Jac- I think you wrote the longest comment I have ever received!!! I will have to look into that no count plan for WW…and I will do the minutes a week excersise. I will start at 180 minutes a week and maybe move up from there. The minutes is a good idea, instead of trying to go every day i suppose since that way if something comes up I still have to make up the minutes somewhere else. If i ate Japanese food, and cooked it then I probably wouldn’t put on so much weight but the truth is I don’t like some of it very much. I tend to like the things that are not good for you like Gyoza and Karage!!

There are plenty of chances for Australian teachers here in International Schools. If you want to know more just email me and I can give you some information. It is difficult to find a job before you are in Japan though, especially at international schools and kindergartens.

sarah- We had a great time! I think the next time we take a trip together will probably be back to Australia next May so it was great to get away now while we could.

Jen- If i didn’t spend so much time blogging and reading other blogs and wasting time I would probably be fluent! I need to work at it a lot more…

Sarah- I saw some of your wedding photos and I saw your dress and they were FANTASTIC. I love the fact you did it in Sakura season!! I will have to come check out your blog again!

Katie- This weekend will be healthy food and rest because I am going back to Shumpei’s parents place…She always buys me fruit because she knows I love it and the expensive multigrain bread from the bakery!!! The wedding on the Monday might cause me to over indulge however…

Do you have a blog?

Enny- I AM BACK!!! I didn’t pull an Enny as long as you did though but glad to see you have posted since I was away. YAY!

COME BACK! =o)

Your japanese goal should be easy, you live with a fluent Japanese speaker! I’d start with that one and everything else seems a bit easier when you achieve a mini goal.

Enny-point has a WW thing which you can calculate the points value of food. You can sometimes find the WW books on eBay. Alchol isn’t very good when you are trying to lose weigh, so if you cut down on how often you drink you’d find the weight moves more easily and you’ll have more $$, two birds, one stone

As for losing weight in Japan… I’d always imagined that Japanese food would be super healthy! Lots of rice and lean meat/fish etc. I don’t know just how bad the japanese bread is, but I reckon you could still eat it and lose weight as long as your other meals were good. Maybe you should try following the ‘no count’ ww plan. Have you read about it? It’s basically a list of healthy foods which you can eat freely from as long as you have three meals a day and only snack on fruit and vegetables inbetween meals. Might work for you?
I can send you more detailed information if you like.
But other than that, just up the exercise I guess! Give yourself a goal of so-many minutes per week, then make it up with walking/jogging/swimming/cylcing, whatever’s available to you.

I’m jealous of you living in Japan! Is it expensive to live there? Do you know if there’s many opportunities for australian teachers at international schools? (I know that’s a random question but I remember reading somewhere on your blog that you worked at an international school once…)

In answer to your question, the ‘picture’ in the background of my photos is my Thunderbirds clock!! It’s super cool And yeah, people sometimes touch my boobs hahaha but more often that not it’s sort of a ‘taboo’ subject because people think I’m touchy about it - which I’m not. And as soon as I mention the topic people have so much to say about it hahaha. Lots of questions.
Anyway, one day i’m getting a reduction so my breast worries will be no more.

Have fun in Okinawa!! I wish I was going. That picture looks beautiful.