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I can eat\u00a0all I want and never get fat!<\/em> <\/strong>Said\u00a0Kara (The Super Girl), while I was watching the new Super\u00a0Girl TV series. Believe me, when I tell you, I used to feel just like that.\u00a0I am 6 feet tall\u00a0and weigh more than I should. But about 4 years ago, I used to weigh anywhere between 55kg to 60kg.<\/p>\n

My Story! (The Excuse…)#<\/a><\/h3>\n

Football#<\/a><\/h3>\n

6 feet and only 60kg? Yes! right! To top it off, I used to play football on a daily basis (most of the time twice a day). I\u00a0never knew that I could get fat. I ate a lot. I mean a lot times a lot. As a matter of fact, I was\u00a0a teenager \u2014 that’s a growing age, right? \u2014 and I was this skinny not because I ate less, but because of my interest in football.<\/p>\n

Fate#<\/a><\/h3>\n

Less did I know, it was about to change. I\u00a0selected pre-engineering in college and most of my friends with whom I played football\u00a0chose pre-medical. It didn’t change anything\u00a0since we were still living in the same city. But when I moved from my hometown to another city \u2014 Lahore \u2014 for graduation, everything changed.<\/p>\n

Everything Changed?#<\/a><\/h3>\n

By everything I mean, my eating habits, my friends’ circle and the city of course.\u00a0I am too picky when it comes to food<\/em>. I just never built the taste for going all in. I don’t eat beef or mutton and I only started eating chicken when I moved here. So,\u00a0when it came to eating whatever was on the menu in the mess hall or in the canteen, I had to choose. Sadly, I chose\u00a0to go with the canteen and started eating\u00a0Paratha<\/a> (Oily Bread with potato) on a daily basis. Most of the days I’d have breakfast with bread and egg omliat,\u00a0I’d skip lunch and in the evening, I would eat 3-5 Paratha(s). Yes! I ate a lot.<\/p>\n

WTF…WTVeryF#<\/a><\/h3>\n

Not only that but none of my classmates liked playing football, most of them were into cricket. I was studying Electrical Engineering (EE) and was more interested in Computer Science (CS) subjects. So, whenever I got a free time slot, I’d start programming or reading the course-books of CS. At the end of the day, I literally stopped playing. My routine was more like 80% studies (both EE and CS) and 20% movies or TV seasons.<\/p>\n

So What Happened?#<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Weight Gain\u2122#<\/a><\/h3>\n

Since I was already underweight (roughly 20kg), I didn’t care much about getting fat. Though, I gradually started putting up weight. It was 15kg in the first two years, 10kg in the 3rd year and 15kg in the final year. I knew I was\u00a0putting up more and more weight day after day but with a tough routine of engineering studies, add to that, the time\u00a0spent on freelancing, I never got to get back to playing football. (Since that was my go-to form of exercise for like 12 years or so).<\/p>\n

Change of\u00a0the Career Path#<\/a><\/h3>\n

Long story short, I knew I needed to go the gym or start running. I tried one too many times, but the studies and my work always held priority over my health and fitness. I had started playing Table Tenis and Badminton but can you really compare them\u00a0with football? No! you cannot. So, then I graduated and I left electrical engineering for good. Even though I had a pretty good score, I just couldn’t stay away from design and web programming. The day I graduated, I was hired by the same local agency as a Senior Software Engineer, which had me on contract for about a year.<\/p>\n

So, then I graduated and I left electrical engineering for good. Even though I had a pretty good score and a job offer, I just couldn’t stay away from web design and development. The day I graduated, I was hired by the same local agency \u2014 as a Senior Software Engineer \u2014 with which I did contract\/freelance work for about a year.<\/p>\n

Fitness Is Important!#<\/a><\/h2>\n

Yesterday, I wrote about\u00a0My Commitment to WordPress and Epic Moments of 2015<\/a>, where\u00a0I made a case that I feel like I am on the right track and now I am going to prioritize my health and fitness. Well, there is no doubt at all that the physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.<\/p>\n

If I don’t feel confident about my body, I’m not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It’s all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it’s fitness or whatever. It’s about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.<\/p>\n

Making excuses burns\u00a0ZERO<\/em> calories per hour!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve had been running one hour daily for about two week now, one of the best feelings in life is\u00a0realizing that two weeks ago, your\u00a0body couldn’t do what it just did. A good job can make you strong, creative, motivated and able to take on the world…erm… oh, sorry… that’s exercise… exercise does that.<\/p>\n

Why Now?#<\/a><\/h3>\n

A few friends asked me about why am I doing it now. What changed? How did I get motivated? Well, I don’t have all the answers, I am only getting started myself, but here are few:<\/p>\n