A recent health scare that left me hospitalized a few months ago ended up having a side effect that I did not anticipate and ironically had even hoped for a very long time. Before you let your imaginations run wild, allow me to just lay it out on the table – I lost over six kilograms in just over a fortnight, a feat that I probably could not accomplish over the last six years. Being slightly less obese than usual should have been a cause for celebration, right? It was not.
There were days when I could feel my limbs trembling just doing basic household chores like lifting a bucket of water. Cooking a simple omelette would leave me exhausted and hunting for the bed to take a break and lie down. One saving grace was that I did not have to leave the house during this time to purchase essentials. Unlike a decade ago, now everything can be purchased online and delivered directly to our…
