- As you are aware, we Indians are on a celebratory mode right through the year warmly welcoming one or the other festival by indulging in fun, frolic, revelry, joy, and of course, never letting go off an opportunity to don new clothes as well as feasting on mouthwatering delicacies. While we were growing up, irrespective of our social standing, every festival was considered prominent, anticipated with excitement, enthusiastically preparing for the big day, and planning meticulously for what clothes should be brought as well as eagerly listening to family matriarchs envisaging sumptuous delicacies to be dished out for all of us. Those were the days where we all enjoyed with absolute gay abandon with nary a thought about diets or the fear of piling on weights. Period.
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- Undeniably, things have changed dramatically over the decades where the erstwhile fun-filled indulgences are almost things of the past what with the present-day fast life altering our priorities like never before. Life-style diseases are here to stay for good. We are unalterably used to modern-day amenities that are so ubiquitous in our day-to-day existence without which one cannot even think about existing sanely. We have become extremely cagey and diet-conscious, rightfully so, but after foregoing what our parents/grandparents relished with such delight. Yes, sedentary life style, lack of exercise, addiction to digital platforms, mad rush to stay ahead, fear of missing out, and many such innumerable necessities of the present day cannot be discounted/brushed aside.
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- Mind you, any Indian festivals is all about relishing food. And the recent festival of lights, Deepavali, threw an intriguing question to us vis-à-vis traditionally tucking in all those delicacies versus the growing clamour for an injection promising to reduce our weight dramatically. What’s this injection all about though? Many may have chosen to gift themselves this Deepavali with an injection that costs Rs. 14,000+ a month because it is said our appetite goes off and stays off as long as we keep taking it. Though this is the gift to give this year, it comes with two big question marks. One, how much to give? We must place a rupee value to how much a person loved by us would be interested in downsizing. Two, how to reorganize the Deepali party conventionally?
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- Increasing usage of the magic Ozempic and Mounjaro exhibits several enthusiasts embracing the injectable prescriptions. Is it the right way? Quick fix solutions have always left us high and dry. Why not follow the age-old time-tested formula of what our elders observed assiduously for centuries? Eating everything moderately, exercising regularly, reading to help us remain mentally agile, indulging in fun activities, keeping pressure/stress at bay, social interactions, and not straining ourselves too much by embracing life as it unfolds rather than worry about uncontrollable. Festivals are great times to be with our near and dear ones without worrying too much about uncontrollable. Hopefully, the majority enjoyed Deepavali like there won’t be another.
