I started on the 2nd, and am down 2+ lbs.   Where is Econo?   Is she still eating monster cookies?  She started all this!

still eating everything in sight in Japan that won`t be available anymore when I go back to the states, I`m pretty sure I`ve figured out why last week`s Imperial Palace Marathon took almost two hours longer than the Seattle Marathon in November.  I hope coming back this weekend`ll keep me from having to switch athletic interests from trying to be a runner to sumo.

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I kept looking at all the fish and various delectible parts streaming by on the kaiten conveyor belt sushi at lunch today that I won`t have anymore after this weekend and ended up with almost twice as many empty platters (12) as usual. I`m sure lucky that there`s no all-you-can-eats anywhere nearby .

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when I saw a crowd of shoppers grabbing one-kilogram plastic bags of frozen tuna like crazy for only 500yen. I couldn`t pass up such a deal.  Then it struck me that I didn`t have any place to put let alone eat it all so I gave it to an unsuspeceting favorite skewer (kushi) shop for pretty much all-you-can-eat shish-ka-bobs. 

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This might be the wrong thread but, with no particular craving for the tiramisu chocolates being featured all over the place for Italian week or something ( I think they also had one when I was here last summer too but it was tiramisu ice cream then), I`m hoping I can find someone who can enjoy them better than I can when I get back next week. 

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thanks.

I stepped on that which not be named last night and it read 177 and 21%. Happy with that considering the Disney trip.

I stepped on that which not be named last night and it read 177 and 21%. Happy with that considering the Disney trip.

Yeah, and did I mention the DEE-licious mai-tais at the Polynesian? I'm sure those puppies were 500 calories a pop. They came home with me, around my waist. 

I'm glad I don't weigh in until Thursday, because I have an idea it would be unhappy news if it were today....

Note to self:  do not step on scales on a Monday morning, just after breakfast.

new weight PR.

Since I’ve always loved all the traditional Japanese foods, it’s usually possible to overlook most of the new tastes in different food and drink varieties always being testing out. Not so this time as, in only nine days, probably because of all the new potato chip varieties (cream stew, scallops, pollock eggs, etc., . . . to go along with my favorite seaweed ones) I passed an old weight PR that took a two-and-a-half month stay to achieve three years ago.

It probably would have been more but, not being a big fan of chocolates in the first place, I brought the chocolate covered potato chips back in case anyone around Seattle is interested, . . . tiramisu and cream cheese ones too. .

Unfortunately, I came back too soon for a few more trips to the local hot springs spa where the really hot pool (106 degrees) seems to have helped in getting rid of more than two of those extra pounds in just a few dips. Now, I just wonder when my skin'll stop being so red anymore.