V&J in Thailand

One of the things I've always wondered was whether or not the American diet was more likely to make you fat than the Thai diet. In Thailand it is far more common to eat smaller portions more frequently during the day instead of sitting down to a huge meal. Food is readily available at small restaurants and street vendors and is both high quality and inexpensive. Portions are sized such that you can order 1-2 items. Currently I'm a not so svelte 186 lbs. (none of it muscle). My goal is to get to 172. So in the grand tradition of blogging about way too personal stuff (e.g. starryeyes posting about an herbal tea laxative), I've decided to post my weight loss progress (or regression) for all those interested.

Losing weight

Date Weight Comments 2/22/2008 186lbs./84.5kg I'm Asian Grimace 2/28/2008 180.4lbs./82.2kg Like a Bosc pear instead of an Anjou pear 3/6/2008 182.2lbs./82.8kg I hope I got stronger because I didn't get lighter 3/12/2008 177.3lbs./80.6kg Only 5 lbs. from my target! 3/28/2008 176lbs./80kg I think I'm plateauing

Thailand was never conquered by a foreign power but they appear to have definitely stopped off for a bite. Walking around the city the last couple weeks we have noticed a ton of foreign fast food restaurants in Thailand.

So far we've only stopped off at two, and even then only really for novelty reasons but the longer we're here, the more I'm sure our bodies will begin to crave the preservatives we've been missing.

Click on the gallery below for more pictures.

Foreign Casual Food