Blame my heavy eating habits on the weather

By Sophia Baraka

I am fat. The obesity bug has finally caught up with me.  I have put on 60 pounds in one month and what I hate about it is that I saw it coming all along, but did nothing about it.

I was growing rounder but I could not resist eating French fries and as you know, choices have consequences. What will I do to lose all this weight? My jeans have grown tight; my belts no longer go round my waist, yet my visits to McDonald’s keep getting more frequent. But who can resist their delicious hamburgers all dressed up with lettuce, tomatoes, beef, heaps of creamy and tasty mayonnaise sauce and lots of soda to wash it all down?

America is so ‘foodish’ and I am not the only one eating all the time. There is food everywhere. The attractive scent of fresh food is all over, hot food that clings on your nose and clothes like sweet perfume. Every other shop and mall has hot and enticing food.

food adverts

Turn left, turn right… on every wall, on every bus, on every tramcar, on every television all you see is food adverts. There are food queues everywhere.

All these food promotions will be the death of me! To be fair to myself, I blame the weather. It was the cold winter that gave me this humongous appetite. It was so cold that all I could do was eat. I needed some fat in my body to keep warm.  I kept eating cheese and licking butter. I stopped going to the gym.

Honestly, this gym business is a waste of money and time. The more I visit the gym, the more weight I gain and the more frequently I eat. The exercises leave me feeling so hungry, breathless and tired. I think I will postpone these gym visits until further notice. It is easier staying at home to watch television.

I can drink lots of coffee and cookies and watch my favourite programme, Double Jeopardy. The questions are tough, but I don’t have to answer them, anyway. The people on the show answer all the questions.

Since I got fat, I have been avoiding my friends. People can be so insensitive and rude. It is my body not theirs. I wish people could comment on their own bodies and leave mine alone.

It is not like there is no sukuma wiki here.  There is lots of it. Unfortunately, the leaves are so huge you could mistake them for elephant ears. I’m still not sure they are meant for human consumption.