No pain, No gain

No pain no gain. If there’s one thing in this world which is easy to gain without pain, it’s WEIGHT. Weight has become a very weighty issue now. So much has the “Size zero” renaissance engulfed anyone and everyone that their whole life has centered on this key obsession. Forget usual pleasantries, nowadays when two people meet (and not only restricted to ladies), the first thing they say to each other (with occasional glance towards tummies) is, “You have put on weight” (happily)/ “You have lost weight” (with glum). Someone loses sleep with jealousy when someone else loses few kilos and someone rejoices when someone else adds few pounds. And though our inspiration comes from someone on the celluloid (yes, we all have our silver screen idols dangling the carrot of achieving their hour-glass figure), in real life we have our yardsticks to measure our success/failure. No! it’s not humble weighing machine but someone you believe is your competitor (don’t lie, you do). For Verma auntyji, it’s next-door Sharma auntyji, for officewale Aiyer sir it's his colleague Nair sir, for shopwale Mukherjee babu it's bandhu Banerjee babu, for teenager Sania it's college heartthrob Tanya, for manager Sameer it's peer Veer and the list goes on…We feel fat or slim depending up on our yardstick..if she/he appears slim, we spend our days in gloom as if we are losing the battle of life. If we appear underweight, we feel like celebrating the day as if there’s no tomorrow (and somewhere get pseudo feeling that we are somewhat near attaining our idol’s to-die-for figure). And none is leaving any stone unturned lest something does miracle some day. From nimbu pani with a dash of honey early morning to daily rounds of joggers’ park, from weight trainings to yoga asanas, from using staircase and avoiding lifts to drinking sugar -free chai to avoid extra meetha, we all have some efforts on from our side. So, is it working for anyone of you???