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In Tagalog, matakaw means glutton. I think of myself as matakaw but I'm talking about my personal definition of the word because I don't think I'm a real glutton. To tell everyone that I'm matakaw, I must love food. Yes I do, BUT... not before almost a year ago. I am not a heavy-eater and I don't classify heavy-eaters as matakaw. I call them malakas-kumain, which literally means heavy-eater. Fluffy is a heavy-eater. And he definitely influenced my diet during the past months. He's the reason I call myself matakaw now.

When I crave for food or whenever I see something I'd like to eat, I'd decide to buy it right away, not thinking about portions. It would turn out later that I cannot consume everything. I guess takaw-tingin is the correct term for this attitude. Fluffy, on the other hand, can induce very large portions of food, making him a true heavy-eater.

In the past months, my takaw-tingin attitude has evolved into the real matakaw one. It's not a secret that since I have been controlling my diet since I got into the army two years ago. That wasn't hard for me since I am very motivated to be healthy and as I jokingly said in LJ years ago, I idolize Tsunade and I wished to cosplay her one day. But I had really grown love for food and I noticed that I can now eat larger portions than before. :O

When people from the fitness unit came to our office to inform the programmers about the new policies on the PFT, we were a bit surprised to learn that they have shortened the passing time needed to complete the 2-mile run. That signifies double effort in our part. So, Fluffy and I decided to change our diet and exercise pattern. Cereal drinks in the morning, half rice and viand for lunch and hi-calcium biscuits in the evening. Then, jogging twice a day, plus push ups and sit-ups. The change was quite drastic that I feel my energy drain at the end of the day and I no longer have the strength to do the exercises in the afternoon. Last week, we seemed to have followed the morning routine but not the evening thing. The lethargic feeling just prompts us to replace the evening diet with half rice plus viand.

Now, my matakaw instinct makes my mouth salivate and stomach grumble in seeing a Pizza Hut or Chowking flier. Ouch!