I think it's funny how convinced a lot of people are that New Zealanders are an outdoors-ey, fit, active people. The ones out there hiking and surfing and snowboarding are really just a visible minority. If it's a five minute walk to the shops, 95% of people will drive down there to pick up their KFC. People look down on you for even looking at a bicycle the moment you turn seventeen and can legally drive a car.
I mean, I'm no exception. I've had back pains this week which I occasionally develop from doing absolutely no exercise and spending all my time sitting down for months on end. I had to force myself to get off my ass and go for a few runs to loosen out the kinks and get my back back into working order.
But honestly, when I was in Germany, I actually thought it was the same problem in reverse. There were so many girls where my first thought was, "Jesus Christ, don't you think you could do to eat a decent meal for once in your life?" After all, the definition of good-looking is wafer-thin.