Hello everyone!

I recently started my own blog and am having a blast. I am a 26-year-old woman from Ontario, Canada who has been living in Japan for the last 6 months. I teach English to elementary and junior high schools students in the Kumamoto area.

When I arrived here in Japan last August I was amazed to find countless fast food restaurants and junk food everywhere. I assumed that when I came to Japan I would lose a lot of weight just from simply assimilating into Japanese culture, they are supposedly the healthiest people in the world. After spending six months here and not losing a single pound I decided I needed to take control. I didn’t understand how I was able to maintain a weight of 260 lbs while everyone else here was stick thin. I decided to start doing some research about what a typical Japanese person eats and then follow this eating plan.

I started a blog to keep record of my progress and to have a place to talk about my daily struggles with weight and culture shock. I really hope you get a chance to check my blog out. I would love to start having some discussions about the topics I talk about. Thank you for reading!