I probably shouldn't stand on the scale these days because it just kind of makes me mad and confused as to how a person can weigh 3 kg different from one day to the next.
When I was younger I had a majestic metabolism. I would drink like a fish and just eat whatever the hell I could afford to buy in college and still would have 6-pack abs. I was the envy of a lot of my friends especially the few I had that were close to 10 years older than me because while I was somewhat physically active, it wasn't a lot. I also was a smoker and my diet consisted of just anything that happened to be around when I was hungry. I recall eating sub sandwiches that were grilled with loads of cheese one them and one of my favorites was this chopped chicken sub that had marinated onions and peppers thrown in while cooking, then it gets buried in mozzarella, cooked in an oven for a bit, then covered with shredded lettuce and tomatoes. Then on the side I would have like half a bag of Ruffles chips and because it wasn't bad enough for you yet, I would dip all of it in Ranch dressing.
I don't eat anything like that these days and I would weight as much as a truck if I did.
I am not a small person but I am also not terribly big. I teeter around 90kg or close to 200 lbs and I am about 6 feet tall or to be more precise, I am exactly 181cm.
My weight can vary wildly across a week depending on how I live my life that week.
As I have hinted at in a lot of other posts, my biggest weakness is beer. Drinking is a massive part of being in the expatriate scene in this part of the world and most likely, all the rest of them. When I go and meet my friends for a "couple of drinks" the conversation starts flowing and the next thing I know I have had 10 beers. I have a very high tolerance and no, I don't think this is something to be proud of. Normally it means your liver is so used to being abused that you don't feel drunk like other people would because you got used to that feeling many years ago.
I may grow to regret these frivolous ways as I get older but for me these days the thing that affects me the most is that damn scale that I bought because Lazada (our Amazon) suggested i get it and it was just something like $5, so I decided to go ahead and get it.
I weight approximately 14 Nadis
This thing really surprised me some days because of the variations from day to day but some days I look at it in the morning, like I did today and think "how can that possibly be true?"
It must have something to do with water retention or things along those lines because I don't think it is actually POSSIBLE to gain 3 and a half kilograms in a single day. This is in the morning before eating as well.
I don't remember ever really having this issue when I was younger but I kind of look at 90kg as being my upper limit where I have to stop being irresponsible because for me, that is kind of a bad turning point.
You see, there was a time that I got up to nearly 110 kg before I moved to Vietnam and I was not happy being a fatty. The road back to sub 100 was tough, and the journey to below 90 was even tougher. I think gaining weight takes a really long time as well you just don't notice it so much because unlike the pain that comes along with losing weight, gaining it is normally pretty fun.
Exercising is not so easy here in Vietnam because it is seriously hot all the time and you can break a sweat by simply going outdoors. You don't even need to move. You can just stand there and you are going to sweat. I frequently will carry a small towel or bandanna with me in case the sweat drips start to get out of control.
Nadi is on a bit of a diet right now and since her liver diagnosis a few months back she is down 200 grams, LOL. We had to cut back on her rations because the vet said she was overweight and well, I kind of knew that was the case anyway.
For Nadi, her weight doesn't change all that much but I seem to yo-yo like crazy. Maybe everyone does but I spend too much time standing on the scale. What I maybe should be focusing on more is if my pants fit and looking at how fat my face looks in the mirror.
I've considered taking some time away from the booze but then I really wont be able to hang out with my friends. Normally my week consists of very little partying, but I have been to the VR cafe 3 times in the past week because me and my friends love it love it love it and more than half of those same friends want to continue to hang out afterwards and the only thing to do is to go and drink beer on the beach.
There are definitely worse things to do with your time but for me I am one of those people where 1 beer is too many and 10 isn't enough. The scale kind of motivates me I guess and I think the only way I am going to see south of 85 will be if I figure out a way to hang out without drinking.
I think beer is a pretty crazy beverage because can you think of anything else that you would ever have 10 of in one sitting? You would never drink that much soda or Coca-Cola because that would be nuts right? But 10 beers? No problem!
Now that I am older I am sure this is very common. My body's ability to just burn whatever simply isn't there anymore and I guess I need to be a bit more careful.