Riceless Regimen

Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something. 

Mitch Hedberg 

I started my feat of not eating rice on occasional basis last Ramadan season this year. During that one- month long regimen, i barely included rice in my food intake, 4 to max of incidents (if my memory will not fail me) -  probably i have consumed this cereal grain - Oryza sativa s a.k.a. RICE. My reservoir of carbohydrates then were purely from fruits and my periodic eating of pasta cuisines. Sad to say, as soon as Ramadan had ended this year, i started my rice intake again.

I can see the obvious that i lost weight after executing the planned diet. The weighing scale smiled so wide telling my current weight. The experience is flauntingly contented, i felt the literal meaning of the "minimalist concept", sending my body physique to elation. And yes! my stomach is as flat as the horizon.

It has been emphatic that as soon as i have started this rice intake in just a week, my abdomen immediately reacted so profusely, drawing out unwanted and unnecessary bulge again (sigh!). I have indulged further, not minding my carbo intake without burning them (cuz i had reprieved myself in doing my 30-minute work-outs everyday, like a criminal of guiltless enjoyment).

Before i knew it, i stepped on the brake and reflected once again to stick to the planned diet and my routinary 4 times a week work-out. (thanks for the motivating article i read about rice, it's dangerous to your health).

The link above strongly recommends to abstain from eating rice, or at least to a minimum per meal. I do agree with it. The cavemen were raw fooders, imagine the time when fire wasn't discovered yet. They are taking in raw, uncooked food - Must have been the reason why the people in the olden days have longer life span. Think of Methuselah - the grandfather of Noah. This guy lived the earth for 969 years.

~mAc