It's Working!!!

First Friday:

I weighed in this morning and found that I was 198 pounds!!! I lost 1.5 pounds this week. I'm thrilled to know it's working. I had an extra special glow as I got into my Julia Child outfit and rode to work today.

What fun pretending to be a very important cooking icon in America as well as someone with great character. Someone called me Betty Crocker at work today and I almost hit him with my wooden spoon.

I did very well with my eating today and was quite proud. I stuck to the plan and was very hungry by dinner time. We ordered some food for delivery tonight. I had a sandwich and a salad and a few shoe string french fries. We shared some wine and watched Dexter. A great Friday night.

Food For Thought:

I promised that I would tell you about growing up German and then learning I was 1/2 Italian. I was adopted at birth to a couple named Bill and June Hake. They were both German and Lutheran and raised me that way. My maternal Grandmother was an excellent cook and owned her own deli in Chicago during the Depression. I was no stranger to deli meats, sauerbraten, spaetzle, sausage, bread, cheese, sauerkraut, pickles, etc. They conveyed to me that I was German and Norwegian and also Lutheran. I believe this is what they truly thought.

Last year I was reunited with my birth mother, Susan Warner Malone. Upon our first conversation over the phone I learned that my real father was Italian and she is a mix of Bohemian, English, French, German and Irish. Oh, that just makes so much more sense. I was eating German food growing up but craving Ravioli and garlic bread. After speaking with my real Uncle Ralph, I've learned that my 50% Italian consists of 25% Sicilian, 12.5% Neopolitan and 12.5% Calabrese. It's very important in the Italian culture to know this ratio.

This also explains my love for wine. Aaron and I have studied (and sipped) many different wines over the past 10-12 years and have cultivated quite a palate. Our favorites are French and Italian.

In closing tonight, I just wanted to mention that my blood sugar tests that I take every morning when I wake up and every evening before I retire have been very good this week. Overall I am pleased with my results.

(10:34 pm)