Blame it on your taste buds.

Recently my colleague spent me a Mars chocolate bar. I was so happy. Knowing myself, I would have never made a conscious decision to get the bar so it was great that there was someone who got it for me.
At a glance, I rejected the Mars but being Malaysian and a colleague I decided to accept the bar of chocolate.
I was expecting it to be ok for me however after a few bites I realized that I did not enjoy the taste of it. I really don't know why. Maybe it was the stickiness? Maybe it was the caramel? Or maybe it was the chocolate? I'm not surprised if it was the chocolate cause there were few occasions when I had chocolate and I didn't enjoy the taste. At the end, when I finished the last bite, I felt the 260 calories wasn't worth it.
After a while reasoning out with myself I got the answer. The reason why I didn't enjoy the mars bar was probably my taste buds. My taste buds just don't prefer the taste of chocolate. So, I will not have the trouble to burn of the extra calories. However, if your taste buds enjoy the taste of chocolate, then I think you might get yourself in trouble. And besides chocolate, if your taste buds go well for ice cream, cookies and other products with high in sugar, then confidently I can assure you that you probably have a tough time burning of the extra calories.
So, I guess taste buds are evil too. They maybe a deciding factor on what you choose to eat and if you decide on an unhealthy choice, now we know why. Gosh, this must be trouble because if your taste buds enjoy not only chocolate but also ice cream, cookies and other products with high in sugar and fat, then guaranteed we will be putting on the kilo's due to excess calories and if mixed will low physical activity, that's just recipe for disaster.
Gosh, all this problems and it all started from the taste buds???

Celebrity weight gain.

Recently the bollywood scene was surprised by the appearance of the overweight Manisha Koirala. She was pale, hagged and terribly overweight.
The media swarmed her like as tho an artist cannot be succumb to this crisis. Well, thats where the problem lies, that an artist cannot put on weight!
An artist or also known as a celebrity is expected to take care of their weight. If you wanna go out there in front of everyone, you must be able to carry yourself well. What better way like being in shape.
Is the world so cruel that one cannot make a mistake? I'm not sure about that but what I'm sure is that it makes good news.

...most difficult to bear...

Last week I attended a family function to realize that one of my uncle had recently suffered a cardiac arrest or commonly known as heart attack. When I met him, he was weak, had difficulty in staying upright, hunched and talking very softly.
He is now in his early sixties. He was a very active individual and in the last function before this that I met him, he was so alive. He was moving every where during the function in making sure everything went well. He was even the mc of the function and did a great job in entertaining the crowd.
I can see that life has taken a 180 degree turn on him. Studies has shown that when something traumatic like cardiac arrest hits, a person mobility or movement is seriously impaired and that will slowly deteriorate the overall health. This takes place because the body has become weak, largely because the cardiac or heart muscle has been injured.
So, it's a downward journey from now on for him. I wonder if he will ever recover? Honestly, when I met him, I said a short prayer hoping he gets well cause the sight was just too saddening.
I wonder where did he go wrong? Could it have been his lifestyle? Has he been consuming too much saturated fats or has he been physically inactive? Or maybe his genes? Was it hereditary that kicked in? Whatever it maybe, the suffering that he is going thru was most difficult to bear. Who wants to be weak and slow when once you were so active! How do you think it feels to be immobile???
To make matters worst, what if there are others who are dependent on him? How are they going to thru life without him?
So, like how my late grandfather mentioned.. Health is the most important asset in your life!