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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:14 pm Post subject: Fatter or thinner? |
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Did you become fatter or thinner since living in Korea?
I suspect if most were honest, they would answer fatter.
So why is that? Isn't Korean food supposed to be healthier than Western food?
Nearly every lifer I meet is significantly overweight.
Is it more due to drinking or white rice?
I'm thinking Koreans might be better able to metabolize simple carbs. So many of them drink a lot and eat a lot of white rice, yet the average Korean is a lot less overweight than the typical middle aged English teacher living in Korea.
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High-glycemic foods like baked Russet potatoes (111), white baguette (95), cornflakes (93), white rice (89), pretzels (83), instant oatmeal (83), rice cakes (82), Gatorade (78 ) and French fries (75) induce higher blood glucose levels than ordinary white bread and are best consumed infrequently and in small quantities. |
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/the-fats-you-dont-need-to-fear-and-the-carbs-that-you-do |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I lost quite a bit of weight while living in Korea....about 30 pounds actually and I wasn't that big of a guy to begin with. I walked a lot there and led a pretty active lifestyle which def helped. Regarding diet I ate lots of soups/stews and veggies. Whenever they would give me a side of rice I would eat maybe half of it.
But I agree with your observation, most of the westerners I encountered gained weight while over there. I'm thinking it was due mostly to rice and booze....esp the booze. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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I've fluctuated, especially when studying full time (read: sitting on my arse too much), but by-and-large living here makes it easier to stay within the bounds of a reasonable weight limit compared to if we lived in the US.
At least it seems like that to me. Tough to say as any time I go back, we're on vacation so everyone wants to power feed us.
I lost a ton of weight when I first moved over, but I was in my 20s, working a lot, and had a better metabolism! Now that I'm pushing 50 and married, we eat home a lot so the crap food is not in the picture.
Plus, and in this I agree with Hokie 21, city living means we walk a LOT more than the typical American in the burbs. Don't suck back the beers like I used to, either. |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Where is: "no significant change"? |
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Fallacy
Joined: 29 Jun 2015 Location: ex-ROK
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 12:39 am Post subject: |
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Lazio wrote: |
Where is: "no significant change"? |
This. Yeah, me too. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: La Florida
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 12:43 pm Post subject: Comparatively ... |
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One thing is, back home, if you are 5'10" and weigh 350 lbs, you can look around and say "Hey, I'm a lean, mean, twerking machine!"
Here, if you are 6' 2" and 220 lbs, you look around and think "Oh my God, I'm a big, fat slob "
A matter of perspective;
https://spiritualartwork.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/all-about-perspective.jpg |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Location: Hyehwa
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:21 am Post subject: |
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About the same for the last 8-9 years. Every year or two I go through the same 10-ish lbs cycle. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Junk food in Korea is abundant, easy to obtain, is cheap and tastes good. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Comparatively ... |
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yodanole wrote: |
One thing is, back home, if you are 5'10" and weigh 350 lbs, you can look around and say "Hey, I'm a lean, mean, twerking machine!"
Here, if you are 6' 2" and 220 lbs, you look around and think "Oh my God, I'm a big, fat slob "
A matter of perspective;
https://spiritualartwork.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/all-about-perspective.jpg |
220 is not real heavy for 6' 2". |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Sonic Space
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Or muscular.
Those charts don't acknowledge muscle farmers. |
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ghostrider
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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I have definitely gained fat- about 30 pounds. I attribute it to feeling bored and miserable much of the time and turning to eating and drinking as an escape. I don't buy all the GI hype about simple carbs. A calorie is a calorie. If you eat more calories than you burn off you'll gain weight. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
Those charts don't acknowledge muscle farmers. |
English teachers do farming on the side? C'mon, man. You are being ridiculous. To have six pack abs at 220 lbs, a person would have to be juiced to the gills. For most, that's not genetically possible- with or without steroids. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Sonic Space
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:28 am Post subject: |
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World Traveler wrote: |
The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
Those charts don't acknowledge muscle farmers. |
English teachers do farming on the side? C'mon, man. You are being ridiculous. To have six pack abs at 220 lbs, a person would have to be juiced to the gills. For most, that's not genetically possible- with or without steroids. |
Not sure how easy it is or isn't for others...at any weight.
But those charts don't take into account muscular weight. Only weight.
To suggest that a person with 25% body fat at 220 is the same as a person with 15% body fat at 220 is ridiculous.
I am not 220. Perhaps 160ish...and ripped.
Cheers |
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