After having lost 10 kgs in 2 months, have basically been taking it very easy - as far as dieting goes. The nice benefits of exercise (pranayam, walking, weights) have made a deep enough impression on the body-mind for me to feel mild withdrawal symptoms if I do not do them.
Specially for the last one week, since the Golden Week started, I have really been eating the way I used to eat before - with lots of effort, stamina, perseverance - keep on stuffing yourself with food till you are unable to move! Then lie in a stupor like an overstuffed python to digest all the food.
And still the weight has not shot up. Till 2 days ago, was only 1 kilo more (77.9) than the minimum I have reached (76.9). Though with special effort - which only the obese people have a talent for - I could gain another 900 grams to make it to 78.8 in 2 days.
Anyway, time to refocus and to make another sustained effort to reach our initial target of 72.
We will be leaving for Chicago on 19th June. That gives us about 6 weeks.
It should be easy to come back to 78 in a couple of days. Then we can aim for a kilo a week to reach 72 before we leave for Chicago.
Very reasonable rate of about 1 kilo per week, 4 kilos per month.