Besides this post I haven't discussed much about being sick during or after my trip to India. Just the other day I was finally near a scale and able to weigh myself since returning. I knew my clothes felt looser, but I was shocked when the scale read 10lbs less then it was when I left - a number I haven't seen on the scale in umm...years.
I know after reading this you're all just dying to know my super-secret diet tricks and since I'm such a nice, open, and sharing person, here you go!
~ How to Go to India and Lose Weight ~
Step 1. Get Delhi Belly.
Step 2. Walk around India aimlessly everyday, and make sure you ask Indians for directions - everything to them is just a short walk away. 
Step 3. Get too sick by unknown virus to leave your bed for days. (Make sure there is no one around to bring you food, this could sabotage your diet).
Step 4. Be so turned off by Indian food by this time that you are only eating boiled eggs, toast, or simply pickles daily.
Step 5. Continue to have more Delhi Belly.
Step 6. Fly around the world for 24 hrs straight and land 5,000 feet above sea level in Colorado. These two things combined should give you enough dehydration to cause headaches and vomiting for days.
Step 7. Still. More. Delhi. Belly.
Step 8. Go to the E.R. and watch them suck a pound of blood out of you. Oops, this won't help you lose weight because they'll also pump a pound of fluids into you. Nice try, though.
There you have it - how I was able to lose 10lbs by going to India in 8 simple steps. After everything I've went through, I should get to enjoy the numbers on the scale for just a little bit, shouldn't I? Because now that I'm back in the US surrounded by all my favorite foods and finally feeling like myself again, you better believe it ain't gonna last long!!!
ROFL soooo true. All the many millions of Americans, who got here after googling “how to lose weight”, take that jumbo-jet to India ASAP. You’ll miss all American favorites like cheeseburgers, greasy fries, double chocolate milkshakes etc. but will get to sample exotic fare such as vegetables. You might even have to walk every now and then, I know shocking, but understand they don’t even have NASCAR over there.
India’s constipation free
…. so relieving isn’t it LMAO!
Great Discovery! now ship all your fatass obese americans to India…
Hey MDG,
loving your humour – you seem to be back to your happy self!
I can completely relate to this, Vishav’s mother would always ask what my mother would say when I went back to Australia skinnier than when I left my response being ‘she will ask you to take her other kids too’.
Mind you since I have returned to Australia my disappearing apetite has reared its head and I am happily eating everything I missed!!
when my husband and i went, he got sicker than i did…. i thought that was funny.
lol alice! MIM has told me about a lot of his friends/family who are Indian and can’t handle it either when they go back for a visit!
You know you are thin anyways but when I saw the picture of you in the park I though “damn she is rail thin!”
haha! yeah, it won’t last long! when I meant MIM btw, I was 30 lbs heavier than I am now! I found out I had hypothyroidism and after many years and many doctors, finally corrected it with medication. So I’m entirely enjoying my rail thinness after my long struggle!
Too funny! However, the “diet” didn’t work for me! I lived in India for 3 years and never got sick! I was careful at first, but I guess I built up resistance, because soon enough I found myself brushing my teeth with tap water and trusting that filtered water was truly filtered when I ate out at restaurants. However, when my parents came for a short visit, both of them got sick!
wow IndianTies you are soooo lucky! the friend I was with always ordered “filtered” water over mineral wherever we went. he simply said he’ll taste it first, and if it tastes fine it should be ok for me to drink. yeah riiiighhht.
@indianties – where were u ? in Bangalore ? When a US associate flew down from Galveston last year, he used to defy – “c’mon guys, lets see what u have today to burn a hole into my stomach”.
congrats u’r in that elite ‘iron-stomach’ club lolz
I’m sorry that you had to go through all of that. WOWsounds like I need to have that to rekick start my weight loss LOL.
@MDG – yes, I consider myself blessed b/c in my time in India I saw many who came through and got terribly sick – so i know i’m the oddball!
@galles yes I was stationed in Bangalore, but I traveled all over. wow your Galveston friend was brave! lol!
IndianTies, I just commented on your recent post but it has to be “anonymous”. For some reason I have problems commenting on blogs with the comment application you have. (I think it’s a Blogger thing?) Anyways, I love the idea to connect desi blogs! You are right, there are so many out there and I have trouble keeping track too. Makes you scratch your head and wonder why all of us feel the need to blog about our desi men/relationships! I bet we’re the biggest group of intercultural blogs out there!
Hey MDG
Thanks for the comment. Sorry you were having trouble leaving a comment. You might try the Name/URL option – with that option you can just put your name and your link. Let me know how that works or if it is still giving you trouble. I’m excited about DesiLink Blog Ring – thanks for joining and helping spread the word – yes there are lots of “us” out there – fun to get connected in a central location – hopefully others catch on!
I agree! When I go to Nepal I loose so much weight, in part because P’s mom forces so much food on me eventually all food becomes unappetizing, and I stop eating much of anything.
Here is an additional step: Go hiking in the Himalayas and lose your appetite due to your bodies reaction to high altitude, meanwhile hike 6 hours a day up the side of a mountain on nothing more than half a bowl of rice– works every time!
MDG has psychological issues. When I first saw this blog, I thought wow, what a nice blog. But she is very mentally immature. Going to India for 1 year and then coming back huffing & puffing just after 1 month. On the contrary, I know India is filthy. I love India, but it is filhty & unhyeigenic in many ways. Its corrupt as hell. But its my country, I still love India. Having said that, I know MDG will not publish this message. Sorry MDG, you are like a child.
You’re right. I went to India and didn’t care for it enough to live there for an entire year. Must be because I have psychological issues. Welcome back, Amit.
MDG, no offense, but I sincerely think you are childish. You live in your own fantasy world. Life is not a fantasy. I already knew you wouldn’t survive in India more than a month. My intuition is correct 95% of the time. Here is another prediction, I dont think the relationship about which you created this blog at the first place is going to last either. Mentally, you are at a level of an 11 year old. I am sure you have a great heart though. You have qualities that I admire too. But mental immaturity is a big turn off.
Amit, you only know 10% of my life by reading this blog and 10% of the reasons I left India. What makes you feel you are so qualified to come to my blog and call me childish/immature and having psychological issues? Who spit in your Cheerios this morning? Oops, was that a bit of an immature statement? I apologize. I will go back to being my big 28 year old mature self and try not to have too much fun like you! In fact, perhaps you could teach me a lesson on maturity; does it include being an asshole and tearing people down whom you don’t even know? Have fun with that “intuition” of yours. Perhaps you can make a career out of it since you’re just so damn spot on!
If you learn to take criticism it might benefit you. You criticized India on your blog, and most people didnt jump on you, but you want to take out the eyes of anyone who dare points out your faults. No one is perfect. Accept your faults. I stand by my diagnosis. Your mental level is of an 11 year old.
Amit, let’s just pretend that MDG is being immature. At least she could outgrow that. I don’t think you can outgrow your personality faults.
And for future reference, don’t bother starting your post with “no offense” and then proceed to purposely offend the person. Some might construe that as a psychological issue, or at the very least a bit immature. but no offense, right?
I stand by my observation. A 28 year old woman is very mature usually. Women mature much earlier than men. She has her good points, her child-like excitement on this blog is makes one feel nice & enthusiastic. I was very curious about her trip. I dont think she has a bad heart. But the immaturity is very evident on this blog. If she will outgrow from it, only time will tell. But as I mentioned earlier, I knew from the start that MDG would not survive in India more than a month. I could see that already. And what I predicted happenned. But I think she has a good heart.
Once again MDG, even though I think you are immature, I still think you have a good heart.
Still waiting for you to come around the mountain. When you getting here, again, Amit?
This rail-thin pic makes me jealous lol. Cardio’s and Treadmill don’t work that well.
If Amit keeps circling so often as it appears today, Amit will lose weight too.
Random question: I am starting my own ring blog to share my personal experiences. Do you still find it hard or easy to share consistently?
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