There are two terrifying things in a woman’s life. Fortunately,
I’m blessed with both. One my weight and two my mother in law.
Last month i went for a complete health checkup. I
underwent a series of tests and spent half of my salary. I collected the
reports and consulted the doctor. He gave me a serious look and said “Sevitha,
obesity is a major problem. You’re prone to diseases like cholesterol,
diabetes, thyroid, and android.”
I was shocked. He continued
saying hypertension along with blood pressure, liquid pressure, vacuum pressure
is on your way. I was already pressure less, but my husband was pressurized. My
husband looked at me and said “Honey. Please take care of your health. After
all, who will do the laundry.
The very next day i decided to go on a strict diet and
joined a gym where they plucked the rest of my salary. At the gym, they gave me
an ever green diet plan - green vegetable, green salad, green grass, green,
green, green. Exactly a menu for a cow.
What i don’t understand is
in spite of eating only green grass, why are some cows fatter than me?
I came home from the gym and received a phone call from
my mil – “Hi Sevitha. I am going to come home tomorrow”. I realized my doctor’s
words were coming true – hyper tension along with blood pressure on my way.
Next morning, she reached our house, went straight into
the kitchen and started cooking. That was when my hubby told her about my diet
plans. After keenly listening to it, my mil gave me a wicked smile.
She said “No problem Ajay. I will take care of it.”
Leaving
the kitchen to her, i rushed to the gym. My trainer, after seeing me, he was
instantly inspired and asked me to stand on the weighing machine. As soon as i
got on it, it started beeping with an automated voice – ONE PERSON AT A TIME. I
looked at my trainer and said, “After all… weight is just a number.”
He
then asked me to raise a 10 kilo bar, i lifted it like a chocolate bar.
His ego was terribly hurt. He
never gave up. He asked me to do 25 minutes of running, 25 minutes on EFX, 25 minutes
of floor exercise, and finally he gave me 25 table topics. I was exhausted.
I
came back home. And the breakfast was ready.
I went to the dining table
and saw two idlies in my plate…5 idlies and 2 vadas in my husband’s plate……It
gave me the same feeling of someone else’s appraisal letter and my appraisal
letter…
For a minute, i thought of slim goddesses like Priyanka
chopra and Kareena Kapoor and quickly gulped the two idlies and started to
office. Vada…..poche!!!
I reached office at 10 am and exactly an hour later i
started to hear different sounds from my tummy. i couldn’t wait for lunch time.
During lunch, i rushed to the cafeteria and opened my box ravenously. I saw two
chapathis and a small cup of dal.
I understood why my mother
in law said, “I will take care of it”. After work, i reached home by 8pm. When i entered the
house, i smelt fresh ghee in the air. I was about to dive on the food. Just
then my MIL told, “Sevitha, Wait. Let Ajay come”.
I was waiting for my lovely
husband to come.
A few minutes later, my lovely husband arrived. My mil
served him hot puris and chicken and she brought a hot pack from the kitchen
with a smile. i opened it so eagerly to find biryanis. But i found 3 dry rotis.
Rotis!!! Really!!! I felt like stuffing all three roti’s
in her mouth and suffocate her to death. Oh…no she is my mother in law, how can
i kill her?
Frustrated, i skipped my
dinner and went to bed. But I was not able to sleep. I kept rolling….and rolling….
and rolling…..in the bed but my husband kept burping…. and burping…. and
burping….in the bed. I got up from the bed and rushed
to the kitchen. I brought all the possible dishes from the kitchen to the bed
room. My husband was shocked and was staring at me. I saw my MIL standing at
the door and smirking at me. I looked at my husband and told “Sergeant at
arms!!! Please ensure the doors are secured until i finish eating”.
Ladies and only ladies!!! Dieting is a tough job. Do it. But
do it only when your MIL is not around.
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