Uh oh

So we’ve got a little problem. Let me stress little.

My pants don’t fit.

Well, I think one pair does because I had them cleaned in Linyi and I think they had a dryer. So they shrank.

But, I put on my other pair of jeans, cause that’s what I do when my other pair gets dirty enough, and they don’t fit at all. They’ve definitely stretched in length, which means I have to hike them up a bit, but that’s not the worst part…

You know how they say you should be able to fit two fingers into the waist of your pants?

I can almost fit two hands.

I kid you not. Now, it’s a combination of pants stretching and me losing weight.

When we were in Shanghai, the hotel had a scale in our room. After doing the conversions from kilograms I found that according to my health examination I had when I first arrived in Xiamen I’ve lost a grand total of…

about 15-17 pounds.

I came to China with a few to lose, but dang it’s posing a problem now. The necks on my shirts are about twice the size of normal, and now my pants don’t fit. I’m cinching that belt of mine a bit more than normal.

“Oh, he must not be eating right! Losing all the weight…”

Tell you a secret:

I’m eating healthier than I ever did before I came to China. And I’m walking a TON each day. And we live on the six floor, no elevator.

Maybe that’s it…. I'm not sure...