How this Fast Diet Lifestyle works: Eat these meals tomorrow, for a calorie total of less than 600. On another day this week, eat the meals from a different post, another day of eating 600 calories or less. Eat sensibly the other days of the week. That’s it: a simple way to lose weight and be healthier. Join me in the Fasting Lifestyle.

How far will determination and perseverance get you? All the way to the pinnacle of achievement in your field — even if you are a woman. Amalie Emmy Noether was born in 1882 in Erlangen, Franconia, then in the Kingdom of Bavaria. Her father was a mathematics professor at the university there, and perhaps he sparked his daughter’s love of the field. But there was a catch — women couldn’t attend universities [it was thought that co-education would “overthrow all academic order”] and no women were mathematicians. After training to teach French and English to children, Emmy, as she styled herself, audited math courses at Erlangen University. Auditing permitted her to listen to lectures but not act like a part of the class. Also, to attend a class, she had to get the permission of the professor, and he could deny her the privilege. When her studies were concluded, she sat for the exam that would grant her a diploma — a she passed. In July 1903, Noether became the second woman to receive a Doctorate in Mathematics from any German university. Now Emmy wanted to be a professor. Not so fast! By now, women were admitted as students, but no women were permitted to teach university — unless the course were listed under the name of a male professor, with his permission, of course. For seven years, Dr Noether taught at the Mathematical Institute of Erlangen, gaining experience but not a single paycheck. In 1910, she began to publish and her work was well-regarded. In 1915, she was invited to teach at Mathematical Institute at Göttingen University where she collaborated with prominent professors on mathematic proofs for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. On July 23,1918, Emmy proved herself to be worthy of respect by writing a paper ‘proving’ what is now known as Noether’s Theorem. At last, in 1922, Emmy was named as an adjunct at Göttingen, the first woman to be a professor. She had a cadre of devoted doctoral students, known as Noether’s Boys, who went on to make names for themselves in the field. In 1933, the Nazis began putting pressure on Jewish professors to resign, so Emmy took a position at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, USA. She taught abstract algebra, working in group theory, ring theory, group representations, and number theory — an all-women’s college!! with female professors!! — until her death in 1935. Emmy Noether was seen as stern and focused, but those who knew her enjoyed her down-to-earth nature, sense of fun, and love of dancing. That stern focus? How else could she overcome all the obstacles that life put in front of her?

Our menus today are from Emmy’s home country. Perhaps she ate our Franconian breakfast. She would not have eaten the dinner due to Kosher food restrictions, but we can.

Franconian Breakfast:  ..163 calories… 4.4 g fat… 4 g. fiber… 13 g protein… 22.5 g carbs… 117 mg Calcium…  NB: These values are for the plated items alone and do not include the optional beverages.  – PB GF – Here some favorite flavors of the German State of Franconia come together for breakfast. My stars!! This is delicious!

++ 1 slice 70-calorie whole-grain bread = 1 oz ++++ 1 oz smoked trout ++++ 2 Tbsp 2%-fat small-curd cottage cheese ++++ 1 Tbsp snipped chives ++++ 2 oz plum ++++  Optional: 5 oz fruit smoothie or berry-yogurt smoothie [88 calories] ++++  Optional: blackish coffee [53 calories] or blackish tea or mocha cafe au lait [65 calories]

Lightly toast the bread. Stir together the cottage cheese and chives, and spread on the toast. Plate along with the trout and plum. Some might prefer to place the trout on the bread and eat it thus, which is a great way to do it. 

Zweibel, the Bamberg Onion: 282 calories… 8 g fat… 6.5 g fiber… 24 g protein… 37 g carbs… 91 mg Calcium…  PB GF – if using GF bread Onion and pork are a fine combination, and very popular across Germany. This unusual recipe is from Bamberg, Franconia, adapted from one offered by the Schlenkerla Brewery.  HINT: Serves two [2] people.

2 lg onions, 6 oz each after trimming + peeling	Peel papery skin off onions, cut off both ends. Parboil onions until almost tender. Scoop out insides of the onions until the sides are two layers thick.
112 g/4 oz pork —– 44 g/1½ oz smoked pork/ham	Put pork and smoked pork/ham with insides of the onion through meat grinder/processor.
Salt & pepper—-½ tsp each mace & marjoram 3 oz eggs = 1½ eggs 1 slice 70-cal wh-wh bread chopped parsley	Mix meat-onion with the eggs, bread, spices and parsley to form a stuffing/filling. Fill onions with stuffing. NB: I had stuffing left over.**Roast in a skillet with a little water, uncovered, ~25 mins at 200°C/400F until onion is very soft.
1 sl smoked bacon	Fry bacon in another skillet until partially cooked — not crisp. Remove from frypan and cut in half. Put a ½-slice on each onion and return to oven. Bake 20 mins.
**left-over stuffing	Form remaining meat filling into 2 equal patties, cook gently in bacon fat until done. Put in center of serving plate.
4 Tbsp brown meat stock—-2-4 tsp wh-wh flour—pinch mace + pinch cloves	Remove onions from skillet and place on top of the meat patties. Add stock, flour, spices to the skillet. Heat on stovetop, stirring, to form a thick gravy.
2 oz carrot coins per person	Serve surrounded with carrots and topped with gravy