“Ah! I gained 5 kilos since I arrived in Canada!”

“I have so much fat around my waist.  I stopped wearing jeans and wear pajamas to school.”

“I went back to Japan, and my friends walked past me in the airport.  They didn’t recognize me.”

A common complaint many Japanese when they come to Canada is that they gain weight – a LOT of it.  It’s easy to understand why – Canadian food is much fatter than Japanese.  Combine that with a busy student lifestyle and you have a recipe for a weight-gain disaster.  Here are some tips.