Health Blog by YinTeing

I was having lunch with my colleague a few days ago and as we were walking back to the office, he told me he had suddenly craved for Burger King the evening before. So he stopped at Burger King and enjoyed a nice burger.

So me being me, I was just about to venture into a lecture about Glyceamic Index when he told me quietly sometimes, we should just eat what we want. He told me about his friend’s mother. The lady took care of her health and food intake. She goes to the gym frequently. And yet, she was diagnosed with throat cancer. Unfortunately, she died from the cancer. And her dying words to a visiting friend: “if you want to eat anything, just eat.”

He used to share with me his other food cravings such as wanting to eat his favourite McDonalds ice cream, corn, chocolates or fried chicken. Today he told me, “I ate a fried chicken wing with mashed potato and salad and it’s gorgeous!”. But he’s in relatively good shape because he control his food intake.

So the question is…. should we just eat to our heart’s desire since life is short and we have no idea when our end will come?

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Almost everyone I know have to deal with problems of maintaining their ideal weight or more so, to lose some of them.

An friend of mine is a mother to 3 boys and one girl. Yet maintained a very good shape. What she did after her confinement:

• morning eat oatmeals or something that is high in fibre.
• lunch- bee hoon soup. Yes, bee hoon soup for 3 months. No yellow mee, kuay teow or others coz they are fattening.
• dinner- soup with a bit of vege or dish. Strictly no rice.
• do Power Yoga exercises 3 times a week.

With that, she lost 25 kgs in 3months. She told me that it involves lots of discipline, will power and determination.

But for me, discipline in terms of what I want to eat is something I am really lacking. Of course, that was until I found out that my diet actually feed my fatigue and mood changes. That gives me a strong determination to change.

For those out there who have strong cravings and weak willpower, find a good reason to change. So far I have not seen anyone who overates dramatically are genuinely happy. There may be some psychological trigger such as a constant void or feeling of unhappiness that motivates one to overeat. These issues would require deeper rework.

Meanwhile, we have to address the biology trigger because overating IS also caused by WHAT we put into our mouths. We are basically having more food cravings and hunger pangs because we are taking too much of processed carbs and refined sugar. To try, you can consciously cut down those and you will see the difference.