how watching tv helps you to lose weight...

(apart from those weird things like Richard Simmons "look at me, i'm a pony / shake your booty to the sixties" videos, that is)

Ate dinner at home today, and decided to turn on the telly. The only thing (in the absence of cable) that was worth watching was channelnewsasia (for once - mainly cos an imported, rather than an in-house program was airing at the time). So what was airing? A documentary on America's battle with the bulge.

Before i knew it, the stuff that was reported on the program had a direct impact on my subsequent actions:

i eased up on the dark sauce, which under normal circumstances i would smother my chicken rice with until it's a glop of black gooey stuff

i had second thoughts about eating the juicy and fatty roast chicken skin (though i did eat it anyway =p)

i eschewed the chewy beef ligaments in the soup that my mother made (even though it's not fat methinks) and tossed them to Bingo instead (on whom the documentary obviously had no effect)

i made a concious effort to not eat so much rice (too much unrefined carbs make you feel hungry sooner, according to the program - which come to think of it, explains why there are days when i can consume three dinners in one evening)

i decided not to eat any dessert (when there was an ample supply of jelly, ice cream and chocs awaiting me in the fridge)

after clearing my plate, i immediately brought Bingo for an extended brisk walk around the neighbourhood (the program said that 10000 steps a day puts you on the right road to a healthy lifestyle - and anyway, comparatively speaking Bingo needs to lose much more weight than i do)

i counted the number of steps i made while walking (but lost count before 1000)

i have resolved to maintain some kind of exercise program even now though my academic stagnation as of late probably advises against it

Heehee not bad eh =p?