Sweet Temptation And The Struggle of Balance

Hola gente guapa, I trust you have had a productive week? If, not, there are still one more day to go before the weeks ends. If you still can't this week, you have next week to be as productive as you can. That reminds me, I have always believed the week starts on a Sunday. But some other people feel the week starts from Monday, thus, why Sunday is considered part of the weekend.

I'd like to know which day you think begins the week. Feel free to leave a comment on that.

I have said in one or two of my previous articles that I am at home because the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are on strike in my country, a supposed warning strike that they have been extending every time the warning period ends. This would have been the year I completed my 5-year degree programme, but thanks to their incessant strike and the pandemic, it looks like I will be a graduate by next year (hopefully).

I want to use this opportunity to thank my benevolent sponsors for their support, I very much appreciate the effort and can't thank you all enough for the faith you've shown in me.

Anyway, I have been at home for two weeks now and the problem with this is the constant torture of resisting food. By food, I mean anything that you can it, be it junk or a proper meal. This struggle is compounded by the fact that I have no phone of my own to keep me busy doing other things (I am working towards rectifying that as soon as possible). I am the kind of guy who eats more when bored. Yes, when I am bored with nothing to do, I tend to eat more and never get full.

The only reason this is a struggle is because I had made a personal choice to eat healthy and maintain a healthy weight. You see, I have been blessed with the curse of gaining and losing weight easily, so it is difficult to maintain the particular weight both when I am at home and when school is in session.

I practically live two contrasting lifestyles at home and in school at home, I have to constantly resist the urge to eat, even when I do, I am careful not to over eat or eat too much fat and carbohydrate. In school on the other hand, you eat what you find, and no matter how much you eat, you never gain weight. The only thing you do is lose weight.

Of course I suppose someone is thinking why don't I just exercise more when I am at home. Truth is that I m usually lazy when at home and weirdly just prefer to rest and gain a little weight because I know I am still gonna lose them when school resumes, because I am more active in school. First of, I have to leave the house as early as (am in the morning, oftentimes, without having breakfast. I walk to and fro classes from Monday to Friday, and usually indulge in playing street football Saturday mornings. Not to mention the usual competitive football I play in in school. So, it is easy to lose which ever weight I have managed to gain while on holiday at home.

On one hand, I think it is strange for one to die from conditions which resulted from one's feeding habits. On the other hand, if one is to die, isn't it more logical to die from eating too much of every thing? I mean, eating is an important so, I can understand why one would 'overdo' it. Doing the right thing right is never easy if we are being honest.

Well, so far, I have been doing well in resisting the food temptations. I have had only about four bottles of soft drink since in the past two weeks. Trust me when I say this is progress 😂 😂 . Since no One has an idea when the ongoing strike action will end, let me see how much more my resilience can be put to test, wish me luck.

Thank You For Reading 🖤🖤