I must have heard or read it somewhere, but I think it’s true — high inflation can increase your waist size. Funny, but it’s true. Let me count the ways:
1. High gasoline price will discourage you to go out, and be some place else. Instead, you’ll get stuck in the house – eating, lying like a couch potato and watching tv/dvd all the time. It saves gas, it saves money from eating out and watching movies — ergo you have avoided spending. The contrary will argue that saving gas will allow people just to walk or take a bicycle. I don’t know what you’ll do, but with the hot and humid weather outside, I’d rather stay inside the house and watch Spiderman 3 in HBO for the nth time.
2. People will eat less often, but with big meals so that they dont have to eat snacks. Mostly high carbo food, to justify that they would have enough strength for the day. Yeah right.. you need 3 cups of rice, and all you need to do is sit in front of your PC and file papers all day. When you starve your body, the more it will store fat for the rainy days.
3. Now you decided to stay home, and just order out or have food delivered. Since you worry about spending too much, you opt for cheaper take outs like Jollibee or mcdo (wow, free plugging!). Have you tried eating mcdo everyday? — who would forget the “Super Size Me” documentary. I rest my case.
4. You’ll start trimming your monthly expenses — and the first things to go are those you dont usually need… gym membership and recreational activities. There goes all the fat-burning moments.
5. To lessen your trips to the grocery, you’ll buy more items in one trip to justify the cost. Trust me, the more food you store in your fridge and pantry, the more you’ll get tempted to eat. And as you spend more time inside your house, the more you’ll be tempted to eat.
Call me pessimistic, but reality bites.
