New Foods and Friends

Wow, today I shared some photos of myself from the first time around and got an overwhelming response. Its interesting how people react. I recall once at a party (after I had made significant progress), I made some mention to a woman whom I had never met that if I had desserts around all the time it would be a real stuggle...she looked at me and said that I looked like I never had a weight problem and what did I have to worry about. Wow...that was a real eye-opener. I will never forget bumping into a friend whom I had not seen for a while and it took some convincing him that it was really me. Another Wow moment!

Thanks to my friends who have really come out to support me, its truly heartwarming. I partially put this out there to keep myself in check. Now I have a bunch of people looking out for me and cheering me onward! What better motivation?

So, I love to experiment with food. As I mentioned in a previous blog, I have been reading a book called Anticancer: A New Way of Life. In the book, the author provides some information regarding foods that have shown promising impact on inhibiting cancer activity. So, I've been trying hard to incorporate some of these foods into my diet. I gave the book to my dear friend, Natalie, and she also has been trying to add things to her family's diet as well. One food (really a spice), Tumeric, has been shown to be an anticancer food. Since I'm not a big fan, I was trying to come up with something that I could make that would incorporate this ingredient. Additionally, I love this Potato Salad that they serve at a really good vegetarian restaurant here in Austin called Mr. Natural. I haven't figured out which vegan style mayo they use, but found an acceptable substitute for now. Tonight I made Curried Potato Salad...basically, I boiled some small potatoes and cut them in quarters (I like the big chunks). I added frozen peas and carrots. I added a little bit of chopped onion. Then made a sauce out of Light sour cream and Sweet Curry to taste. I added bit of sweet gerkin pickle to mine. YUUMMMM!

Tomorrow is weigh in day, I am going to post my progress here, so keep tuning in to see the latest results.