The monk added:

"I want you to do the following exercise until we meet again: every day, preferably at the same time, you will take a large hourglass that lasts a long time, you will sit in a comfortable place where no one will disturb you, you will take a pencil and paper, and as long as the sand falls you will stay alone in the room, trying to recall all the thoughts you had about your obesity. You must remember all the unpleasant thoughts and record them. think about your worst fears about your body and the terror that your weight causes you. think about all your worries and worst nightmares. try to experience all your emotions intensely. write. write without restraint..."

"The diet of the Chinese princess" is a mixed genre book, difficult to classify. Tips for weight loss and healthy eating? Literature of practical nature? A humorous essay for melancholic overweight people? Another diet among hundreds? Or, perhaps, a sly wink to those who unsuccessfully fight the excess weight, spending all their mental reserves? No matter which shelf of the library it ends up on, the diet proposed by the monk Saolin to the nourishing princess Mei Fen, is an alternative dietary proposal that can change our relationship with the refrigerator.