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Badmojo · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 7:29 pm Post subject:

I've lost 2 kg.

I'm packing a lean and mean 73.4 kg.

I came at 75.4

You know I've been working out, lifting weights in Korea, for the first time in my life. And I'm losing weight. I think that only happens in the Bizarro World. Doesn't muscle weigh more than fat?

Because I'm huge.

Okay, not really. Wink

wowser · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Kyonggi do

5'10 (179cm)
? (62kgs)

I have always been skinny. There was a time when I was this height and weighed 54kgs. Shocked

I was involved in competitive sport an eating all the time...the look wasn't good. But- there wasn't a thing I could do about it- three protein shakes a day, carbo loading....nada....Then, I went through a stint where I became the anti-athlete and shot up to 74kgs. I don't think my body really changed that much..I thought that if I could have been toned- then 70kgs was/is probably about my ideal weight...HOWEVER- if I show koreans my drivers license from when I was 70+ kgs.....I get gasps....oh SO fat!!!

When I compare my weight/ height to other females here- I feel like a behemoth....and it's the first time in my life!!!! Shocked

capa21 · Joined: 03 Nov 2003

I've only gained about 4 pounds. However, it seems like I've gained a lot more. There's more fat on my body, maybe more then ever. At home I did the jailhouse workout for a year or 2 and had a lot of upper body muscle. I'm 6'2 and when I arrived 5 months ago I weighed 180lbs. I don't workout in Korea and now I'm 184 but I have a considerable beer gut that I've never had before. I think it has to do with all the carbs and of course the beer/lack of exercise.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Damm! I think I've lost about MINUS 10 pounds since arrival.

Hardy Boy · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:34 pm Post subject:

I gained a lot at first even though I was eating a lot less greasy food and many more vegetables.

Then I realized the culprit: rice! (and eating dinner after ten at night)

theatrelily · Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Location: Haeundae-gu, Busan

My first year here I gained 2 kg... Confused

Now nearing the end of my second year I have lost a little over 20 kgs...a bit of a difference... Very Happy

zee · Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Location: omnipresent

I don't get all you people with the "I lost a zillion pounds since I came here".
What were you eating before?
MacDonalds and Pizza all the time? Drinking Coke by the gallons? Man! talk about reinforcing stereotypes of unhealthy North Americans.
Heck!
I never touched junk food or anything greasy...and I don't here either. Nevertheless, I have still gained enough weight that some of my clothes that I brought don't fit any more.
Back home I was a health nut, and now that I am here the lack of vegetable variety is making me sad. I ate much healthier in Canada and I miss being able to order a huge greek salad with dressing on the side.
It's the rice I guess. Damn kimbap.
Hardly ever ate rice back home.
(sigh)
Confused

Blind Willie · Joined: 05 May 2004

sublimeshawn · Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Location: Nebraska, USA

Ive lost about 50 lbs or 22 kgs someting like that, but Ive been walking and hour a day and lifting when Im not too lazy, The only diffference i see is its a little less convenient to pig out here than in the states, I mean in the states id walk into a real grocery store and get a frozen pizza and some ice cream, and im not talking single serving sizes like I find out here in the sticks, but If i have a bad week it doent matter Ill find a way to overeat, its a little tougher to walk or jog as here as well especially if your in a city which most are, try keeping your heart rate up when you gotta watch for buses and cycles every second! i guess you could make it a game of start and stop like that frogger game but that gets old and you look like a real dork! Umm gyms are quite pricey here as well.