DON'T GET FAT IN JAPAN | New Release

Would you be able to link to this? I have a lot of weight that I'm just starting to try to lose - seeing someone else doing it would be awesome.

simmehchan

Hey! Any chance you could link to your vlog series? 8 stone's roughly what I've got to lose and it'd be awesome to see the journey from someone else's experience. Congrats on managing it by the way, that's quite the achievement!

Mike Rees

I'm sorry people are shitty to you about your body. There's few things that make me more angry... I have a vlog that charts my experience of weight loss and the psychological impact of living as a morbidly obese woman in a world that openly despises fat people. Out of thousands of views, and hundreds of comments (many of them genuinely moving) I've only ever experienced one troll. Its was on a video of me trying out a climbing centre for the first time after celebrating losing the first 2 stone. Although I was still morbidly obese at that point, I was feeling pretty stoked! However, the troll took it upon himself to let me on know that my "body was hideously deformed". Having now lost 8 stone in total, I'm comparatively 'normal' by British standards. However, I'm really not sure I could deal with people prodding my stomach or looking at me like a freak in an onsen without my togs on! Some wanker snorted at me like a pig in a steam room which was utterly humiliating. That shit really sticks with you. 😞 ANYWAY, enough of such sad talk! You can achieve anything you put your mind to, Chris. This is evident in your wonderful videos and your dedication to your other pursuits. As you say, do it for yourself (or for your future bambinos when the time comes!) 👍 Right, I'm off to SOAS to learn the fuck out of some Kanji. Hopefully I'll still be able to stay awake for the live BROADcast! 😊

Mz. Ultraviolence

Does japanese people eat as much sweets as americans? Lets just say a chocolate bar a day would be the standard in my mind.

Chris, would you marry that cat if we donated you enough money?

Preston Farnham

Not a question, but: I love your cat! : )

one_more_lvl

At this point how much longer do you see yourself staying in Japan?

James Keen

Do you find the general notion that Japanese food is healthier than foods from countries like America is true, or do you think other factors play a greater role in the very low obesity rate? Coming from the UK, was the food itself a problem in your slight weight gain, or was it more the portioning, or other factors, like stress? I've also heard that there is decent drinking culture in Japan. Do you feel like that contributes at all?

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