The Losing Path: Picture Day! 11/15/11

It’s picture day! Not a huge difference by any means, but I’m FINALLY starting to see change in my face! I still feel like my face is a giant puff ball all of the time, but I can see a bit of difference in my face from last month to this month! Either way, it’s progress and I like it!

Last night for dinner I had a banana w/ organic peanut butter (from Whole Foods – literally ground peanuts at their grinder!) and that’s about all… Branden wanted Broccoli casserole and I had tried to make a lightened version of a chicken casserole before and it was really terrible so I just decided to go ahead and make a traditional broccoli casserole for Bran and Nora, which they seemed to enjoy. J

My run this morning was… well, less than good. It was cold and rainy this morning and I don’t have a spare minute in my life to get sick so I decided to hit the gym and use the treadmill rather than run outside in the poopy weather.. terrible decision. For some reason, I just couldn’t get it going on the treadmill! I did a slow mile then some abs and then another ¼ mile or so and I just wasn’t feeling it. At that point I was so discouraged, I just called it a day and went home. Ugh. I’m definitely hitting the pavement for my run Thursday and I’m determined to make it a good one! BTW – shout out to my big brother – he beat his PR (personal record) for the 1 ½ mile fitness test this morning! 10m 30s for 1 ½ miles! I’d say that’s pretty damn good, especially for a giant 6’5” fella! Proud of him and can’t wait to run together! Regardless of the less than stellar run, it did feel good to get some extra ab workouts in. I feel like abs are the only thing my workouts are missing so I’m going to start incorporating more on running days.

Food Today

Breakfast

Protein shake immediately after workout

½ c granola w/ about ¼ c unsweetened organic soy milk

Fresh Juice of spinach, carrot, apples, orange and ½ a kiwi J

Snack

Oatmeal w/ raisins, cinnamon and goji berries. I bought some organic cinnamon and I can really taste the difference between that and the cheap stuff! It’s great!

Lunch

Leftover tortilla soup (I didn’t share recipe b/c it’s less than fantastic – but edible.)

Brown rice w/ cilantro/lime juice

Snack

Protein Tofu

Dinner

Vegan Manicotti - a new recipe, I’m excited to try it out!!

I really must say that I am so appreciative of all of the amazing feedback I’m getting from family and friends! I went out Saturday night and hung out with a few guy friends that I haven’t seen in forever and upon seeing me, one of my friends said “Is that Humbert? You look f*ckin gorgeous, I wanna make out with you!” Inappropriate as it may have been, I can’t help but love it. J My friends are really classy, by the way… lol! Anyway, I had lots of compliments and I couldn’t help but feel amazing!

Okay, now for the pictures!