The Everyday Drama

 I am thrilled beyond words,

  It's a significant victory,

Unable to explain my feeling,

  My face shines like a star, 

 With the happiness oozing out,

 I am elated beyond words,

It touched the heart's chord,

Is it a miracle or just a mirage?

 Oh! It's 65.6 and not 68.8,

 I began to jump with glee,

I rubbed my eyes for clarity,

  Yes, it did happen to me.

    The spirit escalated!

Now, I can give a gift to myself,

  The past week had fled in haste.

The demand had nearly killed me,

 I hope this relieves the stress.

  Are you curious to know more?

It's the reading on my weighing scale,

   My weight on the machine,

  It made a tangible difference.

How can this happen in a day?

I had never given a thought to it,

A morning can make an exception,

 It had given me the joy of the time,

  I was completely over the moon.

Well, I yearned to celebrate,

 But the way was not clear.

 The phase should pass,

 I was impatient by now.

Instead, the smile faded very swiftly,

Running at lightning speed,

  When I stepped again.

The time came to a standstill,

  I had not budged an inch,

My grin evaporated rapidly.

I had a deadline to meet,

To lose weight by only five,

 At the end of a fortnight,

My doctor had suggested,

To lose weight a bit quickly,

 Even to change my diet,

And to include physical activity,

 To my dull daily routine.

I had never imagined in my life,

I will be nearly happy someday,

Viewing the decreased figures,

It will be a massive relief for me.

'Less is safe' is the new mantra,

When I dealt with high digits,

It made me almost feel guilty, 

And my life took a drastic turn.

I tried to stay motivated all day long,

It seemed difficult than cracking Upsc,

I had never felt so helpless in life,

It was a loser's paradise for me.

When I skipped lunch or dinner,

It nonchalantly threw acid at me.

It bruised my self-confidence,

Along with severe back pain.

The gyms are closed now,

Wow! It came as a savior,

I cannot even go walking,

Not to the nearest park,

I remembered to bike,

It was stationary in base,

But my buttocks were on fire,

When I tried to fit in its narrow seat,

They hurt a lot within 5 minutes.

It was just all so hard; 

It's really not amusing,

I gave up in contempt.

My plan to lose weight,

As advised by my doctor,

 It turned to be a fiasco,

It's nowhere near the goal.

I tried my best to drop them,

But I surrendered to defeat.

It's all scam, I thought wearily,

I wanted to change my physician,

How is it possible in less time?

I kept on pondering about it,

 I felt hungry all day long,

 My mood was ever sour,

 And the energy dropped to low,

 I started watching food channels,

 To divert my mind and desire,

 The spreads were too tempting,

 But do I have any option?

All my life, I was healthy,

I never had weight issues,

I was not super thin,

But I was not obese.

Age plays a trick when it grows,

All excuses to not go jogging,

It backfired terribly on me.

Did I stuff a lot that time?

It paid me back with interest.

To stay slim is a myth at the time,

The endless miseries are disturbing.

Try asking a middle-aged woman,

 About her weight and age,

It's more painful than pregnancy.

Everything seemed senseless,

It gave me many sleepless nights,

This weight-loss and dieting saga,

I tried so hard to reach my goal,

But I could not proceed more,

I feel disgusted about this chaos,

I tried hard all day long, 

To focus on work,

Instead, my mind was directed to one corner,

The food and food items.

Walking in the open can't happen,

Jogging is out of the question,

Cross-fit training: not my type,

Dieting or skipping, all done since,

Jumba is not my cup of tea,

Those diet capsules are not for me,

Cycling gives me sharp knee pain,

Yoga has also gone into vain.

This will continue till eternity,

As long as I live on this planet,

Weight gain and weight loss,

This will stay with me forever.

As long as I can walk and rest,

I am not going to worry at all.

My BP will shoot like a rocket,

Every time I will look down,

 At my bestie: the weighing scale.