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In recent weeks, I decided that it would be as good a time as any to work on shedding some kilos. It did take some encouragement from various quarters but I decided to give it a whirl – my way. I would not exactly call myself obese, I consider myself rather proportionate, thank you very much; however I do recognize that I would look and feel a lot better if I were to shed some ballast.

So I took a step back and wondered what could be adjusted. I had a very good idea of what dietary habits were worst hurting my overall chances. My excess intake of bread and cheese products would rank highest, followed closely by my non-aversion to the regular midnight meal. When you lack personal time management goals and commitments, the hands on the clock and the date on the calendar cease to hold much meaning.

Well I made a number of changes but by far one of the most pleasant changes was the agreement to try out light yoghurt. In doing so I was skeptical, expecting a few experiences of forcing down a bitter sour sweet tasting mulch with bits in it, and then moving on to higher calorie foreign imports.

I was expecting Strawberry, lemon or Kiwi and fruit mix. What I actually had looked nothing like a traditional Benna yoghurt other than the cup format. The look had completely changed and the changes weren’t just cosmetic. New flavors popped up. Banana, apple pie, lemon tart, vanilla light; they seemed alien to me and even as I scraped off that layer of yoghurt that generally encrusts the tin foil lid I had a pretty good feeling that I was in for a pleasant surprise.

And I was.

The flavor of the light yoghurt was ‘Apple Pie’ and moments into the first teaspoon I understod why. While it lacked the crunch of apple the yoghurt had an ever so slightly grainy yet smooth biscuit texture to it and the after-taste of apple pie was certainly in there. Moreover the yoghurt lacked the bitterness of old times that I had grown to associate it with. With that small tub I understood what yogurt was ‘supposed’ to be like and it was almost humbling that it all went down for roughly fifty calories. Not bad for live bacteria.

So sure, keep it up Benna, and I do hope you will get around to improving the milk carton packaging for as far as the opening is concerned. Now if you’ll excuse me I have an appointment with some vanilla!