“What Changed When I Stopped Fixing My Food”
When most of my life I was lean and healthy and then suddenly the weighing scale started tipping (well not exactly suddenly… but you get the drift) my commonsense was out of the window.
For a long time, food felt like something to manage. (similar like a demon)
Calories to track.
Ingredients to question.
Choices to second-guess.
There was always a sense that something needed fixing. While being a mom to small baby.
And then I came across the work of Rujuta Diwekar.
Not as a plan— but as a pure accidental finding!!
The first 12-week fitness project in 2018. It was too good to be true. 3 simple guidelines to inculcate in everyday life. Well!!!! By the end of 4th week my body was showing it.
The Shift
The first thing that changed was not what I ate— but how I looked at food.(my friend). It stopped being a problem to solve.And started becoming… familiar again.
Ghar ka khana.
Simple meals.
Things I had grown up eating— but somehow learned to doubt. What I Did Differently I didn’t overhaul everything. I just began to: eat on time stop overcomplicating meals, trust what was already part of my routine
Rice was no longer “too much.”
Ghee was no longer “guilt.”
Food became… neutral.
What Changed in My Body
Not dramatically.
Not instantly.
But steadily.
Energy felt more stable.
Cravings became quieter.
There was less negotiation before eating. More energy.
My body stopped feeling like something I had to constantly control.
What Changed in My Life
The bigger shift wasn’t physical. It was mental.
Less noise around food.
Less overthinking.
Less guilt.
Eating stopped taking up so much space in my head.
There was also a return— to routine.
Regular meals.
Regular sleep.
Regular workouts
A rhythm that didn’t depend on motivation.
What Stayed With Me. What I learned wasn’t a diet. It was a way of approaching food without turning it into a project.
No extremes.
No constant correction.
Just consistency.
In short lifestyle change.
The afternoon slump, the leg cramps, the irritability, the PMS and menstrual pains all vanished.
Following Rujuta Diwekar’s advice did bring a massive change for us a family. By making it simpler. And that, in a space that thrives on confusion, felt like enough. it brought me closer to my son who needed me more than anyone.
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