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A man in a white tshirt and black trousers with the text - My Formula for healthy weight loss
How I Lost Weight The Healthy Way
Deepto Roy recounts how he managed to achieve an almost impossible personal goal last year. In spite of the pandemic, he managed to lose 28 kilos in a year and go on to maintain that loss. Why did you decide to lose weight? I have always struggled…
Feeling Confident After A Liver Transplant
A routine health check led to a diagnosis of fatty liver followed by NASH and eventually a liver transplant. Mahindrasingh Bhardwaj, 56 from Nagpur, India shares his journey , the complications and the strategies that worked for him.  The…
A man sleeping with a CPAP machine attached to his face
How I Fixed My Sleep Apnea Problem
Rohan Kapoor*, 42 from Delhi has been dealing with Obstructive Sleep Apnea disorder for last fifteen years, and uses a CPAP machine to get undisturbed sleep. Please tell us a bit about your condition I have been living with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (…
A collage of pictures of Rohini showing her before and after weight loss
Losing Weight Is Not Easy But I Did It!
Going through the treadmill of work and life, Rohini Subramanian Katriar was jolted when the weighing scale tipped past 100Kg. With a family history of diabetes, and two kids to look after, she knew she had to get serious about losing excess weight…
On the left an Indian woman in a pink dress and white scarf who was over weight and on the right a trimmer version woman in a white and yellow top and black pants
I Walk with Hand-Weights to Lose Weight and Build Health
Kavita Behl, 53, who was diagnosed with high levels of uric acid causing excruciating pain and swelling in her feet, got back her health with a strict walking regimen and disciplined diet. Her mantra now - Be positive and Keep walking.  My…
Divya Parashar as she looks today
It Takes A Lot Of Hard Work To Keep The Kilos Away
Dr Divya Parashar, Head of Rehabilitation Psychology, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, shares about her own battle with weight issues and how her loss of the extra kilos also invited flak. This is me, 12 years ago, when we were packing to…
My Vegan Diet Story Reads Happy, Lighter and Healthy
Asha Sarella, a Bengaluru-based Bharatanatyam dancer, movement therapist, and a counsellor, talks about how her life changed after embracing a vegan diet. I just finished my dance practice and I feel so good. This was not the case few years ago. I…