83 member squad lead, Mahesh
Vs Paes home turf Olympics buried, history of mystery girl revealed and finally
1 bronze in the Indian kitty for now.
While all of
us are effortlessly turning into couch potatoes and flexing our fingers between
ESPN and Star Sports to catch the action live, the competing athletes’ lives
are enough to give us a complex. How the hell did they get their bodies there? Rather,
Kaunse
chakki ka atta khata hain?
Their fitness can give
you a fit of consumption fear. With a stuffed gut and my light weight, I decided to dig in a little. I didn’t need to surpass page 1 of Google
search to click on Olympians calorie count. Here starts the tales of irony.
Contrasting calories
Athletes have to get 4,000 to 6,000 calories in
their bodies a day. I’m
feeling stuffed already and the super markets must be running out of their
stuff.
Some of these diet staples include a pound of pasta with olive oil, cheese pizza, Ben & Jerry's cheesecake-brownie ice cream, Snickers candy bars, Pop-Tarts, a dozen eggs, and even beer.Now I'm starting to understand why the International Olympic Committee still considers marijuana to be a performance-enhancing drug, even without hot dog eating as an Olympic event.
Now compare this to
our homegrown diet. Desi diet is enough
to give everyone a power packed fight.
A boxer on a weight loss programme? A wrestler strictly vegetarian? This happens only in India!
A boxer on a weight loss programme? A wrestler strictly vegetarian? This happens only in India!
No junk food. This is one of the things Thapa says he dislikes most about being
a professional boxer. Burgers, soft drinks and fried food are forbidden to him.
Yes, it’s natural to
make a platter performance comparison. Again there is more to winning than watching
what you eat. I personally believe
that to get everything right in life you’ve to get something wrong. But then
who plays referee? As we wait to weigh more medals, the junk Vs health food Olympic
debate continues.
Flying thought: Wonder what the Queen had for dinner on the inaugural night?
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