Calling myself the Hungry Dumpling implies I love food. I do. I truly love and adore food. But my relationship with food is not without a downside. The reality is food creates energy, and when that energy isn't used up, it turns into fat. Not good.
Enter exercise.
I hate exercising. I hate exercising as much as I love food. But exercising is a must when food is involved. I write a lot about what what I eat, where I eat it and the types of things I make, but I have never written about the exercise I do so that I can continue my relationship with food.
For every blog post I write about, hours of exercise must take place to burn those calories eaten. Biking (stationary or otherwise), running, ugly power walks, and weights (occasionally).
And when I'm not writing about something I've eaten, it's because I've been eating other foods. Like salads (minimal dressing) 6 or 7 times a week, or vegetables with a little bit of protein. As much as I'd love to sit and enjoy delicious food all the time, it's extremely important to me to have a balanced diet the rest of the time. (Not to say healthy food isn't exciting - I do enjoy the awesome salads from Longo's, but it's just not the same.)
Without exercise and a balanced diet, I wouldn't be able to eat the foods I enjoy - at least not in the long run. And that's the point of food, isn't it? To enjoy it well into old age.
Even dumplings are worried about getting too round.
