As I started to take the first bite of Meduvada (Fried lentil donuts ) dipped in sambar, I remembered KZ.. I remembered how this true valentine of mine have been with me for years through life’s ups & downs .. sorrows & joys !
I know he is my lifelong companion. He will always be there with me until my last breath. Our amazing love story needs to be heard and appreciated !!
Kilozoom – KZ as I call him, met me little late in life. Precisely after I got married. My joy & excitement of being with my soulmate, attracted KZ towards me. So much so that his love grew by 10s in just a few months of me being a married women. I was so stupid to not even notice it. After all, I never had someone like KZ being attracted to me before…
But KZ’s love was not going to be deterred by that. He continued to shower his love. Slowly and steadily, without my knowledge KZ became a part of me!
Then few years later, I got pregnant & KZ was ecstatic … He must, right? Being pregnant is the best thing that can happen to a women and my valentine was right there to share this excitement … As my baby was growing inside me, so was KZ ! His love reached to its max during those 39 weeks .. he did share some love with my baby but majority of his love was purely mine.. That’s how blessed I’m!
People around me started noticing his love on me and I started getting compliments (comments) about how the pregnancy and the new born gave me a new healthy glow… Little did they know , what they were seeing was KZ’s magical love all around me.
It actually started getting overwhelming and I decided that now is the time to set KZ free. Sometimes too much love is also injurious to health.
KZ was never going to understand that. I signed up for gym membership…. I googled and learnt that one should not start doing too much too soon so I decided I’ll just start with 30 min 3 days a week at the gym…I also decided that I’ll check on KZ only twice a week on Wednesday morning and Sunday morning.
In the first week, Monday, Tuesday went by awesome with 30min of Treadmill walks each day ! I was excited to check on KZ.On Wednesday morning as I hopped on to the scale and KZ came out triumphed. He improved his love for me by 3 pounds in just 2 days ….
I should have realized the power of his love at that time but No!! instead, I started searching the internet of why this happened … I learnt a new term water weight! when you start exercising for the first time, you tend to gain! No wonder KZ won this time but I was going to find a way to win.
Diet and exercise should go hand in hand is another universal truth. So, I started searching for all the cool, quick results diets out there. Maybe it was the rice as most of them suggested. I quit rice for almost 3 weeks. Suddenly quitting my most beloved food made my nights sleepless and even when I used to get some sleep, I used to dream about all the yummy rice dishes. KZ was sticking by my side all through this. I finally gave up on my no-rice mission & KZ was very supportive. He never bragged about his wins. He just stayed with me all through it.
Then I learnt about this amazing diet advice about eating every 2-3 hrs. Celebrities were swearing by it and most amazing thing, there was no restriction on what you must or what you cannot eat. I knew that was the thing for me. When I’ll start eating enough, KZ will understand that I don’t need so much love. I started packing 4-5 boxes of food to go through my work day.
With so much efforts of eating home cooked food, I knew this time I’ll show KZ that I can win too. For 5 weeks I didn’t check on KZ because I want to show him the big difference. And finally it was that Sunday when I checked again …..
Guess what ??? KZ won again … in last 5 weeks, his love grew by 6 pounds.
This can’t be happening to me … I was heartbroken. 
Do you have a beloved like KZ in your life ?
Have you had a similar experience ?
What do you think I should do to WIN against my KZ?