Hold your tummy in!

What started as Amirul trying out his school pants which were tailored in Malaysia led to more horrifying discoveries. The pants were cut to measurements taken on his first week of holiday. Despite him exhaling hard and holding his tummy in, the pants could not be hooked. We, LiL and I had a bit of exchanges in opinions. LiL said, Amirul has put on weight. I maintained that can't be the case - the tailor must have done it wrongly. Amirul himself was feeling pretty bad, and simply said he does not mind wearing any cheap pants if we can buy him one which fits.

The ugly prosperous truths after the holiday in Malaysia were confirmed yesterday after I bought a weighing scale. Indeed he has put on weight. Two months of delicious offerings and being spoilt for choice with great spread of menu while on holiday in Malaysia has had its effect.
When no one was looking, I stepped on the scale myself. I could not believe my eyes. Or rather I did not want to believe what I saw. I kicked off my house sandals, took off my jeans and stepped on it again. Not much less...and still 8 kg more than my eighty-something-kg normal weight which I was trying to reduce before the holiday.

Prompted by the panic in Amirul's case, Haziq reluctantly tried his pants on. The result - very much the same. His was also too tight.

Last night, we went to Carrefour to shop for blue long pants for them. This morning, LiL had to modify, for in order to find one which fit the waist, we had to buy pants which are too long in length. LiL asked for sewing kit from the hotel, and did some emergency tailoring work.

This morning, all three of us - Amirul, Haziq and I - spent an hour in the gym. Huh, I was panting and were totally spent, and the tread-mills indicated less than 300 calories were burnt!
I felt so guilty now about the T-Bone steak I had for dinner last night....!

Resolution from all three of us - Go easy on food until we lose back what we gained in Malaysia. Can't wait for Ramadhan to arrive.....

LiL has not used the scale yet, not in front of us anyway. I have this naggling feeling that she may also tip it the wrong way...hehehehehe.
Luqman in my view, is the only one not affected. Children his age are active, and they eat to keep them from not feeling hungry. Some of us adults eat to socialize, to try this and that, to indulge, and to satisfy our cravings which seem to be running riot .....