CUT THE FAT

1. Challenge: During this Covid 19 pandemic times I faces the problem of Putting on Weight. I

gained 8 KG to 9 KG Weight i.e. (81 – 88.5 KG). Cholesterol levels were increased. The  Primary reason for this is lack of exercise and work from home option and spread of the virus  which will prevent you not to go out for any physical activities like going to Gym or Park. I  decided to reduce the my weight. First I did the deep dive analysis of my daily routine, Food  habits, stress etc. I noticed the below points

 Daily Routine:

•  Lack of physical exercise. Though I am not new to fitness, I observed this pandemic  time I completely stopped spending time on it

 Food Habits:

•  Irregular Eating time

•  Un balanced Diet

 Stress:

•  As me and family were isolated in metro city and drastically reduced the physical  interactions with people around and not going out to market, movies etc added a lot  of stress.

Surprisingly I found the same problem with my cousins, colleagues.

So I decided to “CUT THE FAT “. I have been doing the changes to above points and reduced  the weight to 80 KG. I decided to help my cousins and colleagues to “CUT THE FAT”.

2. Selection: I Decided to Try Story Telling as My Tool. Story Telling helps to convey the required

point to others with an Impact. It helps to make people visualize how could be the situation.

My problem required more of motivation and inspiration as this need to deal with Habits/daily  routines. Which are the toughest one to change. But decided to try it out, when I could change  few habits for the better health my family, colleagues can also do it especially during this  pandemic period.

3. Application: Describe how you applied the tool you selected to your challenge (e.g., what you

did and how the tool was applied effectively or ineffectively).

I have my own story of “ CUT THE FAT “ reducing the weigh from 88KG to 80KG. First of all I  started speaking to very very few of the family and colleagues. When I told about my weight  loss Journey and how it positively impacted me was a great start. Then I gradually started  talking about the their food habit and trying to inspire them to think about the “ increase the  drinking water to 4Lts” , start taking Vegetable Juice in the morning and citrus juice in the  evening” and complete the dinner by evening. This first strategy impacted positively as they  started consuming the juices however Drinking water have not changed much. Then second  strategy of spending time for the physical activity have been challenging , they had lot of  excused like cannot go to gym or park etc. Then I started shareing my experience of doing the  work out at home. Encouraged them to simple exercise at home which will help them. For this it  was mixed response. One of my cousin started physical activities and my colleague did not do  anything about it.

Being a Toastmaster ( Distinguished Toastmaster) helped me use the story telling techniques  like plot , dialogues, persuasion and motivation etc.

4. Insight: Describe the insight you gained from applying the tool you selected to your challenge

(e.g., how an insight affected your thinking about the challenge and about design thinking more  broadly).

After working with the family members and colleagues. My observations are

 Its Very very difficult to change the habits especially food. People are ready to risk the

health but not ready to change food habits.

 Contact motivation is needed to change the food habits.   Unfortunately people change food habits until it impact negatively on health. Take my case

until I realized cholesterol and weight are going beyond my control couldnot think seriously  about changing the food habits though we know all these good habits. Being a fitness freak  I struggled to change the habits to “ CUT THE FAT “ can understand how difficult it is to  convince others to change the health habits.

5. Approach: Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same tool you

selected or a different one -- and the reason(s) why.

Now I have understanding of the Design Thinking, I would like to try “CUT THE FAT” with my  team at work. Let me try a small bet and expand it to larger team.

 Motivate members to health seriously.Especially work from could seriously

impact the health.

 Create awareness and discuss on the tactics to reduce the weight   Promote the Drinking water regularly on daily basis.   Avoid Junk food and take natural food   Do the stretching and exercise during office our, lets set up reminders in the

outlook for the entire team.

 Encourage to log the weight details and track the progress.

I am positive on encouraging more people to “ CUT THE FAT “ and be health.


CUT THE FAT 1 . Challenge : During this Covid 19 pandemic times I faces the problem of Putting on Weight . I gained 8 KG to 9 KG Weight i.e. ( 81 – 88.5 KG ) . Cholesterol levels were increased . The Primary reason for this is lack of exercise and work from home option and spread of the virus which will prevent you not to go out for any physical activities like going to Gym or Park . I decided to reduce the my weight . First I did the deep dive analysis of my daily routine , Food habits , stress etc . I noticed the below points  Daily Routine : • Lack of physical exercise . Though I am not new to fitness , I observed this pandemic time I completely stopped spending time on it  Food Habits : • Irregular Eating time • Un balanced Diet  Stress : • As me and family were isolated in metro city and drastically reduced the physical interactions with people around and not going out to market , movies etc added a lot of stress . Surprisingly I found the same problem with my cousins , colleagues . So I decided to “ CUT THE FAT “ . I have been doing the changes to above points and reduced the weight to 80 KG . I decided to help my cousins and colleagues to “ CUT THE FAT ” . 2 . Selection : I Decided to Try Story Telling as My Tool . Story Telling helps to convey the required point to others with an Impact . It helps to make people visualize how could be the situation . My problem required more of motivation and inspiration as this need to deal with Habits / daily routines . Which are the toughest one to change . But decided to try it out , when I could change few habits for the better health my family , colleagues can also do it especially during this pandemic period . 3 . Application : Describe how you applied the tool you selected to your challenge ( e.g. , what you did and how the tool was applied effectively or ineffectively ) . I have my own story of “ CUT THE FAT “ reducing the weigh from 88KG to 80KG . First of all I started speaking to very very few of the family and colleagues . When I told about my weight loss Journey and how it positively impacted me was a great start . Then I gradually started talking about the their food habit and trying to inspire them to think about the “ increase the drinking water to 4Lts ” , start taking Vegetable Juice in the morning and citrus juice in the evening ” and complete the dinner by evening . This first strategy impacted positively as they started consuming the juices however Drinking water have not changed much . Then second strategy of spending time for the physical activity have been challenging , they had lot of excused like can not go to gym or park etc . Then I started shareing my experience of doing the work out at home . Encouraged them to simple exercise at home which will help them . For this it was mixed response . One of my cousin started physical activities and my colleague did not do anything about it . Being a Toastmaster ( Distinguished Toastmaster ) helped me use the story telling techniques like plot , dialogues , persuasion and motivation etc . 4 . Insight : Describe the insight you gained from applying the tool you selected to your challenge ( e.g. , how an insight affected your thinking about the challenge and about design thinking more broadly ) . After working with the family members and colleagues . My observations are  Its Very very difficult to change the habits especially food . People are ready to risk the health but not ready to change food habits .  Contact motivation is needed to change the food habits .  Unfortunately people change food habits until it impact negatively on health . Take my case until I realized cholesterol and weight are going beyond my control couldnot think seriously about changing the food habits though we know all these good habits . Being a fitness freak I struggled to change the habits to “ CUT THE FAT “ can understand how difficult it is to convince others to change the health habits . 5 . Approach : Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same tool you selected or a different one -- and the reason(s ) why . Now I have understanding of the Design Thinking , I would like to try “ CUT THE FAT ” with my team at work . Let me try a small bet and expand it to larger team .  Motivate members to health seriously . Especially work from could seriously impact the health .  Create awareness and discuss on the tactics to reduce the weight  Promote the Drinking water regularly on daily basis .  Avoid Junk food and take natural food  Do the stretching and exercise during office our , lets set up reminders in the outlook for the entire team .  Encourage to log the weight details and track the progress . I am positive on encouraging more people to “ CUT THE FAT “ and be health .