Charanjith K

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IPL is back. And for the next 2 months - Indian men will: - Sleep at 12 AM every night because “match chal raha hai” - Order Swiggy during every timeout - Skip the gym because “aaj match hai” - Open a beer at 8 PM on a Tuesday like it’s Saturday - Analyse Virat Kohli’s diet, recovery, and fitness routine while eating butter chicken on the couch at midnight Same cycle. Every year. Nobody talks about it because cricket is religion. But here’s what 2 months of this actually does: 1. Your sleep collapses. Sleeping at 1 AM for 60 days straight resets your body clock. Cortisol goes up. Testosterone drops. Fat storage increases. You’ll feel the damage in June and blame “garmi” for your low energy. 2. Your eating gets worse without you noticing. You’re not ordering Swiggy because you’re hungry. You’re ordering because the match is on and it “feels right.” 60 nights of this is 60 extra meals your body didn’t ask for. 3. Your gym streak dies. “I’ll go tomorrow.” Tomorrow has another match. 2 months later you’ve lost whatever consistency you built. Starting over in June feels impossible so you push it to July. Then August. Then “next year.” 4. You worship athletes who treat their body like a machine. Then treat yours like a dustbin. Kohli has a ₹2 crore fitness team. You won’t skip a match for him but you’ll skip the gym because of him. I’m not asking you to stop watching cricket. Watch every match. • Pre-decide what you’re eating before the match starts. Not during a timeout at 10 PM. On-the-spot decisions are always the worst ones. • Eat your protein first. Before the match. It fills you up. You snack less, order less, and don’t end up eating two dinners by midnight. • Let this post be your sign. You’ve done this every IPL season. Every June you’ve regretted it. Same 5 kgs. Same guilt. Same restart. This year - don’t let 2 months undo what you’ve been building.