My success story of being fat to fit in 4 months by walking almost 2,000 kilometres in 4 months & 30 kilometres daily…!!!

My success story of being fat to fit in 4 months by walking almost 2,000 kilometres in 4 months & 30 kilometres daily…!!!

A few things to clarify this blog post is all about my health; I was at my peak health condition in the year 2001 / 04. That was my college years when I was doing bodybuilding, weight lifting & 12 kilometres of walking daily. But I had one bad habit: eating 100 grams of Jalebi’s daily. If you don’t know what Jalebi is, it is 90% Sugar & 10% of Maida, i.e. Wheat Flour approx.

But then, after my post-graduation, I got a job in an IT Company as a Graphic Designer. By that time, all my exercises were stopped. I had almost two spoons of added sugar milk coffee five times daily. Then some food at 4 pm to be exact. So it was a very unhealthy lifestyle period in my life.

I gained weight from 75 kilograms to 108 kilograms, from fit to fat, in 5 years.

So after 3 to 4 jobs in 2016, I got tremendous back pain, so that was my realisation point: I should do something about my health. I also got advice from relatives that stop doing the job and concentrate on my health first.

So on 1st January 2017, I started walking again daily for 2 hours, approximately 15 kilometres at a stretch. I started maintaining my daily diary of walk routines which I have been doing for the last six years. Nothing new but from 22nd February I started walking 2 hours twice daily, i.e. 4 hours & 30 kilometres daily. Till today 14th May 2017.

So after looking at my daily walk diary, I have walked almost 207 Hours & 21 Minutes (Casual Walks not counted). So with that numbers, I conclude by keeping in mind that I take nearly 7 minutes to walk 1 Kilometre, so I can say that for the last four months, I have walked almost 1,777.28 Kilometres. Just to be exact, I have walked 120 times out of 134 Days in the previous 4 Months 1st January to 14th May 2017. Sometimes I walked twice a day & a few rest days in between. I was forced to buy 10,000/- INR Nike Branded Shoes Designed for Walking / Sprinting & Running; I have been through a slipper, sandal, and shoe bite.

I have almost loosed 7 KG of unnecessary body weight & 4 inches at the waist.

I count this as one of the significant achievements in my lifetime.

Planning to keep this momentum going for the next three years…

I hope reading this blog post you find inspiring & helps you to get momentum to start exercising to lose excess body weight.

Be Fat to Fit…!!!

Thanks & Regards
Mandar Apte


7th July 2017, 01:40 pm
Few Clarifications & Updates:

A few days back, I checked my time to complete a 100-meter walk & result came out that I take exactly 1 minute to complete a 100-meter walk, so by this calculation, I take 10 minutes to complete 1 Kilometre walk.

So I must update you that I have walked 221 Hours & 18 Minutes. So that means I have walked almost 1,328 Kilometres & not 2,000 Kilometres.

You must add casual walking of (150 approx) to 1,328 Kilometre count.

Thanks & Regards
Mandar Apte


Read ‘Part 2’ of My Health Journey:


Mandar Apte

This website contains a design articles blog by Mandar Apte. He writes and shares his iOS development, graphic, web, & animation film design experience through articles. Mandar is Mumbai based multi-disciplinary designer with expertise in UI, UX, Logo, Symbol, and Brand Identity design. He is an alumnus of Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai. He currently runs his studio in the heart of the city of Mumbai.

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