How heavy is 32kg? (and I am a sissy... )

Few years ago I wrote How heavy is 20 kg, last few months I have been trying to tackle a 32kg kettlebell and I can tell you this one is damn lot heavier.
There are many benefits of a heavy bell -
1. It teaches humility, hubris disappears faster than... Ice
❄ on equator
2. Auto corrects tendency to use shoulders while swinging.
3. Teaches Mindfulness, Makes you cautious
4. Goblet squats are far more challenging.
That apart, though I can clean & Jerk them, I still have to muster courage for Snatches & Get ups.

Currently I am following a Strongfirst routine called Lazy Endurance. 

It basically is -
5 Swings on top of the minute for times varying from 10 minutes to 50 minutes. 5 swings take about 10 seconds, balance 50 seconds are supposed to be active rest - I basically walk and shake the muscle groups which are tired.
Yesterday was 50 minutes /250 swings workout.
Did that comfortably - primarily because my technique & grip have improved a bit. Did use lifting chalk too.

Realised- am a sissy (am a show-off too but that is something I always knew)
Tore calluses of my palm and am handling things gingerly, also contemplating giving today's training a skip...

Aim for the moon..... Really? 10000

Aim for the moon...
Good quote, universal rule - absolutely not

On I decided to do 5000 kettlebell Swing challenge in 20 days, a fair aim I thought.
Started logging, food intake first, but before I could start swinging I read about Dan John's 10000 swing Challenge.

Decided to accept the bigger (harder) challenge. But before I could start I came across an article about Bud Jeffrey doing 10000 swings in 10 days without any overtraining or recovery related issues.
Aim for the moon.... thodi aur pyaas badhao....
1000 swings a day...
F... I didn't even start, the task was so daunting; found excuses to shy away from the kettlebell, in fact from exercise itself. Right now as I blog I have time for a short workout but instead of swinging I am typing.

Lesson learnt.
Better idea - Aim for where you want to go... correction - need to go
Keep the goals realistic,
Don't bite more than you can chew. Take small bites
Downgraded my challenge to 3000 even as I type, let us see where I end up.

Dietary Enemies : Food porn & Social pressure

In April 13 I finally introduced sanity into my dietary habit,
I cut down on sugar, alcohol, rice, flour and derivatives.
I started eating typical Indian salad and chicken two-three times a day; to satiate the sweet craving I started taking cold coffee and/or protein shake with sucralose with the meals.
Stuck to this diet till July lost about 15 kg down to 96kg from 111kg.
Then...plateau...cheating...plateau...more cheating...
Sure I am the culprit...
But I'd share a part of it with the rampant food porn on the TV,  print...

'How to Cook' shows,
Reality shows on cookery,
Travel shows on cookery,
Advertisements showcasing Chips, chocolates, cakes, sodas, oils, flour, meals ready to eat,  jams, Restaurants , pizza, burger, sandwiches.......
High time we had statuary warning on all such products - 'Warning : Consumption may cause obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disease, and may kill you'

The second bugbear is social, peer & better half... pressure,...
Come over for dinner, (why not a hike or a jog or a workout if you are 'real' friends)
Bhai saab ek roti/ thoda aur.
Ek jalebi se kuch nahin hota,
Daaru / chai to sirf paani hai,
Birthday cake hai khana padega
Maine kitne pyaar se banaya hai,
Waste ho jayega, tum khatam kar do please .
... and my favourite - Khalo-2 (this is a personal bugbear)

Had enough of the c ...
Back to basics, now I'm back to being my sullen, solitary, carnivorous self. Dropped a kilo already....