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Congrats on the job =) I, too, just moved from the east coast to SoCal and it warms my heart everytime I hear someone else making the same move. You're going to love it here. There's so much to do and it instantly feels like home!!

I used to make pierogies with my mom when I was six yrs old and the processes are the same, just different fillings. It's an easy concept, but it can be time consuming with rolling the dough out. Here's a recipe from epicurious: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cheese-Ravioli-with-Fresh-Tomato-Sauce-239029 for basic cheese ravioli.

First off, bravo Ed for indulging yourself before making it into a trainwreck scene at the local pizza joint when you can't handle another day of anti-pizza lifestyle. You live in NY, how are you suppose to avoid it? I know I couldn't.

Second, here's the deal with losing weight that I bet 90% of people just don't get. It's about calories in vs. calories out. If you need 2500 cals to get you through the day but you only consume 2000, you are going to lose weight. Doesn't matter if those 2000 cals are all carbs, all fat or all protein, in a deficit you will always lose weight. Now I'm not promoting eating 2000cals of fat, especially since you should limit yourself to 20g of sat fat per day, but Ed if you want to eat two slices of pizza per week you go right ahead. You're still going to lose weight if you are in a deficit, pizza or no pizza.