Quote Originally Posted by emily_in_nc View Post
Sounds like me, Anelia! I also have a big problem with fresh fruit. It's about the best thing where I live (pineapples, papaya, mango, and bananas with real flavor, not like what you get in the US), and as a result, I eat WAY more fruit than I ever did in the US. And being a high sugar food, I am sure that has had an impact on my weight. I am going to try to cut back a bit on it. Although I love it, I am probably eating more than I should. I ate more veggies in the US, where there was a much better variety available to me.
Just curious. Do you find you get much weight related to the heat? Whenever I spend time "down there", Caribbean, two weeks a year usually, I find a really retain a lot of water. Every time I get on the scale when I get home and and but it always drops off after I return to my regular PNW climate. It can affect my clothing fitting buy a full pant size. I retained over 6# of water when I was three weeks in the Grand Canyon last year. Heat Edema is what it is officially called.