Saturday, April 27, 2013

XL - L - M

XL - Every woman’s nightmare are these 2 syllables or for the matter of fact even a L or a M is enough to send many a female into a frenzied tizzy. As a food blogger few, some, many, love handles get attracted to me, like a bear to honey. And the figure, literally speaking, jumps from a M to L to XL if I am not careful. It varies depending upon my itch to try new recipes in my endeavor to tick down the self created culinary bucket list. How I envy those femme fatales on TV shows creating one master piece after another without breaking a, gram in weight, sorry sweat. Don’t they gorge on their creations mercilessly? Don't these people feel the urge to lick off the condensed milk dripping down the tin or nibble a handful of choco chips they swirl into the batter?  I guess they don’t; yours truly does all that and much more. More than 10% of the ingredients of a cake or for that matter of fact any dish I cook is tucked into without a woe. Frankly I don’t care. NO I do care; I care when the weighing scales refuse to recognize me and send back some alarming numbers. I care when my trusted old jeans refuses to budge anywhere above my calf muscles;  I care when a random stranger hints at whether I am sporting a happy bulge. While I am tempted to retort "I have a figure, round is a figure"; I simply mumble inanities and rush home :)


It’s then I wage a little war against the fancy pots, pans and the beckoning oven. These allures are kept at a safe distance and going raw/green becomes the new motto. Eating healthy kicks in and the home sees a Hitler rule where all things that spell sinful is ditched. This continues for a while till I see a couple of hot blog posts harping about the owner’s win over some culinary bombshell and then all hell breaks lose. It is hearth attack like no tomorrow.

Cooking fancy food = blissful/sinful indulgence = happy flaunting on blog = more such dishes = love handles. 

This continues till the weighing scales - old jeans - pregnant question sets in. It is a vicious cycle of sorts. And the figures happily dazzle me for a while with stunning M, an OK L to an alarming XL. 

OK, jokes apart, XL to L to M is easy – as long as you are not starving and leading a normal healthy lifestyle.
  • Move your body – shake, dance and groove
  • Eat smaller portions but more number of meals
  • Feel an urge to snack? dig into an apple or a pear or a handful of nuts rather than reaching out for the biscuit packet or chips
  • Drink loads of water – {I saw a T-shirt message the other day which is so true} - the more you drink, the more you shrink
  • Ditch the elevators and use the stairs
  • Fond of sugar? try using honey instead
It is OK to indulge in chocolates or pizza or a bigger dollop of butter every once in a while as long as you burn it and have a healthy lifestyle otherwise. While XL in figures may give you the jitters, we can all aspire to Living and Enjoying Life XL



17 comments:

  1. Great tips...your story looks like mine...as soon as I see the signs, I make the move too!

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  2. You give us such lovely recipes on one hand and then tell us to shrink, Priya! Hmmmmpffff. ;)

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  3. such an insightful post which I badly need :) I follow what all u told but when ever some one is having GOOD FOOD it tempts me. My husb is traitor in my case
    STILL I TRY CONTROLLING
    I thought of XL tooo today :) but glad u wrote

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  4. I need to do that too XL to L ! I always used to think I m eternally thin and I can eat any and everything... but alas... mid 30's finally had their say !

    Those are very sensible tips :D

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  5. Being a veg, am a foodie. Eat all I want and work it out too...yet, I have a stubborn tummy fat. Nothing ever moves it.

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  6. Good post! I enjoy food way too much, but try to fight the bulge with exercise and healthy snacking so I can enjoy real food, and food that I love. I'm terrible at drinking enough water, but I keep a giant insulated mug by my side all day and it helps considerably. My favorite type of working out is going for walks (I live in the foothills, so it's not a level area; I get lots of ups and downs). It's finally getting nice enough for me to be back to my late night walks!

    Shannon at The Warrior Muse

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  7. Those are very nice and simple tips to implement! hahahha!! At least none of us will be 'humongous'! ;)

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  8. It is the same story this side. The agenda for the summers is to go from XL to L... starting swimming in a week! :)

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  9. My theory on XL is that God made me this way - like it or lump it!

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  10. Great tips. This is my aim this summer! God Help ME!

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  11. Lol, that was great reading. :) Being empty-nesters the cooking frenzy (trying out new recipes) is almost nil. But when the kids land, it is another story. :)

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  12. Haha...my life story. I have never been able to reach xl to xs..L bahut ho gaya !!

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  13. what u r food blogger! N i dint know that!!! Link plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  14. That in short sums up my life endeavor. To get back to M where I started at marriage and now at XL post 2 kids :)

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  15. Priya, story of my life. Hmmmmmm need to move that XL now I guess.

    Dropping by from AtoZ
    BlogwatiG

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  16. Good tips. I love the first one, but can't seem to stick to the remaining that much. :)

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