Huge Expectation from Afghanistan in Twenty20 World Cup 2010

Afghanistan’s rise in world cricket over the last couple of years has been quite dramatic. They won a number of trophies and most importantly they qualified for ICC World Twenty20 2010. Coming from a war-torn country, the Afghan cricketers have proved their skill and talent so far. They once again made the headlines by defeating Ireland by 5 wickets in the warm-up game on Wednesday (28 April 2010).

You might think that they do not have anything to lose in this tournament, but the reality is different. Thanks to their continuous success over the last 2 years among the associative member countries, Afghan cricket fans are now even dreaming for winning twenty20 world cup! Yes, that is true. Before coming to the Caribbean, even President Hamid Kharzai asked them to win the trophy. If you do not believe me then I am quoting coach Kabir Khan from Cricinfo:

"We met our president, Hamid Kharzai, a month ago and he just asked us to win the World Cup," the coach Kabir Khan said with a laugh and a smile, sitting alongside his captain Nowroz Mangal. "Even when it's a friendly game the scores are live on the internet and the TV shows them at the bottom."

Actually, the fact is that cricket is not yet a very popular game in Afghanistan. The popularity is gradually increasing because Afghanistan is winning trophies almost continuously against the associative countries like Kenya, Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands and other. People now believe that if Afghanistan can win against Ireland, then why not against Australia or Pakistan. Kabir Khan said:

"They don't know a lot about cricket, they just see the team is winning so think it should be good enough," Khan explained. "If they can win one tournament why not the World Cup? It's all the same for them. We often get asked when we are going to beat Australia or Pakistan, so those are the questions we have to answer sometimes and we just have to calm them a little."

So, Afghanistan cricketers are also under pressure. They will play against India and South Africa in the group stage and coach Kabir Khan is now looking to cause an upset. What else he can do when Afghan fans are expecting their cricketers would win the tournament.

You can enjoy the preview of India vs Afghanistan match here.

Don’t take Obesity Lightly

To be honest with you, I am a very lucky person in the sense that my wife does not care if I become fat. Her love for me did not decrease even 1% even when I started to suffer from obesity. Well, the same can said about me too. I also don’t care if she gains some extra pounds of weight. Still, obesity has been a real curse in my life. Now, my head is full of ideas that I can work on. In the past, my main problem was that I did not know what to do. After many years of reading and practicing, now, I feel that I am in my best ability to write. The only problem is that I have lost my ability to work continuously.

Because of obesity, I cannot work hard. I am also suffering from sleeping disorder. If I work just 1-2 hours then I become tired.

From today, I have again started my diet seriously. I am going to just once. I will try very hard to go out of the obesity zone permanently. I just need to shed 2 KG (4.4 Pounds) now and I can do it within one week of efforts. Good thing is that because I have stopped taking any outside project and I can stay home, I can control my eating.

Enough about me. In short, what I like to say to you is that you must not take obesity lightly. Try to control your craving of food and try to walk some.  

Suffering from Insomnia: Making Weight Loss More Difficult

I don’t know how many of you actually are reading my entries about weight loss efforts. It really doesn’t matter to me because I’m doing it for myself and if any if you can get any encouragement from my entries then I’ll be very happy. But anyway, now my main problem is insomnia rather than being in a diet. What is happening now is that I’m finding it very difficult to sleep at night at all and in day time I have to drink some tea. As a result, again, I find it difficult to sleep at night.

I have realized that if you want to decrease your weight then you have to have regular and normal sleep. My main problem is that I am now living without my wife for the time being as she has gone to her family home. On the one hand, I miss her a lot and also, I have to take care of the home. Both these two things have taken away my normal feeling and I really must be with her as soon as possible. I’m hoping to be with her within the next three or four weeks and then may be, this problem will be solved automatically.

Another problem related to this insomnia is that I’m not walking for many days and when you do not have normal physical activity then sleeping becomes a real problem. Because I do not have regular Physical activity, I feel some bad in my mind.

Sometimes, I cannot control myself and I have to eat more. I’m learning a very valuable lesson that if you want to decrease your weight than you have to be in normal state of mind and if you are unhappy or suffering from loneliness then weight loss becomes a very difficult thing to achieve. 

The Next Day After the Heavy Dinner

Yesterday, I ate a very heavy dinner. This time, I however did one good thing- ate little amount of bread and ate more of chicken. Amway, today, whole day, I did not eat anything and now, I will eat only a light dinner. Yesterday, I did not eat any other meal. So, this time, I feel normal and my weight did not increase either. From today, I am going back to the effort of decreasing weight again.

Tomorrow, April 2010 is finishing. This month, I became conscious about weight loss efforts again. I have realized that it is a long term process and I have to patient. From next month, I am hoping to start walking. MY goal is to walk from 1 to 3 hours a day. It is almost impossible but I will try to walk one hour at least. In the past, I was so fond of walking. I don’t know how I lost this habit. Well, mainly because my work is now totally related to just sitting. Secondly, I had to work for many hours to earn some money. Both are bad.

I am still suffering from obesity but I am in the border of it. If I could decrease just 2 KG then I would come out of obesity officially.

There is one interesting news here:

McDonald's 'Happy Meals' with toys banned to fight childhood obesity

I like this news because when I was a child there was no fast food shop in my city. I was not a unhappy a child and I did not eat to eat happy meals from any fast food shop to be happy. 

Sir Alex Ferguson Eyeing on Luka Modric

Sir Alex Ferguson is reportedly keen to sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Luka Mordic for next season. The Sun reported that the Red Devils manager could make a £25million bid for the Croatian international who came into limelight through his Euro 2008 performance.

Ferguson recently praised the midfielder in his program note before Untied’s 3-1 victory over the Spurs at home. Now that he is interested to sign the Croatian international means that Micahel Carrick seems to have been out of Ferguson’s favor. Carrick’s performance was not up to the mark this season and was poor against Bayern Munich in the quarter final of Champions League.

Luka Mordic joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2008 for a transfer fee of £16.5m. Considering his recent move, I do not think that Tottenham would like to let him move to Manchester United. Only a big offer from Manchester United could make Tottenham think otherwise.

Related article:

The Sun

Barcelona vs Inter Milan Live Updates: 28 April 2010

Barcelona (1) vs Inter Milan (0)

INTER MILAN in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2009-10 FINAL on 3-2 aggregate.

90+4 minutes: Corner for Barcelona and it is perhaps the last chance, but nothing happend. That is the final whistle.

90+2 minutes: Barcelona scored, but it was suspended as it was handball.

90 minutes: 4 minutes of time added on.

88 minutes: Barcelona is now on all out attack.

86 minutes: Mariga comes in place of Eto.

84 minutes: Barcelona at last scored thanks to Pique. They just need one more goal to reach the final.

80 minutes: Inter Milan defense has done very well so far.

75 minutes: Barcelona is still trying to score.

70 minutes: Time is running out for Barcelona.

67 minutes: Sneijder has been replaced by Muntari.

66 minutes: Corner for Barcelona, but poorly taken.

63 minutes: Ibrahimovic went out and Karic came in.

59 minutes: Barcelona once again threatened, but nothing happened.

55 minutes: Barcelona is still dominating in the game, but could not score yet. It is still 0-0 and Inter is ahead 3-1 on aggregate.

46 minutes: The second half started just now. inter has the first attack.

It is now half time at Camp Nou. Barcelona could not score any goal, despite keeping the pressure on Inter Milan. Inter is now playing with 10 players. We will be back with the second half action. Till then, be with us.

45+2 minutes: First half finished at 0-0.

45 minutes: Two minutes of time added on.

43 minutes: Inter is now on counter attack, but failed to keep the possession of the ball. Chivu shown yellow card.

40 minutes: Barcelona keeps attacking now. However, Inter Milan defense is showing character.

35 minutes: Julio Ceser was shown yellow card for killing time.

32 minutes: A good save by Inter Milan keeper.

28 minutes: Motta received marching order.

23 minutes: A good chance for Barcelona as Pedro's shot went outside.

20 minutes: A rare attack from Inter Milan.

18 minutes: Barcelona has 80% of ball possession, while Inter has 20%

13 minutes: Barcelona has kept the pressure on Inter Milan

10 minutes: Thiago Motta was shown yellow card

5 minutes: Barcelona is attacking more now.

2 minutes: Barcelona got a free kick, but was poorly taken.

0 minute: the match has started just now. Barcelona is in attack now.

Barcelona takes on Inter Milan in the second leg of the Champions League semi final tonight. The match kicks off at 18:45 GMT at the Camp Nou stadium of Barcelona. The home side will be looking to overturn their 3-1 deficit of first leg.

In this entry, we will be giving live score and text updates of the match after every few minutes. So, be with us and enjoy the updates.

Sir Alex Ferguson is Full of Praise about Patrice Evra

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been full of praise about his first choice left back Patrice Evra who has been in excellent form so far this season. He did not miss any premier league game this season. Ferguson said that Evra was the most consistent player of Manchester United this season, despite Wayne Rooney’s 34 goals. He even also termed Evra as world’s best player at the left back position.

Manchester United’s back four was badly hit by injury throughout this season with Ferdinand, Vidic, O’Shea, Evans and Neville were all out of action at some point this season. Red Devils went through a difficult phase that time and Evra showed his character at the right time. Evra has also been part of PFA Team of the year because of his sensational performance.

Related article:

Goal.com

The day of Heavy Eating

Tonight, I will have to eat a lot as there is a party. My goal is not to eat anything throughout the day and just eat once. This will perhaps help me not get become fat. After this party, my goal is not to eat any heavy food for the next 10 days at least. Surely, it is not that easy but I think that I have improved a lot in my eating habit.

I should not become frustrated because last year this time, my main food was mutton curry and pizza. Now, I don’t eat any of them. So, this is a huge improvement in my diet. 

Drinking Pepsi and Obesity

Now a days, obesity is emerging as one of worst problems in USA. It is going to seriously affect the US economy in near future. A lot of criticisms are hurled against soft drinks like Pepsi and Coke. Indra Nooyi is the CEO of Pepsi. She has now a tough job of responding to all the criticism. Of course, under her leadership, the company has become more profitable. Now, she has suggested that if most people did exercise then obesity would not be a problem.

CNN reported:

You've said that Pepsi should be part of the solution, not the cause, of obesity. How are you and PepsiCo planning to go about that?

If all consumers exercised, did what they had to do, the problem of obesity wouldn't exist. But because society has changed so much, I think we can also be part of the solution by transforming our portfolio.

If I look at our portfolio, I think you can classify them into three groups: "fun-for-you foods" like Pepsi, Doritos, Lays, and Mountain Dew, "better-for-you" products like Diet Pepsi, PepsiMax, Baked Lays, Sobi Life Water, Propel, all of these products, and "good-for-you" products like Quaker, Tropicana, Naked Juice, Gatorade.

Well, I do not agree with her because in modern life, it is impossible to be physically active. Instead, it is possible to cut back on drinking Pepsi. In fact, if you drink 7 glasses of Pepsi in a week then you can decide to drink just 3 glasses in a week. That is within your control. 

Wayne Rooney Looking to Return for Sunderland Game

Wayne Rooney is always known as a team man who plays for the team first before playing for himself. It seems that he is going to prove it once again. The English star picked up a groin injury during practice last Tuesday and missed the 3-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. Since then, there was speculation that he would miss Manchester United’s last two games of the season. Both the games are important for Manchester United as they are currently one point behind the leader Chelsea. So, they have to win both the games and expect a slip-up for Chelsea who are going to face Liverpool this weekend.

Rooney was advised to take rest with world cup football coming up next. However, considering the situation of the league, he is now reportedly trying to make a quick come back for Sunday’s match against Sunderland. Few weeks back, he made a similar come back from an ankle injury just before suffering the groin injury.

Well, this could be good news for the Manchester United fans, but England supporters would be worried about it because if he rushes himself for a quick come back and then suffers another injury, he could even miss England’s world cup mission.

Related article:

imscouting

Steven Gerrard: Winning at Liverpool will not be Easy for Chelsea

Next Sunday’s match against Liverpool is a big challenge for Chelsea who are currently leading with one point of advantage over Manchester United in the league table. With 2 rounds of games ye to go before the league finishes, Chelsea can not afford any slip-up now. They have to win both the games as there is little possibility Manchester United would fail to clinch 6 points from the last two games against weak opponents.

However, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard said that winning at Merseyside would not be that easy for the visiting side. He also revealed his hope of clinching the fourth place by which they would be qualified for Champions League next season. To finish in the top four, Liverpool has to win both of their remaining games and at the same time would expect that the team above them fail to get maximum points from the remaining games.

Interestingly, a Liverpool victory over Chelsea on Sunday would pave way for Manchester United to win their 19^th league title, and thus, surpassing Liverpool’s record 18 league titles.

If you are a cricket fan, then you might like to know about the ranking of twenty20 cricket.

Related article:

timesofindia

Sleeping Disorder is a Big Obstacle for Weight Loss

Today, I slept at 7 AM and then I woke up at 1 PM. Now, I feel sleepy and tired. I have drunk two cups of tea but I am still tired. If I sleep now for one or two hours then I will have to stay awake for whole night and then I am tired again tomorrow. Really, this sleeping problem has become now my biggest obstacle in the fight to decrease weight. I wish that I could solve this problem but unfortunately, it is not happening. I have understood the main problem. I need to walk regularly and I need to try seriously to change my sleeping habit.

One good thing is that after 2-3 weeks, I am going to another place and then it will perhaps be easier for me to change my sleeping habit. I have been able to get free of the stress of blogging.

With each passing day, I realize the value of good health. When you are young then you have natural energy and you do not understand the importance. 

When you are Happy You need Less Food

Today, I am very happy to be back to blogging and writing and I don’t feel the urge of food that much. This is surprising but the reality is that my mind is totally consumed with writing and I have forgotten about food. Right now, I feel some hungry but I have no desire to eat. Instead, I want to think and think and write. I guess that it was Sherlock Holmes who stopped eating when he needed to solve a difficult case. He had to think a lot that time and he felt that eating food would destroy his mental capacity.

Now, I have some similar feeling like this. I don’t want to eat and I want to decrease my eating because I need to lose weight and be in good shape. I have started to feel much better and I think that I am getting my writing ability back. I am also getting back my physical energy. Most of all, I have got back the ability to think rapidly and type very fast. This is really cool and amazing. I am happy and this happiness is now helping me a lot in my life.

It is not that I am going to get back everything in a single day. I know that it will take time but I think that if you want to lose weight then you must have happiness and most of all optimistic outlook towards life. 

Suffering from Hot Weather

Today I ate Roti, potato fry and egg fry. At night, most probably I am going to eat the same food and I feel light in my body. Unfortunately, the weather is very hot this year. At this time of the year, we should have some storms but this is now the main problem. So, body feels very tired from heat and some people in my city have become sick. Fortunately, I have not become sick and I am still managing.

Today and tomorrow, I want to eat light food. On Wednesday there is another party and I have to eat very heavy food. However, my plan is that on Wednesday, I will not eat anything until evening and at evening will eat the heavy food. This way I can manage. Now, the only problem is severe heat. I wish that it goes away as soon as possible. 

Chelsea Defeated Stoke City 7-0

Chelsea pulled off an emphatic 7-0 victory over Stoke City yesterday. With this victory, Chelsea has once again moved to the top of the pole with an advantage of one point over second placed Manchester United, who grabbed the first place after its 3-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur. With just 2 rounds to go before the league comes to an end, the competition for the title has become stiffer with Chelsea and Manchester United vying with each other. United has been premier league champion for three years now, while Chelsea last won the premier league in 2006.

Chelsea dominated over Stoke City throughout the game and with this victory they also increased their goal difference which could be decisive if they finish the league with the same point of Manchester United. Ivory Coast international Salomon Kalou scored a hat-trick while Frank Lampard struck twice. Sturridge and Malouda also scored once each.

However, Chelsea is going to face Liverpool in their next game. Naturally, the Blues will play for 3 points, while the All Reds would do everything to win the game in its bid to clinch the Champions league spot for next season. On the other hand, Manchester United does not have any big opponent to face in the next two rounds, but the Red Devils might miss the service of their in-form striker Wayne Rooney for both the games as he is out of action with a groin injury.

Again back to Diet after two Bad Days

I already wrote that yesterday was a day of exception for me and I ate a lot of junk food items. In fact, yesterday, I ate all the outside foods and today, it is the day of eating heavy food items again because there is a party in my home. Today, I will try to be some careful and not to eat more than one time and this can help me some.

From tomorrow, I am going to be back in my usual style of doing diet and I will again try to stick myself on eating just Roti and vegetable curry.

Weight loss is a long term process and sometimes there will be set backs. It will not be possible for you to keep eating just the diet food everyday. Sometimes, your belly and tongue will not want to listen to you and sometimes you will be forced to eat with others. However, now I am not afraid or worried like the past because I know that tomorrow I can again go back to eating less. Secondly I have decided that whenever I have to eat any heavy food I will just eat only meal and this way whatever amount I eat the next day I will not become fat.

These days I am getting some trouble with sleeping again. This is one of the biggest problems that I am facing. However, on the other hand, my health is getting back its energy. I am thinking all the time that I should start working full time again. I used to blog full time and when I used to blog full time then it used to make me tired. In a last few months, because I was sick I could not do blogging enough and this perhaps caused the problem with sleeping. From today, I am going to try to start again full time blogging and with this way, I will again get mentally some tired and most probably with sleeping will be finished. I am very happy that these days I don’t drink any coffee and coke and I have almost given upon tea.  

Can Wayne Rooney Return This Season?

Manchester United fans are expecting that striker Wayne Rooney would come back for the last two premier league games after recovering his groin injury sustained during training. However, his comeback this season is in doubt and Manchester United may have to play the last two games without Rooney.

Rooney has been in sparkling form this season as he scored 34 goals so far. More importantly, United does not have any other inform striker at the moment who can replace Rooney. Michael Owen and Berbatov could not make any significant impact so far. More than that, United is now only 1 point behind leader Chelsea with two rounds of games remaining in the league.

Sir Alex Ferguson said that he would wait for the player until the last minute. Well, it would be interesting to see if Manchester United can keep up the momentum without Rooney. Another thing is that it would not be right to rush Rooney ahead of England’s world cup mission.

Related article:

Press Association

Nistelrooy Advised Berbatov to Carry on at Manchester United

Dimitar Berbatov has spent another disappointing season at Manchester United. Following his move to Old Trafford for a fee worth £30.75 million from Tottenham Hotspur in 2008, there was a big expectation around him. Unfortunately, the Bulgarian international failed to live up to the expectation so far. In fact, he could not get enough first team football this season and there is a speculation that the striker is contemplating a move away from United in the Summer transfer window.

Despite his poor form, former Red Devils striker Ruud van Nistelrooy believes that Berbatov should give it another shot and he should not leave Old Trafford so early. The Dutch striker said that he was lucky to get a club like Real Madrid after leaving Manchester United, but this can not happen to anybody. So, his advice for Berbatov is that he should carry on at United and try to clinch a place in the first eleven by proving himself.

Well, I can understand Nistelrooy’s point of view. He had a highly successful stint at Manchester United with whom he dominated in world football. He was always in newspaper headlines when he was in Manchester United. Naturally, his brand value was very high. After leaving Old Trafford, he was lucky to have a big club like Madrid where he could hold his brand value due to Madrid’s image as a big club. However, the story is not so sweet for others. There are many who suffered in their career after leaving a big club like Manchester United or Real Madrid.

That is what Ruud van Nistelrooy wants to advise Berbatov. The Bulgarian is still 29 and has at least 4-5 years left in his career. So, Berbatov should not leave Old Trafford as yet and he should try his best to win more first team football next season. Now, let us see if Berbatov listens to Ruud van Nistelrooy and stays at Manchester United.

Related article:

Guardian

Ate heavy Food for a Day

Yes, I ate some very heavy food today but I did one good thing. First of all, I had a very light dinner last night and then I did not eat anything for the whole day and in dinner tonight, I ate some chicken kebab, tea and coca cola. I ate the kebab with oily Porota. I drank tea because I did not have enough sleep last night. So, today, all the time, I felt sleepy. Since I ate just once today, I don’t feel heavy now. Tomorrow, again, there is a party and I have to eat heavy food but I am going to do the same thing- just eat once.

I have realized that it is a continuous effort and sometimes, things will get out of hand. Well, I am happy for today because yesterday, I felt some bored from eating same kind of food and totally omitting meat. 

Somewhat a Tough Day for Diet

I ate some Roti, a mixed vegetable curry, one egg fry for lunch and at night I had a light dinner that consisted of cucumber salad and one boiled egg. So, I am now almost back again to eating light food. Tomorrow and next day there will be two parties and I have to eat again very heavy food but this time, I will be careful to eat them in small amount.

This time, I am going to write my daily events because this way, I can get mental strength in future. Unfortunately, in October to December time, I did good diet for two months. After 4 weeks, my health improved a lot and doing diet became very easy. I could easily do water fasting for 48 hours each week. I could almost lost 11 KG in 8 weeks. Because of cold weather, I became afraid of catching cold and I started to eat more and then lost the diet. This time too, at first, it is some difficult and I am hopeful that after 2 weeks, it will be much easier to be on a diet.

Most probably after doing diet for two months, again, I will become some weak and I will need to take a break but I must try my best not to go back to eating heavy unhealthy and junk foods. I am hopeful this time because I don’t crave for fast food, mutton, sweets, coke and coffee. This is a huge improvement for my palate. 

Back to Diet again

Today, I ate a single meal and it was lunch. I just eat some Roti, vegetables curry, lentil chops and one egg fry. I also drank 3 glasses of water melon. In the end, I feel light. Now, for dinner, I wont eat anything but just drink some watermelon juice. Today I am 103 KG because I ate some more yesterday but good thing is that gradually, I am coming back to my full time working. I found that I do not have any mental stress to do blogging now.

Today, in my home, electricity created a lot of problem and that is why working was very difficult. However, I hope that things will be better from next week. For the last few days, my internet is giving a lot of problem too. Still, this is life and we have to move forward in life.  

Manchester United and City Looking to Sign James Milner

Two city rivals, Manchester United and Manchester City, are now running against each other to acquire the service of Aston Villa’s James Milner, who has spent a highly successful season. There are many who believe that Milner could play an important role in England’s world cup mission.

Sir Alex Ferguson has already hinted his interest in the young midfielder, while City is also determined to land the player. City manager Roberto Mancini is also impressed with Milner’s development as a player. Reports available in the media suggest that both the clubs would have to launch a bid worth more than £22 million. However, Milner could move away from Villa, if manager Martin O’Neill leaves Villa Park at the end of the season, proving all the speculations true.

Related article:

sport.co.uk

I ate Some More Today

Today, I was very hungry from the start of the day. So, I ate some Roti with vegetable curry and egg fry. Well, I ate more than I should have and tomorrow, I must control myself and eat at little as possible. When, I woke up today, my weight some less than 102 KG and I had very good feeling for the rest of the day. However, I could not control my hunger and in the end, I ate some more. No problem, when one day, I cannot control myself then the next day I must try my best. Even if I fail tomorrow, I must try the next day. The feeling of fighting against obesity and weight loss is very important.

In fact, now I have realized, I have lost most of the attraction for eating meat. I have not eaten meat in 6 day and I don’t feel any craving for beef or mutton. There was a time, when I used eat 3 times mutton each day. Morning was mutton liver curry with porota. Lunch was mutton Khichuri and dinner was Mutton biriyani. I think the year 2005, did all the damage for me. Anyway, now, I have to try for whole one year. I have again become very optimistic.

This time, I noticed a very good thing. I am getting energy without coffee or tea. Also, when I am on diet, I can work. 

Carlo Ancelotti Defends John Terry

Chelsea captain John Terry is now under pressure following his sending off during last Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Tottenham Hotspur, a slip-up that brought Manchester United within 1 point of the Blues. However, manager Carlo Ancelotti has defended his skipper saying that sometimes players can lose their control and that is what happened to Terry. He has also admitted that the England international is now under pressure, but the manager is not surprised at all as he believes everyone is under pressure with the title race becoming closer. Second placed Manchester United moved within a point of Chelsea following their derby win over Manchester City recently.

There are only 3 games left in the season and Chelsea is going to miss Terry for the Stoke City game. Missing a key defender like Terry at this stage of the league is definitely a blow for the West London club and it would be interesting to see if they can get over the hurdle and remain at the top of the table.

Related article:

BBC

Water Fasting is Tough but not Bad

I have just spend 25 hours of water and juice fasting. Yesterday, I drank a decent amount of water melon juice. Today, I am drinking only water. It is tough as I feel some hungry and tired. I don’t have much energy to work today. Fortunately, I am taking off from my works today and that is why, it is not that big problem. I originally thought to do it for 50 hours but I think that I will do just 48 hours. Then tomorrow I will eat and again I will eat the next day and then I will try to do another 48 hours of water and juice fasting.

When I woke up today, I found that my weight was 102 KG and it gave a lot of good feeling in my mind. I have started to feel some lighter in my body. I am going to give eating rice for the next few weeks. I am very fond of rice and it is very difficult for me to control myself when it comes to rice. Roti is much easier.

Well, sad part is that I really became very hungry and I ended my fast after 26 hours. 

Again a Two Way Race in EPL

The defeat of Arsenal at the hand of Tottenham Hotspur was a very bad one for the gunners and it perhaps totally ended the title of Arsenal supporters this season. Now, sadly, it is again a two horse race in English Premier League between Manchester United and Chelsea. Right now, it looks that Chelsea has a better chance of winning the league title. The form of Manchester United is totally inconsistent in a last few weeks. They are too much depended on the performance of Wayne Rooney. If Wayne Rooney performs badly or does not play then Manchester United looks like a very ordinary team. Chelsea has perhaps better players and their performance is not that much dependent on Drogba. Of course, Drogba is their best player in this season but still without him, Chelsea can win matches quite easily. On the reserve bench, Chelsea seems to have better squad. So, I think that this season Chelsea has the better chance of winning the trophy of Premier League. It should be reminded here that Chelsea right now is leading the point table. 

50 Hours of Water Fasting: Can I do It?

I have started today 50 hours water and juice fasting. The last food I ate was 3pm of today. It was more or less a heavy lunch but I did not eat any meat. In stead I ate mainly vegetable items. So, the next meal I will take will be day after tomorrow. Today, things look very smooth and I don’t feel hungry at all. The best part is that when I got up today then I measure my weight and it was 104 kilogram. So, by the end of these fifty hours, most probably I will go to 102 kilogram and it is an excellent for me.

The main challenge is tomorrow because tomorrow I will be hungry and it will be some difficult for me to continue the fasting. This time I am not only doing water fasting but I am also drinking some watermelon juice. Watermelon juice is excellent and this time it is very hot weather in my city. The watermelon juice is helping a lot to past this tough summer days. Water fasting is a tough thing to do but I am hopeful. 

Water Fasting is Cool

Yesterday, I did water fasting and it was for 40 hours of not eating anything. I just drank some watermelon juice and water. Today, I ate a single meal and then drank some watermelon juice and water. My health is improving suddenly. Well, the thing that I have learnt is that I need to stop going out for a few days and not do any kind of work that involves stress. Then, it becomes easy for me to carry out any kind of diet. Unfortunately, last one month, I did some difficult projects and I needed to go out a lot and in the end, I had to eat outside food a lot.

When I am in home, it becomes easier for me to control my eating habit. 

The time of Sania Mirza and Sunanda Pushkar

For the last few days, my another blog (South Asia Blog) is getting decent amount of traffic from two topics: Sania Mirza Marriage and Sunanda Pushkar controversy. None of them have anything to do with Bollywood or perhaps cricket but they have captured the center stage of the media coverage in India.

Sania Mirza just got married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. Media did not have that much access in this marriage and as a result, people were interested to know every small details. Some people in India became annoyed with Sania as she married a Pakistani man. Some political leaders even said some bad words against her and called on Indian government not to allow her to represent India in tennis matches. As a result, many people now round the clock want to know about the latest development.

Sunanda Pushkar has perhaps overnight become a huge celebrity for the wrong reason. She is the girl friend of an Indian minister and there is some allegations that she is a ‘proxy’ for the minister Shashi Tharoor vs Lalit Modi in the recent successful bidding of IPL Kochi team. So, people want to know about Sunanda Pushkar. 

Day of Water Fasting and Juice Fasting

Today, I just drank water and some water melon juice. I was worried that may be, I would not be able to tolerate the stress but my body has done quite well so far. There was some problems and it made matters worse but I could handle it. I have understood one very important thing. When you are on a diet or trying water fasting or juice fasting then you should try to decrease your work load. Then it becomes esier for you to cope up with the hunger.

Yes, my belly is telling me all the time that I am hungry but except it, I feel very good in my health. I even feel some fresh. I don’t feel any of the negative feelings of obesity. Instead, I am just hungry and my belly is crying some. No problem. I will eat again tomorrow after waking up.

Tomorrow, I have planned to eat Roti and potato and egg fry. From tomorrow, my plan is to eat just one meal. If I eat a second meal then it will only consist of fruit and vegetable. I did not drink any tea today.  

Losing the battle but again Starting the Fight of Weight Loss

Just now, I weighed myself and it was 105 KG. It is sad and frustrating but this is the reality. I have learnt a very valuable lesson, I must be serious about weight loss now or suffer and regret a lot later. I could lose 10 KG from October 23 to December 20 of 2009. If I could just do that again then it will be excellent for me. However, in the last 4 months, I gained 5 KG again. So, it is time for taking action.

I have at last realized my main problem- stress and work. I need a complete change in my life style at least for the time being. I need to set some rules and follow them strictly. All the will power is needed at this moment.

Change in life style is needed because I will cut down on food intake. I plan to eat tomorrow just salad and fruits. I know it is difficult and most probably impossible.

Well, here are some of the things I like to do:

1. In the first stage, it should be just one meal a day. If there is a second meal then the second meal must consist of salad and fruits only.

In the past, I have found that Roti and frying vegetable is very good for me.

2. Gradually, I will try to eat salad and Roti only. However, every day must not be like this.

3. After few days, try to do water fasting. I have done it in the past and my maximum time of water fasting was I guess 44 hours and I could pass the time quite smoothly. At least, 30 hours water fasting was not difficult at all for me.

4. I must totally cut on tea this time.

5. Try to become a vegetarian. Egg is all right because egg gives some strength.

6. No sugar or sweet. Fruits are good alternative.

The rules are very simple but they are very difficult to follow. In fact, now, I feel that the problem is more psychological than physical. What I need to do is to forget all the stress and working. Instead, I must eat less and rest more.

Many people talk about Detoxification effect of diet and water fasting. I really experienced it in last December. My urine became so normal and I felt most comfort in my kidney that I felt young again.

In fact, last December, I felt that I got back the healthy feeling of my teenage years and then I got involved with some works and lost my way. Now, I have realized that health is wealth and the most important factor in life.

I have neglected my health a lot but this time, I am going to try a lot. I must not lose hope because really, in last December, I experienced very good feeling in both body and mind. In fact, my success of last year has given me a lot of hope and energy.  

So, I am going to start again and may God help me. 

Bad season for English Clubs in Europe

After the domination of last few seasons of English clubs in UEFA Champions League, this season, there is not even a single club from England in semi-final. Of course, in the quarter final there were two clubs Arsenal and Manchester United and both of them lost. It shows that England clubs are becoming some weak. I think that Liverpool is the best example of England club. Both Liverpool and Manchester United are suffering financial burdens and they can not afford to get top players like Cristiano Ronaldo anymore. The future looks very bright for Arsenal as they are gradually recovering from the financial stress that they suffered from making the Emirates Stadium. Chelsea is consolidating its position.

Of course, the things are not that bright for the Spanish club either. This time Real Madrid crashed out quite early. Barcelona is now on course to win the Champions League for the second successive season. If they can do so then I am sure that Lionel Messi will again become the best player of the world. Of course, there is the world cup football coming. So, many people are waiting to see how Messi does in World Cup. 

The Day of Eating Chatpati

I am again now back to weight loss effort and yesterday, I just ate lunch and then dinner, I ate some small amount of smash potato. Yesterday, I did one good thing and drank a lot of watermelon juice which is really good in hot summer. Now, the weather is very hot and dry in my city and watermelon is very helpful at this moment for me. I found that coconut water is also good.

This time because of this watermelon, I am not suffering from hot weather. I remember that every year this time, I suffer because my body becomes dry. In the past, I used to eat only very spicy food and that is why my body became more dry.

This time, change in eating habit is helping me a lot. Today, my goal is to eat just chatpati in afternoon and dinner. Chatpati is made of chickpeas and all the other ingredients are good for the bodies. Fortunately I like this food a lot and it is really blessing that I am fond of chatpati.

Last October, I tried for two months to loss weight and totally change my eating habit. I became successful but at this time I was very worried for my career and for the blogs. Now, I have understood that the blogs are strong and I don’t need to work that hard. All I need to do is to update them regularly and this will be hopeful enough. Fortunately, now I have to assistance who are very hard working and dedicated to. So, if I can make a good plan then they can implement them. 

Short term goal of Weight Loss Program

In any weight loss program, you have two kinds of goals. One kind of goals are short or temporary goals that you want to achieve in short time. For example, the goal of today for me is not to eat anything else but just drink to water in the next eight hours. The long term goal is form me at this moment is to first get back 100 kilogram and also change my eating habit.

From now, I will focus totally on short term goals or daily goals. Most of us do not give value to it because we like to fool ourselves that in the end we will achieve something. However, if you really want to achieve something then you have to work on it everyday. This is the thing that I am going to try now. I am going to focus on achieving daily goal. For example, today I will really try to stick on drinking water. Tomorrow, after waking up I will also try to drink water and some watermelon juice. Then at lunch I will eat only some rice and vegetables. Then at night I will eat some chatpati which is also made from vegetable and beans.