Tasha Dhanraj and her weighty problem

I have lost almost a stone in six weeks using this incredible weight loss technique. It’s amazing. It’s so simple I can’t believe I’ve never tried it before. Basically, I’ve stopped eating chocolate and I’ve stopped drinking five cups of chai tea a day with two spoons of sugar in each. It took about three months of trying to start losing weight to actually do what was necessary.

“I’m that girl you criticise once she leaves the room…”

I’m pathetic. I’m that annoying girl you criticise once she leaves a room for constantly complaining about how fat she is, only to then stuff my oesophagus with cake and chorizo. I even apply this method to the rest of my life. I complain about how much work I’ve got, but don’t even begin to start it. I whine on and on about how I’ve not seen my friends for weeks but then never make the effort to pick up the phone. I just sit around waiting for some ‘impossible to ignore’ sign to kick me into action.

I got that kick six weeks ago. A big, ten stone and one pound kick up the backside.

When I was about 15, I decided that weighing myself was an unhealthy habit to get into, so I decided to only weigh myself once every six months or so. I was trying to put my favourite dress on and the zip just wouldn’t budge – an unfortunately common occurrence with my body’s recent refusal to stop consuming chocolate – and so I figured I’d find out how much a thousand packets of Oreos stuck to the inside of my small intestine weighed. The answer is ten stone and one pound. For someone of 5’2, that’s one unhealthy large slab of fat, lard and bones.

Now I’m slimmer and fitting into all my clothes again, I feel so much better. I can even do a push up without my entire body quaking under the weight of itself. I can’t understand why I let myself get so big for the sake of a few chocolate biscuits.

I’m healthier, I’m fitter and more importantly, I’ve adjusted the way I’m going to live my life. I’m going to stop sitting around and complaining about the things in my life I can so easily change. I’m going to get productive, I’m going to get in touch with old friends and I’m going to stop complaining… although, this does not apply to my laundry basket, my bank account, the dirty dishes, or anything else that inconveniences me in any way shape or form.