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AsI am starting this group I might as well ask anyone who joins to say who they are.
My name is Kat, I served in Peace Corps Suriname from 2006-2009.
My name is Kat, I served in Peace Corps Suriname from 2006-2009.
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I'm currently a PCV in Romania. Everyone told me I'd automatically lose weight in the Peace Corps...not true! I've been lucky enough to maintain even without watching my diet, but it's definitely time for me to eat healthier and work out more.0
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RPCV Madagascar 06-09 (got evacuated :-/)0
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OMG - SO TRUE! Nothing but deep fried Carbohydrates for 2+years does not wieght loss make - I am testiment to that. And I was recently in Romania on vacation and the food is good - so I completely understand.I'm currently a PCV in Romania. Everyone told me I'd automatically lose weight in the Peace Corps...not true! I've been lucky enough to maintain even without watching my diet, but it's definitely time for me to eat healthier and work out more.0 -
And yet you have the same years as me - doing a 3 year tour. I am jealous though. I really want to see hissing cockroaches in the wild.RPCV Madagascar 06-09 (got evacuated :-/)0 -
And yet you have the same years as me - doing a 3 year tour. I am jealous though. I really want to see hissing cockroaches in the wild.RPCV Madagascar 06-09 (got evacuated :-/)
Yup, I extended then about 2 months before my COS date we evacuated
but I still counted as a full 3 year volunteer 
as for the cockroaches....no need to look in the wild, I had a kitchen FULL of them. My first night I poked at one with a stick just to get them to hiss (totally like a 3 year old)0 -
Hey everybody. I was in Ukraine 2008-2010. I thought about extending but I just could deal with another winter there,I never really understand a real winter until I went there especially since I am from California. I was lucky in losing weight but once I can home,I gained it all back.0
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\Hey everybody. I was in Ukraine 2008-2010. I thought about extending but I just could deal with another winter there,I never really understand a real winter until I went there especially since I am from California. I was lucky in losing weight but once I can home,I gained it all back.
Welcome to our very small group. I was lucky there was no such thing as winter in Suriname 0 -
I'm Jessica. RPCV 2010-2012 fresh out of El Salvador.
Stopped running once in ES because of the mean stray dogs and the staring men, now I'm back, trying to shed all the pounds I gained on two years of a corn based diet. :P0 -
hahahah! I stopped running in Suriname because of the rabid dogs. I did some jogging tonight for the very first time in years tonight 0
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Hi my name is Ed.
I was in Peace Corps Panama from 2006 to 2009 - living on a reservation working with coffee farmers. It was great!
Now being back in the states I put on a bunch of weight and trying to get it off.
I'm trying to start the couch to 5k program and a program called starting strength for weight lifting. Trying to get a handle on my food intake but living in DC with happy hours and eatting out isn't helping.
Also trying to use the fit bit.
Happy to have found this group.0 -
Welcome to the group Ed! I too put on a lot of weight after Peace Corps but I am losing it now! 0
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Thanks Kat!0
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Hi my name is Ed.
I was in Peace Corps Panama from 2006 to 2009 - living on a reservation working with coffee farmers. It was great!
Now being back in the states I put on a bunch of weight and trying to get it off.
I'm trying to start the couch to 5k program and a program called starting strength for weight lifting. Trying to get a handle on my food intake but living in DC with happy hours and eatting out isn't helping.
Also trying to use the fit bit.
Happy to have found this group.
I had a medical evac during my service in El Salvador and got to go to Panama City. I met some volunteers, sounds like a pretty unique place to serve. Bienvenido al grupo. I'm doing c25k too, along with P90X. I am trying to get back a pre peace corps physique.
To many tortillas and not enough soccer! 0 -
Hi my name is Ed.
I was in Peace Corps Panama from 2006 to 2009 - living on a reservation working with coffee farmers. It was great!
Now being back in the states I put on a bunch of weight and trying to get it off.
I'm trying to start the couch to 5k program and a program called starting strength for weight lifting. Trying to get a handle on my food intake but living in DC with happy hours and eatting out isn't helping.
Also trying to use the fit bit.
Happy to have found this group.
I had a medical evac during my service in El Salvador and got to go to Panama City. I met some volunteers, sounds like a pretty unique place to serve. Bienvenido al grupo. I'm doing c25k too, along with P90X. I am trying to get back a pre peace corps physique. To many tortillas and not enough soccer!
I went to Panama to visit right before I became a PCV. It was amazing and totally inspired me to continue the application process, though they refused to nominate me for Africa.
I have been to quite a few Peace Corps countries: Panama, Jamaica, Guatemala, Honduras, Bosnia and Herzogovinna, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Brazil, Turkey.... I think that might be it. I still however have not been to Africa 0 -
Hi Kat and Yessi - thanks for the posts !
I just met up with my sister, and she told me about the Duchan Diet. Has anyone heard of it or tried it?
I guess its a high protein thing.
When i was in my site I was on an all potato like veggie diet, but I was also on a work out schedule of climbing mountains to do manual labor, so it worked out. Living here in the city now I have to switch it up.
I hope you're all doing well
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Hi my name is Ed.
I was in Peace Corps Panama from 2006 to 2009 - living on a reservation working with coffee farmers. It was great!
Now being back in the states I put on a bunch of weight and trying to get it off.
I'm trying to start the couch to 5k program and a program called starting strength for weight lifting. Trying to get a handle on my food intake but living in DC with happy hours and eatting out isn't helping.
Also trying to use the fit bit.
Happy to have found this group.
I had a medical evac during my service in El Salvador and got to go to Panama City. I met some volunteers, sounds like a pretty unique place to serve. Bienvenido al grupo. I'm doing c25k too, along with P90X. I am trying to get back a pre peace corps physique. To many tortillas and not enough soccer!
I went to Panama to visit right before I became a PCV. It was amazing and totally inspired me to continue the application process, though they refused to nominate me for Africa.
I have been to quite a few Peace Corps countries: Panama, Jamaica, Guatemala, Honduras, Bosnia and Herzogovinna, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Brazil, Turkey.... I think that might be it. I still however have not been to Africa
The greatest PC country in Africa is Madagascar For a while (not sure if this is true anymore) it had the most extensions, lowest ET rate, and highest number of PCVs that married a HCN (love PC acronyms)
Hi Ed& Jessica...I'm doing C25K as well (almost done actually!! 2 more weeks :-D)0 -
Hello! I was in the Peace Corps a lot earlier than many of you....in Western Samoa from 1997-1999. This is when they only had one traffic light for the entire island. It's a little more developed now. I did organizational development....worked for "Catholic Social Services" out there doing health-related projects. It actually inspired me to go back to school and get my masters in nursing and public health. My username here is Samoan (so you can see it always stays with you). It simply means: foreign woman.
Trying to lose my last 15 pounds after gaining quite a bit of weight with my 2 kids......
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Hey all, I'm Leslie, a current PCV in Tanzania. I'm teaching secondary school. I eat pretty much only rice and beans, so... not quite the healthiest thing in the world, but I do have a lot of free time for exercise. The good thing about living here, is that chocolate is so expensive I can't afford it! Ha!0
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Hi MFanyafujo,
I also lived on white rice and canned beans. I also bought flour and experimented in solar cooking every day. Unfortunatley for us there was no real time to excersize. In Suriname the only time of the day where it is below 95 degrees is after 6:00 PM. And you only have a half hour to do anything before it is too dark to leave the house (pit vipers everywhere).
I certainly lost my ability to run everywhere when I was in Suriname.
Good for you being a Volunteer. How far along are you in Service?0 -
Hi MFanyafujo,
I also lived on white rice and canned beans. I also bought flour and experimented in solar cooking every day. Unfortunatley for us there was no real time to excersize. In Suriname the only time of the day where it is below 95 degrees is after 6:00 PM. And you only have a half hour to do anything before it is too dark to leave the house (pit vipers everywhere).
I certainly lost my ability to run everywhere when I was in Suriname.
Good for you being a Volunteer. How far along are you in Service?
I'm lucky in that I'm a bit inland, so it's not so humid and it's relatively cool in the morning, evening, and sometimes all day during the rainy season. I do most of my exercise indoors though, so I can wear my "skimpy" workout clothes.
I'm a year and a half in. Should be home in November.0
