Diet perceptions

‘Diet? – I cant go on one! I cant starve! I can do any amount of diet till 5pm after that I am a full toss!’ Not eating at all, eating too little, eating with way too many restrictions, not eating “normal” khana and everything on the same lines is our perception of diet and dieting.
I am just back from Johar valley in Uttarakhand and out there diet is something else! Johar valley was one of the major Indo – Tibet trade routes now deserted after the Indo- China war but beautiful nevertheless.
As we trekked towards the Nanda Devi base camp we came across many “hotal”. ‘Plate ya diet?’, asked one of the enterprising hotal owners. Amused I looked on as GP asked for explanation, ‘matlab?’ ‘Plate matlab ek bar rice aur chana dega, diet matlab aap kitna bhi kha sakte hai. Mango jitna rice,chana milega. Aur diet ke saath bhang ka chutney bhi milega!’

A 'hotal'

Wow, I like the Johar valley’s understanding of diet. It also matches the way I talk about dieting in DLM, LYW. Of course, you should know how much you need and how not to cross the overeating threshold. Till then happy dieting! :)

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