that was the title of the draft post i jotted down a few weeks back as an idea for a future topic. and i'm leaving it because it's true-
while serving in the peace corps, women are more likely to gain weight and men are more likely to lose weight.
well, shite.
i would like to not outgrow my clothes while living in cambodia, so in preparation, chris and i have been pushing the work out wagon pretty hard lately. we're running an obstacle course 5k this sunday, and a 10k in early june. i'm hoping we can find another race down with my parents in july, and that all of this running will stave off of some of the weight gain- especially if we keep it up during service.
we were having lunch with a friend who is a rpcv from the dominican republic and we were discussing this phenomenon that leaves women hanging (literally.) her thinking? when you live in another culture, where men typically engage in the the higher energy/more laborious activities and women are more likely to be confined to the house or home, male volunteers have more opportunity to burn off calories. she suggested that it's not that women eat much more than men do while serving, it's simply a lack of ability to expend the calories.
which is why, no matter how crazy my host family thinks i am, i'll be running as often as possible in the hot hot cambodian heat.
2 comments:
I didn't volunteer but I went abroad and lost a lot of weight when others gained. Part of it was not eating the high fat foods we have here and part of it was having to walk more and for farther distances than I was used to. I didn't workout at all and lost over 25lbs in a year.
Hey! I'm that RPCV from the DR and I say don't fret- what will be will be and you'll be fine and love the adventure. I can't wait to devotedly read your blog and hear all about it!
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