Thai labels on Farang food!!!

I am - for the first time in my life , trying to reduce weight ! ( Mods- please delete any sarky comments from E.G.:))
I have this little book that gives a calorific value for just about everything'
So using this I am checking that goes down my neck.
Veggies, fish and meat are all listed by weight so there is no problem .

If I want crackers, cottage cheese or just about anything imported from a supermarket I find that the section of the packaging that gives you the various values of the contents has a label in Thai stuck over it.
Now you can't stand there and pick the sticker off so you have to trust the "Lite" or "Low Fat" blurb !

Any ideas why the Thais stick them on ? They don't normally eat farang food from supermarkets !!

Ends up I get something labeled "Lite" and may as well drink a glass of melted butter !

Any suggestions to get around around this dilemma will be welcomed !

It's also where the sell by date normally is :(

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Originally Posted by dirtydog

It's also where the sell by date normally is :(

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As well !!! :(

you may have to buy one then peel the label off at home, best of luck on the diet

dont buy prepackaged shit, just buy fresh food and cook it yourself

then you know exactly what is in your food

[quote=DrAndy;683230]dont buy prepackaged shit, just buy fresh food and cook it yourself

99% of the time I do!!

But sometimes I want a little change and thats when it goes belly up!

According to this book a bottle of beer = 2 shots of whisky ! :) in calorific content !

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Originally Posted by Happyman

I am - for the first time in my life , trying to reduce weight ! ( Mods- please delete any sarky comments from E.G.:))

FLOCK U!

Any suggestions to get around around this dilemma will be welcomed !

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Give it up mate, just stick with the Mekong and some cheese. NO bread!

Drink till you fall over again and pretty soon you'll be harrpy.

E. G.

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Any suggestions to get around around this dilemma will be welcomed !

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Fuck books and other BS.

It's simple:

EAT LESS, MOVE MORE.

It's not rocket science. Going on different programs is a BS way of avoiding the real problem, unless you have a medical condition, you eat too much and don't move enough. Put that in reverse and you'll lose weight, it won't be fun, it won't be easy, your lazy tendiences will be telling you to stop, go back to eating too much while not moving enough. Don't listen to them.

Eat until you are close being full 3 times a day.
Exercise at any opportunuties - no need to start jogging and shit, just go for a walk once or twice a day, walk up and down stairs instead of elevators etc etc.

Also don't eat after 18:30.

Take a look at yourself after 2 months and you'll really see the difference. And feel the difference too.

To recap:

Eat til just about full 3 times a day.
Change your routines to get as much daily exercise as you can.
Don't eat after 18:30.
Don't listen to your laziness telling you to sit, relax, and eat a pack of chocolate cream biscuits.

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Originally Posted by Megahorn

Also don't eat after 18:30.

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Kinda hard if ur still slogging away at work.

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Originally Posted by Happyman

Any ideas why the Thais stick them on ?

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You can peel them off. No worries. If u are shy about that. Then ask staff and they will peel it off. I do it all the time.

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Originally Posted by Travelmate

You can peel them off. No worries. If u are shy about that. Then ask staff and they will peel it off. I do it all the time.

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You can't, they use that type of sticker that leaves half the paper on when you peel it off!

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Any suggestions to get around around this dilemma will be welcomed !

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Fuck books and other BS.

It's simple:

EAT LESS, MOVE MORE.

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Am trying to do the first as, with arthritis in both knees, the second is not really an option !
However if I can reduce weight the prospect of walking more may not seem too bad :)

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You can peel them off. No worries. If u are shy about that. Then ask staff and they will peel it off. I do it all the time.

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You can't, they use that type of sticker that leaves half the paper on when you peel it off!

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Or it rips off the top layer of the packaging (with the English text) :)

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Originally Posted by Travelmate

You can peel them off. No worries. If u are shy about that. Then ask staff and they will peel it off. I do it all the time.

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You can't, they use that type of sticker that leaves half the paper on when you peel it off!

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Yes I know coz us Expats have clumsy fingers. Ask a Thai and they get it off nicely. Besides you ask for help, they rip, their bad. Not yours. Anyhooter they will giggle and pick another to peel for you.

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Originally Posted by Bung

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Originally Posted by Travelmate

You can peel them off. No worries. If u are shy about that. Then ask staff and they will peel it off. I do it all the time.

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You can't, they use that type of sticker that leaves half the paper on when you peel it off!

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Yes I know coz us Expats have clumsy fingers. Ask a Thai and they get it off nicely. Besides you ask for help, they rip, their bad. Not yours. Anyhooter they will giggle and pick another to peel for you.

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Nice one ! Am going to Robinsons later and will road test that one ! :)

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Originally Posted by Travelmate

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Originally Posted by Bung

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Originally Posted by Travelmate

You can peel them off. No worries. If u are shy about that. Then ask staff and they will peel it off. I do it all the time.

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You can't, they use that type of sticker that leaves half the paper on when you peel it off!

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Yes I know coz us Expats have clumsy fingers. Ask a Thai and they get it off nicely. Besides you ask for help, they rip, their bad. Not yours. Anyhooter they will giggle and pick another to peel for you.

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Nice one ! Am going to Robinsons later and will road test that one ! :)

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Also if you go to GNC the girls enjoy peeling labels there.:)

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Originally Posted by Happyman

If I want crackers, cottage cheese or just about anything imported from a supermarket I find that the section of the packaging that gives you the various values of the contents has a label in Thai stuck over it.

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Speaking of cottage cheese, anyone know where one can find decent quality largish curd cottage cheese in Bangkok? Villa, Foodland and the lot seem generally only to carry a small curd/ creamy version that I don't really care for.

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Originally Posted by Happyman

If I want crackers, cottage cheese or just about anything imported from a supermarket I find that the section of the packaging that gives you the various values of the contents has a label in Thai stuck over it.

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Speaking of cottage cheese, anyone know where one can find decent quality largish curd cottage cheese in Bangkok? Villa, Foodland and the lot seem generally only to carry a small curd/ creamy version that I don't really care for.

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Pay a visit to the top floor of the Emporium. Should be plenty there to satisfy your cheese cravings.

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Originally Posted by Bugs

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Originally Posted by Happyman

If I want crackers, cottage cheese or just about anything imported from a supermarket I find that the section of the packaging that gives you the various values of the contents has a label in Thai stuck over it.

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Speaking of cottage cheese, anyone know where one can find decent quality largish curd cottage cheese in Bangkok? Villa, Foodland and the lot seem generally only to carry a small curd/ creamy version that I don't really care for.

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Pay a visit to the top floor of the Emporium. Should be plenty there to satisfy your cheese cravings.

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Norton has cows!!
Maybe we can get him to do a TD special available at selected Mom and Pop shops ?
Have tried using Dutch Mill and the other one and it ended up as either a festering lump of goo or a barely passable yoghurt !!!

Exercise is the key. If you do enough of that you won't have to worry as much about the calorific content of your food. Go swimming regularly if you have joint problems.

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Kinda hard if ur still slogging away at work.

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My sister made all those kind of excuses too, as said - it ain't gonna be easy. 5 years later and she's still embarrassingly fat. Impluse eater, out and out. No self will.

Swimming is a great way of exercising, getting into 1 hour a day swimming routine is a great idea. Healthy for mind as well as every part of your body, and easy/quite good for the joints.

Best of luck.

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Originally Posted by Bugs

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Originally Posted by Happyman

If I want crackers, cottage cheese or just about anything imported from a supermarket I find that the section of the packaging that gives you the various values of the contents has a label in Thai stuck over it.

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Speaking of cottage cheese, anyone know where one can find decent quality largish curd cottage cheese in Bangkok? Villa, Foodland and the lot seem generally only to carry a small curd/ creamy version that I don't really care for.

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Pay a visit to the top floor of the Emporium. Should be plenty there to satisfy your cheese cravings.

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Been to Emporium a time or two. If I recall they carry the same cottage cheese as the rest, and it ain't to my liking - fairly small curds and too creamy for me. But I'll pop back in later this week and see if things have changed.

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Any suggestions to get around around this dilemma will be welcomed !

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Fuck books and other BS.

It's simple:

EAT LESS, MOVE MORE.

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Am trying to do the first as, with arthritis in both knees, the second is not really an option !
However if I can reduce weight the prospect of walking more may not seem too bad :)

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Whilst eating less may help, the real way to lose weight is by not eating high calorific foods

so try to avoid all fats and sugars

if you eat less calories then you will lose weight

exercise hardly loses you any weight, but it does make you more healthy

[Whilst eating less may help, the real way to lose weight is by not eating high calorific foods

so try to avoid all fats and sugars

if you eat less calories then you will lose weight

exercise hardly loses you any weight, but it does make you more healthy[/quote]

Thats what I am trying !:)

How much bread have you eaten in the last week?????

Potato ???????

Rice ?????

An interesting article on the web recently (also saw it mentioned on some daytime program) People that keep a dairy of everything they eat will lose more than twice percentage as those that don't while dieting. FWIW

E. G.

Just stay off the bread, rice, beer and whisky.

Meat, veges, and G & Ts are the way to go.

Not that I would know. :(

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you eat less calories then you will lose weight exercise hardly loses you any weight, but it does make you more healthy

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Should exercise as it does help to lose weight by burning more calories, instead of converting to fat.
Hence eat less, exercise more.

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An interesting article on the web recently (also saw it mentioned on some daytime program) People that keep a dairy of everything they eat will lose more than twice percentage as those that don't while dieting. FWIW

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Actually, I've tried that & it's a good tip. Makes you think twice about if you really want something & stops the 'grazing without thinking'.

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An interesting article on the web recently (also saw it mentioned on some daytime program) People that keep a dairy of everything they eat will lose more than twice percentage as those that don't while dieting. FWIW

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Actually, I've tried that & it's a good tip. Makes you think twice about if you really want something & stops the 'grazing without thinking'.

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That goes for everything, especially saving money. Helps alot. Now I spend sod all. Thus as a result lose weight thru to spending nowt on snacks and junk food.

^ Agree with Fast Eddie. Swimming is great exercise and little strain on your knees. You can also just get a li-lo and paddle about with your arms.

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Originally Posted by Travelmate

You can peel them off. No worries. If u are shy about that. Then ask staff and they will peel it off. I do it all the time.

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You can't, they use that type of sticker that leaves half the paper on when you peel it off!

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Or it rips off the top layer of the packaging (with the English text) :)

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Or learn how to read backwards or stick the ripped off label up to a mirror.

I like Megahorn's suggestions, too. Try to eat more in the morning and only a bit later in the day. One monastery I stayed at had meals at 8am and 11am. That's it. The chicks there trying to learn how to meditate (not) and lose weight always had crisps in their rooms and gorged on them at night. (We always heard the bag rustles). Bad. It doesn't take long to change your eating habits once you start. Just a bit of discipline.
Good luck!

^ It the same ole' thing, and the message is plain simple. Eat less. That is it.

agreed

as for keeping a diary, that is good to help you check the food you have eaten

try to eat food that is difficult to spell as that takes a lot longer to write, then you have less time to eat

And the hardest thing, drink less beer! I've dropped a few pounds this week by just drinking one or two nights instead of seven.