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Lucas
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| The best breakfast I had in Korea was McDonalds. And the sandwiches at Paris Baguette were probably one of the better lunches. There are some good dinners (Gamja tang I enjoyed), but I'd rather eat a Subway sandwich than the majority of Korean food. |
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Hokie21
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I actually really enjoy kimchi...just not for breakfast. Breakfast for me in Korea is either a bowl of cereal, or a piece of peanut butter toast and a protein shake. |
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CentralCali
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GJoeM
Joined: 05 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, that is a pointless article -- first of all The Daily Mail is a right wing conservative rag ( famous for supporting Hitler and fascism in the 30s) ; secondly, children all over the world don't like ANY food that differs from the ordinary meat and potatoes sweets and ice cream fare...
Non article from a right wing rag... |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Meh, Korean breakfast sure beats a Grand Slam when it comes to nutrition. Taste, well...can't go wrong with some B&E action.
Anyways, I think the country that fails is the one where its kids regard Pop Tarts and Oreo Os as being superior to vegetables and fish, no matter what meal it is. |
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happyinhenan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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They would eat it if they were starving, little twats! 
One thing my time in the Far East has given me is that a breakfast with rice, fried egg and a protein is a damn good way to start the day - sure, when I was nine, I didn't have a multi-cultural palate either - but if I had grown up eating that kind of breakfast as a kid - it would have done me a lot more good than what I actually had to eat - frosties, toast and jam - crap like that. |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
Meh, Korean breakfast sure beats a Grand Slam when it comes to nutrition. Taste, well...can't go wrong with some B&E action.
Anyways, I think the country that fails is the one where its kids regard Pop Tarts and Oreo Os as being superior to vegetables and fish, no matter what meal it is. |
Which is now South Korea also. When I first came here in the late 1990's, every Korean I saw without one exception for several years I would say were either at an ideal weight, too skinny, or looked soon to die from anorexia. Now I see way overweight all the time all over. And adults, not just kids. And older adults whom I am sure were skinny when I first came here. For example, I know many Koreans in their late 50's early 60's who are overweight, and they were quite skinny when I first met them.
As for me, I was 115Kg when I came here. Got down to 74 Kg over a couple of years and have stayed that way. I am now much more skinny than most of the people I see everyday. My doctor said I should be about 82 Kg. But, I like being skinny.  |
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happyinhenan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
Meh, Korean breakfast sure beats a Grand Slam when it comes to nutrition. Taste, well...can't go wrong with some B&E action.
Anyways, I think the country that fails is the one where its kids regard Pop Tarts and Oreo Os as being superior to vegetables and fish, no matter what meal it is. |
Which is now South Korea also. When I first came here in the late 1990's, every Korean I saw without one exception for several years I would say were either at an ideal weight, too skinny, or looked soon to die from anorexia. Now I see way overweight all the time all over. And adults, not just kids. And older adults whom I am sure were skinny when I first came here. For example, I know many Koreans in their late 50's early 60's who are overweight, and they were quite skinny when I first met them.
As for me, I was 115Kg when I came here. Got down to 74 Kg over a couple of years and have stayed that way. I am now much more skinny than most of the people I see everyday. My doctor said I should be about 82 Kg. But, I like being skinny. |
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
What do you think your weight loss and your Korean friends weight gain was/is down to? |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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PS. I also had very bad type 2 diabetes and was on maximum medication.
My doctor, still the same one and also my best friend told me to get the fat off and you will not need pills. Most people seem to like to stay fat and take the pills. I have been 100% off medication ever since I lost the fat. And I still test my blood a few time a day, and never a problem. |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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| Oh, and my doctor/friend said type 2 diabetes is now a major problem in South Korea, and was very rare when I first came here. |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| happyinhenan wrote: |
| drcrazy wrote: |
| Steelrails wrote: |
Meh, Korean breakfast sure beats a Grand Slam when it comes to nutrition. Taste, well...can't go wrong with some B&E action.
Anyways, I think the country that fails is the one where its kids regard Pop Tarts and Oreo Os as being superior to vegetables and fish, no matter what meal it is. |
Which is now South Korea also. When I first came here in the late 1990's, every Korean I saw without one exception for several years I would say were either at an ideal weight, too skinny, or looked soon to die from anorexia. Now I see way overweight all the time all over. And adults, not just kids. And older adults whom I am sure were skinny when I first came here. For example, I know many Koreans in their late 50's early 60's who are overweight, and they were quite skinny when I first met them.
As for me, I was 115Kg when I came here. Got down to 74 Kg over a couple of years and have stayed that way. I am now much more skinny than most of the people I see everyday. My doctor said I should be about 82 Kg. But, I like being skinny. |
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
What do you think your weight loss and your Korean friends weight gain was/is down to? |
I would say many that were skinny when I first met them could stand to take off 10-20KG. |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| drcrazy wrote: |
| happyinhenan wrote: |
| drcrazy wrote: |
| Steelrails wrote: |
Meh, Korean breakfast sure beats a Grand Slam when it comes to nutrition. Taste, well...can't go wrong with some B&E action.
Anyways, I think the country that fails is the one where its kids regard Pop Tarts and Oreo Os as being superior to vegetables and fish, no matter what meal it is. |
Which is now South Korea also. When I first came here in the late 1990's, every Korean I saw without one exception for several years I would say were either at an ideal weight, too skinny, or looked soon to die from anorexia. Now I see way overweight all the time all over. And adults, not just kids. And older adults whom I am sure were skinny when I first came here. For example, I know many Koreans in their late 50's early 60's who are overweight, and they were quite skinny when I first met them.
As for me, I was 115Kg when I came here. Got down to 74 Kg over a couple of years and have stayed that way. I am now much more skinny than most of the people I see everyday. My doctor said I should be about 82 Kg. But, I like being skinny. |
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
What do you think your weight loss and your Korean friends weight gain was/is down to? |
I would say many that were skinny when I first met them could stand to take off 10-20KG. |
20 to be skinny again, maybe 10 would be enough. |
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happyinhenan
Joined: 01 Feb 2015
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| drcrazy wrote: |
| happyinhenan wrote: |
| drcrazy wrote: |
| Steelrails wrote: |
Meh, Korean breakfast sure beats a Grand Slam when it comes to nutrition. Taste, well...can't go wrong with some B&E action.
Anyways, I think the country that fails is the one where its kids regard Pop Tarts and Oreo Os as being superior to vegetables and fish, no matter what meal it is. |
Which is now South Korea also. When I first came here in the late 1990's, every Korean I saw without one exception for several years I would say were either at an ideal weight, too skinny, or looked soon to die from anorexia. Now I see way overweight all the time all over. And adults, not just kids. And older adults whom I am sure were skinny when I first came here. For example, I know many Koreans in their late 50's early 60's who are overweight, and they were quite skinny when I first met them.
As for me, I was 115Kg when I came here. Got down to 74 Kg over a couple of years and have stayed that way. I am now much more skinny than most of the people I see everyday. My doctor said I should be about 82 Kg. But, I like being skinny. |
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
What do you think your weight loss and your Korean friends weight gain was/is down to? |
I would say many that were skinny when I first met them could stand to take off 10-20KG. |
I lost a fair bit of weight in China, and what helped is cooking at home, you eat out - and it is easy to do in both Korea and China because eating out is not like back home where eating out is expensive - there is a plethora of delicious food that is cheap.
I found that I lost weight when I cooked at home, in China, vegetables from the wet market are dirt cheap. I also ate a lot of full eggs, chicken with the skin on, rice (both white and brown) pulses, oatmeal - all these staples are dirt cheap in China. It is hard to first to get your mind used to that kind of food but I look forward to a lentil dal and brown rice these days and I lost weight on the back of it.
What I loved in the supermarkets in Korea was the spicy, flavoured tins of tuna - they were yummy over some rice. And a guilty secret but garlic spam!  Once a week with some white rice and a fried egg Hawaiian style - heavenly! |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| What do you think your weight loss and your Korean friends weight gain was/is down to? |
Probably a lot more junk food, less money to spend on non-essential food, less exercise, and more car use. Used to be a family maybe had one car. So, the father usually took the car to work early in the morning, and the rest of the family had to go about their business on foot, or public transit. Now virtually every family has at least one car, often two, and more disposable income to spend on junk like ice cream, and chips.
Plus children are spoiled now. If they break a sweat, their mommy will tell them to rest. Also, more computer games, instead of actually going to meet their friends and running around. Also, nobody had a computer, or cell phone, and kids were just running around the streets playing hide-n-seek, or riding their bikes. |
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