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Hey folks!





In this week's video I rant about everything and recount a frustrating time from my life in Japan, when I put on weight and everyone around me suddenly made my life hugely frustrating. 


In the video, you can also expect stop-motion cats, a remarkably small escalator, an alternate vlogging reality and of course, Simply Red. 

As always I'm more than happy to answer any questions you guys have about the video or anything that featured, so please do ask away!

Now I'm off to bed before tomorrow's live chat! 

(If I'm lucky I can pull off 7 hours sleep).


Don't Get Fat in Japan

► https://youtu.be/wwH3rA8Evow

Chris

 

 

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Anonymous

Do you find the general notion that Japanese food is healthier than foods from countries like America is true, or do you think other factors play a greater role in the very low obesity rate? Coming from the UK, was the food itself a problem in your slight weight gain, or was it more the portioning, or other factors, like stress? I've also heard that there is decent drinking culture in Japan. Do you feel like that contributes at all?

James Keen

At this point how much longer do you see yourself staying in Japan?

one_more_lvl

Not a question, but: I love your cat! : )

Preston Farnham

Chris, would you marry that cat if we donated you enough money?

Anonymous

Does japanese people eat as much sweets as americans? Lets just say a chocolate bar a day would be the standard in my mind.

Mz. Ultraviolence

I'm sorry people are shitty to you about your body. There's few things that make me more angry... I have a vlog that charts my experience of weight loss and the psychological impact of living as a morbidly obese woman in a world that openly despises fat people. Out of thousands of views, and hundreds of comments (many of them genuinely moving) I've only ever experienced one troll. Its was on a video of me trying out a climbing centre for the first time after celebrating losing the first 2 stone. Although I was still morbidly obese at that point, I was feeling pretty stoked! However, the troll took it upon himself to let me on know that my "body was hideously deformed". Having now lost 8 stone in total, I'm comparatively 'normal' by British standards. However, I'm really not sure I could deal with people prodding my stomach or looking at me like a freak in an onsen without my togs on! Some wanker snorted at me like a pig in a steam room which was utterly humiliating. That shit really sticks with you. 😞 ANYWAY, enough of such sad talk! You can achieve anything you put your mind to, Chris. This is evident in your wonderful videos and your dedication to your other pursuits. As you say, do it for yourself (or for your future bambinos when the time comes!) 👍 Right, I'm off to SOAS to learn the fuck out of some Kanji. Hopefully I'll still be able to stay awake for the live BROADcast! 😊

Mike Rees

Hey! Any chance you could link to your vlog series? 8 stone's roughly what I've got to lose and it'd be awesome to see the journey from someone else's experience. Congrats on managing it by the way, that's quite the achievement!

simmehchan

Would you be able to link to this? I have a lot of weight that I'm just starting to try to lose - seeing someone else doing it would be awesome.