A Tale of Two Cultures

I am gaining weight here.
It is really surprising because I stop gaining weight since high school.
Before this May, I wore trousers of size 2 and now I wear trousers of size 6. I find a tire around my waist when I sit down.
Why do I begin to gain weight after more than 10 years?
Too much American food?
No. Most of the food I have here are Chinese food I cook myself or buy from Chinatown.
Too few works?
Maybe a little bit fewer than I have in China. But I am still busy with assignments, English blog everyday and Chinese columns every week. Plus, I am working on my research project and learn to take video.
So what is the reason?
I guess it is because there is less stress on me though I have the same workload. Most of the stories I’ve done in China were sensitive, difficult, complicated and very demanding. However, the stories I am working on here are easier, softer. I am really relaxed here.
The other reason of my gaining weight could be the dessert.
We have no habit of having dessert after dinner in China but here it seems a normal thing. Having a dinner without dessert is like wearing a evening dress without wearing high-heel.
However delicious the dessert is, it really does a lot to the gaining weight of not only me but also other American women.
When I was in China, I always wonder why American women don’t stop eating dessert while they exercise aggressively to lose weight.
After I try the chocolate cake here I get the answer.
Now I run every morning and continue to eat desert. Why? I Not for losing weight but for more chocolate cakes.