Not sure if you'll see this comment mate but I watched you back in the early Cmilk days and have recently started watching your videos again. These chat and ride videos were always my favourite and would love to see you do more of these. It's this kind of stuff that brought me to your stuff originally, simple and effective. It's a great way to learn about your day to day experience and see the country. You seem a lot more relaxed and happy these days and I think Taiwan is definitely the right place for you. Keep it up mate, this is decent, simple, no nonsense content. Also you and Allan are a top duo, really like the videos you both do together! Stay safe and take care.
Hey Prozzie, add a bike to your routine. It really helped when I lived there and because it's built into your routine, like using it for work, it can become mindless exercise that makes a real difference. Memory lane going through Tainan. Miss it.
Yea I’d like to try a bicycle but I’d rather die most of the time. I COULD Bike one minute to 711 or I could scooter there in 30 seconds. I COULD bike to work in 25 minutes or scooter in 13 minutes. There’s a big difference between riding a scooter in 35C heat vs a bicycle. I’m not discounting your alternative because it works and my fatass is over here making excuses but the heat man...I’m ape level hairy and moving under the Taiwanese sun is torture for me and the unfortunate class of 5 year olds awaiting my smell when I finally get to work on a bicycle
@@steve00alt70 Taiwan's not bad on a bicycle at all. A bicycle in Asian traffic is in some ways safer than USA as you're understood to be part of traffic, and most everyone with a license for a 4 wheeled vehicle has been on a two wheel vehicle in the past so they have some amount more empathy. Only in USA have I been harassed on a bicycle by cagers or gotten hit.
For me I lost weight living in Taiwan and when I got back home to Australia I put on about 10kg. In Taiwan I didn't have a car or scooter so I walked everywhere and took public transport as well as rode the you bikes around the Taipei riverside parks at night but when I got back to Australia I lived at my parents place which was rural so I couldn't walk anywhere and driving 20 mins minimum is the norm. Also even though I never cooked, the portion sizes of Taiwanese food is much smaller compared to Australian restaurants where you pay double the price but get 40% more food that you feel you should finish. I've now moved to the city to a very convenient location like in Taipei so walking much more and exercising more as I've got walking paths near my house as well as shops in walking distance.
I lost weight just in a 2 week trip in mainly Taipei just from a lot of walking and riding bikes. I went from 106 to 103kg in 2 weeks eating whatever I wanted. I think, though, from my experience in Tainan, though I had a bicycle there and didn't use public transport (my friend there was a bike racer and insisted taking me around by bike) people seemed chubbier by a little compared to Taipei. The rest of TW seems more scooter and car reliant overall, since there's no MRT in Taichung or smaller cities, and buses don't come as often or have as many stops as in Taipei. For me my bigger issue more than just walking (though I feel a million times healthier walking 5-10km per day like I did in Taipei, and even recover from lifting better with those walks) is stress binge eating back in the States. I'm very much the opposite of Prozzie in that if life is good I find it easy to moderate my diet and exercise, but if it's the opposite I tend to binge eat, not sleep well, and struggle to exercise, no matter what country (in Vietnam I was very stressed and would binge eat whole boxes of bon-bons and similar, so it's not just USA.)
So excited to get a chance to look at Tainan. We are relocating there after living 3 years in Vietnam! so happy to hear you use the word relaxed so many times when referring to your life in Taiwan. We are looking for a recovery year after having lived in Vietnam for so long. Our two visits to Taiwan, only in Taipei, inspired us to relocate when the opportunity served itself. CV19 caused some problems but we will be in the country soon enough. When selecting a city we had skipped over Tainan because we had heard delicious the food is there. And I was seriously concerned about getting fat. Thanks for sharing!
I found Tainan interesting, it's in some ways more like VN compared to Taipei. It's definitely not ultra modern like Taipei, and you even see a lot of the same house styles of the 4-5 story mini towers like VN. There was a strong Vietnamese presence of migrant workers there, too. I knew someone that was an expat in TW mostly in Taichung in the 80-early 2000s that described present day Vietnam as being like Taichung was in the early 80s. Strangely in VN I really liked Saigon and southern Vietnam in general, but just had a horrible time up North in pretty much every way.
I gained quite a few living in Vietnam - thanks to traveling everywhere by scooter, and the cheap and easy to get food/beer. I did end up getting in decent shape from just jumping rope (and the odd kettlebell swing). Here in Japan I cycle everywhere and cook more, so it hasn't been as big an issue. I think you're right about having a relaxed/content life, definitely less incentive to blow off steam
When I visited Japan I realized they probably burn all their calories using the metro stairs. Oh and the other stairs for hilly areas in the rural places lol.
Every time when I was in Taiwan, I lost some weight, but I gained more back soon after the trip. I think I walked a lot when I travel, but in CAnada, at home, as you said, is very relaxing, and the Canadian food, most of wheats, bread, pasta, cheese, meat.....not like Taiwan, lots of choices. Fresh vegetables were packed from farm yesterday, and next day, on your table. And fresh fruit, fish.....you can gain your health back very fast as long as you reduce the night activities, and get up early, hiking, running, any sport, or even just walking......I am looking forward to seeing your health balance back, you will feel happier physically and mentally.
Jeremy half of For Riel here. 7-11s and beer in Taiwan are a killer, plus those night market street foods are mostly fried food. We have been living in Cambodia for about 11 months now and I've lost about 15kgs without really trying due to not eating a lot of processed foods and smaller meal sizes. Beer and fried chicken wings have stopped me losing more, but I have started EMOM it's amazing and can be done at home in a small space. I'm 6'3 and used to weigh 135kgs now down to 120kgs, 20 to go. Hardest part is starting and sticking with it.
Totally agree Sunny Sky. 1 thing to change.... and make the most difference, cut back the beer. Maybe just the wknds.... then cut back to every other wknd.
@@sunnysky115 i get that. But I know ppl who drink every 2 wks* and have flat board stomach. Moderation is a HUGE factor. That's all.. it's hard to quit cold turkey & no need to.... just continue to ween off and keep it to a minimum.
@Cameron You are still young. No matter what kind of problem you have, you can fix it. Personally I find the best "first step" to fix any problem in life (emotional, financial, or physical) is to develop a habit of getting up early (around 5:00 am), run (jog) in the cool and fresh air for at least 30 min. When you start your day by expanding your lungs and saturating your blood stream with oxygen, you will have a clear and sharp mind to solve problems and to have creative ideas. It can also get you get out of, or reduce the severity of any mental issues (like depression). Also, eat dark color leafy vegetables. It can help boost immune, reduce depression and dependency on anything else, like alcohol. I hate chewing, and my stomach can't digest fiber. I use a big strong blender to blend the vegetables. I add a lot of other vegetables like carrot, celery, and sweet fruits like apple, banana to make it delicious. These two, exercise and green drink, can help not just your physical look, but your emotional state. Try them no matter what stage you are in life and what kind of problem you have, they produce miracles. Good luck!!
I think I gained weight in my mid 20s from just being lazy and as you get older its much easier to gain weight. I think you should try intermittent fasting 16/8 it really works well for me. I just eat breakfast and lunch and have a snack and stop eating around three or 4 PM and don’t eat again till the next day. I agree with you about running in the city you could always get out to the countryside on the weekends and do some hiking. Come down to Kaohsiung again and we can go on an adventure to the mountains or river tracing.
I lived five years in Taiwan in my fifties. I was fit af. Rode my bicycle up into the mountains at 100+ kms a day, 1500 meters in climbing. Played lacrosse against the national team. Did regular yoga and weight training. It is simply discipline and determination. And diet too.
I have a similar experience with running. Used to do that a lot when I was younger and more stressed. My solution to lack of motivation for running is to walk instead. I do that now 5 times a week. Think it's almost as good as running.
@@Dowlphin It's more about quality of life. You'll die eventually no matter what you do or don't do. The famous American fitness guru from the 1950s-1990s Jack LaLanne died at 96. His brother who didn't work out at all died at 97. Difference is, Jack only died from keeping on working out everyday with severe pnuemonia, and if he just took a month off he'd probably still be alive now, but he literally did pushups everyday until he died. By comparison, his brother was in a nursing home in a wheelchair for over a decade before he died.
I'm living in China myself and I definitely noticed the weight gain once I found a much more relaxing University teaching job after "shudder" leaving a training center. All the extra free time has actually been an issue for me because now I have the time to really find the incredibly delicious, yet extremely unhealthy, food which definitely led to a lot of weight gain. I honestly suggest you join another gym. For me, since I paid for it, I'll feel more pressure to go which has helped me be more dedicated to it. As an added bonus, all the calorie rich Chinese food is now actually good for muscle growth. Glad to hear you're doing well, even if maybe a little TOO well, and hope everything keeps going great for you!
(One former canuck to you) 1. It might be all the carbohydrates that you are eating? (rice and noodles) + alcohol. the latter packs LOTS of calories. 2. Taiwanese vegan foods can be too greasy, watch out for that. but it is a good alternatives. (I found Taiwanese likes to eat a lot of cheese) 3. Salads are good You can run at night, or the wee hours of the day. No one runs during the day --just too damn hot / humid
I try not to eat «super healthy” since it’s not sustainable, so I just count my calorie intake, and eat whatever:D It’s very effective and I would truly recommend it, whole heartedly!
What is your suggestions of using English GPS there.. I plan rent a bike there next year and look around but i do not know how to spell current city name etc? and I cannot type in Chinese.. any thoughts? Thank You
I haven't exactly heard of strenuous exercise being effective against feeling stressed, but I have heard of it being effective against feeling depressed. If you haven't done it yet, I recommend reading a list of calorie contents in different types of food. In general, vegetables are low in calories. Everyone knows that sugary foods are high in calories, but I didn't realise how high until I looked at some numbers.
It is VERY easy to get fat in Taiwan. I think I gained about 5kg there despite running 5x/week and hitting the gym 3x/week. One of the difficulties for me is that almost all the food there was super high in carbs, I had a tiny fridge, and I couldn't get the high protein, high nutrition foods that I was used to in quantities large enough to keep me happy.
”If you're Taiwanese, comment down below what food do you think I should be eating" 8:07 👉 Salad at any convenience store, or vegetables at any cafeteria 🤗
You're gaining weight, but you have made great progress in other areas that affect your health - reducing stress and a regular sleep schedule. If you manage to bring back more sport into your life, you're set for perfect health! Then you can handle the "more delicious" food too.
@@adiohead Sugar causes an instant insulin spike, which makes your body store anything you eat afterwards as fat. So sugar is a big factor. Cutting calories from fat works, but you also need to cut carbs. It's all about balance.
@@adiohead Complete, utter lie. Fructose in particular is the main reason for obesity and diabetes. Even small amounts are about as toxic as alcohol. You're repeating the fraudulent results by the sugar industry which killed, no murdered, more people in the US than the WW2 and COVID combined. You're also expressing total ignorance of how metabolism works. Hint: it takes energy to break down fat. Shameful comment.
@Mike Lee If you have no functioning kidneys maybe. If that's your problem go see a doctor. Salt is harmless for folks with functioning kidneys and normal blood pressure. Stop confusing the issues!!! The video was about health and specifically about being "overweight" not about water retention. You're trolling me because I'm a womxn and can't help mansplaining. Blocked!
My five cents worth from here in Auckland, New Zealand: Despite walking for 40 minutes nearly every day a few years ago, I was still overweight. I'd heard about intermittent fasting previously but hadn't given it a decent try. Anyway, I started intermittent fasting by gradually moving breakfast further and further back (ie. 9am, 10am, 11am) until I skipped it altogether by having my first meal of the day (essentially still breakfast 😊) at 2pm. I lost 10kg over 3 months pretty easily. Now, I continue to fast (first meal of the day around 12 noon) and am enjoying daily 6:30am 30 minute jogs. I seldom snack between meals as this is a sure way to gain weight. Intermittent fasting may not work for everyone but has worked wonders for me. Weight loss is 90% diet, 10% exercise I reckon.
Intermittent fasting works with training, however, as you get older you lose muscle mass and so you need fewer calories to maintain weight and instead you gain it. You need to do both Cardio and Muscle Building exercises. If you just diet, you will lose both Fat and Muscle and just doing cardio as you get older will cause you to lose even more muscle mass, as the body starts to eat the muscle for fuel during cardio workouts. Doing weights or bodyweight exercises along with cardio and a good diet will stop muscle loss. You can gain muscle with training well into old age. It's also worth adding in at least Yoga once a week for flexibility as you age.
I started missing breakfast and cutting snacks and lost 10lbs, I was skinny anyway and did because I heard it was better for my remaining teeth. No change to my calories just ate massive lunch and dinner to compensate. I worked on an oil rig and was skinniest guy out of a crew of 70, eating the largest portions which caused some puzzlement..
Your diet weighs about 70-80% of your general health and the 20-30% comes from your fitness. I'd say look into cutting out alcohol completely as your first step. It's gonna be difficult but if you're determined, anything's possible! Good luck bro
Sounds like you have the opportunity and potential to document some of your favorite food recipes. That will be yet another positive outcome of your current weight disposition. Find your favorite recipes, refine them, practice cooking them and moving forward they will pay you dividends. Who knows, you might be able to tap into them in the future to share with others. Bravo!
Drinking more cold water. I have lived in both west and east societies, I didn’t drink enough water during the time I just came back to Taiwan, and that makes me eat more often then usual. Not sure it happens to everyone, and drink enough water does help me. Compare to dry air environment, sea island type weather makes people not like to drink water? Just my opinion. No any science evidences support.
Prozzie....try taking a 'dry' month every now and again. Works best for me is taking it the month before a big event (Christmas, birthday, etc.)...that'll give you a reason to live. Also....a scary thought from your future: it takes MORE exercise to burn the same calories as you age....
I lived in Chung shin village during 2012 -204 to take care of my elderly parent ( at their late 80). Walking and biking will really make one fit. I spent almost 3 months in Spain, walking everyday and taking buses as well. I found it difficult to go outside here in the US as nobody is on the road. I tried to walk in front of my own place, it feels weird. That is number one reason to gain weight, WALKING is the best exercise, Human body is NOT design for RUNNING.
3:20 Fajitas (anything with tons of vegs) is actually a perfect meal....if you were to reduce the protein quantity by about 80-85%. One bluecorn taco is only 5 calories. And hey, you don't have to be perfect. If you get it down by 50% you'll still be way better off.
Thirty is around the corner... that's probably the under lying cause. At around this age metabolisms change for a lot of people and often not for the better. When I was younger I could eat all that I wanted and drink whatever and not gain gain weight but at around thirty or so, just like you now, I began to gain weight. At first it was a shock because it never was an issue before but then rather suddenly... bang I started getting fat. I'm sixty-eight now and just had complete blood work done and every thing is tip-top but weight is still an issue and it's something I have to constantly monitor and keep on top of. Read and research and find out what kind of diet {eating lifestyle} works best for you to maintain an acceptable weight, for me it's low carbs and low sugar and low alcohol consumption, one size does not fit all in my experience so experiment... good luck.
I feel better after I do ANY type of exercise, provided it is intense enough. This is one of the main reasons why I continue to run and lift weights, or ride a bike, provided the weather is good.
Hey, man. There are lots of gym everywhere. If you can't afford the membership fee, civil sport center(國民運動中心) cost 1.6 dollars($50 NTD) in entrance fee for one hour, $2.6 dollars ($100NTD) for swimming pool. Another zero-cost choice is athlethic field in every school, you can run or do some pull-ups in the afternoon.Bring an easy-card(悠遊卡) then you dont need to carry your wallet on, just cellphone(music), towel and sneaker. Oh, air-condition is an important reason we go to these public facilities.
Dont feel bad about weight fluctuations. I lost 26 lbs (12kg) since moving to Taiwan/Hong Kong. The gyms are still open in Taiwan, you can always join up, and add it to your daily routine. I figure I lost the weight because I dont have jet lag from flying all the time. As for the healthy food to eat, just work out an hour a day really hard and eat whatever the heck you want.
I had the same but also opposite. When I moved to Taiwan, I got more stressed and therefore gained weight. Different reactions with different people. That said I work in tech sector - likely different environment than teaching English.
As a Taiwanese living in the UK for nearly 10 years, I found myself binge-eating when I got to relocate back home a couple of years ago and gained 5+ kgs which took me about 6 months to lose. My advice - smaller portion, work out at least 3 times a week and walk instead of taking transport whenever you can (bar the air quality in Taichung). Food in Taiwan are dangerous ;) hope this helps.
My Taiwan experience: 80kg -> 125kg in 4 years. I left a year ago an now it's 115kg. I have some plausible explanations, but never really found a satisfying one. Can it be so simple? This place is just too comfortable and relaxing?
I gained about 20 lbs in my first year in China and lost some of that during my second year (I’m short, 20 lbs is a lot for me). I was at the highest weight I had ever been at. I was eating like a queen, since my teaching salary was relatively high for the cost of living there. I ate out a lot, I ate street food (not super often, but I still ate it sometimes), I ate more carbs than I normally did, more fried foods, and I just ate more in general because I loved eating all of the new and tasty foods. If you’re addicted to food like me, China is both a great (and dangerous!) place to be. Also, Prozzie, FWIW, I think you look alright ☺️
Go Swimming, I decided to swim every other day when I retired. I was‘nt good in free style, didn‘t know how to do breaststroke, now I can do both, I commit to swim at least 1000 yards. Find a place near you, you already accomplish 50% when you get there, make the preparation to go as a routine, and stick to it. 加油!
Prozzie's video is so funny and interesting, wait for your next one. The only problem is, please have the translation staff to notice, the translation of "quality" is "品質", not "質量"! command for some Taiwanese which were washed brian by CCP : 中國不斷滲透台灣,包括文化文字,台灣人不說中國用語 --明白(台灣日本講了解)、還行、吃貨、貓膩、坑爹、搞事、牛逼、給立、靠譜、立馬、起葉(企業)、屌絲、套路、高端、學霸、質量(Quality台灣日本講品質，我國早明定質量為物體重量單位公斤,品質不能量化不適合用質量）等大量侮蔑歧視用語,每次聽到都不以為然且非常反感!!!語言專家說過同一種語言每個國家也都會發展獨特的用語以符合當地國情,同樣是講英文,現在英國跟加拿大美國的用語字彙都不同,那為什麼民主自由人權國家要使用專制獨裁共慘文革國家用語?
Cut booze 100% while trying to cut some weight. Do more than you eat for a while until you get back to where you want to be, and just always stay on top of it from then on so you don't have to go back and do it again in a few years. I've cut off 10kg since coming to Taiwan in Feb, and 10kg a few months before coming here, and probably got another 10kg to go. Just take your time with it man, monitor it daily, and make adjustments as you go until you start heading in the right direction on the scales. It's what's worked for me.
My bodies ability to deal with alcohol fell off a cliff when i hit 33/34. Only drink once a month now which has improved my health immensely. Also get a good road bike.
I can relate: I gained 10 kg after moving to Taiwan. To recover, I'd recommend cutting ALL sugared drinks. Eat more fruit. Train your palate to enjoy good astringent tea, paired with steamed food (example: find a good steamed dumping shop). I'd also second the cycling suggestion offered by others. If you hit the hills around Taichung, you could have a great time and stay fit. Good luck! Guy
If you enjoy running, 爬山 is a good exercise for you. 爬 means climb and 山 means mountain. 爬山 together means mountain climbing, but it’s not really mountain climbing. It’s more like brisk walking on paved, sloped hills surrounded by nature. Taiwan has lots of mountains so you don’t have to go very far to find a mountain. 爬山 is a very Taiwanese thing to do. Give it a try. 台中的朋友們, 請告訴Prozzie在台中有什麼地方可以爬山 🙏
Already in this vid you look better. My face tends to puff up a bit and get redder from the water retention after too many weeks of high sodium and beer, but it quickly goes away by cutting them out for a bit.
Ah, ... I.F. ... Intermittent Fasting .. was about to suggest the same ... Currently (completing) reading, "Fast, Feast, Repeat" by Gin Stephens, I'd recommend. You can eat much of the food you love, within reason, and make choices of quality food that you'll eat when you do. Experimenting with 1-3 craft beers while I'm eating (feeding). "IF" is good for general health and blood health, Lipids, if you are looking at that yet .. and glucose/sugar levels ... :-) I'd also recommend lo-carb ...except for the beer :-p ... but more meat, seafood and veggies, less noodles, rice and wraps.
Hi, man ! It's great seeing you riding in Tainan, I used to live in Taiwan for 13 years and Tainan was also my favorite city. Now stuck in Belgium and France, where the Covid situation is not super friendly, so I'm living vicariously in Taiwan through your vids, basking in the nostalgia. Talking about gaining and losing weight, I've got a funny anecdote : same as you, before 25, I could eat pretty much everything and anything without gaining any kilo. Then, 2 things happened in a pincer attack : age and moving to Taiwan ! In one month, I gained 4kgs. When I saw myself in the mirror from the side, I thought I was pregnant (and I'm a guy) ! Fast forward 15 years later, I had gone through all my 30ies in Taiwan and with a dadbod, and I thought "well, ok, such is life, ever since the 30ies, this is how it goes", I've made my peace with it (it took a few years). Then, 2 years ago, I started feeling getting choked in my throat, it felt like it was super tight and I could almost barely speak, due to congested vocal chord. I was a teacher at the time and was worried that it was because I was talking too much and srtraining my vocal chords, but when I got to see a chinese doctor, after taking my pulse, he told me "yeah, your liver is messed up". I was like, what ? Uuuh, I'm pretty sure it's my throat that's feeling the heat... He then explained to me very patiently that it was actually pretty common to have a congested throat because of liver inflammation (due to bad sleep in my case, I've been a late sleeper for nearly 2 decades), and that one of the ways to make it better was to sleep better, and the other was to cut on spice, alcohol, fermenting stuff (such as beers or mushroom) deep-fried food and sugar. I was already not a spice nor deep fried, nor alcohol consumer, so the only thing that was left for me was to cut out sugar. It was hard as fuck coz I love sweet stuff and fruits (OMG, fruits in Taiwan... Next time you stop by Tainan, go by Lily's fruits kitchen, just facing the Confucius temple's south wall, you'll find some of the most delish fruits of the island served to you on a silver... I mean paper plate). So, game over for sugar for a few months, hard as fuck at first, then, like everything else, once you get used to it, you don't think about it anymore. And one day, for fun I decided to weigh myself. I was gobsmacked ! In the span of 4 months, I had lost nearly 8 kilos !!! My dadbod was gone ! I could finally see my feet again (hello, you beautiful twins) ! And that is only by cutting sugar from my diet ! No sport, no other diet (well, apart from the stuff that I already didn't eat anymore), no nothing else. People tend to talk trash about fat in food, but frankly, the real culprit is sugar ! I'm pretty sure if you manage to cut alcohol and deep-fried stuff (I know, it's hard), you'll get lean and fit again in no time !
Turning 30 makes a difference. Intermittent fasting, limiting your eating to 8 hours a day helps, it is also good for longterm brain health. Another way some find success is to simply eat half of what you want. People who do that often give themselves one day 'off' a week to make it seem less like a lifetime sentence.
Those 大麵羹 noodles are legendary, I used to have them a lot when I was a kid growing up in Taichung. Recently by cutting carbs and avoid having unsaturated fatty, really help me to lose some weight. Still you will need some exercises, talking about exercise, this is something you can learn from Logan as well. :P
It’s your alcohol consumption, not age, not food. It’s your addiction to the spirits, beers, shots. Ditch your drinking buddies, or “friends” that makes fun of you when you order water or lemonade instead of alcohol.
Intermittent fasting works combined with training - I do it myself. The problem you have is, as you get older (over 30 or younger) you lose muscle mass every year, and so you need fewer calories to maintain weight and instead you gain it. You need to do both Cardio and Muscle Building exercises and change the way or time you eat. If you just diet, you will lose both Fat and Muscle and just doing cardio as you get older will cause you to lose even more muscle mass, as the body starts to eat the muscle for fuel during cardio workouts. Doing weights or bodyweight exercises along with cardio and a good diet will stop muscle loss and help you gain muscle. You can gain muscle with training well into old age. It's also worth adding in at least Yoga once a week for flexibility as you age.
Not sure if you'll see this comment mate but I watched you back in the early Cmilk days and have recently started watching your videos again. These chat and ride videos were always my favourite and would love to see you do more of these. It's this kind of stuff that brought me to your stuff originally, simple and effective. It's a great way to learn about your day to day experience and see the country. You seem a lot more relaxed and happy these days and I think Taiwan is definitely the right place for you. Keep it up mate, this is decent, simple, no nonsense content. Also you and Allan are a top duo, really like the videos you both do together! Stay safe and take care.
吃多一點青菜，台灣出產許多樣的蔬菜，可以慢慢試比較喜歡哪一種~~
控制吃水果的量，Eat less fruits.
因為台灣的水果很甜，果糖也是會變胖~~
多了25kg！嚇死我了，要去吃塊雞排壓壓驚🤣🤣🤣
Your comment is soooooo Taiwanese🤣🤣🤣.
nice!👍
Hey Prozzie, add a bike to your routine. It really helped when I lived there and because it's built into your routine, like using it for work, it can become mindless exercise that makes a real difference. Memory lane going through Tainan. Miss it.
a bike in asian traffic r u crazy? lol
Yea I’d like to try a bicycle but I’d rather die most of the time. I COULD Bike one minute to 711 or I could scooter there in 30 seconds. I COULD bike to work in 25 minutes or scooter in 13 minutes. There’s a big difference between riding a scooter in 35C heat vs a bicycle. I’m not discounting your alternative because it works and my fatass is over here making excuses but the heat man...I’m ape level hairy and moving under the Taiwanese sun is torture for me and the unfortunate class of 5 year olds awaiting my smell when I finally get to work on a bicycle
@@steve00alt70 Taiwan's not bad on a bicycle at all. A bicycle in Asian traffic is in some ways safer than USA as you're understood to be part of traffic, and most everyone with a license for a 4 wheeled vehicle has been on a two wheel vehicle in the past so they have some amount more empathy. Only in USA have I been harassed on a bicycle by cagers or gotten hit.
@@Prozzie Then you are screwed.
For me I lost weight living in Taiwan and when I got back home to Australia I put on about 10kg. In Taiwan I didn't have a car or scooter so I walked everywhere and took public transport as well as rode the you bikes around the Taipei riverside parks at night but when I got back to Australia I lived at my parents place which was rural so I couldn't walk anywhere and driving 20 mins minimum is the norm. Also even though I never cooked, the portion sizes of Taiwanese food is much smaller compared to Australian restaurants where you pay double the price but get 40% more food that you feel you should finish. I've now moved to the city to a very convenient location like in Taipei so walking much more and exercising more as I've got walking paths near my house as well as shops in walking distance.
I lost weight just in a 2 week trip in mainly Taipei just from a lot of walking and riding bikes. I went from 106 to 103kg in 2 weeks eating whatever I wanted. I think, though, from my experience in Tainan, though I had a bicycle there and didn't use public transport (my friend there was a bike racer and insisted taking me around by bike) people seemed chubbier by a little compared to Taipei. The rest of TW seems more scooter and car reliant overall, since there's no MRT in Taichung or smaller cities, and buses don't come as often or have as many stops as in Taipei.
For me my bigger issue more than just walking (though I feel a million times healthier walking 5-10km per day like I did in Taipei, and even recover from lifting better with those walks) is stress binge eating back in the States. I'm very much the opposite of Prozzie in that if life is good I find it easy to moderate my diet and exercise, but if it's the opposite I tend to binge eat, not sleep well, and struggle to exercise, no matter what country (in Vietnam I was very stressed and would binge eat whole boxes of bon-bons and similar, so it's not just USA.)
Its only really Taipei thats walkable, bikeable and has proper public transport
@@matt3706 高雄 is alright. Ubike is so wide spread now. It's not like Taipei, but still good enough
So excited to get a chance to look at Tainan. We are relocating there after living 3 years in Vietnam! so happy to hear you use the word relaxed so many times when referring to your life in Taiwan. We are looking for a recovery year after having lived in Vietnam for so long. Our two visits to Taiwan, only in Taipei, inspired us to relocate when the opportunity served itself. CV19 caused some problems but we will be in the country soon enough. When selecting a city we had skipped over Tainan because we had heard delicious the food is there. And I was seriously concerned about getting fat. Thanks for sharing!
I found Tainan interesting, it's in some ways more like VN compared to Taipei. It's definitely not ultra modern like Taipei, and you even see a lot of the same house styles of the 4-5 story mini towers like VN. There was a strong Vietnamese presence of migrant workers there, too. I knew someone that was an expat in TW mostly in Taichung in the 80-early 2000s that described present day Vietnam as being like Taichung was in the early 80s. Strangely in VN I really liked Saigon and southern Vietnam in general, but just had a horrible time up North in pretty much every way.
I like this kind of random honest chat about life
I gained quite a few living in Vietnam - thanks to traveling everywhere by scooter, and the cheap and easy to get food/beer. I did end up getting in decent shape from just jumping rope (and the odd kettlebell swing). Here in Japan I cycle everywhere and cook more, so it hasn't been as big an issue. I think you're right about having a relaxed/content life, definitely less incentive to blow off steam
When I visited Japan I realized they probably burn all their calories using the metro stairs. Oh and the other stairs for hilly areas in the rural places lol.
A documentary of Prozzie's transformation in shape could be an inspiring series. Even better if you can get Allan in this together. 😊
Every time when I was in Taiwan, I lost some weight, but I gained more back soon after the trip. I think I walked a lot when I travel, but in CAnada, at home, as you said, is very relaxing, and the Canadian food, most of wheats, bread, pasta, cheese, meat.....not like Taiwan, lots of choices. Fresh vegetables were packed from farm yesterday, and next day, on your table. And fresh fruit, fish.....you can gain your health back very fast as long as you reduce the night activities, and get up early, hiking, running, any sport, or even just walking......I am looking forward to seeing your health balance back, you will feel happier physically and mentally.
Jeremy half of For Riel here. 7-11s and beer in Taiwan are a killer, plus those night market street foods are mostly fried food. We have been living in Cambodia for about 11 months now and I've lost about 15kgs without really trying due to not eating a lot of processed foods and smaller meal sizes. Beer and fried chicken wings have stopped me losing more, but I have started EMOM it's amazing and can be done at home in a small space. I'm 6'3 and used to weigh 135kgs now down to 120kgs, 20 to go. Hardest part is starting and sticking with it.
Wow...you are very brave for admitting it. Good for you! Have a happy healthy life!
i was in tainan two weeks ago stayed about two days ..and i agree. the food is awesome compare here down in pingtung. drive safely
Cutting down your drinking, you will see the results in no time.
Totally agree Sunny Sky. 1 thing to change.... and make the most difference, cut back the beer. Maybe just the wknds.... then cut back to every other wknd.
@@CubasAutomotive There is a reason it is called a beer belly....
@@sunnysky115 i get that. But I know ppl who drink every 2 wks* and have flat board stomach. Moderation is a HUGE factor. That's all.. it's hard to quit cold turkey & no need to.... just continue to ween off and keep it to a minimum.
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@Cameron You are still young. No matter what kind of problem you have, you can fix it. Personally I find the best "first step" to fix any problem in life (emotional, financial, or physical) is to develop a habit of getting up early (around 5:00 am), run (jog) in the cool and fresh air for at least 30 min. When you start your day by expanding your lungs and saturating your blood stream with oxygen, you will have a clear and sharp mind to solve problems and to have creative ideas. It can also get you get out of, or reduce the severity of any mental issues (like depression). Also, eat dark color leafy vegetables. It can help boost immune, reduce depression and dependency on anything else, like alcohol. I hate chewing, and my stomach can't digest fiber. I use a big strong blender to blend the vegetables. I add a lot of other vegetables like carrot, celery, and sweet fruits like apple, banana to make it delicious. These two, exercise and green drink, can help not just your physical look, but your emotional state. Try them no matter what stage you are in life and what kind of problem you have, they produce miracles. Good luck!!
I think I gained weight in my mid 20s from just being lazy and as you get older its much easier to gain weight. I think you should try intermittent fasting 16/8 it really works well for me. I just eat breakfast and lunch and have a snack and stop eating around three or 4 PM and don’t eat again till the next day. I agree with you about running in the city you could always get out to the countryside on the weekends and do some hiking. Come down to Kaohsiung again and we can go on an adventure to the mountains or river tracing.
推薦游泳運動，大熱天很適合泡在水裡，游泳也可以讓肌肉結實勻稱，即使冬天也可以選擇室內的。
I lived five years in Taiwan in my fifties. I was fit af. Rode my bicycle up into the mountains at 100+ kms a day, 1500 meters in climbing. Played lacrosse against the national team. Did regular yoga and weight training. It is simply discipline and determination. And diet too.
I have a similar experience with running. Used to do that a lot when I was younger and more stressed. My solution to lack of motivation for running is to walk instead. I do that now 5 times a week. Think it's almost as good as running.
It's a bit frustrating for me because any type of physical exercise also causes some kind of health impairment as side effect.
@@Dowlphin It's more about quality of life. You'll die eventually no matter what you do or don't do. The famous American fitness guru from the 1950s-1990s Jack LaLanne died at 96. His brother who didn't work out at all died at 97. Difference is, Jack only died from keeping on working out everyday with severe pnuemonia, and if he just took a month off he'd probably still be alive now, but he literally did pushups everyday until he died. By comparison, his brother was in a nursing home in a wheelchair for over a decade before he died.
Stay safe Prozzie (and Alan)...stay healthy (if you can) and don't stress about it...👍 gents.
I feel you brah. I came back to Taiwan from Australia for 8 months and gained 20 kilos lol
帥倫真誠實又幽默！胖25公斤！大懶惰！吃太多了！……喝太多啤酒！
I'm living in China myself and I definitely noticed the weight gain once I found a much more relaxing University teaching job after "shudder" leaving a training center. All the extra free time has actually been an issue for me because now I have the time to really find the incredibly delicious, yet extremely unhealthy, food which definitely led to a lot of weight gain. I honestly suggest you join another gym. For me, since I paid for it, I'll feel more pressure to go which has helped me be more dedicated to it. As an added bonus, all the calorie rich Chinese food is now actually good for muscle growth. Glad to hear you're doing well, even if maybe a little TOO well, and hope everything keeps going great for you!
(One former canuck to you)
1. It might be all the carbohydrates that you are eating? (rice and noodles) + alcohol. the latter packs LOTS of calories.
2. Taiwanese vegan foods can be too greasy, watch out for that. but it is a good alternatives. (I found Taiwanese likes to eat a lot of cheese)
3. Salads are good
You can run at night, or the wee hours of the day. No one runs during the day --just too damn hot / humid
I try not to eat «super healthy” since it’s not sustainable, so I just count my calorie intake, and eat whatever:D It’s very effective and I would truly recommend it, whole heartedly!
What is your suggestions of using English GPS there.. I plan rent a bike there next year and look around but i do not know how to spell current city name etc? and I cannot type in Chinese.. any thoughts? Thank You
i mean, i get it. When I lived in Taipei, in the first 3 months I put on 5kg(all the bubble tea and good food!).
I haven't exactly heard of strenuous exercise being effective against feeling stressed, but I have heard of it being effective against feeling depressed.
If you haven't done it yet, I recommend reading a list of calorie contents in different types of food. In general, vegetables are low in calories. Everyone knows that sugary foods are high in calories, but I didn't realise how high until I looked at some numbers.
It is VERY easy to get fat in Taiwan. I think I gained about 5kg there despite running 5x/week and hitting the gym 3x/week.
One of the difficulties for me is that almost all the food there was super high in carbs, I had a tiny fridge, and I couldn't get the high protein, high nutrition foods that I was used to in quantities large enough to keep me happy.
”If you're Taiwanese, comment down below what food do you think I should be eating" 8:07 👉 Salad at any convenience store, or vegetables at any cafeteria 🤗
Hot pot, tea eggs, and seafood and various vegetables should help. Low carb and less sweet drink is the key.
@@cate9963 Definitely, and I also highly recommend oat milk and boxed fruit sold in convenience stores
可以在家水煮開燙地瓜葉很快熟，再拌一點橄欖油及蒜茉吃便宜又健康！儘量油加水煮青菜或用燙的拌點好油及調味料即可吃，有益健康！若外食吃熱炒拜託老闆及厨師用油少一點，他們炒飯，炒麵，炒菜用油都不要錢似的，長期吃多了血管就容易堵塞超不健康的！
You're gaining weight, but you have made great progress in other areas that affect your health - reducing stress and a regular sleep schedule. If you manage to bring back more sport into your life, you're set for perfect health! Then you can handle the "more delicious" food too.
Three things: 1) sugar, 2) alcohol, 3) age. That's it.
Sugar doesn't make you fat. You have to eat insane amounts before it does.
Best to cut calories from fat, especially saturated fat.
@@adiohead Sugar causes an instant insulin spike, which makes your body store anything you eat afterwards as fat. So sugar is a big factor. Cutting calories from fat works, but you also need to cut carbs. It's all about balance.
@@adiohead Complete, utter lie. Fructose in particular is the main reason for obesity and diabetes. Even small amounts are about as toxic as alcohol. You're repeating the fraudulent results by the sugar industry which killed, no murdered, more people in the US than the WW2 and COVID combined. You're also expressing total ignorance of how metabolism works. Hint: it takes energy to break down fat. Shameful comment.
@Mike Lee Salt doesn't cause obesity though. That's a separate issue.
@Mike Lee If you have no functioning kidneys maybe. If that's your problem go see a doctor. Salt is harmless for folks with functioning kidneys and normal blood pressure. Stop confusing the issues!!! The video was about health and specifically about being "overweight" not about water retention. You're trolling me because I'm a womxn and can't help mansplaining. Blocked!
My five cents worth from here in Auckland, New Zealand: Despite walking for 40 minutes nearly every day a few years ago, I was still overweight. I'd heard about intermittent fasting previously but hadn't given it a decent try. Anyway, I started intermittent fasting by gradually moving breakfast further and further back (ie. 9am, 10am, 11am) until I skipped it altogether by having my first meal of the day (essentially still breakfast 😊) at 2pm. I lost 10kg over 3 months pretty easily. Now, I continue to fast (first meal of the day around 12 noon) and am enjoying daily 6:30am 30 minute jogs. I seldom snack between meals as this is a sure way to gain weight. Intermittent fasting may not work for everyone but has worked wonders for me. Weight loss is 90% diet, 10% exercise I reckon.
'Diet for weight loss, and exercise for definition' is what I have both heard from others and experienced for myself.
Intermittent fasting works with training, however, as you get older you lose muscle mass and so you need fewer calories to maintain weight and instead you gain it. You need to do both Cardio and Muscle Building exercises. If you just diet, you will lose both Fat and Muscle and just doing cardio as you get older will cause you to lose even more muscle mass, as the body starts to eat the muscle for fuel during cardio workouts. Doing weights or bodyweight exercises along with cardio and a good diet will stop muscle loss. You can gain muscle with training well into old age. It's also worth adding in at least Yoga once a week for flexibility as you age.
I started missing breakfast and cutting snacks and lost 10lbs, I was skinny anyway and did because I heard it was better for my remaining teeth. No change to my calories just ate massive lunch and dinner to compensate. I worked on an oil rig and was skinniest guy out of a crew of 70, eating the largest portions which caused some puzzlement..
Your diet weighs about 70-80% of your general health and the 20-30% comes from your fitness. I'd say look into cutting out alcohol completely as your first step. It's gonna be difficult but if you're determined, anything's possible! Good luck bro
2：18 機車應該前進到前面的白框區，聽等紅綠燈
Sounds like you have the opportunity and potential to document some of your favorite food recipes. That will be yet another positive outcome of your current weight disposition. Find your favorite recipes, refine them, practice cooking them and moving forward they will pay you dividends. Who knows, you might be able to tap into them in the future to share with others. Bravo!
Drinking more cold water.
I have lived in both west and east societies, I didn’t drink enough water during the time I just came back to Taiwan, and that makes me eat more often then usual.
Not sure it happens to everyone, and drink enough water does help me. Compare to dry air environment, sea island type weather makes people not like to drink water? Just my opinion. No any science evidences support.
Prozzie....try taking a 'dry' month every now and again. Works best for me is taking it the month before a big event (Christmas, birthday, etc.)...that'll give you a reason to live. Also....a scary thought from your future: it takes MORE exercise to burn the same calories as you age....
對不起我是高雄人，但是喜歡台南市(我)自己覺得台南的小吃是全台灣最好吃的，因為台南在以前名字是(府城)全台灣的小吃從台南出去的到台灣全部在地才有不一樣的變成，不一樣的味道，全台灣的浮水魚羹,小卷米粉，台南肉粽，台南米糕，台南安平虱目魚肚，台南安平虱目魚粥,和台南安平棺材板，在台灣不一樣的地方，不一樣的味道！
同感
好吃的食物太多了、只能靠運動來防止發胖！和艾倫在一起更容易發胖、多和小飛一起上山下海減肥一定能成功！
what are gyms like in Taiwan? if I moved there I'd join a gym and also do tennis or badminton if it's more popular twice a week
I lived in Chung shin village during 2012 -204 to take care of my elderly parent ( at their late 80). Walking and biking will really make one fit. I spent almost 3 months in Spain, walking everyday and taking buses as well. I found it difficult to go outside here in the US as nobody is on the road. I tried to walk in front of my own place, it feels weird. That is number one reason to gain weight, WALKING is the best exercise, Human body is NOT design for RUNNING.
來台灣如果沒有胖3~5KG...那就是台灣對不起你了...哈哈哈
time yeh haha true!
因為疫情不敢回加拿大....結果胖很多還是大致上吃家裡的....回台灣是拼命的吃水果跟蔬菜!
可是臺灣人都很瘦欸美國才一堆胖的吧
You should join the 阿姨s at the 自助餐廳 and get some 素食, the places are everywhere and the variety of veggies and tofu is incredible!!!
有很多蔬菜類都可以水煮過沾醬油或醬油膏 (例如：空心菜、大陸妹、高麗菜
可以讓他同時有蔬菜該有的口感也不至於沒有味道
不用沾也行
只是會少一點味
我可以只靠水煮大陸妹沾點醬油 配一碗白飯去吃飽一餐 (菜量可能要多一點
You should have accepted my constant invitations to join the Hash House Harriers!
Today's run was a 8.5km jaunt around the Dadu hills
"Alcoholics with a running problem" isn't that still their motto? Yeah booze has to go if he is gonna lose weight.
能放慢腳步過生活真的很好,能夠喜歡煮東西也很好,希望你能找到平衡的方法,享受生活,但是也維持健康的身體
BTW,30 is still only a baby to many people!
燙青菜（在台灣你買的到任何綠色的菜）--煮水滾後➕鹽巴（2-3克）油（2-3滴）放入青菜滾2分鐘撈起後加一點油（橄欖油、香油都可以）就是很悲傷的減肥餐了🤣
沒味道的話⋯➕一點點🤏醬油
3:20 Fajitas (anything with tons of vegs) is actually a perfect meal....if you were to reduce the protein quantity by about 80-85%. One bluecorn taco is only 5 calories. And hey, you don't have to be perfect. If you get it down by 50% you'll still be way better off.
Thirty is around the corner... that's probably the under lying cause. At around this age metabolisms change for a lot of people and often not for the better. When I was younger I could eat all that I wanted and drink whatever and not gain gain weight but at around thirty or so, just like you now, I began to gain weight. At first it was a shock because it never was an issue before but then rather suddenly... bang I started getting fat. I'm sixty-eight now and just had complete blood work done and every thing is tip-top but weight is still an issue and it's something I have to constantly monitor and keep on top of. Read and research and find out what kind of diet {eating lifestyle} works best for you to maintain an acceptable weight, for me it's low carbs and low sugar and low alcohol consumption, one size does not fit all in my experience so experiment... good luck.
他是在大陆混不下去才来台湾的
@@高进宝 你是不是回复错了，上面那个人在解释人为什么变胖
I feel better after I do ANY type of exercise, provided it is intense enough. This is one of the main reasons why I continue to run and lift weights, or ride a bike, provided the weather is good.
因為這裡是“飽島”，可以多找小飛去玩野外的活動😘，跑步很棒👍~台中市區不太適合，但還是找得到地方跑。
you can running an hour in the park after you finished your daily work . maybe you can search google maps to see where the park is .
Hey, man. There are lots of gym everywhere. If you can't afford the membership fee, civil sport center(國民運動中心) cost 1.6 dollars($50 NTD) in entrance fee for one hour, $2.6 dollars ($100NTD) for swimming pool. Another zero-cost choice is athlethic field in every school, you can run or do some pull-ups in the afternoon.Bring an easy-card(悠遊卡) then you dont need to carry your wallet on, just cellphone(music), towel and sneaker. Oh, air-condition is an important reason we go to these public facilities.
Enjoy your trip !
Allan的車後面是不是有張臨時停車的單子在飄逸😆
Taiwan’s vegetarian dishes is also diverse, healthy and delicious. recommend you to try it too.
Dont feel bad about weight fluctuations. I lost 26 lbs (12kg) since moving to Taiwan/Hong Kong. The gyms are still open in Taiwan, you can always join up, and add it to your daily routine. I figure I lost the weight because I dont have jet lag from flying all the time. As for the healthy food to eat, just work out an hour a day really hard and eat whatever the heck you want.
awwwww, Baby Prozzie had such happy eyes!
和以前照片比起來，現在更好看，氣色很好
Give me an advise i am an African who just got accepted in a university one in Beijing and another one in Tainan whats is the best choice?
I had the same but also opposite. When I moved to Taiwan, I got more stressed and therefore gained weight.
Different reactions with different people. That said I work in tech sector - likely different environment than teaching English.
And then there are people who cannot gain weight, no matter what they do.
可以嘗試一些素食、蔬食料理，台灣有蠻多蔬食餐廳 或者無菜單的蔬食料理 都是很棒的選擇～ 會感覺身體的負擔變小了👀
另外 阿美族是台灣原住民族中最會料理野菜的，也可以嘗試他們的料理哦🤤
By 同樣在台灣尋求健康料理の台灣人
看看台灣對外來的朋友做了什麼好事，目前我還沒看過有人來台灣反而變瘦的🤣
As a Taiwanese living in the UK for nearly 10 years, I found myself binge-eating when I got to relocate back home a couple of years ago and gained 5+ kgs which took me about 6 months to lose. My advice - smaller portion, work out at least 3 times a week and walk instead of taking transport whenever you can (bar the air quality in Taichung). Food in Taiwan are dangerous ;) hope this helps.
Don’t eat out because no restaurant, nightmarket food stands included, here in Taiwan serve healthy food.
Whole food plant-based diet is an easy to practice lifestyle in Taiwan, abundant fruits and vegs here !
My Taiwan experience: 80kg -> 125kg in 4 years. I left a year ago an now it's 115kg. I have some plausible explanations, but never really found a satisfying one. Can it be so simple? This place is just too comfortable and relaxing?
Sugared drinks. That's the culprit!
Can reduce carbs and heavy things like beer and soda... zero carb works for many
來台灣想不變胖，除非你有高於常人的意志力，因為到處都是吸引人的美食。瘦一點除了健康外，真的也看起來有精神且俐落。
盡量避開油炸、高糖分、口味重的食物，能找時間運動是最好的選擇。真心希望你居住在台灣也能保持健康的體態，否則你回加拿大探望家人時，你父親看到變胖的你，可能會很傷心難過。
他明明就是在大陆混不下去才来台的
@@高进宝 你們這些小粉紅，到底要得罪多少國家的人才爽？你沒發現現在有越來越多的國家討厭中國嗎？都是敗你們所賜！🤣
awesome video man
I like this format
I gained about 20 lbs in my first year in China and lost some of that during my second year (I’m short, 20 lbs is a lot for me). I was at the highest weight I had ever been at. I was eating like a queen, since my teaching salary was relatively high for the cost of living there. I ate out a lot, I ate street food (not super often, but I still ate it sometimes), I ate more carbs than I normally did, more fried foods, and I just ate more in general because I loved eating all of the new and tasty foods. If you’re addicted to food like me, China is both a great (and dangerous!) place to be.
Also, Prozzie, FWIW, I think you look alright ☺️
There are a lot of nice, hiking trails in Taichung....
In mainland china almost all food gives me diarrhea ... soo my options was so small,and the result is I lost lot weight
Go Swimming, I decided to swim every other day when I retired. I was‘nt good in free style, didn‘t know how to do breaststroke, now I can do both, I commit to swim at least 1000 yards. Find a place near you, you already accomplish 50% when you get there, make the preparation to go as a routine, and stick to it. 加油!
心寬體胖!看看Allan,你還有空間繼續!別擔心!現在看起來蠻健康的!
天啊，你以前真是天菜，希望這樣說能幫助到你；
總之，最重要的還是要維持自己健健康康的身體；
不要忘了，擁有健康的身體才是人生最大的財富！👍😄
@Ben Louis 現在是小鮮肉啊！
这人是在大陆混不下去了才去台湾的
@@高进宝 你没有认真看他的频道，他已经解释过了原由，头脑也不用一下就在乱黑人家，万恶小ｘ红，等着被党收割吧！😄👏
😅任何國家來的外國人在台灣住一陣子，被台灣的美食攻擊發胖，各國美食在台灣人也喜歡品嚐然後改良配方適合口味
@@阿妮卡-h6e 沒有錯！👍😀
Prozzie's video is so funny and interesting, wait for your next one. The only problem is, please have the translation staff to notice, the translation of "quality" is "品質", not "質量"! command for some Taiwanese which were washed brian by CCP : 中國不斷滲透台灣,包括文化文字,台灣人不說中國用語 --明白(台灣日本講了解)、還行、吃貨、貓膩、坑爹、搞事、牛逼、給立、靠譜、立馬、起葉(企業)、屌絲、套路、高端、學霸、質量(Quality台灣日本講品質，我國早明定質量為物體重量單位公斤,品質不能量化不適合用質量）等大量侮蔑歧視用語,每次聽到都不以為然且非常反感!!!語言專家說過同一種語言每個國家也都會發展獨特的用語以符合當地國情,同樣是講英文,現在英國跟加拿大美國的用語字彙都不同,那為什麼民主自由人權國家要使用專制獨裁共慘文革國家用語?
Cut booze 100% while trying to cut some weight. Do more than you eat for a while until you get back to where you want to be, and just always stay on top of it from then on so you don't have to go back and do it again in a few years. I've cut off 10kg since coming to Taiwan in Feb, and 10kg a few months before coming here, and probably got another 10kg to go. Just take your time with it man, monitor it daily, and make adjustments as you go until you start heading in the right direction on the scales. It's what's worked for me.
My bodies ability to deal with alcohol fell off a cliff when i hit 33/34. Only drink once a month now which has improved my health immensely. Also get a good road bike.
Makes me sad anyone would even comment on your appearance. You're awesome dude. Keep up the good work ✊
Skipping a few meals sometimes and less beer works but its HARD! haha
I can relate: I gained 10 kg after moving to Taiwan. To recover, I'd recommend cutting ALL sugared drinks. Eat more fruit. Train your palate to enjoy good astringent tea, paired with steamed food (example: find a good steamed dumping shop). I'd also second the cycling suggestion offered by others. If you hit the hills around Taichung, you could have a great time and stay fit. Good luck! Guy
If you enjoy running, 爬山 is a good exercise for you. 爬 means climb and 山 means mountain. 爬山 together means mountain climbing, but it’s not really mountain climbing. It’s more like brisk walking on paved, sloped hills surrounded by nature. Taiwan has lots of mountains so you don’t have to go very far to find a mountain. 爬山 is a very Taiwanese thing to do. Give it a try. 台中的朋友們, 請告訴Prozzie在台中有什麼地方可以爬山 🙏
我們台灣人就是很直接 跟白目... 尤其是越熟識的人... 越會對你的身體狀況作出評論... 這一點真的是文化以及環境使然..
這些通常會對外國人造成困擾跟衝擊..
因為這些 好像對於某些西方國家來說 是禁忌..
但我想表達的是 對於這些 我們的出發點大多數是好的..單純只是想表達對你的友善 以及關心...
像我 遇到我多年未見的兒時玩伴..胖了好大一圈.. 我都會不假思索地對他說 :
靠 你胖的跟豬一樣了.該來運動了.. 而他也只會是笑一笑.. 因 為他知道我沒惡意.. 我只是在提醒他 該約時間 一起打球了(兵乓球)
Already in this vid you look better. My face tends to puff up a bit and get redder from the water retention after too many weeks of high sodium and beer, but it quickly goes away by cutting them out for a bit.
不管身處何方健康飲食一樣重要，快破十萬訂閱吧！加油！
Ah, ... I.F. ... Intermittent Fasting .. was about to suggest the same ... Currently (completing) reading, "Fast, Feast, Repeat" by Gin Stephens, I'd recommend. You can eat much of the food you love, within reason, and make choices of quality food that you'll eat when you do. Experimenting with 1-3 craft beers while I'm eating (feeding). "IF" is good for general health and blood health, Lipids, if you are looking at that yet .. and glucose/sugar levels ... :-) I'd also recommend lo-carb ...except for the beer :-p ... but more meat, seafood and veggies, less noodles, rice and wraps.
Lol on your title, such a clickbait.. 😂😂😂 liked it 😆
Hi, man !
It's great seeing you riding in Tainan, I used to live in Taiwan for 13 years and Tainan was also my favorite city. Now stuck in Belgium and France, where the Covid situation is not super friendly, so I'm living vicariously in Taiwan through your vids, basking in the nostalgia.
Talking about gaining and losing weight, I've got a funny anecdote : same as you, before 25, I could eat pretty much everything and anything without gaining any kilo. Then, 2 things happened in a pincer attack : age and moving to Taiwan !
In one month, I gained 4kgs. When I saw myself in the mirror from the side, I thought I was pregnant (and I'm a guy) !
Fast forward 15 years later, I had gone through all my 30ies in Taiwan and with a dadbod, and I thought "well, ok, such is life, ever since the 30ies, this is how it goes", I've made my peace with it (it took a few years).
Then, 2 years ago, I started feeling getting choked in my throat, it felt like it was super tight and I could almost barely speak, due to congested vocal chord. I was a teacher at the time and was worried that it was because I was talking too much and srtraining my vocal chords, but when I got to see a chinese doctor, after taking my pulse, he told me "yeah, your liver is messed up".
I was like, what ? Uuuh, I'm pretty sure it's my throat that's feeling the heat...
He then explained to me very patiently that it was actually pretty common to have a congested throat because of liver inflammation (due to bad sleep in my case, I've been a late sleeper for nearly 2 decades), and that one of the ways to make it better was to sleep better, and the other was to cut on spice, alcohol, fermenting stuff (such as beers or mushroom) deep-fried food and sugar. I was already not a spice nor deep fried, nor alcohol consumer, so the only thing that was left for me was to cut out sugar. It was hard as fuck coz I love sweet stuff and fruits (OMG, fruits in Taiwan... Next time you stop by Tainan, go by Lily's fruits kitchen, just facing the Confucius temple's south wall, you'll find some of the most delish fruits of the island served to you on a silver... I mean paper plate).
So, game over for sugar for a few months, hard as fuck at first, then, like everything else, once you get used to it, you don't think about it anymore. And one day, for fun I decided to weigh myself.
I was gobsmacked !
In the span of 4 months, I had lost nearly 8 kilos !!! My dadbod was gone ! I could finally see my feet again (hello, you beautiful twins) !
And that is only by cutting sugar from my diet ! No sport, no other diet (well, apart from the stuff that I already didn't eat anymore), no nothing else.
People tend to talk trash about fat in food, but frankly, the real culprit is sugar !
I'm pretty sure if you manage to cut alcohol and deep-fried stuff (I know, it's hard), you'll get lean and fit again in no time !
Turning 30 makes a difference. Intermittent fasting, limiting your eating to 8 hours a day helps, it is also good for longterm brain health. Another way some find success is to simply eat half of what you want. People who do that often give themselves one day 'off' a week to make it seem less like a lifetime sentence.
我可以建議你和 Alan 一起拍 健身減肥的影片 系列嗎
想看~~~!!
I cannot agree with you more!!!
Those 大麵羹 noodles are legendary, I used to have them a lot when I was a kid growing up in Taichung.
Recently by cutting carbs and avoid having unsaturated fatty, really help me to lose some weight. Still you will need some exercises, talking about exercise, this is something you can learn from Logan as well. :P
Will you have a meet-up in Kaohsiung?
Bro you're not getting fat. I wouldn't listen to anyone saying you are. You look happy and healthy!
It’s your alcohol consumption, not age, not food. It’s your addiction to the spirits, beers, shots. Ditch your drinking buddies, or “friends” that makes fun of you when you order water or lemonade instead of alcohol.
Just go running!
Try Vietnam food, it is quite healthy and easy to find in Taiwan.
Intermittent fasting works combined with training - I do it myself. The problem you have is, as you get older (over 30 or younger) you lose muscle mass every year, and so you need fewer calories to maintain weight and instead you gain it. You need to do both Cardio and Muscle Building exercises and change the way or time you eat. If you just diet, you will lose both Fat and Muscle and just doing cardio as you get older will cause you to lose even more muscle mass, as the body starts to eat the muscle for fuel during cardio workouts. Doing weights or bodyweight exercises along with cardio and a good diet will stop muscle loss and help you gain muscle. You can gain muscle with training well into old age. It's also worth adding in at least Yoga once a week for flexibility as you age.