China & Keto?
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What a LOVELY pic! You both look so happy!
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What a beautiful photo ! Gorgeous ! And your shirt looks baggy Dan.0
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Just catching up on this thread. You're probably in the air now @DittoDan. Sending up a prayer for you. Have a great trip!0
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Sweet pic. Can see who she takes after. Chip off the old block.0
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Wave as you pass over Japan, Dan! Are you making a stop at the Tokyo Disney resort? Great pic, you are looking wonderful. Enjoy the Peking Duck, just hold the wraps!0
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How did I miss the photo? Great pic of both of you!0
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What a lovely young lady! I'd say you both look proud of each other. Safe travels! Post some picture. We need a DittoDan on the road thread.0
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Thanks everyone. Quick update, (I have to go to bed in a few).
plane was horrible, worse than domestic planes
Everything went well in China, paperwork-wise.
hard to communicate, not good data/phone
scooter people have death wishes in multiple ways
I pretty much drove 3/4 (in a taxi) way through Shanghai, it is HUGE!!!
taxi cab drivers = one hand on steering wheel, one ready to honk
Train stations are gy-normous
I must of been the only foreigner in the train station.
All people in train station were under 30 years old
trains are fast and super quiet
Taxi cab drive through Hangzhou was way cool. A lot of stuff that needs to be investigated.
Fruits/veggies for sale in tiny shops, one on every block, everywhere
the same for little shoe stores
most shops are open faced, they're like normal American strip stores, but no hardly any fronts. As if they are open all the time??? (IOW, it doesn't look like they can be locked up.. I'm gonna check it out)
Hotel is better than Internet pics. Best hotel I have ever stayed in. But I will say, that I had to jiggle the fancy push button on top of the toilet ~ it was running... (LOL!)
And I water fasted the whole day. Probably lost some weight. My next weigh-in won't be for 3 weeks. And I got dehydrated. But I'm ok now.
Gotta run, I'll post pics later.
Dan the Mandarin Man from China Land
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What an adventure.0
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Drink bottled water! Try "hotpot" and remembeer in China they eat everything with 4 legs except the table. Also, it will be really hot so hydrate.0
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What an amazing trip! Love the picture with your daughter! She is beautiful and you look awesome! Proud Papa, I'm sure! Have a great time in China. Hope all goes well. Btw: if you could have a talk with them about their currency valuation, would help me, tremendously, lol! Have a spectacular time! Look forward to pictures, when you can, Dan the Mandarin Man from Michigan!!0
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Update.
Broke my fast at breakfast buffet in the Sheraton. It was an amazing buffet. The place is very cool. I ate all kinds of stuff, stuff I've never seen before. My log is a mess and I'm not going to sweat it. I actually thought about not logging.
I ate breakfast, lunch & dinner. Too much to list, pretty much keto, but probably on high side of carb count. I tasted some weird stuff and not going to log it. And some stuff tasted sweet, so probably carby.
Then at lunch, Disney had a table reserved for us and it had a lazy Susan full stuff, again, I don't know what I was eating. (I hardly ever eat lunch, if I eat breakfast. But you can't say no to the customer, it would be insulting. I sampled everything, that wasn't carby, didn't log any of it. He's a pic:
I actually used chopsticks! My daughter taught me how to. There were these wonderful coated-with-some-kinda-spicy-sauce-something peanuts and I dumped a bunch on my plate and ate them one by one. Here's proof I picked them up with my chopstick:
It was kinda fun and challenging to pick stuff up with the chopsticks. They didn't cut stuff very well though. There was some stuff, that was rubbery. And some prawns/crawdads (IDK), black looking duck-eggs, tofu, small clams, tiny octopus arms. Some veggie that looked like brocolli stems, it didn't have much flavor. Didn't care for the octopus or black duck eggs very much. There were these little fruits that looked exactly like olives, but the texture and taste was that of some kind of fruit. Jew Jew is how they pronounced it I think (sp?), IDK. Some of the stuff, I have eaten at Chinese restaurants here. All in all a pretty good lunch.
Now, back at office. I had to go pee. Didn't think much about it. I went into a stall and would of burst out laughing, but there was another Chinese guy in the bathroom and I didn't want to freak him out, check this out:
Calling all squatty potty fans ~ here's the REAL thing!!!! LOL! That thing was about 1 1/2 inches tall from the floor. After you do your business, you kick the floor pedal to flush it.
We all had a great meeting and ended a little early. So we went back to Sheraton. After I did a write-up of the meeting, my co-worker texted and said he was in the restaurant, I went down there and couldn't find him.
When I walked around they had a new dinner buffet. I was going to SKIP dinner, then I thought, what the heck, I thought I needed to destroy any weight loss I had from fasting, I went for it. All this food is free to me and I'm in China, I'm living life, not going to get another chance like this. I saw some more stuff (on the many fancy buffet tables) that I'd never seen before and they pulled me in.
I ate some normal Chinese food. Then I went looking for stuff I never have seen before. Check this out:
The fake asparagus were bland and stringy, taste wasn't even close to the real thing. The celery had some really hot sauce on it, wasn't very good. Ditto for the green stuff that looked like Kiwi. I really had to get a nerve up to eat the "black fungus". It was very thin and very spicy, the spices masked whatever taste they would of had.
I went to the fruit bar and found some unusual stuff, all in small quantities, so I went for it:
The watermelon was normal. The little quarter sized thing had a thin husk, I peeled it and the flesh was kinda white transparent and had a big brown seed in the middle. Tasted good. The weird half pink fruit tasted really weird and had crunchy little green seeds in it. The flesh was kinda slimy. Didn't care for it. The white pieces with the black dots, were great. They tasted like Kiwi, maybe a little less sweet, "kiwi light". I think somebody said it was "Dragon somethin-or-another".
Just to show you how fancy this place was, I took several pics.
(see next post)
Dan the Mandarin Man in China Land
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While I was eating dinner, it started raining cats and dogs. I then lost hope I could go out that evening. But we had an umbrella in the closet of all of our rooms. We went out walking to a nearby mall. It flooded, so we had to walk around, so I got my E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program in. This pic is at my hotel:
Thats all I got for now. Yes, I will get out and start taking pictures of the shopping strips tomorrow Lord willing. I probably won't document my food much anymore, unless its bizarre. I want you to see how they live, and other stuff not seen here in the states.
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Oh wow Dan, that's all amazing !!!!!! I'm so happy for you that you are there and trying different things ! That looked like dragon fruit and passion fruit on your plate. Happy about the chopsticks ! Keep trying weird and wonderful foods, and have a great adventure. Don;t worry about logging and calories ! Have fun !!!
Thank you so much for sharing all these tidbits and photos, I am sure enjoying them ! I'm on vacation with you, that's what it feels like !0 -
I love seeing the pictures. Thanks, Dan!0
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Love the photo journal!
I think the quarter-sized thing might be a loquat fruit.0 -
I wouldn't worry about logging while you are there. Enjoy the trip and the new food. You know what to do to keep up your proteins and fats, so branching out a little bit won't make a gigantic impact on your weight. Thinking you have to log every day and every bite is going to get irritating over the weeks, especially as you don't know what the heck you are trying. 0
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The pics are great! Glad you are enjoying it!0
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I have a sudden craving for Chinese food...0
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Fantastic pics Dan - thanks so much for sharing this trip with us! Your daughter is absolutely gorgeous and your progress is so apparent in that picture with her! 0
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Wow Dan, I see what my son meant when he said you won't recognize a lot of what you eat. Post when you can but enjoy this adventure and we will enjoy it with you.0
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Such an amazing time for you. Enjoy your time. You are more daring than me for trying some of that food. Lol. Have fun and be safe.0
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Thank you for sharing these with us. For people like me, who will likely never make it to China, this is a treat! So glad things are going well. Don't hesitate to post more pictures of anything. I'm loving this China trip and didn't even have to pack, lol!0
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Thank you for sharing all of this. The pictures definitely have added to the story. Love it!
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How fun! Thanks for sharing.0
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Active August Fitness Update.
Disney guy, my co-worker and me ~ decided to do a day trip. We went to the West Lake near Hangzhou (where I am staying). After a hectic taxi cab drive in very congested roads, we arrived. It was pouring rain. We didn't have enough sense to bring our umbrellas. We ran under a roof of a ferry boat and stood for about 20 minutes until the rain stopped.
So, it was about 88 degrees with 100% humidity all day. Get a load of this, the guy from Disney had a FitBit on his wrist. I was with him the whole day. We walked and walked and walked and walked.
His FitBit recorded approx 13,000 steps!
Yup, I walked 13,000 steps today.
And thats not all, I went up and down so many stairs, I thought I would never make it. What I mean by that is, when my co-worker pointed to me, where we would be walking today, my mind said to me, "There is NO WAY IN HELL you can do that". But I told my body, "you suck, I'll show you you're wrong, stop holding me back!"
But all my exercising on my E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program got me through this day! YAY! My hip and knees had maybe a "1" on the 0-10 pain scale. Now that's a big NSV for me.
Its almost surreal, I walked more today than I can remember, like 20, maybe 30 years or more, because I always avoided walking when I was fat. When I started this diet, I posted on Keto and lamented that I would park as close to my work to avoid the extra 30-50 steps I would have to take, because it was so difficult for me when I was over 300 pounds.
Not in a MILLION YEARS, if you would of told me, that on August of 2015 ~ (11 months ago) ~ I would walk 13,000 steps (in China no less) I'd had you committed to the psychiatric ward and I would of told you that you were crazy!!!
Just writing this makes me feel good, because I hope to reach others like me. There is hope for Fat people.
Also, I did much better eating, about 12,500 of those steps were on an empty stomach, yes, you heard right, I was fasting from about 8:00 from last night. We finally went to a fast food restaurant about 3:00 pm. and I had 4 tiny drumsticks and some Duck Gizzards. The chicken wasn't even breaded (I wouldn't of cared if it was or wasn't at that point) and the gizzards weren't breaded either. The chicken was good and the gizzards were hot/spicy, so much so, that it masked the flavor of the gizzard.
I have to go to dinner now with the same guys, so I'll post pics later. They are stunningly beautiful. I actually am considering posting to FaceBook, but did you know:
Facebook is blocked in China
Google is blocked in China
DropBox doesn't work in China
Android Phones do not work in China (because they are tied to Google)
Its time consuming to post pics to MFP, because I have to open each one in Paintbrush and resize them, if I didn't, one pic would exceed MFP's 2meg file size limit. I have another idea, I'm going to try to bulk downsize them with some other software. Or do you have any ideas?
Here's a teaser:
Gotta run, (did you know I can't physically run anymore, but I'm working on it)
Dan the Mandarin Man from China Land
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Wonderful to hear how you are getting on!0
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What a great experience you are having. Btw: I had heard that China limits their internet for its citizens! Go figure, huh! Thanks for the updates, and the struggle to make them happen! You rock Dan!0
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Not in a MILLION YEARS, if you would of told me, that on August of 2015 ~ (11 months ago) ~ I would walk 13,000 steps (in China no less) I'd had you committed to the psychiatric ward and I would of told you that you were crazy!!!
Just writing this makes me feel good, because I hope to reach others like me. There is hope for Fat people.
Dan - thank you. So much.
Your post brought tears to my eyes this morning exactly for the reason you just stated - hope.
After your crazy steppin' in China it will be simple to add some walking to your routine!
Thanks for sharing the journey.
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