Eat To Live Or Live To Eat?
It’s Dad’s birthday today, so I took the parents to my fave steamboat restaurant, Xuan Xin.
One thing I noticed of late, I don’t eat the way I used to anymore after losing all that weight. Not that I’m complaining, I love my new figure.
So after just 1 round of the many varieties of balls and the meats from the tapenyaki section, I was done. The parents finished the rest.
What happened? There was a time when I used to be able to make repeated trips to the buffet line. Nowadays, a beef burger with egg and cheese feels like 3-course dinner when it used to be just satisfying.
These days, food to me is just a sustainance, something to give my body fuel. In fact, it has been a long time since I prowled the streets or food blogs looking for a new place with good food.
It’s really just a means to an end. I eat because I need to, simple as that. Oh, I still enjoy my favorite foods. I just can’t gorge myself with them like I used to.
Rice is public enemy #1. Mom must be pleased, because with the price hike of rice, she’s definitely saving a lot.
Sigh…I get the feeling that very soon, nobody will invite me to buffets anymore. It’ll be just sheer waste of money.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:46 am
I agree with you one some and disagree on some.
Agree that after we lose all that weight, our eating habits will be permanently changed. I have accepted the fact that buffets will be a waste of money for me. My baby offered to take me to the splendid $120 per pax buffet dinner at the 6-star Rasa Sayang but I had to pass on that knowing that I will not be able to eat anything more than $20 worth of food!
Disagree that rice is public enemy #1. I still take rice albeit in much smaller portions. The inches are still being shaved off.
It’s all about moderation. Anything good will be bad if we OD-ed on it.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I forgot one more thing. Exercise is crucial. Otherwise, you will lose all the weight but look haggard. Be careful girl. It’s one thing to lose weight but another altogether to look years beyond our age, right?