The power of the blog!
So, I hear, from people in Europe that I have lost weight. How do they know, they saw my blog! From the photos I look thinner "Are they feeding you in Brazil?" I am asked. "Come back home and get a meal!" I am offered.
It is true that my weight has fallen: 83.5kg to 66.5kg (17kg). This happened very quickly, in the first 7-8 months. It just went down and down.. I thought hey, it is below 80! Then it went down more and more and then I saw it go into the 60's and I got worried... I have to start to stop loosing weight soon, before I vanish. My MC team joked that soon I would not exist and they would need to seek a new MCVPPD!
Since March my weight has remained stable. Maybe 66kg is my natural Brazilian Weight?
To set the record straight. I was overweight when I came (BMI of 26) so I went on a diet, started running and stuff. Then I lost and lost and lost, so I stopped running and eating normal foods again. Still I lost more. My trousers no longer fitted (in the year I bought 2 different belts, until the point when belts were no good.. I needed new trousers!). In the year my waist has gone from 95cm - 82cm today (lost 18cm). Now my BMI is around 20 (ideal BMI is 18.5-25) and so I look better (I think). Just that my shirts and trousers are too big. I wonder if I will get fatter when I return to the UK. I hope not.
By the way, the reason I know this is because every pharmacy in Brazil has free scales. Actually very useful to weigh yourself whenever you want!
Then, I am at party on Friday and an American trainee is introduced to me...
"Ahh, you are Dean!"
"Yes, that's me"
"I read your blog a lot when I was preparing to come to Brazil with AIESEC, it was so good and helped me prepare"
"Oh, really!"
"Yes, it is such a good idea, now I have a blog and my friends from home read it often..."
Then a conversation on the power and usefulness of blogging started. Cool, hey!
It is true that my weight has fallen: 83.5kg to 66.5kg (17kg). This happened very quickly, in the first 7-8 months. It just went down and down.. I thought hey, it is below 80! Then it went down more and more and then I saw it go into the 60's and I got worried... I have to start to stop loosing weight soon, before I vanish. My MC team joked that soon I would not exist and they would need to seek a new MCVPPD!
Since March my weight has remained stable. Maybe 66kg is my natural Brazilian Weight?
To set the record straight. I was overweight when I came (BMI of 26) so I went on a diet, started running and stuff. Then I lost and lost and lost, so I stopped running and eating normal foods again. Still I lost more. My trousers no longer fitted (in the year I bought 2 different belts, until the point when belts were no good.. I needed new trousers!). In the year my waist has gone from 95cm - 82cm today (lost 18cm). Now my BMI is around 20 (ideal BMI is 18.5-25) and so I look better (I think). Just that my shirts and trousers are too big. I wonder if I will get fatter when I return to the UK. I hope not.
By the way, the reason I know this is because every pharmacy in Brazil has free scales. Actually very useful to weigh yourself whenever you want!
Then, I am at party on Friday and an American trainee is introduced to me...
"Ahh, you are Dean!"
"Yes, that's me"
"I read your blog a lot when I was preparing to come to Brazil with AIESEC, it was so good and helped me prepare"
"Oh, really!"
"Yes, it is such a good idea, now I have a blog and my friends from home read it often..."
Then a conversation on the power and usefulness of blogging started. Cool, hey!
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