The gymnasium at the corner of the road about a mile away from my house evokes zillions of memories- some steeped in melancholy, some suffused with happiness and mirth. The bitter melancholy thoughts gradually settled down with time and the sweet joyful ones rise up to elevate your mood. Over the years, I have cherished the bubbly and buoyant thoughts without saddling myself with the heavyhearted incidents, which happened when I was a member of the weight watchers community. The waist of 42 inches at the tender age of 26 compelled my parents to push their only pampered son to the sweat and toil of the treadmills.
I swear I would not have been a regular but for the girl who seemed to challenge my masculinity by spending more quality time on the treadmill rather than in front of the mirror. Probably she was determined to fit her reflection into the mirror. My good old body builder friends were surprised at the zeal and fervor with which I had taken on this arduous task of shedding a lot of kilograms pushing my body, at times, to its limits. The merciless dietician took away the sumptuous food away from my plate and strictly instructed my parents to adhere to low calorie food coupled with diet pills- Adipex. While my cousins gorged on the mouth-watering delicacies, I simply suppressed my appetite with the help of
diet pills. Losing few kilograms was probably results of the mutual attraction- both of us were losing our flab and hearts to each other.
The factors considered by our dietician before he ordered diet pills for us was that none of us had an existing medical ailment like diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, high blood pressure, anxiety disorder or problem with the thyroid. We were also instructed to take
Adipex with a full glass of water on an empty stomach. Taking the diet pill in the evening was prohibited lest it causes insomnia. We were also advised against over dosage and possible side effects of the drug.
Thirty-two years later, we can proudly acclaim that we have beaten our
obesity hollow and feel fit as a fiddle. The diet pill has been a wonder drug for us. Our children are also in admirable shape- thanks to fitness conscious parents. They simply cannot believe our photographs taken a generation back. All thanks to the diet pill and of course the motivation by my wife to sweat it out.
