Off to San Francisco to support my auntie and her first-time invite to the American Craft Council Show and it just happens that world-famous, Zagat rated, Greens is right next door. Oh darn! Love the Fort Mason area … if you’re not from around here, Google it, then Travelocity It, then Visit It!

Fort Mason, S.F. (Farmer’s Market)

Sunday morning was filled with farmer’s markets, tourists eating loaved-artisan breads, and talk about vegetarian friendly. On this particular day, along with all the other wonderful San Francisco-based “onlies” (meaning, only in San Francisco), I stumbled upon my very first fresh vegetarian dumpling site. They do exist!

Life lesson #56 – Just because you have never seen something, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Faith is a powerful thing!

Morning weight 171.5

TODAY’S MEALS:

• 7:20am – Herbalife Formula 1 French Vanilla Protein Shake. 5 oz of Healthy Balance Apple Juice, 1/2 cup of Costco Organic Frozen Blueberries, 4 large Costco strawberries, and 1/2 frozen banana. 2 scoops of Formula 1 and 2 scoops of Herbalife Personalized Protein Powder. 1 cup of spinach. 1 cup of cabbage. 1 cup of kale. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
• 10:30am – Kind Almond & Coconut Bar
• 11:30am – Farmer’s Market Samples. The Belani Booth is an all-time favorite. Stood in line at Happy Dumplings simply because their menu said, “Vegetarian Dumpling” which when we got to the front of the line, quickly turned into “We’re all out”
• 11:55am – Greens Restaurant
  • Heirloom Tomato Sandwich (1/2 sandwich). Split the vegan sandwich with my wife. Avocado, romesco, lettuce, spinach and arugula on herb loaf.
• 2:30pm – Greens Restaruant
  • Yellow Fin Potato Griddle Cakes with spring onions, asiago, parsley and chives. Served with Rolling Oaks Ranch eggs over easy, romesco, salsa verde and coquillos olives.
  • Mesquite Grilled Brochettes (mushroom, Mariquita Farm potatoes, peppers, white corn, summer squash, red onions and Hodo Soy tofu with muhammara sauce and picked beets) – 1 skewer
  • Peach raspberry galette with peach raspberry sauce and vanilla bean ice cream (1/2 dish – shared with my wife)
• 5:30pm – Doritos Nacho Cheese (1 bag)
• 7:30pm – Vietnamese Rice Noodle with tofu, mock ham, and an egg.

Meal 1.1

Meal 1.2

Meal 2

Meal 3

Food and San Francisco

TODAY’S ACTIVITIES:

• Family time in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Pier. Walked and laughed through farmer’s markets.
• Supported my aunt in her debut at the American Craft Council Show
• Watched some practice runs of the America’s Cup. The Prada catamaran was zipping across the open seas.
• Not sure if this counts, but I sure did eat like a King!

Rise and shine … after a pseudo Breaking Bad Season 5 marathon on Netflix, feeling a bit like Jesse Pinkman after a Season 4 relapse. But, some things never change. Even as a kid, I was always up early on Saturdays to see what Schoolhouse Rock could teach me about ‘Being a Bill’ or the ‘Adverb Train’ and seamlessly move into the next stop, “All Aboard the Soul Train!”

Life lesson #55 – Hop aboard the soul train and get up offa that thang! (James Brown)

Morning weight 171.5

Today’s Meals:

• 8:30am – 1 1/2 serving of homemade fried rice and 1 1/2 servings of scrambled eggs
• 9:30am – Herbalife24 Hydrate (1 stick in 16 ounces of water)
• 11:45am – Taco Bell
  • Black bean burrito
  • Chalupa, no meat – sub beans
  • 6 packets of hot sauce
• 3:45pm – Gourmet Popcorn – Chicago Mix (1 cup)
• 5:30pm – Burma Superstar
  • Tea Leaf Salad (Featured on Food Network). Order it! Delicious … one of the best salads I’ve ever eaten. Those fried garlic peanuts are unique
  • Vegetable Curry Delux. Burma Superstar’s special curry made with tomatoes, squash, eggplant, lentils, and tofu
  • Coconut rice (recommended by the server)
  • Burmese Vegetarian Samusas. Burmese raviolis hand wrapped and filled with curry spices, potatoes, deep fried, and served with house special sauce.
• 7:15pm – Ici Ice Creamery
  • 1 scoop of vanilla-dark chocolate-caramel swirl
  • sugar cone
  • 1 peanut butter bon bon

Meal 2

Meal 3

Meal 3.1

Food and exercise

Today’s Activities:

• 9:45am – Morning run. Up and over the ramp overpass (my mock hill runs). The last 0.5 miles, I included 4 dirt hill runs to access the main path. Maybe I was just really thirsty today, but that Hydrate drink really hit the spot.

Ramp runs with my wife

Wow! This is one of those weeks that just flew by. I find myself saying, “Wow, before I know it, it will be Christmas.” I’ve had these weeks before and of course, weeks that I say, “What! It’s only Tuesday?” So reflecting on the week to see if there is a way to duplicate this speed, I find this. Everything was scheduled. Every minute was occupied with productive moments. And we slept at a reasonable hour.

For the most part, the scheduling and occupation aren’t typically an issue. Now, sleep on the other hand is somewhat of a Big Foot in our household. Very elusive! Only seen by a select few! We did much better this week … in bed by 11:30 and up by 7:30. No wonder the week flew by … 40 hours (8 X 5) of them were spent with my eyes shut.

Morning weight 170.5

Life lesson #54 – A healthy plan includes pajamas.

So, with that said. Check out what why my wife stayed up until 4am and why I wasn’t able to make shakes this morning.

Layered Cake

Today’s Meal:

• 9:10am – McDonalds. 1 Sausage McMuffin with no sausage and no butter. Removed the top muffin and replaced it with a hashbrown. Three words – De-Lish-Us. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
  • Joint Support
  • Male Factor 1000
  • Ultimate Prostate
  • Total Control
• 1:30pm – Microwave Madness!
  • Seeds of Change – Organic Quinoa and Whole Grain Brown Rice with garlic (1 cup)
  • Quorn Meatless and soy-free chik’n tenders (1 cup)
  • 1 fresh fig
  • 1/4 tablespoon of Herbalife Herbal Aloe Concentrate Mango in 8 ounces of water
• 3:20pm – Gourmet Popcorn – Chicago Mix – Caramel and Cheese (1 cup)
• 5:50pm – Jade Chinese Restaurant
  • 1 1/2 servings General Sesame Tofu (extra crispy and less sauce)
  • 1 serving of Chinese water spinach in garlic sauce
  • 1/2 cup of steamed rice
  • 3 vegetarian egg rolls
• 10:30pm – Dessert
  • Peach cobbler slice
  • 1 1/2 scoops of Crystal vanilla ice cream

Meal 1

Meal 1.1

Meal 2

Meal 2.1

Meal 3

Meal 4

Food and exercise

Today’s Activities:

• P90X movements – Chest and Shoulders. For shoulders, attempted actual pull-ups. Unable due to pain in the left shoulder. Used resistance bands, but I even see improvement here. Just a week ago, it would still hurt and there was a lot of shaking on my left side when I fully extended. Today was quite the opposite. Full extension on shoulder presses with no pain and no shaking. In this order … 
  • Regular Pushups, 25 reps
  • “V” Shoulder Press (using lower tension resistance band), 16 reps
  • Regular Pushups, 25 reps
  • Shoulder Press (using lower tension resistance bands), 16 reps
  • Decline Pushups, 25 reps
  • Alternating Shoulder Press (using higher tension resistance bands), 10 reps per side
  • Diamond Pushups, 25 reps
  • Straight arm, in-and-out, flys, with a pitcher pour on the outward movement. 16 reps with 8 lb weights. 1 rep = all 3 movements.
  • Regular Pushups, 25 reps
  • “V” Shoulder Press (using higher tension resistance bands), 16 reps
  • Wide Fly Pushups, 20 reps. NOTE – felt left shoulder pain on these. Not fatique-related. It’s that shooting pain.
  • Shoulder Press (using lower tension resistance bands), 16 reps
  • Decline Pushups, 20 reps. NOTE – felt left shoulder shooting pain on these.
  • Alternating Shoulder Presses (using higher tension resistance bands), 10 reps per side
  • Diamond Push Ups, 25 reps
  • Straight arm, in-and-out flys, with a pitcher pour on the outward movement. 16 reps with 8 lb weights. 1 rep = all 3 movements.

Yesterday, with all the running around doing planned and unplanned errands, there were no weights lifted and no roads ran. So, I made a declaration of “I Will Run Tomorrow (today)” … like my friend George Zimmer (not to be confused with the guy who literally got away with murder) “I Guarantee It!”

Life lesson #53 – Personal accountability stops the blame game so you can get off excuse train! 

So tomorrow is today and today is here! After deciphering that Riddler-like statement, with my Brooks PureCadence 2 running shoes and iPhone Apps, off I went into the wild blue yonder. The marathon is coming — it’s just around the corner, so I did a 4 fast and 1 slow mile run. I’ve read so many articles on Yahoo! daily news feeds regarding this type of run — it is an endurance builder. Not going out on a limb, but I’m assuming after 26.2 miles, endurance can be an issue. I’ve participated in I believe 5 half-marathons now and I don’t remember seeing the casual runner come across the finish line saying, “I’m ready to do that again!” So yes, I will build endurance.

Morning weight 170. Post run weight 167.5

Public Service Announcement

Are you a runner? For $6, do you upgrade at each organized race to the technical shirt? Well, me too. I think someone’s about to report me to Stacy and Clinton from What Not To Wear fame because it seems I’ve been wearing them a lot. With jeans. With running shorts. With regular shorts. Commando. Ok, too much. I know. I’ve gone too far.

But for all you runners, experienced, first-timers, or just curious to see why hudreds of people keep running by your house every other month, here’s my helpful tip. It’s not found on the care label, but bandaids! Probably a heed mostly for the fellas, but bandaids!

We guys know what it’s like to purposely forego gloves at the gym to build up calluses. Well, you definitely don’t need the irritation and callus build-up on the man-nips. I learned of this tip last year, thankfully before I learned the hard way. I learned that BYOB meant Bring Your Own BandAids, but a friend of mine spared a few and spared me some serious pain!

And I quote from one of the other participants at Tough Mudder

My nipples are raw! It hurts so bad!

Don’t be Phil Shifley and fake your own death. Pop on the bandaids and you’ll thank me later. And together, we can force these manufacturers to properly label these technical shirts!

Technical Shirt Care Label sans WARNING!

Today’s Meals:

• 8:15am – Herbalife Formula 1 French Vanilla Protein Shake. 5 oz of Healthy Balance Apple Juice, 1/2 cup of Costco Organic Frozen Blueberries, 4 large Costco strawberries, and 1/2 frozen banana. 2 scoops of Formula 1 and 2 scoops of Herbalife Personalized Protein Powder. 1 cup of spinach. 1 cup of cabbage. 1 cup of kale. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
• 10am – Pre run hydration and meal
  • Herbalife24 Hydrate
  • Herbalife24 Prepare in 10 ounces of water with a dash of Herbalife Herbal Aloe Concentrate Mango
  • 1 medium banana
• 10:40am – During run fuel. Around mile 3.1, I ate 2 shots back-to-back to get ready for my fast push home. It worked. My last mile was almost as fast as my early miles.
  • 2 Clif Bar Chocolate Shots 
• 11:45am – Post run recovery in 10 ounces of water
  • Herbalife24 Rebuild Endurance (2 scoops)
  • Herbalife Instant Healthy Meal Chocolate (1/2 scoop for flavor)
  • Herbalife Joint Support
• 2:45pm – Need more protein! Feeling a little weak. Actually weighed myself and down to 167.5. Burning too much and too fast for my plan.
  • Sinagong vegetarian. 1 serving. 1 serving of Quorn Chicken Bites (fried yesterday, microwaved today). 1 cup of rice.
  • 2 fresh figs
• 5:35pm – Hong Sen Tofu (Vietnamese All-Vegetarian Noodle House)
  • 1 Mock Beef/Chicken House Special Soup with Rice Noodle. Mild this time, but the last dozen, spicy. Had plans afterwards and quite frankly, I didn’t bring an extra shirt! And no lemon grass.
  • 1 Mock chicken cutlets
  • 1 Mock shrimp and veggie spring roll with peanut sauce
  • 1/4 cup of rice
• 7pm – Leatherbys Ice Creamery. They actually gave me 3 spoons. Should I be offended?
  • Rita’s Strawberry Shortcake. Instead of vanilla ice cream, I opted for banana nut ice cream.

Meal 1

Pre Run Fuel Meal 1.1

Post run fuel Meal 2

Meal 2.1

Meal 3

Meal 4

Food and exercise

Today’s Activities:

•  10:25am – 5.02 mile run at a 8:58 mile pace. Building endurance so I did 4 fast and 1 slow. Mile 4 was the slower so I could kick for my last and 5th mile.
• 11:10am – .31 mile cool down walk home. When I got home, did a series of hamstring stretches and side bends to stretch and elongate my body. Those stretches sound so technical, but ultimately, I just stretch afterwards because it feels good and if there is any body part that feels like it needs it, find a way to stretch it.

Run with 2 Clif Bar Chocolate Shots

Passed a landmark yesterday … 50 straight days of pressing along, jotting down everything I eat, I do, and when I do it. Not sure how good of read it is for the public, but what I have reinforced something I’ve felt very strongly about for many, many years. 4-5 small and enjoyable meals per day with a good attitude and purposeful activity leads to a steady weight loss. Life lesson #51 – slow and steady beats fast and radical in the marathon of life.

Morning weight 169.5

Today’s Meals:

• 8:20am – Herbalife Formula 1 French Vanilla Protein Shake. 5 oz of Healthy Balance Apple Juice, 1/2 cup of Costco Organic Frozen Blueberries, 4 large Costco strawberries, and 1/2 frozen banana. 2 scoops of Formula 1 and 2 scoops of Herbalife Personalized Protein Powder. 1 cup of spinach. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
• 10:30pm – Sinagong vegetarian. 1 1/2 servings and to appease my salty festish, 1 serving of Hawaiian Style Mango Habanero chips. 1 cup of rice.
• 1:40pm – Sinagong vegetarian. 1 1/2 servings. 1 cup of rice. 1/2 Power Crunch Cookies & Cream bar.
• 3pm – 1/2 Power Crunch Cookies & Cream Bar.
• 5:30pm – Macy Taste Bar
  • 1 – 3 cheese panini
  • 1 pickle wedge
  • 1 bag of Miss Vickie’s Jalapeno Chips
• 9:30pm – Ikeda Peach Pie slice (warmed in the microwave) with a scoop of Crystal ice cream

Meal 1.1

Meal 2

Meal 3

Meal 4

Food and exercise

TODAY’S ACTIVITIES:

• It’s still early afternoon — I’ll be gone the rest of the evening so definitely no run in my immediate future, but I’m not quite throwing in the towel for a quick set of heavy weights.
•  Weights
  • Biceps. Needed mini breaks at the 4th and 5th sets.
    • 1st set, 16 reps, In-and-Out curls, 25 lbs
    • 2nd set, 16 reps, Static Arm curls, 25 lbs
    • 3rd set, 16 reps, In-and-Out curls, 25 lbs
    • 4th set, 16 reps, Isolation curls, 25 lbs
    • 5th set, 16 reps, Static Arm Curls, 25 lbs
  • Shoulder Dumbbell Presses. If you just glance at the number of reps and the total weight, you would wonder why this is even noteworthy. You may even be thinking, “Dude, nobody is watching you. Just embellish a little.” Well, if you have been following me for the last 50+ days, you know that this is significant progress. Even as little as 10 days ago, I had to quit after 1 set of 3 reps because of the shooting pain in my left shoulder. 
    • 5 sets, 6 reps, 20 lbs

When was the last time you did something out of your normal routine for 5 days? How about 15 days? 30, 40 days? How about 50 days? It’s been awhile for me, but it’s been extremely helpful in keeping focused and on track. Life lesson #50 – Consistency is life-changing.

Morning weight 169.5

Today’s Meals:

•  8am –  Herbalife Formula 1 French Vanilla Protein Shake. 5 oz of Healthy Balance Apple Juice, 1/2 cup of Costco Organic Frozen Blueberries, 4 large Costco strawberries, and 1/2 frozen banana. 2 scoops of Formula 1 and 2 scoops of Herbalife Personalized Protein Powder. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
• 11:50pm – Jade Restaurant
  • 1 serving of General Sesame Tofu (crispy and less sauce)
  • 1/2 cup of fresh, steamed broccoli
  • 1 serving of Chinese pea sprouts in garlic sauce
  • 1 cup of steamed rice
• 1:45pm – Asian Hotel Toast with 2 tbsp of Skippy Peanut Butter
• 4:40pm – 1/2 banana with 1/2 of a Clif Bar Crunchy Peanut Butter
• 8:15pm – Sinagong vegetarian with sides of crispy tofu. Had 2 servings and for my salty side, Hawaiian Style Mango Habanero chips.
• 9pm – Dessert! Back-to-back desserts! Ikeda Homemade Peach Pie with Crystal Ice Cream.

Meal 2

Meal 2.1, 2.2

Meal 3

Meal 3.1

Food and exercise

Today’s Activities:

•  First run of the week. Just need to get my feet and legs back under me. Two overpasses and directly into a 10 mph headwind. Actually passed a biker heading into the second overpass. Felt a little awkward, but I wasn’t trying to beat her. I just maintained my pace.

Dropped off my wife at the store and ran home.

Jarod came to fame based on his well-documented fascination with Subway 6″ sandwiches. If my memory is correct, my man Jarod lost over 100 pounds pounding down 6″ after 6″ sandwich. That’s a great story, but you’ve got to really love sandwiches.

Don’t get me wrong — check my food journals. I eat Subway too. Who doesn’t like a quick and tasty sandwich — the Five-Dollar Footlong, but I couldn’t do it everyday. If you can, more power to you. Life lesson #49 – Variety is not boring. 

Morning weight 170.5

Soapbox Moment! Take a look at this snapshot and tell me what’s wrong with this picture! I know, I know. You pay for the service of eating out, but have some personal accountability folks. Just because you’re eating out doesn’t mean you check your sense of responsibility at the door. Ask yourself this … if you were invited to a friend’s house for dinner and your child made this mess on the floor, would you get up, wipe off the BBQ sauce from your face, throw your overly used napkin on the table and tell your friends, thanks for the wonderful meal and just leave? If you answered yes … I think you just found your answer to why people don’t invite you over anymore!

Would You Leave This Mess?

Today’s Meals:

• 8:15am –  Herbalife Formula 1 French Vanilla Protein Shake. 5 oz of Healthy Balance Apple Juice, 1/2 cup of Costco Organic Frozen Blueberries, 4 large Costco strawberries, and 1/2 frozen banana. 2 scoops of Formula 1 and 2 scoops of Herbalife Personalized Protein Powder. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
• 1pm – Noodles & Company. Definitely not my first visit to this place, but the first time I knew that I could add a side salad or soup for $1. I hear a commercial campaign … One – One – One Dollar Side Soup! Ok, not as catchy as the Subway classic, but one dollar! Order it and enjoy! And bravo to Noodles & Company for having the domain name Noodles.com … very impressive!
  • Whole Grain Tuscan Linguine
  • Side Tomato Basil Bisque
• 3pm – Filipino dessert/breakfast treat
  • Suman
  • 1 serving of Nestle Rich Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix
  • 1 cup of water
• 3pm – Ritter Sport Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut – 2 squares 
• 6pm – Leatherbys
  • Special Meal Combo
    • Egg salad sandwich
    • French fries
    • Didn’t order a drink — water is and will always be favorite
    • Small banana nut and hot fudge sundae with all the fixins!
• 9pm – Herbalife Herbal Aloe Concentrate Mango

Summary — not to beat a horse, but even just typing this makes me reiterate I Am The New Jarod! You choose!  What plan you would not only start, but stick to. Variety or Same Old, Same Old. No matter what plan it is, Jarod and I have a commonality, we were consistent and purposeful. Sure he turned his sandwich eating machine into a multi-millionaire spokesperson for all-things-weight-loss, but we still put our size 32-33 waist pants on one leg at a time.

Meal 2

Meal 2.1

Meal 3

Food, no exercise, but lots of service!

Today’s Activities:

•  Church service and hosting duties! Doing all the weights and cardio you could muster will do no good if you do not put more effort into spiritual weights and cardio.

What a wonderful way to cap off a week of family and food, but with even more family and food. Today we expect 50 people and I actually might even know them all. We’ll have catered Mexican and other miscellaneous grub to keep our guests happy, full, and entertained. Life lesson #48 – The secret to happiness is to do something for someone else. Host a party! If it’s 50 people or 5 people, be a host.

Happy 7th birthday to my niece and we dedicated her little 2-month-old brother to God and to the family.

Morning weight before all the festivities – 170

Today’s Meals:

• 8:30pm –  Herbalife Formula 1 French Vanilla Protein Shake. 5 oz of Healthy Balance Apple Juice, 1/2 cup of Costco Organic Frozen Blueberries, 4 large Costco strawberries, and 1/2 frozen banana. 2 scoops of Formula 1 and 2 scoops of Herbalife Personalized Protein Powder. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
• 11:15pm – Asian Baked Goods. Thanks Jade Garden for sharing!
  • Coconut filled sweet bun
  • 1 bite of Bakungo (not the kids roll-playing game). It’s a white, fluffy, sticky semi sweet dim sum style dessert that is usually cut into triangles. I’m not sure about the spelling, but it’s an odd dessert. It’s a 1-bite-only dessert even though I actually like it.
• 1:30pm – Herbalife24 Hydrate and Herbal Aloe Concentrate Mango
• 2:20pm – Catered Mexican food and fresh fruits.
  • 1 1/2 cheese and jalapeno tamales
  • 1 cheese enchilada
  • 3/4 cup of Spanish rice
  • 2 watermelon slices
• 3:45pm – Filipino bitko. My mother-in-laws specialty! Definitely restaurant-worthy!
• 5pm – Filipino dessert/breakfast food
  • 1 package of sticky sweet rice wrapped in a banana leaf
  • 1 serving (2 tbsp) of Nestle Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa Mix in 1 cup of water
• 9:30pm – Homemade egg fried rice and kimchee

Meal 2

Meals 2.1 and 2.2

Meal 3

Food and family

Today’s ActivitieS:

•  Weights
  • Dumbbell floor presses. My wife was home today so this was a good time to check my assumptions I could do more weight without further injury. She helped me lift the 60 lb dumbbell off the floor to position and able to hoist without pain. With help lifting into first position, I feel I could do 75 lbs to help build bulk.
    • 1st set, 15 reps, 40 lbs
    • 2nd and 3rd sets, 12 reps, 50 lbs
    • 4th and 5th sets, 12 reps, 60 lbs
  • Biceps. Needed mini breaks at the 4th and 5th sets.
    • 1st set, 16 reps, In-and-Out curls, 20 lbs
    • 2nd set, 16 reps, Static Arm curls, 22.5 lbs
    • 3rd set, 16 reps, Concentration curls, 25 lbs
    • 4th set, 16 reps, Static Arm Curls, 25 lbs
    • 5th set, 16 reps, In-and-Out curls, 25 lbs

Sounds like one of those bad, cheesy jokes that usually starts off like “So I went in for an oil change and the next thing you know …” Well, the joke was definitely on me. It wasn’t the $140 oil change fee … that was expected. It was the fact that my vehicle with only 50,000 miles on it has an oil pan leak and it has to be replaced for $2,000+. Life lesson #47 – look at the bright side. You’re not paying $2,000, you’re paying $1,860 and the oil change is included! 

Morning weight 171. I win the battle of the Boardwalk! Jarod’s got nothing on me! I’m eating fried foods and lots of meals. The takeaway … eat what you like, eat lots of small meals, and be active!

Took the loaner car to Java Time donuts after hearing so much about this place from my brother-in-law. A picture says a thousand words and a thousand calories! This baby will set you back $28.50, but think about the bragging rights!

I Ordered the Large Donut!

Today’s Meals:

• 8:00am – Herbalife Formula 1 French Vanilla Protein Shake. 5 oz of Healthy Balance Apple Juice, 1/2 cup of Costco Organic Frozen Blueberries, 4 large Costco strawberries, and 1/2 frozen banana. 2 scoops of Formula 1 and 2 scoops of Herbalife Personalized Protein Powder. Not sure how detailed you read these, but if you’re an Adrian Monk, you probably notice there is no cabbage. My wife witnessed the shake making this morning and what I thought was just dirt on the cabbage apparently was mold. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
• 12:15pm – Royal Thai
  • Yellow tofu curry. Spicy, of course! If you sweat while you eat, you can eat more! That’s what I tell myself, but I’m sure there is some science behind it.
  • 3/4 veggie spring roll
  • 1 cup of salad with egg dressing
  • 1/4 cup of rice
  • 1 Thai ice tea
  • Herbalife Supplements
    • Formula 2 Multivitamin
    • Formula 3 Cell Activator
    • Herbalifeline
    • Xtra-Cal Advanced
    • Mega Garlic Plus
  • Nature Made B6
• 2:50pm – Java Time local donut shop.
  • Blueberry bar
  • 1 bite of a glazed claw with Captain Crunch and Fruit Loop topping
  • 1 bite of a cream puff
• 6:45pm – Jade Restaurant
  • 1 1/2 serving of General Sesame Tofu (crispy and less sauce)
  • 1/2 cup of fresh, steamed broccoli
  • 1 1/2 serving of Chinese pea sprouts in garlic sauce
  • 1 cup of steamed rice
  • 1/2 can of Hawaiian Sun Lilikoi Iced Tea
• 10:30pm – 1 Asian Hotel Bread (toasted) with North Shore Goodies Coconut Butter.

Meal 2

Meal 2.1

Meal 3

Food and light exercise

Today’s Activities:

• Clean and prepare house, backyard, and pool for a dual Saturday party. If there was an exercise equivalent, I would say this is a 1.5 mile run.