Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Cohiba]

Korea is actually a good country if you want to be thin and healthy.
Vegetable based foods, small portions and non-acceptance of obesity
I think are positive traits. I see in some countries(I won't mention which)
they have lobby groups rallying for acceptance of obesity!!? What's next,
groups advocating cancer, diabetes and drug addiction?

In March, I stopped eating soft drinks and fast foods and ran 40 minutes
per day. That's it.

3 months 5Kg. No problems. I still swill beer and eat steaks and bacon!
(in moderation i.e. meat 1 or 2 times a week)

P.S. I still drink a lot of beer but as George Bush said: "Beer is Life".

[ekul]

I concur. I don't really eat breakfast (sue me I like the extra 10 minutes in bed), eat a decent sized Korean lunch and then a Korean/Western dinner at night. Only drink tea, water and sometimes orange juice. I usually have one or two "fat" meals a week, pizza/chicken/samgyupsal/bulgogi. I also drink alot on Friday and Saturday.

However the simple trick is to just exercise 40minutes a day. I get on some shitty exercise bike, ride 12k on the hard setting, I have no real understanding of how much effort it takes but it keeps me slim. The only way to be fat is to not do anything.

[PatrickBateman]

My diet isn't very good and I think that's why I'm dropping weight.

I never, ever, eat before five p.m. here. I get to work at three, grab a water or juice, then go to lunch around five or six. I might grab a small snack later that night, but that's it.

[Robot_Teacher]

OP, good for you. I find eating a light dinner and avoiding late night anything, but water or a piece of fruit is what works. When I was drinking beer 3 to 4 nights a week and eating heavy late night meals, I gained weight and wasn't losing despite working out 1 hour a day, but when I dropped the beer and heavy late night cheesy meaty belly bombs down to 0 to 1 night per week, I started losing the 40 pounds of dead excess weight. I'm reducing meat and adding more fresh vegetables as filler in my cooking now that more has become available in the Summer. When you got your body in fat burning mode by taking in fewer calories than you're burning, you feel more energetic and lighter where your moving around feels easier which allow you to get more out of your workout. It beats how sluggish and heavy you feel when relying on excessive food to make you feel good temporarily.

Right now, I'm a real loser, because I want to look good, try to prevent heart and cardio issues, and be able to handle a surf board instead of being too top heavy and flabby. I always wished I was one of the people who just don't eat much. Some people just are least bit interested in food, cooking, and spending money so they eat very little resulting in a slender low maintenance lifestyle. Thumbs up to the vegan living on 100,000 won a month food money.

Remember a 12 ounce or a 330 ml bottle of beer usually has 150 or more calories and if you drink 12 of them in a night, that's 1800 or more calories; enough food energy for an entire day. And then if you add a dinner at the end, that's another 500 to 1000 calorie belly bomb to go to bed on resulting in dreaded moobs, belly, and high blood pressure. This is where so many men go wrong and end up pot bellied, out of shape, and with heart disease before 50. I know it sounds like preaching, but it's the truth and if you flame me, then you're feeling insecure about this all too common issue. I'm determined not to let that happen to me like it is to my friends and family among millions of others. I believe they call it the Battle of the Bulge if I'm not mistaken.

[SHANE02]

I do thee same as the op. 40 mins a day of exercise and dinner is chicken breast salad. I have lost 6kg in 2 months. I feel much better for the exercise too.

[IMF crisis]

[Cohiba]

[Horangi Munshin]

I was surprised that I lost 2kgs in roughly 4-5weeks. I don't exercise much. I used to drink a lot of mix coffee and eat everything. I cut the coffee, meat and wheat.

[Joe666]

I lost 20 lbs in one month since arriving in Korea. I believe the dysentary i've been experiencing has been a godsend.

[cangel]

Oh, has it been the requisite 3 months so now it's fat bashing time again? "I don't know how anyone can be fat." "The only way to be fat is to do nothing." What a bunch of idiots! I'm just going to go eat a cheesecake for lunch and then take a nap. Have a nice afternoon everyone.

[Chambertin]

I completely agree about the weight loss. Every year I lose about 15-20 lbs in Asia, only to put at least 10 back on in a few weeks back the non-descript country.
Bear in mind running is out of the question for me, and walking over a mile a day or up and down more than three flights of stairs regularly changes my life day drastically.
I cheer for you and hope that like me after you lose a major portion of the normal weight you can keep it off.

I still remember the day this disabled veteran was denied a handicapped parking sticker because I looked too healthy.
I guess I would have pissed off all the old farts or fatties who don�t take care of themselves.

It�s amazing what a culture that respects food can do for a person.
I wish more would open their eyes instead of their mouths. (to stuff food in)

(EDIT):

[warmachinenkorea]

I've been here since Sept. and lost about 14 kg. Keep in mind that the first 20 lbs or so is usually water weight and anything after that is actual fat loss.

[Bloopity Bloop]

[Bloopity Bloop]

[warmachinenkorea]

Did you lift while you were in China? I started lifting here and have gained strength while losing weight. It takes a disorder or complete none use for muscles to atrophy.