My journey with cycling started with a cycle to work campaign supported by a company sponsored cycle. It inspired me towards the fitness & cost saving for fuel expenses. Gradually, I got associated with community riding within Bengaluru city involving environment-related initiatives. With all these rides, my endurance reached up to 100 KM rides within city outreach on every weekend.
As I was motivated towards an eco-friendly and healthy lifestyle, adopting Reduce, Refuse, Recycle, Reuse was imperative for me. After being confident by training with gogreengocycyling community, I started with short-long distances.
To improve my strength and endurance, I started running for 10 KM, half marathon and marathons. Soon, I got inclined towards long distance cycling. Solo rides of 6000 to 10000 km and running barefoot marathons has now become my regular lifestyle. I’m an avid triathlete, and have actively participated in more than 30 campaigns for environment and health protection campaigns by various organisations.
Having realised the cause and effects of highly processed food & beverage products on health and environment, the quest for opting better food sources closer to nature started. Although I wasn't a non-vegetarian, bling eating of poultry-based, seafood and alcohol consumption was there in the past sedentary lifestyle. With an urge to reduce body weight management and to improve fitness, my food consumption pattern shifted towards healthy lifestyle choices. Over the time, I’ve experienced that a vegan diet is the most viable choice for our healthy nutritional needs even in connection with a high intensity endurance racing format like triathlons, and the vegan lifestyle can provide results for long-term performances as compared to other dietary options.
Health, Environment, Compassion - all the aspects had led me to veganism. I have been a vegan for more than 6 years. Initially, I had issues in figuring out the alternatives. However, that phase didn't last long.
I believe we beings are all connected with the Universe and it operates with Compassion. We need to align ourselves with the universe.
