On the horizon – vacation!

Yes, it is vacation time again. This time, it has taken me down to the salty Mediterranean sea and the sunny island of Malta.

It was a very randomly selected trip.

“Just the way I like it!”

To be honest, I had no plans of going here until I met up with some old school friends on my last trip to Sweden. So we got this crazy idea of going down to Malta and get ourselves the diving certificates (Open Water Diving) sorted. After all, this is something you can build upon over time – and seeing the underwater world with your own eyes is something very special.

Aside from the obvious workout that scuba diving brings ("apparently it’s around 800 calories per hour") there will be another challenge: Food.

Once again, I find myself at a touristy location, where I would love to taste the good restaurant food and the Maltese cuisine. I would also hate to give up the social factor and ditch my mates when it comes to food. Thus, a solution has to be found, a solution to sustain the low calorie intake, without giving up too much of the good life.

On the bright side, it seems that I managed to do this so far. I do not feel heavier, apart from when I am wearing 25kg extra, during a dive. :p


I have kept a small food log, together with the exercise that I have been performing. Once I am back and it is time to do the hindsight again, I will publish the food of this vacation and we shall see what the effects of it has been. ^^

You can expect the next post to be a bit more in-depth about the visit, as I am currently on a very...ehm, improvised internet setup. :D