Timothy’s Blog

My mom called me up long-distance sometime last week to tell me I am fatter now than the time I thought I was fat.

That was when I was shooting in Orlando and being fed huge tasteless portions of what they call “food” in America. But one must eat to keep going so I had no choice. 4 days in Orlando and I gained 3 Kgs even before I reached Seattle for the second half of our trip.

When my mom said this, I took a good look at myself in the mirror, afterall, mothers are the ones who keep feeding us and making sure we eat well at all times. And when a mother says you’re fat, you take it seriously.

Thursday afternoon, a fitness instructor in the gym yelled from across the locker rooms “Tim you are fat!” as I was entering the showers. Later on, I told him yes I am gaining weight but he won’t get me to sign up for a training scheme to beef up and trim down.

The man said I am on TV therefore I must look trim!?!?!? Wait just a minute, are TV folks put on a different weighing scale than the rest of humanity?

So I reminded him that I do the news. I don’t have to take my shirt off for anything I do on tv. I don’t have to look like a beef-cake.

But here is a scary thought, some doctors actually think the combination of home and work stress is making people fat.

A recent study done in Canada found that fatigue caused by too much work contributes to Canada’s obesity problem. The study revealed that workers who are tired tend to eat more.

I’ve been in Singapore for almost 8 years.  I started eating more when I was doing Primetime Morning. It was just natural then to have an early breakfast since we would wake up earlier than most of humanity, and having dinner just before we went to bed happened almost every night.

When I was in my twenties, any weight gained was easily disposed of after an extensive gym session or two.

Now that I’m nearing the so called middle-age, burning the accumulated fat around the middle will take a month of gym sessions and a lot of dieting.

So what about making sure I eat healthy low-fat, low-carb meals?

NO WAY, I wont give up the most basic of pleasures just to look the way some people expect us to look on TV.

So I am what some friends call “chubby-perfect” — I know they are being sweet and nasty at the same time, and I am OK with that.

No one will and can make me feel insecure by telling me I am gaining weight.

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