Today is Friday, November 15, 2019.  The month is half over.  The year, and for that matter, the decade, is also nearing an end.

The last few days, though, have been about new things.  My Kaelys got a new puppy.  A little husky girl he named Mishka.  He is quite taken with her and seems very happy.  Which of course makes me happy.  I'll have to grab some pictures to show you.  She has one blue eye and one greenish/brown eye.  I'm still not used to that.

And my beautiful niece Taieno had a baby yesterday.  To my knowledge, she still does not have a name, but I had the joy of holding her and feeling of her beautiful spirit.  Love is wonderful.  I love my sister.  I love my niece.  And I'm filled with love for this tiny little stranger as a result.

One of the big reasons that I wanted to start this journal, though, is for my weight loss journey.  I've been testing things all year, and I want to be more scientific?  Systematic?  I'm not sure what the word is, but I want to be more of it...about documenting and measuring my results.  These are the things I want to do:

• Eat Nutritarian AND do my workouts for the 18 Month Sculpted Vegan Program (four weight lifting sessions in a week, plus at least six cardio).
• Calculate my Macros on the 18 Month Sculpted Vegan and eat that (30% Protein, 40% carbs, 30% fat) while doing the sane workouts as above (18 Month Program 4 x a week)
• Eat Macros from Phase 3 of the 12 Week Sculpted Vegan Shred and do workout from the 12 week shred (6 times a week weights, plus active rest cardio)
• Do the Sculpted Vegan 4 Week Shred in exactness.  (2 x a day cardio, 4 x a week weights, strict and decreasing meal plan with higher protein macros)
• Do 10-20 days on HcG, and transition to nutritarian for the remainder of the month.

This would be five full months of testing.  I started eating on the Nutritarian Plan on November 2nd, and doing the 18 Month 4 x a week weight program.  Tomorrow is two full weeks.  I'll put up my results tomorrow.  I am thoroughly enjoying the food, however.  This is the way that I want to eat for the rest of my life.  Maybe a little more salt, and the occasional oil but really, this is a fantastic way to eat.  I feel great.  I am losing weight.  The food I think is wonderful and delicious.

For breakfast I had Old-Fashioned Johnny Cakes with the blueberry sauce I made for an overnight oats I made a few days ago.  I sprinkled pecans on top and added some fresh blackberries.  It was delicious.

 

For lunch I had vegetable tacos.  I had leftover charred broccoli and sunflower seeds, which I had in corn tortillas with black beans, guac, salsa, and some aquafaba chipotle sauce.  I had grapes too.  It was also super yummy and I'm having leftover salad for dinner today.  So it's been an extremely lazy prep day, but a very yummy eat day.  Oh yes!  And I also had one of my Square Organics Vegan Mint Protein Bars.  I really love those.  

I got up at 5:00 am and did my two hours of meditation.  BOTEC 4, Reconditioning the Body to a New Mind, and the last half of Tuning in to New Potentials.  I love the way I feel when I meditate.  And my whole day is just better.