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Amidst the engagement, sangeet, shadi, bidai blah blah blah on social media - Its Marathon Season! I usually missed these posts from (very few) of my social friends - sometimes unknowingly and mostly on purpose till last year. This year is different! It all begun with my (then) new boss (a major fitness enthusiast) asking us about what we did for fitness at our first team lunch, in December 2016. The answer was NOTHING! Yes, I did  nothing. A hard look at myself led me to realize that under the hurt and pain body shaming by others, I had stopped caring for myself.  While I am 100% against bullying, I realized, it was important for me to do something about F itness if not Fatness ! It was not until April of the last year that I really acted upon this thought (classic - lazy - me). In April of 2017 when I realized that mere gyming (going to the gym - working out - missing it often - eating more thinking I will work out more tomorrow - actually working out the next day ...

Shoes are a woman's second best friend (first for middle class ones like me who cant afford diamonds). While I have often taken to cheap thrills of window shopping and fantasizing of shoes and ultimately said - I can't afford these, I too do give in to temptations - this  week  I got 4!  A shoe shop on sale is like Kurla station @  9 AM  on a  Monday  - the energy we women show comes out at once to lay our hands on that  shiny  new pair on FLAT 70% off  that  we stalked for 2 years on the web, the shop, on someone's feet and finally have a chance to get it! Such is the journey to new shoes! Once out of the shop I could not stop smiling as I had accomplished the unthinkable - own 4 BRANDED shoes at once! The very next day - I donned my new pair - coordinated an outfit to go with it - and woo hoo -  I looked flawless. 15 Minutes into the shoes, something familiar happens. Yes - shoe bites! I walked bare minim...