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dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Do you lead a healthier life here in Turkey or your own country?
Do you eat healthier food, exercise more here? What about the population in general?
I guess people usually have a better diet here.(There isn't the choice of all those gorgeous ready meals M&S have to offer) However, exercise and sport here, although better than it was, is still expensive or lacking in quality and quantity. It's like 'you want to do sport and be healthy, then you have to be rich.'
What do you guys reckon?

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

I definitely eat better here. It's a real joy to be able to cook with such fantatic ingrediants.

I don't exercise though, never did, and probably never will.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

i fell for that, didn't I? BUT...... a few weeks ago back home walking down the street the Mrs spied a sign in a chippie "DEEP FRIED MARS BARS SOLD HERE'
It's not a myth, they do exist.

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

^thank God I'm fae the healthy 'bra(< honestly, that's English)

turkishlover25 · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Charleston, IL USA

What is the cost for a monthly membership at a decent gym in Istanbul? And do you ever see people jogging down the streets and NOT running away from security for selling blackmarket books or vcds?

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:52 am Post subject: Keeping fit

The average local gym in Izmir is about 50ytl for a monthly membership but a lot of people jog in the city coz they have walks along the coast .The food is a lot healthier than back home all that low cost olive oil helps as well ,never ate so much fish or yoghurt till I came here .Thats on seperate occassions btw .

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

The Cihangir Spor Salonu offers a 10% discount for teachers and 15% discount if you go only during the day. I signed up for 6 months and pay less than 100TL/mo Smile

BTW, I went in search of a pool and found a decent one at the Marble Otel on Siraselviler but decided I wanted to do something else. I think they charge 125TL/mo. The pool is 30 m long I think. I will look again in the summer for an outdoor one.

International Sports in Sisli is a fabulous sports club, but spendy, at least $200/mo. They have a pool, tennis court, and all the machines. It is not convenient for me to go to and I did not have that much money to cough up at the time (i.e. two payments for the year).