demonyca

I'm an Australian - we have no choice but to be in the sun at some point throughout most days. We also use a massive amount of sunscreen every day of our lives even as kids. It's well ingrained. But I also just spent two weeks on a tropical island in Thailand. I'm kind of very bronze-tan all over right now, but my skin is…

I weighed up again this morning because my brand new clothes suddenly felt different than they did while I was touring around Thailand and Cambodia. Of course, this is after waking up every hour last night to go to the toilet. I must have gotten rid of 2 litres of just water in those toilet-visits. So I woke up this…

LOL I just showed my other half this thread to show him that it's (hopefully) a result of more salt/MSG than we're used to, plus travelling. He was moaning about putting on 3kg in the same amount of time that I put on 2kg and he was quite down about it too. His solution to make me feel better? He just poured me a Bacardi…

Thanks for your supportive comments, everyone. I'm really hoping it was just travel and fluid retention from staying in a country with 80% humidity every day. I checked my BMR and it's 1,477. I'll keep my eye on that number. I'll also order my other half to stop pouring me an automatic wine or beer with dinner and switch…

I tried to be really careful about what and where I was eating. No western fast-food options for me. I don't eat cakes or chocolate at any time anyway. I chose Thai restaurants where the kitchen was visible and fresh produce/seafood was readily visible. I chose dishes that contain primarily vegetables or seafood or chicken…

oh. Silly me. I'm still figuring this thing out : /