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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I'll try and get some food pics but there's a fine line between posting interesting content and having the piss ripped out of me for photographing my food.


    Love the pix and info about the ship mate! Good stuff!

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    Quote Originally Posted by katie23 View Post
    I think it's more accurate to consider the body fat percentage, but then you'd need calipers or tape measure for that.
    Can also get weighing scales with an impendance meter that measure body fat %, muscle, water and bone mass.

    https://www.decathlon.co.th/en/p/848...ter-glass.html

    Uses electrical pulses, or some sort of satanic wizardry to make you use it once then shove it into the spare room in a huff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Yea, you're just 'big-boned' . . .
    Wheres Dill when you need him.

    South Beach Diet

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    I know what you mean about finishing shift and only having a breakfast option. I always go keto when I’m offshore as there is plenty to choose from and when I finish shift I go straight for a shower then bed without eating.

    So basically intermittent fasting on a Keto diet. An hour in the gym after I wake up but before I eat and I feel pretty good when I hit the beach.
    Lang may yer lum reek...

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    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post
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    Beached whale diet would be more apt.

    I'm surprised no one's called Greenpeace or chucked him overboard yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reg Dingle View Post
    Beached whale diet would be more apt.

    I'm surprised no one's called Greenpeace or chucked him overboard yet.

    How's your diet and exercise regime going, Dill?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    How's your diet and exercise regime going, Dill?

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    Salad and cold cuts looks ok to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reg Dingle View Post
    Beached whale
    Hiya Dill, welcome back.

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    The prodigal son.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reg Dingle View Post
    Beached whale diet would be more apt.

    I'm surprised no one's called Greenpeace or chucked him overboard yet.
    I thought we were veering away from diet talk on this thread... it's a work thread!

    But coincidentally I saw a minke whale a couple of days ago and a few other people have seen it as well... it seems to be hanging around the Heidrun platform. It's never around when I've got my camera handy.

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    Welcome back, Dill! (if it's you)

    @mendip - I've had that "maganda ka pa sa umaga" thrown at me by colleagues/ friends. For us (Filipinos), it's just a type of flattery and/or word play - another way of saying "magandang umaga" (good morning). But yeah, you must have some rapport or camaraderie with the person. We don't say it to total strangers.

    Start with "salamat", then "magandang umaga/ gabi" (good morning/ evening) You'll get surprised looks or giggles.

    Btw thanks for the food pic. You could tell your colleagues that you're taking pics for your Instagram followers if they notice your photos!

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    More fun discussing your BMI though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Uses electrical pulses, or some sort of satanic wizardry to make you use it once then shove it into
    is the probe insertion uncomfortable ?

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    Is there a gym on board Mendip?

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    He’s not allowed to use it for 2 weeks. A likely story!

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    Mendy's real job is as a ballast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    More fun discussing your BMI though.
    So we've accepted the milking stool under his desk is actually a *footrest* and that topic is closed?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx View Post
    and that topic is closed?
    well it might end up being a ballsack rest after 8 weeks at sea if the cute women on board decide he is too fat to fcuk

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Nah, I don't know why people generally use 'boat' rather than 'ship' for this work, but they do.
    Just catching up on your excellent thread. Very interesting for those of us who have never been involved in offshore work. Interesting, although not really making me wish I was there.

    I don't know the specific differences between boats and ships, I suppose Google has an answer. The one thing I do remember is that many years ago for reasons lost to history I had a trip in a Royal Navy minesweeper. It was not particularly big and it is possible I called it a boat. The officers on board explained to me that the Royal Navy only has ships. This was stated in terms that suggested I should commit the fact to memory. So I did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    well it might end up being a ballsack rest after 8 weeks at sea if the cute women on board decide he is too fat to fcuk
    Luckily he has a gym . . . oh, which he can't use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    Is there a gym on board Mendip?
    Yes, mate... this boat has a pretty good gym (I seem to remember).

    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    He’s not allowed to use it for 2 weeks. A likely story!
    Onsigners aren't allowed in the gym for the first week onboard and that's an unbreakable Covid rule (I sense your doubt). Believe me, I've pleaded to be allowed down there but it's not gonna happen until Wednesday.

    Furthermore, I can't go walking around the helideck because we've been working close to the Hiedrun platform since we arrived on site... all platforms have a 500m safety zone and if you're working within the safety zone you have to wear full PPE to go outside. Everything is conspiring against me.

    And of course there's my ongoing personal problem but I think I've found a solution on Amazon. I just need to find someone I know coming on next crew change to send them to.




    Quote Originally Posted by katie23 View Post

    Start with "salamat", then "magandang umaga/ gabi" (good morning/ evening) You'll get surprised looks or giggles.

    Btw thanks for the food pic. You could tell your colleagues that you're taking pics for your Instagram followers if they notice your photos!

    Thanks for your continued sensible interest Katie... I'm still building up to try 'Salamat'!

    Instagram!!! I'm not a teenager Katie... LOL.

    If I told anyone I was taking food pics for my 'Instagram' I'd be laughed off the boat. I'll just continue to take surreptitious pics when no-one's looking.

    Today I took a few sneaky pics at 6am... this is why I avoid the Norwegian breakfast.



    In some ways such a bad breakfast is a good thing. British boats always do a fantastic Full English (Scottish?) with proper sausages, back bacon and black pudding. This was fine when I was younger, fitter and slimmer but I really don't want one every morning these days. I'm only human and if a Full English is sat in front of me I have to eat it... I'm glad not to be put in that situation.

    To be fair to the Filipino night cook, he will have been instructed to leave the cold, crispy streaky bacon soaking in the cold, congealing fat... that's the Norwegian way. The little spherical things are fish balls, by the way.



    Next along is this selection. I usually love a bowl of porridge... but they always place the baked beans tray seaward of the porridge tray and it's rare to get a bowl of porridge that hasn't had a few beans dropped in. I must admit if I ever get any bean spillage I also stir them into the porridge while no-one's looking.

    Looks like they've been tapping into Chitty's supply of frozen roast spuds as well.



    But the last tray along is where I head straight to these days... along with some cold cuts this does the job.

    I'll be in the 90s in no time at all.

    Last edited by Mendip; 30-08-2021 at 12:59 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Mendy's real job is as a ballast.
    I thought I was a bit harsh on him with my comment about his BMI
    BUT
    You have taken it to a whole new very cruel level.

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    Salad certainly looks favourite there.

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    Mendy....I gotta say that food looks like cheap slop. Looks like some of the stuff you posted living in Isaan.

    Drink more, eat less...

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