All is well here in Bali. Since two weeks I have started my new job at one of the international schools here in Bali, and I must say, I enjoy it very much. I am the PE teacher for the whole school, as well as teaching geology, environmental science, history and citizenship. A lot of things on my mind so that's why I have been a bit slow on the updates..
Right now I am again down in bodyweight, around 87kg. I actually feel bigger though, but that's probably because I am carrying a lot less bodyfat around. The weight loss has been mostly due to the fact that in here, an eating regiment is pretty much non existent. People mostly go by on feel. When you are hungry, eat, and if not, don't.So it's very common to sit down and have a big meal, say, around 23.00 at night, or even later..
I used to, as a newcomer, receives all kinds of foods like sate, soups and pancakes (very sweet by the way) because everybody wanted to treat me so nice. That got me heavy in the beginning of my arrival quite fast. Now that things have settled down more, I do not have the obligations any more of swallowing down food that I don't actually want to eat. Although a good set of goat sate is always welcomed though..
Basically what I eat now, is in the morning some light cereal, or sometimes just some fruit. Around the afternoon is mostly some rice, or mie, with 2 fried eggs. Coming back from work, mostly is 20 sticks of sate with some rice, and my evening meal consists of again some sate (chicken mostly although the pork is quite good too) and rice. Tiny portions of rice though, I must say. If every now and then I feel too bloated because of what I ate in the day, I will skip the rice or mie in the evening and only go for some chicken and a fruit juice. You can order fresh fruit blended into a tasty drink, or just have it cutt up and eat it with your fork all for a measely 20 euro cents.. Pineapple, mango, apple, tomato, some other fruits I don't know the name of as well. Tasty!
Training wise, it's going well. I am able to do a full handstand pushup (which puts a lot of meat on the shoulders and traps!), and do a back lever on the rings. Front lever I am almost able to straddle it with a straight back, so that's getting there too. Muscle up, that is still quite hard, and I am trying to grease the groove a lot, because my right shoulder has some flexibility issues.
The one arm chins is going allright, I have cut down on the volume, and work it with quick sessions. Most of the time I start with 4-5 sets of 3-5 reps with 25kg added and then go on to one arm negatives, or do assisted chins with one arm hanging onto a rope, as low as possible.
Leg wise, pistols are going average, can knock off around 10 right, left is still not up to par though. I feel very tired lately in my legs, maybe due to my lack of sprinting on the beach and jumping around. So I will be incorporating that some more once I have some time on my hands again..
That's it for now..
Theo
(I was going to upload some pics of my back lever, but forgot my memory stick, so I'll post them later..)
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