Wife's Cooking Leads to Weight Gain for Malaysian Radio Host Radin
Translated from Malay, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Malaysian radio host Radin's weight has increased significantly in the four months since his marriage.
- He attributes the weight gain to his wife's diligent cooking of his favorite dishes, including fried Maggie noodles.
- Radin is now motivated to lose weight for his broadcasting career, also citing increased appetite due to knee medication and using food for comfort.
Malaysian radio host Radin, 36, is embracing his newfound married life, but it comes with a noticeable side effect: weight gain. In the four months since marrying Nur Amirah Shamsulbahrin, 37, Radin's weight has steadily increased, a change he attributes directly to his wife's culinary skills.
My wife likes to cook. Among my favorite dishes she prepares is fried Maggie noodles eaten with boiled fish.
"My wife likes to cook," Radin explained. "Among my favorite dishes she prepares is fried Maggie noodles eaten with boiled fish. Cooking is my wife's love language. If I refuse her cooking, she'll give me a look. That's why my weight has gone up, it's the heaviest it's ever been during my career as a radio host."
Cooking is my wife's love language. If I refuse her cooking, she'll give me a look. That's why my weight has gone up, it's the heaviest it's ever been during my career as a radio host.
While grateful for his wife's efforts, Radin acknowledges the need to manage his health and appearance for his broadcasting career. He also notes that his increased appetite is partly due to knee medication and a tendency to use food as a coping mechanism since his mother's passing. Inspired by health-conscious friends like Nabil Ahmad, Radin is now actively working to shed the extra pounds.
Being a husband and father isn't easy. But my wife helps make everything easier, teaching me to accept any situation.
Beyond the weight gain, Radin is navigating the joys and challenges of becoming a husband and stepfather to his wife's three children. He describes this period as a happy phase, filled with new adjustments. "Being a husband and father isn't easy," he admitted. "But my wife helps make everything easier, teaching me to accept any situation. Before, I did everything myself when I woke up. Now, with my wife, breakfast is prepared, clothes are ironed. She does all this not because I ask, but because she's willing."
Before, I did everything myself when I woke up. Now, with my wife, breakfast is prepared, clothes are ironed. She does all this not because I ask, but because she's willing.
Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.