Why can't I have a guilty pleasure?

'From the Archive'

Has anyone encountered you with this absolutely uneven question of how often you cheat on your meal. Well, who shows such interests in anyone's life? Whether you eat junk or not. Who bothers? But I ask myself every single day 'Why can't I have a guilty pleasure'? Ok, let me clarify to you all that 'guilty pleasure' is a fancy word which is used right after you devour your favourite lip smacking cuisine without taking a burp in the middle and then feels like Oops! I should not have eaten it. So I am having a guilty pleasure. Oh, Come on! Who bothers that as well? 

Well, I deprive myself of having a feeling the same way. I know, what are you all thinking? Absolutely that is the case, my dermatologist has told me 'Do not eat the thing that does not suit your hormones'. Again a big Yes, it's been five months since I have taken a treatment. Oh, relax. I am not diagnosed with a high profile sophisticated disease. It's just an 'ODC'. Ok let me give you every detail about it. ODC stands for Ovary Dermoid Cyst, no, not a sister of 'PCOD', actually Yes, if you wish, you can say a cousin sister. Unlike PCOD, ODC is the rarest of rare you find in women's bodies. It's nature is very calm and poised but do not dare to make it angry otherwise that can make your life hell. If you take a mess with it, it can create a fuss with your hormones. That's all about the not so rare 'disorder'.

So, it all started in the year 2016 when I had a dream to be the 'star journalist'. I first encountered this problem of hormonal acne when my batch mates asked me about that and I gave them a vulnerable reaction. That was it. Since then wherever I used to go people only cared about my facial performances. Then, one day, one of my neighbours told me to go to the skin specialist which she recommended. Without giving a second thought and wasting time, I went and started my medication. It was a course of six months and I got some satisfactory results. Everything went so well and smoothly. But, there's a saying 'everything that glitters is not gold' just like that , no story completes without a villain. It didn't stop here, or should I sound more dramatic and say 'Picture abhi baki hai mere dost'. 

After the course of 6 months of my treatment, I felt good and refreshed since my skin was pimple free. It was pointless to take medicines even after you are perfectly fine. So I stopped taking those colourful pills. I did not know then it would come back to my life. I got fed up, frustrated, irritated but could not give up on any of the treatment. From Allopathic to Ayurvedic to all the 'three generations nuskhe. I mean 'dadi nani nuskhe' (home remedies). Swallowing all the medicine is not enough. Oh! excuse me, I forgot to mention, ODS is very demanding as well. It asks for your sacrifice, you have to give up on all your favourite eateries. Well, I did and have been doing after all 'Papi face ka sawal hai'. Being a die hard foodie and food reviewer, it was not so easy for me. When you are surrounded with 'ek din khane se kuch nahi hota hai wala attitude'.

They say, 'there's a way there's a will'. I say, 'there's food then there's craving'. I resist myself a lot and now I can proudly say that this third time medication worked for me and I am happy in my space. But still I ask myself in a very annoyed way that 'Why can I cheat on my meal?'