Here are some pictures of my cousin, Gab, who kicked ass last night.
Here are some pictures of my cousin, Gab, who kicked ass last night.
I won’t be posting pictures of the actual competition yet but here’s a photo of my cousins and I in blue. We formed a Gab-For-The-Win Movement last night at the Great Bodies 2009 competition.
Two months of tuna, grilled chicken, no carbs and perpetual training paid off. FIRST RUNNER UP! He was robbed of the grand prize though. I say that with all my biases aside. Gab really REALLY REALLY was the BEST contestant there.
But that’s okay because he knows it and we know it and even if the judges didn’t see it, the rest of us did. As I told him: last night was meant, not just for victory, but for him to feel the extreme intensity of familial love. And I know, no, I believe, that he felt it. That it knocked him over with its force.
Guts, glory and Gab. We are real proud. :) Real proud.
I know I’ve been writing some sad stuff lately but I realize now, at the end of the day, that life has to go on. This is an experience that I will take and learn from. Thank You, God, not for walking me through today but for carrying me. That’s really the only word. Carrying.
Anyway, we had a family dinner tonight and I want to present:
Now and Then: Gabriel Flores
Guys, it saddens me that Gab is so THIN already (!!!) :( He was never really fat (after all, he’s a physical trainer in Washington) but this is just ridiculous. He entered a competition called Great Bodies 2009 and has been off carbs for a month now. He’s already lost 25 pounds.
While I admire his dedication to win, I can’t believe that he has morphed into this clean-eating machine. We text every week and he always tells me that he can’t wait to stuff a big slice of pizza in his mouth. If you know Gab, you’ll know that he has an insane appetite so this diet, this competition in general, has been extreme torture. But it just goes to show many things. Like how powerful the human will is. How fast the human body can adapt. But most of all, how strong familial love is. Even though we hardly see him anymore, and whenever we do, he’s on ‘zombie mode’ (not having enough calories = no energy, hence the term), we love him and we know that he, more than anyone, deserves to win. The support, I think, is overwhelming.
The competition is this Friday already and we are all excited to be there to cheer him on. If you’re interested in going, let me know. Admission is free (haha) :)
Gab, what else can we say? We are proud of you. We love you!
