside but very tough from inside.She is the one can stand against any odds and never led anyone to destroy integrity of hers and her family.She likes a warrior protect her family and dear ones.

Woman is Dhanvantri she know the remedy of every disease,she know how to take care of everyone from small to big.Her touch can heal the wounds and diseases.

Woman is a Radha she is an epitome of love,she knows how to love selflessly without any worldly  desires.Her love can be in any form as a mother,sister,wife and daughter,she has got immense amount of love for every relationship in her life.

Woman is a Sita  she can sacrifice herself and her desires for the family's sometimes woman is considered synonymous to sacrifice.

This is what I considered a woman is,she is a creator,nurturer and a destroyer. As a woman this is my perspective towards woman (Naari) may be some of you agree and some won't please add on your suggestions if you want. Navratri is a festival of women so lets all celebrate the womanhood by respecting and loving the woman inside you.

Regards
Jai Mata Di

Picture Resource:Google Images

Saturday 16 September 2017

10 things you should do during pregnancy

Pregnancy is the most beautiful phase of every woman's life whether it's her pregnancy,second,third and so on....Not only a tiny human being is growing inside her,a whole new world of love and challenges are waiting for her.So it is the moral duty of everyone to pamper  and praise het at utmost so that she can cherish this nine months for whole life.
There are the few things which I listed a woman should do before baby arrival.I am first time mommy so I think one should know about all these things so that it can help other would be mommies.There are so many bloggers who already mentioned the essential about mommy to be but this is my version which I think is very necessary.
1. Routine check up
2.Daily Dose of vitamins
3.Register yourself for prenatal yoga or in gym
4.Eat wisely
5.Be with your partner
6.Baby Moon
7.Maternity photo shoot
8.Develop Hobby
9.Read
10.Talk to your baby


Routine Check Up: Every time go for regular checkup to doctor's clinic,never miss the date of your doctor's visit,sonogram and other examination.Its not only about you but about your  baby's well being also.Follow each and every advice of your doctor because she is one who knows your body and your baby's condition inside out.Whatever queries,doubts and any misconceptions you have or some agony aunt advice you some weird thing,She is one who will guide you correctly about everything.When I was pregnant I never miss any of y appointment with the doctor,done with all the blood related,took all the injections though I'm highly afraid of them and every sonogram.She is one who supports and guide me at every step and always solved my query and doubt,give me the best advise she can.
And one thing more I would like to include here that please don't google too much about your signs or symptoms about the test which doctor ask you to perform.This happened with me as I was in my early 30's when I got pregnant and doctor told me to do this NT(Nuchal Translucency)Test.I didn't discuss much about it with doctor and googled about the test,google shares the information in wider perspective I got so tensed after reading about the test and started crying,those three days were like hell for me everybody was saying nothing is going to happen everything will be fine but I got relaxed after getting the reports and doctor advice not to google much more.

Daily Dose of Vitamins:
Daily take all your supplements whether you are liking it or not. They are very essentials for you and growing baby. Doctor prescribed me with hormonal tablets , Iron , Folic acid and calcium doses. I felt super nostalgic after taking iron tablets. My first trimester experience was not good.I am hyper emesis gravidrum , so whatever I gulp inside , within few minutes it comes out . Coming back to topic.
Hormonal Tablets : If your hormone counts are less , Doctor will put you on  hormonal therapy, which is not only good for you but helps in the development of baby and in some cases avoid miscarriages.
Iron and Folic acid : To reduce the risk of anemia in pregnant lady. Iron deficient or anamia in pregnant ladies increases the risk of complications such as :
 Premature birth
 Low birth weight baby
Calcium : Pregnant lady requires calcium because baby needs calcium to build strong bones and teeth. Calcium helps your baby grow healthy heart , nerves and muscles as well as develop normal heart rhythm and fighting blood clotting abilities.
Calcium can reduce your risk of hypertension and predampsia and if you don't get enough calcium in your diet when you are pregnant , your baby will drain it from your bone which may impair your own health.

Register yourself for Prenatal Yoga/ Exercise
Be active during pregnancy as you were earlier. Pregnancy is not any illness. It's a a beautiful journey of woman towards the mommy hood. You can register yourself for any form of exercises like pilates which is very famous form nowadays,prenatal yoga,walk or anything in which you are comfortable but most importantly you  have to take permission from your doctor and perform under professional trainer who has the proper knowledge  of prenatal exercise and yoga .Walk is the best form of exercise you can do if you don't have any access to any other facilities but it should be brisk walk not the sprint.There are so many benefits of exercise which also i have listed down:
1.Good Sleep
2.Boost your energy and stamina
3.Eases back pain
4.Reduce the stress.
5.You get back easily and faster into pregnancy shape.

Eat Wisely: "Never Eat For Two" Those who say this only misguiding us,have whatever you were eating earlier only but one thing you have to do is to eat more healthy and nutritious food and eat in portions.
During pregnancy you have to increase the intake of fruits,vegetables and legumes.
Have daily dose of soaked dry fruits.
Coconut water is also very good during pregnancy.
Have a proper glass of milk daily with protein powder in it.
During my pregnancy days i used to have only home cooked food as much as possible the reason is im hyperacidic that time so cant tale much of outside food though i love too,but whenever possible i had it but during day time only as in after if i had something outside i'll puke out everything so that why i preferred homemade food but in depends on woman to woman didn' t have any issues and they gulped down whatever they want to have and i always drooled after seeing my friends during that time.
whenever you go outside for doctor visit or mall it is always advisable to carry your tiffin (dabba) with you.So that you will get less exposed to outside food,if you're comfortable with outside eating go for it and have whatever you like and want but be moderate in your portion never do overeating it can cause bloating or acidity which is not good for you.But please make sure you satisfied all your cravings whether its chocolate,icecream or pani puri it reduces your stress.

Be with your partner :

Pregnancy is a great balance in life. It brings out the worst mood swing in a wife and the best levels of tolerance in a husband.
Being with your partner helps you in making your bond stronger. He will also gradually learn his responsibilites towards you and your baby. A baby wants mother but he needs a father too. Always take your partner with you for the doctor's visit and sonogram so he will also witness the small life glowing insideyou and this helps him getting emotionally attached towards baby.
This is the time when he will fulfill all your demands , don't mind your mood swings and handle you with utmost care and lovebut please don't throw the unneccessary tantrums as he is also going through emotional and mental ups and downs. As suddenly from boy to husband and then becoming father is also not easy for him.
In my case I didn't stay with my partner after 4 monthsas I have some complications and he has to travel a lot , so I shift my base to my mother's place so that they can take care of me and I also get good company of people around. I enjoyed every bit of my mine at my mother's place but really missed him and his presence. He always make sure he will be there around for every sonography or doctor visit ( which is not possible) but every month he used to visit me and pampered me a lot with gifts and all.
But yes we both miss each others presence. In my opinion , you should always be with your partner during this wonderful period.

 Baby Moon : 
A baby moon is a relaxing vacation taken by couples who are expecting a child. One should definitely go for baby moon because it's the last time you are going as a couple before becoming parents. But one should be properly planning their baby moon. Couple usually go for baby moon during the second trimester of pregnancy where there is no complications and pre-term birth risk is at lowest.
Before going to baby moon , you should check with your Doctor that you are ready and fit to travel . Take proper medical fitness certificate from her and then travel. If you are going by flight , then some airlies require your medical fitness certificate.
Plan a proper vacation as per your condition. Book a hotel and car in advance so you will not have any problems after reaching your destination. If possible book a luxurious hotel for yourself where they have facility of SPA , swimming and other outdoor activites, so that you can pamper yourseves and relax there. Spend quality time with your partner . Discuss all future plans for your baby arrival so that you will get to know each other more better and that will help you in making your bond stronger, not only as a couple but also as a parent.

Maternity Photoshoot :
Both baby moon and maternity photo shoot theme come from the west but are now very popular in India also.Best Time to do shoot is 36 or 37th week of your pregnancy when your baby bump is showing more promptly.But try to take the pictures of every week if possible so that you can see the difference in yourself and how beautifully  your bump is growing and make the soft copy so whenever you can want you can relive the moment gain and again.Before selecting the photographer for photo shoot you should keep all this points in your mind and do tha advance preparation of everything on your D day everything will go smoothly
1. Theme based
2. Budget
3. Experience
4. Candid shots
5. Soft copy and hard copy
6. Dress


Develop a Hobby: Develop a hobby during pregnancy helps you to keep your mind active and you come to know the creative side of yourself and enhance your baby's development also.You can try your hands in learning music,solving puzzles,painting and cooking whatever you like.During my pregnancy days i started coloring i found this adult book of coloring and got sketch pens and pencils colors and starts coloring,it helps as a stress buster for me and whenever i got bored or negative thoughts try to overcome me i just start coloring.I like cooking but during my pregnancy i got this urge from inside to start cooking some scrumptious dishes for myself and family so i just googled and search videos on you tube and tried my hands on cooking and sometimes it really turns out well.After having baby we didnt get much time fot outing so now also i am doing my experiments on my poor husband.

Read: If you are a reader than you will get ample time to read during pregnancy whatever you like to read just read,according to Garbh Sanskar ,it is beileved that reading educative books during pregnancy will pass on the wisdom to the child.

Talk to your Baby: The most popular ways to communicate with your baby is caressing,talking and singing.You should talk to baby daily about your routine,your family,food and what special you did on that day.Tell your baby daily that you love her/him and always there to protect him/her and how happy you are to have him/her in your life.Communicating to baby stimulate their senses and contribute to their mental and physical growth. We all know about Krishna and Abhimanyu story in Subhadra's womb he learnt the strategy how to break the chakravuyh.So talking to your baby not only stimulate the senses but also make your bond strong with your  baby.
 This is all from my side i tried to complied all the things which i learnt during my pregnancy,hope this help would be mommies.If you have anything new to add please feel free to pour suggestions.

Stay Connected
Being Maa


Monday 21 August 2017

Weight Loss Journey

Your Body Is A Temple,
               A Gift From God.
You Will be Blessed,
               As you Care for It.
I realized and understood the meaning of this quote quite later in my life.
Hi now you all know me,who i am and how i fought with my fertility issues in the last blog that was a brief introduction of my journey.I am a new mommy blogger as you can say , who likes to share the beautiful experiences of my life with you all especially about how i manage to loose weight,how i dealt with fertility and pregnancy issues  and most importantly how i am enjoying my motherhood with baby AJ.Though i have started writing late baby AJ already turned 9 months also but still everything in my mind is as fresh as it happened a moment ago.                                                                                                                   
In this blog i will write about my weight loss journey .How i lost the stubborn fat,controlled my cravings & started eating more healthy food.
I am a chubby and plumpy kid from my childhood days.Yeah you know when you are a kid everybody likes your baby fat and that chubby cheeks too.But problem starts on the onset of teenage. There is a huge change in your body because of hormones.We lived in a small town where there is not much scope of sports and other activities especially for girls,so i just sat at home,watched television and have all the junk i could have which helped in increasing my circumference,so this is how my weight gain journey started.I cross my high school and come to bhopal for further education.
In bhopal ,I joined a college and was in hostel for almost 2.5 years .Because of the food provided to us by our mess committee, i lost some weight.Its a new place and i am away from home which helps me in loosing some more grams but was quite happy in my skin. All I was concerned about was my future,job and all the fancy dreams which a girl has during their college days.
After finishing college I joined a job and when got the salary decided to join the gymnasium  which is very near to my place.I am very enthusiastic this time that i am doing something for myself,went to market bought some workout attire though they all were local brand not the trendy one from adidas and nike.But i somewhere read that shoes should be comfortable and good enough so i bought them from reebok showroom.
So this is how my gymnasium journey started,gym was not as fancy as shown in the tv,we have to wait for our turns on the treadmill and stepper,the trainers were not that much educated about the exercise and diet regime but anyways i continue going to the gym regularly for around 3 years but didnt loose much but was pretty happy that i lost some inches.I would like to add here that though i am plumpy enough but i look cute and good altogether and i am very much comfortable in my skin.
In the year 2011 i got married and shifted to pune,as you all know  after marriage one whole  year is considered as honeymoon period .I ate the ghee  laden sweets,relished the lunches and dinners at families and friends house 
and explored all the restaurants of the town no nook and corner was left untouched.i am a big time foodie after reading my blog you will come to know that.
The problem starts when we think of to have another precious human in our life.We consulted with every doctor . I got operated twice but the problem remained the same.One fine day a doctor told me  that fertility issue is secondary major problem is your weight you have to do something to loose some fat so that we can move further.I was so desperate to have baby that I got ready to do anything. even I was ready for bariatric surgery  i knew which was even more harmful.That is the time i came to knew that why there is saying "Health is Wealth".Nowadays because of our sedentary lifestyle we are getting this new era lifestyle diseases.
I tried everything joined gym for zumba,got myself enrolled for dance class but everything was in vain though they helped me a little but significant result was not coming,finally I decided to consult with a dietician who peacefully listen to my problem ,discuss my diet schedulde especially my food intake  and then prepared my diet chart according to it by that time i came to know that to loose weight you dont have to loosen your mind.Weightloss is possible only with the help of 70% of your diet control and 30% of physical workout.
I joined a weightloss group on facebook which really helped me a lot . From there I came to know that working woman who had time constraint can workout at home also very effectively according to our comfort. So then very dedicatedly I started following my diet as per my dietician. I will really praise my dietician because she prepared my diet chart according to my eating habits. It had nothing fancy which I don't know how to cook. According to her whatever we were eating from our childhood day we have to eat that only but in limited quantity.
With the help of fitness videos uploaded on youtube , I started my workout journey. Every week I went to my dietician place and check the weight . There are the day when I lost 1-1.5 kgs but there were days when I hardly lost 200-300 gms. She changed my diet every week according to my progress. Every Sunday is my cheat day when I can relish food of my choice. I have got this sweet tooth so I eat sweets and Ice-creams of my choice.Slowly and steadily I started enjoying my journey . I used to eagerly wait for Sundays so that I can check how I lost my weight and what new for me in my dietician pitara. So in total 10 months , I lost around 11kgs from 79.6 to 68 Kgs and of course lots and lots of inches also. I started feeling very confident and good about myself.
There was a time in my life when I asked my husband , brother and other family members that " ke yeh jo ladki jaa rahee hai kya main itni moti hoon".I didn't know whether I am body shaming myself or others  but yes I felt that way. But now I know , your outer appearance doesn't matter. If you're comfortable and feel good about yourself , nobody can dare to make you belittle about your body.
So for me now it's not that I want to become slim and trim or size zero. I want more healthy and more fitter me , so that I can play with my baby and set example for him about good health. Nowadays mantra of my life  :-
      " To me Beauty is about
         Being Comfortable In your own skin.
         It's about knowing and accepting
               WHO YOU ARE"
                                          - Ellen Degeneres



Tuesday 6 June 2017

Being Ma

 Being Ma is god's greatest virtue to the woman but I'm not that lucky one struggle with fertility issues for 3.5 years but constant support from my husband,family
& friends really help me to overcome the issue. Diagnosed with PCOD,Unicornuate Uterus & weight issues from childhood days I'm on heavier side which made my problem even worst. Operated twice firstly for the Myomectomy (removal of fibroid from the fund is of uterus) & second time for polypectomy (removal of polyps) but everything gone in vain because I can't conceive after first surgery & after polypectomy Doctor said I should go either for IVFor surrogacy it's quite difficult for me to get pregnant naturally but firstly I need to loose some weight... I choose to loose weight first met with dietician discuss my case with her she planned diet for me & through home workout (thanks to YouTube home workout videos) helped me lot to loose those extra weight,within 10 months I lost 11kgs (from 79.6 to 68kgs) & hell lots of inches... After loosing weight decided to go for IVF because every month I tried & check with pregnancy strip the result was zero,when finally I decided & took an appointment for my visit to fertility clinic my best friend told me to wait for one more month believing on her faith I waited for one more month & finally got to see that two positive line on strip... After going through all test Doctor also confirmed that WE are pregnant.. On 5th November 2016 after 39 weeks I delivered Baby AJ exactly a day before my 5th anniversary that was day from when my journey towards Being Ma begins.