Venture the taste of blue and red.I realized that I take pictures of food at a faster rate than posting entries. Well, I blame for the lack of time...or lack of productivity. The bag of potato chips that my friend Jono brought was very interesting. Because we Americans usually consume the ordinary brown (yet dirty and starchy) potatoes, I found it shocking to see blue potato chips that I was a bit scared they were molding. However, with a taste of salt and little seasoning, these delightful little crisps was a lovely treat. Never hurts to try!
Speaking of food, after a night of reading another tortuous seven paged article (okay, it wasn't that tortuous since I have to read an article almost everyday), I came across another article that would really strike the interest of many people who are conscious of their weight (Ehem, girls).
For those who diet almost everyday of their lives since I don't know... twelve? Do you ever realize that we all fall in that perpetual cycle of gaining weight or losing weight. And after each change, you either praise for joy or fall under deep depression? In A Weight That Women Carry by Sallie Tisdale, Tisdale mentions that many girls follow the diet by numbers: mostly either calories or fat. By expressing her feelings toward dieting, the author mentions that dieting is presumed to cut most and almost all pleasures of eating. After undergoing the experience of losing weight and regaining back her original weight, she undermines the use of dieting and sees it as mostly an unhealthy plan to lose weight happily.
Of course, there were certain points that made me disagree with Tisdale. For example, she mentions that people are unhappy and irritable during the process of loing weight. After slowly losing a couple of pounds since fourth grade (yes, I was a bit "weighty" during my elementary/middle school years), I can safely say that I am happy with the changes of my shape and body (thankfully with puberty) through my motivation and self-control. Maybe that's one problem with some people. Many Americans lack the self-control of taking reasonable portions of food. Like what my classmate said, "Sure it doesn't hurt to take the pleasure of eating a cookie once in a while. But consuming ten cookies might be a problem."
However, there's one thing which she mentions that she considered skinny people "a pinnacle not of beauty but of will." Beauty is really skin within, but the power of one's motivation of losing weight can be clearly shown by one's shape and size.
Which also brings another question in mind. I sometimes wonder if I ever build up a wall into myself, isolating myself in dedication of being a doctor, would it be worth it? Throughout my high school career, I contemplate whether or not I'm working hard enough, fulfilling enough, or even satisfied enough to say that there will be nothing that I would regret out of high school. Despite the fact that there are people who say, "I never regret what I did in the past," I cannot help to say that they are not stating the unconditional truth. Most of us live in a life of regret, it's only those who move on that are happy.
Speaking of food, after a night of reading another tortuous seven paged article (okay, it wasn't that tortuous since I have to read an article almost everyday), I came across another article that would really strike the interest of many people who are conscious of their weight (Ehem, girls).
For those who diet almost everyday of their lives since I don't know... twelve? Do you ever realize that we all fall in that perpetual cycle of gaining weight or losing weight. And after each change, you either praise for joy or fall under deep depression? In A Weight That Women Carry by Sallie Tisdale, Tisdale mentions that many girls follow the diet by numbers: mostly either calories or fat. By expressing her feelings toward dieting, the author mentions that dieting is presumed to cut most and almost all pleasures of eating. After undergoing the experience of losing weight and regaining back her original weight, she undermines the use of dieting and sees it as mostly an unhealthy plan to lose weight happily.
Of course, there were certain points that made me disagree with Tisdale. For example, she mentions that people are unhappy and irritable during the process of loing weight. After slowly losing a couple of pounds since fourth grade (yes, I was a bit "weighty" during my elementary/middle school years), I can safely say that I am happy with the changes of my shape and body (thankfully with puberty) through my motivation and self-control. Maybe that's one problem with some people. Many Americans lack the self-control of taking reasonable portions of food. Like what my classmate said, "Sure it doesn't hurt to take the pleasure of eating a cookie once in a while. But consuming ten cookies might be a problem."
However, there's one thing which she mentions that she considered skinny people "a pinnacle not of beauty but of will." Beauty is really skin within, but the power of one's motivation of losing weight can be clearly shown by one's shape and size.
Which also brings another question in mind. I sometimes wonder if I ever build up a wall into myself, isolating myself in dedication of being a doctor, would it be worth it? Throughout my high school career, I contemplate whether or not I'm working hard enough, fulfilling enough, or even satisfied enough to say that there will be nothing that I would regret out of high school. Despite the fact that there are people who say, "I never regret what I did in the past," I cannot help to say that they are not stating the unconditional truth. Most of us live in a life of regret, it's only those who move on that are happy.
