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| Did you lose weight upon arrival? |
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dkteachlife
Joined: 24 Dec 2010
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 Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:44 pm Post subject: Losing weight shortly after arrival? |
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| How many of you lost weight upon arrival? gained weight? |
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fullcollapseCA
Joined: 03 Aug 2010
Location: Cheongju-@ a Hagwon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I gained some weight from all the excitement. |
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Reise-ohne-Ende
Joined: 07 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I lost weight at first even though I was eating constantly, continued to eat like a pig for about two months and stayed the same, but then started gaining again, lol. Eating like a human now and slowly losing weight. |
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normalperson
Joined: 06 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I lost a little but then it came back after I found mcdonalds and kfc... |
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chellovek
Joined: 29 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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First time around I gained weight, resulting in a perceptible increase in badness and immorality.
The next time I lost weight and continue to be slim and trim with the resulting goodness and sound morality. |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:56 am Post subject: |
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I gained weight. Change makes me hungry. I was getting less exercise as I no longer was riding my bike 5 miles to and then from work 5 days/week. I found (and still do) it a lot harder to eat veggies (less convenience veggies, pre-cut ones are super overpriced). I drank a lot of soju not realizing a single bottle was 600 calories. I ate a lot of rice, which my body was not used to so much sugar/carbs.
I weigh about 5 lbs less than when I came the first time around as I've been dieting (lost 9lbs last month, yay!), but I don't know if I can retain the loss because I've been very stressed lately and therefore have been eating.
I talk about this stuff a lot online because my husband and friends are sick of hearing about it. Sorry. |
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Lastrova
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| What do you mean "upon arrival?" I've lost a lot of weight and gained muscle, but that was after a year of living here. |
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Vagabundo
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| What do you mean "upon arrival?" I've lost a lot of weight and gained muscle, but that was after a year of living here. |
ditto, but this was part of a plan, not simply because I live(d) here. I actually pigged out on all kinds of bad food for 2 months before coming here, because I knew I wouldn't be having them here so I came in even "worse" than I was supposed to be  . I also knew I wouldn't be eating a lot of Korean food, so a make at home diet/health food plan was concocted.
I find it infinitely easier to get into and stay in shape outside the land of the fat. |
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Lastrova
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:42 am Post subject: |
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I find it infinitely easier to get into and stay in shape outside the land of the fat. |
Bingo. And a family that has a very healthy appetite.
Take some more! You're not eating enough! |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| chellovek wrote: |
First time around I gained weight, resulting in a perceptible increase in badness and immorality.
The next time I lost weight and continue to be slim and trim with the resulting goodness and sound morality. |
I went the other way =(
Now I find it hard to make it through the day without murder, petty theft, downloading movies not available in Korea, rape, or taking two sets of disposable chopsticks from 7-11 when I knew I was only going to use one set.
(For stat-watchers: I've gained 8kg in 6 years. And I'm still slim.) |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:14 am Post subject: |
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| lost about 15 pounds immediately and kept it off the entire time I was in Korea |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:30 am Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| lost about 15 pounds immediately and kept it off the entire time I was in Korea |
Immigration or customs? |
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chellovek
Joined: 29 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| chellovek wrote: |
First time around I gained weight, resulting in a perceptible increase in badness and immorality.
The next time I lost weight and continue to be slim and trim with the resulting goodness and sound morality. |
I went the other way =(
Now I find it hard to make it through the day without murder, petty theft, downloading movies not available in Korea, rape, or taking two sets of disposable chopsticks from 7-11 when I knew I was only going to use one set.
(For stat-watchers: I've gained 8kg in 6 years. And I'm still slim.) |
That's 8kg of eternal damnation. Be careful, man. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| DorkothyParker wrote: |
| I drank a lot of soju not realizing a single bottle was 600 calories. |
That many?? Really?? One bottle of soju=a few beers worth of calories? |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| And where did you get that info? When i googled soju calories, I found a blog that stated there were 540 calories in a soju bottle but it didn't have anything to back up that assertion. other sites used that blog as their reference. |
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