Diet at kenya volunteering!

rachbezz
rachbezz Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi Guys,
I will be spending 3weeks in Kenya volunteering and therefore would be eating slice bread for breakfast but then only rice and beans through out the whole three weeks (apart for some exceptions).
Do you think eating rice everyday without exercise would make me gain weight or lose weight?
Thanks :)

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  • oneoddsock
    oneoddsock Posts: 321 Member
    What kind of volunteering are you doing? If it's something fairly active, such as looking after children or doing environmental work, then it's probably not going to be a problem in terms of your weight loss.

    My limited experience of African food tells me there's quite often plenty of vegetables available. There are also lots of rice and breads about, but you don't have to wholly rely on them to fill your belly.
  • rachbezz
    rachbezz Posts: 3 Member
    Will be with children doing something like english lessons.. So not sedentary work though not that active.
    Will be living with the families in their huts so probably yes rice and vegetables only .. Just worried that a lot of rice will result to weight gain due to excess carbs
  • motivatedmartha
    motivatedmartha Posts: 1,108 Member
    I'm sure you will be fine - lack of all the usual stuff we snack and graze on will help. The children will be keen for you to play and dance!
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    :huh:
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    The people living in huts, are they fat?
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    h7A4AD86F
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    I lived in Kenya for five years and you're not going to eat much rice and fresh vegetables, especially if you're living in a rural area. You're going to eat lots of ugali, nyama choma, sukuma wiki, chapati, and, if you're near Lake Victoria, lots and lots of tilapia...all of it fried in vegetable oil. To drink: chai, made with unpasteurized milk. :sick: If you happen to go to a restaurant, hotel, lodge, etc., you'll have access to lots of Indian food. None of it is food you really want to pig out on, believe me, so I wouldn't worry about gaining weight, especially if you're only going to be there for three weeks.

    Good luck! :)
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    Oh and Tusker beer...and Bitter Lemon...two things I do miss about Kenyan "cuisine." LOL
  • buzybev
    buzybev Posts: 199 Member
    Um. We eat things other than rice and beans...
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    And rice won't make you fat just because it is rice. Eating too many calories will make you gain weight.

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