The Desire to have Tasty Foods Healthy...
Whats with my obsession? I am so committed to eating, eating and only eating. This overeating disorder of mine has led to a gain of nearly 9 kilos in 25 months. I still don't understand if I do it consciously or not. And whats the irony about it as my title suggests to say?! The irony is about how every little thing tasty has to be unhealthy in one way or the other. This includes all my favourites- pizzas, french fries, chocolate mousse, parathas and paneer butter masala, cheese n noodles, coke, cappuccino and liquid chocolate. Hence, I have made up my mind to blame destiny for the weight-gain and not me, a mere mortal.
The other day, I had this sudden craving to go grab a hot double-cheese margherita and some iced tea from Domino's for lunch. Yes, I could go ahead and do it as long as I have two hundred bucks. However, I had to confront this eternal question and ponder about it for nearly an hour before I could actually convince my mind to quench my craving rather leave it hanging. And the eternal question is about how destiny emphasizes on getting the sadistic pleasure of letting everything tasty be unhealthy or at least not so recommended (or nutritious). On the other hand, it is very simple to have it like this- Why can't pizza be rich in vitamins, fibre, minerals, etc and still be as tasty?! Isn't it simpler that way? I can have what I want to have and yet be not bothered about the entire trauma of calculating how many calories it would cost me. Or if you want me to look at it from both sides- why should cappuccino be delicious with only empty calories. Where is the balance in this system that everybody talks about? I demand that there be a balance between taste and nutrition- as in the degree of deliciousness must be directly proportional to its nutrition content. Fair enough, right? This way, people are eating healthy food with a positive mind. In fact, they would have more and more of it. Aah...What would that be like!
Simply put, all I want is one day (or may be a week?) when I can eat whatever (everything, if possible) I want and not gain a single calorie out of it. Also, on that day, I would want to gain the richest source of calcium from cheese, vitamins from chocolate, fibre from oily parathas and minerals from cappuccino. Or to be more selfish, pizzas could actually help me lose weight. Wow. Now this is why I call myself an eternal optimist...I actually think it will happen someday. Till it actually happens, I shall merely dream of living in that virtual period!
Whats with my obsession? I am so committed to eating, eating and only eating. This overeating disorder of mine has led to a gain of nearly 9 kilos in 25 months. I still don't understand if I do it consciously or not. And whats the irony about it as my title suggests to say?! The irony is about how every little thing tasty has to be unhealthy in one way or the other. This includes all my favourites- pizzas, french fries, chocolate mousse, parathas and paneer butter masala, cheese n noodles, coke, cappuccino and liquid chocolate. Hence, I have made up my mind to blame destiny for the weight-gain and not me, a mere mortal.
The other day, I had this sudden craving to go grab a hot double-cheese margherita and some iced tea from Domino's for lunch. Yes, I could go ahead and do it as long as I have two hundred bucks. However, I had to confront this eternal question and ponder about it for nearly an hour before I could actually convince my mind to quench my craving rather leave it hanging. And the eternal question is about how destiny emphasizes on getting the sadistic pleasure of letting everything tasty be unhealthy or at least not so recommended (or nutritious). On the other hand, it is very simple to have it like this- Why can't pizza be rich in vitamins, fibre, minerals, etc and still be as tasty?! Isn't it simpler that way? I can have what I want to have and yet be not bothered about the entire trauma of calculating how many calories it would cost me. Or if you want me to look at it from both sides- why should cappuccino be delicious with only empty calories. Where is the balance in this system that everybody talks about? I demand that there be a balance between taste and nutrition- as in the degree of deliciousness must be directly proportional to its nutrition content. Fair enough, right? This way, people are eating healthy food with a positive mind. In fact, they would have more and more of it. Aah...What would that be like!
Simply put, all I want is one day (or may be a week?) when I can eat whatever (everything, if possible) I want and not gain a single calorie out of it. Also, on that day, I would want to gain the richest source of calcium from cheese, vitamins from chocolate, fibre from oily parathas and minerals from cappuccino. Or to be more selfish, pizzas could actually help me lose weight. Wow. Now this is why I call myself an eternal optimist...I actually think it will happen someday. Till it actually happens, I shall merely dream of living in that virtual period!
