I'm sure Amanda will be adding to it at some point, because it's happening to both of us. However, it's certainly weird. I came to Thailand with all my comfortable clothes and now they look hilarious on me. Dresses that used to fit perfectly now hang from my body. My jeans quite literally won't stay up. I brought over 15 skirts for work. 7 fit when I came over and the other 8 were too small. Three of them now fit and 12 of them are too big.
Thailand is the diet plan I never knew I was getting.
It's not rocket science why this is happening. Portion sizes here are perfect. You aren't given a huge plate of food for a "decent" price. You're given a serving of food and it's cheap and delicious.
For instance, last night, Roxi, Amanda, and I got 10 grilled bananas (they're quite small, only about three inches long), a pre-sliced grapefruit, two orders of fish salad (about 1 cup each), and two orders of khao gee (rice patties dipped in egg and cooked until the egg is crispy).
When you divide this out, we each got 2/3 cup of fish, a handful of veggies (served with the fish), a serving of fruit, and two rice patties.
It cost in total 300B. One evening meal - and this was a true MEAL - we couldn't finish all the food we bought (we all had a khao gee and a banana for breakfast this morning), cost 67B each. This is about 2$ for dinner and breakfast.
Another example of this is our school lunch. Every day for lunch I get the same thing: rice with chicken and garlic ginger sauce. It's 3/4 cup of rice with about 1/2 cup of chicken. It costs 25B (0.80$). If you want more food, you can buy another plate, but there is no arguing with the lunch ladies about getting more food on a plate! There are days I see the teenage boys get 2-3 full plates and sit down to finish them, but most of us are perfectly content with our 300 calorie plates of rice and chicken.
So while we might not have huge mountains of french fries, we get reasonable-sized portions of delicious and healthy food for a pittance.
I'm definitely not complaining! I'm down 21 pounds since I left the US.
**** Amanda's thoughts ****
None of my clothes fit and it is difficult for me to find new ones...ok...it is difficult for me to find new pants. I've been able to find a few shirts and this bomb owl dress.
I started my weight loss journey years ago and to date I've lost over 160 pounds; 41 of those have been over the past three months here. This has happened due to the food portions and the amount of sweat that drips on a daily basis. I had a feeling I would lose weight here but didn't expect to lose that much that quickly.
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