Comments on Teaching English abroad in Japan: Can Japanese food make you fat?

ive just come back from Japan was in Tokyo and i l...

2011-06-24T23:07:00.525-07:00

ive just come back from Japan was in Tokyo and i love all the food sushi, Tempura and all the fresh veg.

I did lose some weight, with the help of all the walking and not eating junk. So was was really happy im not fat by any means. Now im home i only eat japanese food just like wat i waas eating in Tokyo im a good cook and love Tempura twice a week sushi and fried fish every day all fresh Veg and the beautiful soups with the japanese spice and such. I feel so much healthier and fitter though just chancing my diet from western to Asian Korean food too. I have rice and soup and love Matttra grean tea. My hoilday to Japan deffo changed my life looking very much to go back nxt year.

A lot of foreigners gain weight here--perhaps it&#...

2010-01-01T04:52:52.346-08:00

A lot of foreigners gain weight here--perhaps it's the stress of living as a foreigner. I think candied chestnuts have more calories than you think. I think white rice is really overall bad for you. Combine it with a like for white bread and you will soon get a gut. The only way I keep weight off in Japan is by not eating white rice more than once a day and not eating between meals.

I can recommend natto, brown rice, and grilled fish--plus Japan does usually have a wide range of fresh greens, which many westerners are not accustomed to eating.

hey everyone! I myself just moved to Japan to tea...

2009-08-25T00:16:57.740-07:00

hey everyone! I myself just moved to Japan to teach english, and have been trying to find healthy protein sources with little to no success. Everything here is either super-starchy or fried. I can't even find real grilled chicken! However, I did find one really great source of protein: edamame. Healthy and super-easy to prepare. Plus, it's delicious. :)

i just started not eating after 6pm! fat is like, ...

2009-06-24T20:59:29.104-07:00

i just started not eating after 6pm! fat is like, melting off. anyway if you move from america to tokyo it's a little hard not to lose at least some weight (though you can avoid it if you try and i have done a good job of doing it as slowly as possible).

there is too much pressure for girls to all be the same level of thin here and it's annoying, but i have to admit i really really love not being hassled about being on a diet. in america if you say you're on a diet and you're not morbidly obese people are like WHY DON'T YOU JUST LOVE YOUR BODY??? in japan they're like "oh okay" and don't offer you any more cake. psychologically america is a hard place to diet and tokyo makes it really easy.

When I lived in Switzerland, I used to have a rice...

2009-06-24T05:41:28.637-07:00

When I lived in Switzerland, I used to have a rice cooker so I made rice all the time. I used to eat it before bed. I used to have the impression that rice had "nothing" in it... of course, I gained a bit of weight in Switzerland.

Honestly, the best and healthiest weight loss plan is to control your portion size and eat your biggest meal for breakfast. I don't eat anything after 6 PM and I all my candy, dates, bread, rice, etc in my breakfast.

i was out with some japanese friends the other nig...

2009-06-24T05:24:08.763-07:00

i was out with some japanese friends the other night and they couldn't believe that i don't really eat rice at home. when i said i cut back to lose weight they laughed at me and said that was pointless and that rice is super low-calorie, especially compared to bread. i was like nuh-uh you nuts, how do you not know how many calories are in an onigiri? i don't know how many calories they think are in bread or how many calories they think someone needs in a day, but they just could not believe i thought rice was high-calorie, and were telling me, "no no you're so wrong, we're diet maniacs so we know this." what! what?? i was so exasperated by this conversation! seriously how can they think rice is low-calorie???

i really just wanted to complain about this so thank you for inviting me with this post.