Everyone in today’s society is on a diet. Everyone is trying to cut down even the non-clumsy ones want to cut down. Almost every woman is going the’ ketogenic’ way so they could burn down some calories and lose some weight which is quiet an interesting sight. Nowadays, many people have open gyms because most gyms are regularly flooded with women from all works of life who want to get the right body structure and maintain their figure eight bodies so they could get that guy who would “put a ring on it”(wonders.com). From the look of things, most of us engage ourselves into certain things just because they are trending or because are friends are involved into it. The one million dollar question is, why all of this stress? Why kill yourself over “dust” as radical Christians would say.
Bloggers however seem to be the most beneficiaries of these slimming regimes. They have seized the opportunity and become automatic health consultants and nutritionists. Aunty Buki, my own neighbor woke up this morning and told me that she had become a food specialist. This is a woman who was into trading and I kept pondering on how she came about with the fatal exchange. While trying to process Aunty Buki’s breaking news, Mr. Femi walked into my office telling me about his wife’s new food menu and how she had decided to include every single member of the family into her “keto” diet. . ‘My wife has transformed the whole house into a ‘ketogenic factory’ Mr. Femi exclaimed in displeasure.
It is quite interesting that even secondary school folks have joined the league. It was reported that an SS3 student went to school without school provisions on the basis that she was watching her weight. (Give me a second please, is your weight a movie? Anyway happy watching.)
The “ketogenic” women from my research are a group of women who have an objective of having an experience of the sweet sixteen’s life once again. In order to achieve this, they deprived themselves for starchy foods such as garri, cocoyam, yams, cassava, rice, spaghetti and many others yet they maintain their soups. According to my research, these women have got a substitute for all of these. Some of them use garden egg or cabbage to make their swallow. Some even go as far as living strictly on vegetables and water. Could this be a fast? Or a compulsory subject? (Jamb question).
For the lazy ones, slim tea is the way forward. They would prefer to have the world’s teas on their tables rather than go the “keto” way. As at last week, I heard that a 33-year old mother of 2 had passed away as a result of kidney failures caused by one of these teas. It is understandable that women want to look good but going to the extent of killing yourself is unimaginable.
Some women have actually used the “keto” platform to regain their healthy lives. Some of them who as a result of child birth had gained excess weight and ended up with clumsy looks have used the “keto” diet to actually watch their weight and flee from certain killer diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cancer and many others. Whatever the case, it is important that wisdom be applied to every single thing we do. Do not follow the crowd aimlessly but let wisdom direct and guide you.
-Lenga Daisy
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