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So few days back, I had put out a letter on Twitter..
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about what I went through in the last 2.5 years of my life..
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It was a highly depressing phase that I had to come out of..
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When I first met my trainer Hari, I was very low and had a dull mindset,
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At the very beginning, Vishnu came to me with an injury..
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He was in a very bad shape..
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Doctors had advised him not to train for six months..
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I clearly explained my body's condition to him,
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I even told him about my mindset, over the phone..
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When he came down, he had 3 severe injuries in his spine..
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People who generally have such injuries cannot even bend and lift stuff..
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At the start, he even had shivering issues on his hands and back pains,
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This was not only during training, it even happened when he was at home..
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At the start, I was too low..
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He used to constantly explain his moods, phases and mindsets to me..
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Planning Vishnu's diet was also challenging, because he's a stress eater..
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When he's stressed out, he eats a lot..
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I could not follow diets at 100% at the very beginning itself,
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I love eating, so I asked for cheat meals during weekends..
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I worked out a diet plan with right amounts of carbs, fats and protein..
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It was very balanced with micros and macros worked out..
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In the same way, in my letter, I had written about my alcohol addiction,
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You wont believe me, but I never touched alcohol until I was 27..
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After I entered cinema, it began with social drinking..
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Depression takes you to unwanted quarters,
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And in that muddle, I swayed to alcohol a little too much..
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I actually hated that addiction, and wanted to come out of it,
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I spoke to Hari about it,
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and he said that we would deal with it, little by little..
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At the beginning of the exercise routine, we limited alcohol to 2-3 days a week..
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Later on, he started realizing it himself,
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That his body changed a lot when he didnt drink at all..
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He used to take supplements such as zinc and magnesium,
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And at those times, he knew that he shouldn't drink at all..
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Generally, he used to take the supplements by 7PM,
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After that, even if he went out to parties, he remembered to stay away from alcohol..
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For the last two months, I've been completely cut off from alcohol..
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No cheat meal at all!
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I've been brought to that mindset..
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I wanted to do something I haven't done in life previously, told him it was my goal..
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He asked me, what was it? And I told him about getting a six pack..
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He had previously fixed a date,
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December 31st, he wanted a six pack..
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When we worked with that mindset, it was wonderful..
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Six pack might just be a physical attraction for some..
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But for me, it was about getting positivity by doing something totally new..
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When I told Hari about it, he asked me for six months..
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He assured me that it could be done in six months..
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I never believed him, thinking that he was saying it for fun..
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That's how the journey started..
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In my long term goal, this is my first step..
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That's how I see this achievement..
