Name: Rachana Shukla Age: 30 years Now: 68.5 kg Then: 81 kg Lost: 12.5 kg in 8 months Rachana Shukla’s weight ranged between 58 and 60 kg but started increasing after her marriage. “My weight increased drastically, around 15-20 kg, in 2012-13,” says the Hyderabad-based IT professional. “I had a desk job and worked late […]

Name: Dr. Manish Manoria Age: 48 years Then:  117 kg Now: 100 kg Lost: 17 kg in 3 months A professor of computer science and director of the Bhopal-based Truba Group of Institutes, Dr. Manish Manoria had weighed more than 100 kg for several years. “As far as I can recall, my weight has been […]

Entrepreneur Sahil Softa started piling on weight when he started focusing on his furniture business in Sirhind, Punjab.

Name: Samarth Trigunaik Age: 24 years Then: 91 kg Now: 80 kg Lost: 11 kg in four and a half months Agra-based Samarth Trigunaik started piling on the pounds after he went to Canada to obtain his commercial pilot’s licence in 2012. His two years there translated into a poor lifestyle choices and dietary habits. […]

During and after her first pregnancy, Anuradha put on about 10 kg. One day as she dressed up, she found that she couldn’t fit into her sari blouse.

Her chubby cheeks were adorable when she was at school but Bangalore-based IT professional Pramiti Bhatnagar had enough of them by the time she joined college. And then began an endless battle with the bulge ensued.

The home-and-office routine left Beryl Pais with very little time for anything else. The professional from Mumbai often worked late hours, and kept wishing that she could shed the pounds she was piling on. Gym memberships were bought but she never had the time to use them. The professional exercise cycle at home turned into a clothes hanger of sorts. Things came to a head when she found that she was at risk of diabetes.

Naresh grew up in a small town in Karnataka and a traditional South Indian breakfast was a must. His day usually began with poori-bhaaji, or medu wadas/masala dosa with a generous helping of coconut chutney and sambhar. But weight was never a concern as he was blessed with a sleek frame; he weighed only 58 kg while at college.

Rashmi Sudarshan Age 40 Weighs 87 kg today Weighed 104 kg earlier Lost 17 kg over 6 months Her challenges: Rashmi wasn’t always overweight. She married early, at age 20, and had a baby soon after. A homemaker living in Dubai, she had few options for an active outdoors life. “Even so, I ensured that […]

Ipsita Swain Age 24 Weighs 69 kg today Weighed 80 kg earlier Lost 11 kg in just over seven months Her story While in college, Ipsita says no one would have called her overweight. “Given my height (5 feet 4 inches), I would say I was little healthy,” she claims. It was when she left […]

Surat resident Chaitali received a rude shock when she was admitted to a hospital mid-last year, and was diagnosed with diabetes. “My fasting sugar level was 400,” says Chaitali, who weighed 87 kg at the time. She hadn’t always been fat but had gained weight due to a hormone imbalance. Her hospitalization, and the fact […]