Too Much Too Soon

A proud mother celebrates her son's birthday

In keeping with the unbroken train of morning treats, today Khatoon Baig celebrated her son, Naved’s birthday with pedas and salties. We had a full house as people had come expecting the goodies. Khatoon had made the announcement in advance – just that Jagmohan Papneja beat her to the ‘slot’ for January 15 (yesterday’s post) which was the day Naved was born. So, belated though it was, we raised an extra laaf for him and through his mother, conveyed our blessings and good wishes on the occasion. Indeed, the Club shares Khatoon’s pride on seeing the boy progress so rapidly in life – both on a personal level and professionally. And we all know, he will do still better.
But then, if truth be told, these unending back-to-back treats are no longer fun. We started with Qadeer Bano’s birthday on January 1 and since then there has been a series of celebrations on one pretext or the other -- courtesy Srichand Arora, Bhaswati Bose, Mumtaz Jahan, Dilip Babani, Teja Singh Bhambra (twice), Sunita Jajodia, Mohan Kanwar Shekhawat, Sitaram Hivarkar, Jagmohan Papneja, and now Khatoon Baig. People get out in the morning to exercise and burn calories and here we are accumulating calories. We exercise by laughing and now people laugh at us as we hungrily wolf down whatever is offered every morning. Anybody reading this blog would also imagine that we have nothing better to do than eat, eat... and eat.
It’s time we put a check on our greed. And take a break from these breakfast treats -- however well-intended they might be.
Bhaswati Bose:
Treats are always welcome. Those who feel they are putting on weight should exercise for an additional hour. But the yummmmmy treats must continue. The more the merrier!
Jagmohan Papneja:
I am not a specialist, but from my personal experience I can say that eating after an exercise is good. Of course, a lot depends on what you eat. Good food helps replenish the glycogen used up during exercises.
Harish Wadhwa:
* Hungama hai kyuon barpa / Thodi si jo KHA li hai!!!
* Looking at the raining treats and celebrations, I am tempted to join the exercises at the Garden again (LOL). Look at all the eyes gazing sharply at the pedas! The pic would have been excellent with a wide-angle view of the full crowd. I am sure it would carry no different expressions.