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Are you eating more during lockdown?
Updated On: 10 May, 2020 12:01 PM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges
So many of us have a love-hate relationship with food. But for emotional eaters, the kitchen has become a toxic space
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Are you eating more during lockdown?
Everyone`s Instagram and Facebook timelines—not just chef and food bloggers—are brimming with food pictures. First-time cooks, who just about perfected dal khichdi at the beginning of the lockdown, are now sharing updates on honey chicken and aam ras poori. Experimental recipes too, are cropping up by the dozen. And, suddenly—if anyone hasn`t noticed yet—the carb-loaded banana bread has become a #COVIDBaking fad: Instagram has 14 lakh #bananabread posts till date, and the numbers are growing by the minute; so much so, that one Twitter user was compelled to ask: Is COVID-19 sponsored by banana bread?
That cooking has become a newly-discovered hobby for many, only means that everyone is eating, and a lot. But, for some, like PR professional Simran Chettiar, food is what`s bringing comfort, where everything else has failed. A few months before the Coronavirus outbreak, the 21-year-old had started working out at her local gym in Vasai, shedding nearly 10 kilos. "Despite my hectic work hours, I would spare at least 45 minutes for the gym, even if it was late in the evening," she recalls. Her diet plan, which was chalked out by her personal trainer, included a lot of protein, like eggs, soups and greens. "I made my own meals, because I didn`t want my mother to cook separately for me. My health had become priority." But the lockdown put a dampener on everything. For starters, Chettiar`s commute-work-gym routine went off kilter. Being holed up with her working parents and sibling for the first time in years, was also unsettling. "I tried to feel motivated for a week or two, but the lockdown started getting to me," she shares. That`s when food came to her rescue. "I started binging on wafers, chivda, chocolates and biscuits that were stocked at home. I went back to it almost every hour. And because, I sleep only at 3 am these days, I am eating right until then. It makes me feel good and guilty, at the same time."
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