A Lean And Mean Company
2021/10/12 04:12:54 網誌分類: 生活
When I lived in Hong Kong I tried hard to be lean and mean by eating healthy, working out in the gym, and going for long walks in the country parks but did not succeed fully. I was lean (thin) but not mean (strong and healthy) because I had a weak spot. A weak spot is a weak part in something, either physically or mentally. My weak spot was I loved to eat potato chips in the evenings with wine, whiskey, or martinis. That meant it was hard to be totally strong and healthy even though I had a healthy diet. Now that I am in the US, my weak spot has become even weaker!
I have been living with relatives in different US states. They all have big houses. They either cook big meals or do take-outs from restaurants to eat at home. Restaurant food is not always healthy. I have been eating French Fries, hamburgers, pizzas, Mexican food, and heavy American-style food. I am already gaining some weight because I no longer go to the gym. Walking is not always possible because most people drive. I recently went to a restaurant with American-style food and ate too much. I will write about that in my next column.
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大多數人尤其男士，都想 lean and mean，企業也想 lean and mean。A lean and mean person就是精瘦但健壯的人。運動員都是精瘦而健壯的（lean and mean），一般人若吃健康的食物，定時做運動鍛煉身體（work out），也可以精瘦而健壯（lean and mean）。習語“work out”可以有幾種用法，但在這裏則是指做劇烈的運動，不論是在健身中心操體能，抑或在戶外跑步或踏單車。A lean and mean company就是精簡而有效率的公司，用僅僅足夠的員工就能賺錢；a lean and mean sports team就是一支準備好豁出去、破釜沉舟也要努力取勝的運動隊。
我還在香港居住時，我很努力變得精瘦而健壯（lean and mean），吃得健康、去健身房鍛煉身體（working out）、到郊野公園遠足，但從來不算十分成功。我確實精瘦（lean），卻未能健壯（mean），因為我有個weak spot ——a weak spot 就是弱點，可以是生理也可以是心理上的。我的弱點（weak spot）就是我喜愛在晚上吃薯片，佐以葡萄酒、威士忌或馬天尼。這意味着，即使我已有健康的飲食，但要真正的健壯就很難了。現在我身處美國，我的弱點（weak spot）變得更軟弱！
我住在美國不同州份的親戚的家裏，他們人人都擁有大屋，不是煮大餐就是從餐廳買外賣回家吃。餐廳的食物都不健康，我一直在吃薯條、漢堡包、薄餅、墨西哥菜，還有重口味的美式食物。我體重已經增加了一點，因為我再沒有上健身房操練了。走路散步也不大可能，因為大部分人都駕車。我最近去了一間美式餐廳，也吃太多了。我會在下一篇專欄中再說。
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中譯：七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
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