No nothing to do with battles and bloodshed here! This is the war that is continuously waging in our minds, every single day. Some of us have sleepless nights after the indulgence, the guilt trips, while some keep checking calories after every meal furiously. Some have gone too far and become anorexic. Yes, you got it now! We are talking about the war between the love of food and not wanting to get fat.
How difficult is it to restrain yourself from the temptations of food you know will add some kilos around the waistline? Yet, we indulge. Those with a better control over their tastebuds, will be less at fault but the yearning for a bite will keep their minds occupied for the rest of the day. A lesser-known Shakespeare once said, "To eat or not to eat, that is the question"!
I like calling myself 'foodie on a diet' because that's what my entire existence is about! Nothing tastes better with a little bit of cheese and grease which is why I don't mind having every meal of the day with butter or cheddar. Be it a roti ( Indian flatbread ) or rice, my gluttonous self will try to find a way to include these melt-in-the-mouth flavors. Junk food is not the only culprit, chicken korma with a buttery, garlic naan or pilau rice won't help you shed any kilos either. So what do I do? Even if I don't gorge on pizzas and pastas, I am still on my way to the land of muffin-top eating dishes which are commonly cooked in an Indian household. "This waging war" compelled me to write a little couplet on myself:
I indulge,
I bulge,
I regret,
I diet,
I lose
And this vicious circle continues.
Keto, Atkins, Intermittent Fasting, GM and what not- I've tried them all (my secret desire was to have a taste of the variety in these diets!) I even tried substituting my meal with the legendary 'salad' but it didn't work out too. No, no! I am not guilty that I added mayo to that bowl as a dressing. At least, it had 'boiled' (read: not fried) penne.
With this 'divine devouring' and diet experiments, I am surely going to come up with my own diet pretty soon. A diet which strugglers like me would relish without counting calories. Of course, I'll name it "Diet-plan for Gluttons".
At times, I ask myself, "why does the food we love makes us fat?" Rather "why are the fattening foods so tasteful?" Still on the lookout for an answer munching this Lindt!