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.
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...
Salad and cold cuts looks ok to me.
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.
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.
Is there a gym on board Mendip?
He’s not allowed to use it for 2 weeks. A likely story!
Mendy's real job is as a ballast.
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.
Yes, mate... this boat has a pretty good gym (I seem to remember).
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.
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.
Salad certainly looks favourite there.
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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