Korean Job Discussion Forums

MANDRL · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Location: South Korea

Just wondering if in general you gain weight, lose weight or stay the same weight in Korea...

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

Check out my "Must Gloat" thred.

Ginormousaurus · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit

I was about 220 lbs when I got here in 2003. Now I'm about 185.

I spent too much time eating fast food in my car back in Canada. Thankfully I don't have that priviledge here.

Okibum · Joined: 28 Jul 2006

I have gained weight in the 3 months that I have been here. I walk everywhere but I drink a lot more than ever.

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

Lost 70lbs but gained back 10lbs.

so running total is 60 lbs lost. Smile

seoulsucker · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject:

Weight stayed the same, but I'm in better shape.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

lost almost 30kgs (over 60 pounds!)

Novernae · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

Lost (with activity) and gained (with the same activity as at home).

Overall -- gained.

Food is much less healthy here than what I eat at home. Fruit and veggie prices are a big deterrent for me, and veggies were horrible this year (I finally found a head of broccoli in a store that wasn't already moldy for the first time last week). It's often cheaper to buy a meal than make it yourself (where you can control the inch of oil on the top of that soup or the three inches of fat on that piece of pork).

Zyzyfer · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:

Gained but not upon first arriving (stayed about the same for the first year) and have put on weight now from boozing and a desk job. Cutting back the boozing and exercising now, but I waited a bit too long and it'll be a while.

It is hard to eat healthy here unless you specifically aim to do it.

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

kiwiliz · Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand

Gained from trying not to hurt peoples feelings and eating everything I was given.
Lost some of it by cutting back on the portions..working on the rest, but I am definately not getting the exercise I need...have to work on that....or the fresh veg. Eating school lunches, not alot of goodness in the veg after its been cooked, cooked and then cooked some more. Smile

joeyinasia · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Location: Korea

lost...30 pounds Very Happy

rednblack · Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Location: In a quiet place

Arrived at 101 kg. After 7 months down to 80. The next 5 years I yo-yoed between between 84 and 107 ( depending on habbits of the time). The past 12 months I've gone gone from 87 to 108 (an all time lazy record).