The Official Weigh Out

Since last August, I couldn't even begin to count the number of calories I have consumed. For the most part, I haven't been a complete hog, but I certainly didn't hold back from tasting all of the wonderful products that we made during the full-time Pastry Program at NWCAV. In addition, the course didn't end at a time where one could then watch what they ate, as Christmas was just around the corner. After the holiday season, I enrolled in the Advanced Chocolate Class. When I visited the school during the second week of January, Chef Marco couldn't believe that Marcelo and I had polished off all of the chocolates from that class in such a short period of time. I believe his exact words were, "That's impossible". Actually, all you need to do is come to our house and you will witness that it is not! After doing a short stint at a local chocolate company and throwing a few dinner parties in between, I was a little hesitant to get back on that scale this morning at the doctor's office after making such strong attempts to find one.

To my huge surprise, I have actually dropped more than 2 pounds since last August when I officially weighed in. Yes, folks, I did confirm with the doctor the scale was still accurate. I can't quite explain it. My guess is that eating things that are homemade and which are made with care does really good things for the body!

What will I be doing tonight? Why, gaining those 2 pounds back, of course! ;) The decadent Valentine's Day cake from Ganache is sadly gone...