Another weekender in Bali. We always tend to find ourselves in Bali around this time of the year. It’s our anniversary 10 November. On this trip Jane and I celebrated 11 years together.

It was only four nights – three full days, so we just used it to relax, sleep and eat. However,…   eating has become an issue for me lately. I had Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery 28 August. Most of my stomach was removed. I decided to have this surgery to control my weight and hopefully add a few more years onto the end of my life. This was my first vacation since the surgery and Bali holidays are usually an exercise in gluttony, I was curious to see how it would go.

 

Saturday

We stayed at Legian Beach Hotel.  My review here. Breakfast was included. There was an extensive choice. “Here we go” I thought.

Breakfast

Omelette, coffee. Some fruit. There was three omelette stations, all manned by Teppanyaki chefs. They used those grill spatulas cooking instruments and quickly crafted a delicious omelette. I surprised myself and managed three (small) cups of coffee.

Mid Morning

Rum and coke at the pool. We bought a bottle of Sailor Jerry spiced rum duty free. We just bought straight coke from the pool bar and sneakily added the rum from a used coke bottle.

Lunch

A visit to one of our favourite restaurants in Legian, Lemongrass. Jane has her usual Nasi Goreng and I just chose the “Mixed Entree”.

It consisted of satay sticks, Thai fish cakes, spring rolls and calamari. I really struggled to eat only half of it.

Afternoon snack

Our “Merianda” was just a rum and lemonade and seaweed chips in the hotel room.

Dinner

Jane promised to take me to a restaurant she and Bianca found called Fat Bowl. We each ordered a cocktail and shared one dish, Popcorn Prawns Sushi. It was delicious and just the right amount.

Sunday

Breakfast

Pancake, waffle and coffee from the buffet.

Lunch

Jane organised her massage and hair cut, so I settled into the Posers Pub and watched the cricket. I ordered Mixed Satays and ate them slowly. There was nine sticks with a mix of chicken, beef and pork served in their own little barbecue. I also had my first Bintang for the trip. I was avoiding the beer because of its gassiness, but it was fine – so fine I had three. It didn’t help Australia’s performance in the cricket match though!

Afternoon snack

Rum and coke at the pool in the afternoon

Dinner

For dinner we tried Garlic Lane restaurant. It was close by and had excellent reviews. I chose their specialty creamy garlic prawns. It was a large portion so I knew I was going to struggle eating it. I managed to eat all the prawns and some of the chips and salad. It was delicious. I didn’t order a drink. Jane’s fried pork belly was OK, without standing out.

 

Monday

Breakfast

Omelette again with sausage and some (beef) bacon. Perhaps a bit much this time. I couldn’t finish a whole cup of coffee.

Mid morning snack

We missed as we were sleeping!

Lunch

We just lazed around the hotel pool. Jane ordered a couple of cocktails while I stuck with rum and cokes. We ordered spicy chicken wings and curly fries to share from the pool bar.

Mid afternoon

Still at the pool getting drunk!

Dinner

Out last dinner was at a Sidewalk Cafe restaurant on Jalan Melasti. I ordered the Seafood Mee Goreng, knowing that it would be too much. I picked out the seafood and ate some of the noodles. I was excellent. Jane was impressed with her chicken maryland with sambal sauce. I didn’t order a drink.

Some final shopping and early to bed – we have a 7am flight home.

Final Thoughts on eating

If I were to share this blog post with my dietitian she wouldn’t be happy with me. I didn’t take my Protein, Calcium and Vitamin D supplements. Some of my meals were… um.. just alcoholic drinks. I did however, concentrate of eating as much protein as a could.

I think my eating was pretty good. I still enjoyed the taste of Bali. I think I managed the portions well, but I felt like I did waste some food. I felt guilty leaving half to a quarter of the dishes that I ordered. I imagine the Balinese wait staff and chefs were angry with me paying for wasting their food. Throwing away good food that these people would be grateful to have for their own families. I felt like a rich fat cat. But I took solace in the fact that this cat is getting thinner.