Pictures of The Day... Monday, January 30

Today I posted the above picture of Pyen Chi on my Facebook page, noting to my friends in Canada that I wanted to know if any of them could send me some of this spice that I’m running out of. I got a lot of super sweet responses, both of friends offering to pick me up some while others complimented me about Pyen Chi, but one response definitely stood out.

"...Ummmm not to sterio type the region but perhaps havin Pyen Chi in the picture with that spice was not the best choice of photo to use"

I had a good laugh at this because I totally didn't foresee this misconception of the picture but thought it was hilarious. I wrote back thanking them for the laugh and writing that yes I have tried eating dog. "I didn't know it was dog at the time mind ya" I wrote, "and it wasn't anything great. Perhaps it would have been better had it had this spice on it"... hahaha.

As for the second picture, it's on my current weight loss in anticipation of my fight weigh-in. I've been focusing on cutting weight since last Thursday but with the addition of daily sparring to my training it's been cutting my weight so much more than ever anticipated. I lose about 1.5kgs of sweat during training and even after eating a large clean meal of chicken and some kind of veggies after it I still wake up so much lighter than the day before. I should note though that yes, I am no longer drinking water but am still drinking -- boiled milk with coffee.

Posting this particular picture on my Facebook resulted in about ten random emails from friends asking me for my so-called secrets to cutting weight. There's a big -- a HUGE -- difference between what I'm doing and what one would do to lose weight. I'm aiming to lose weight, as in numbers off the scale, whereas they're interested in losing body fat, inches off their body. We're playing with two totally different sets of numbers. Plus, there is no secret to losing weight anyways, but if I were to have a so-called secret it'd be that I eat clean, train hard and stay focused.