Entries tagged with 'Ed Levine's Serious Diet'
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[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Serious eaters, I'm about to stand before you (and on Thinner) a beaten man. Why? It's been a bad serious diet week. I can cite the usual culprits: stress, bad eating habits, and too much access to seriously delicious food. And oh yeah, too many chocolate chip cookie taste tests. In fact, there's another one coming up this afternoon. But too many chocolate chip cookie taste tests are not an acceptable excuse. I should try CCCTT abstinence this afternoon: Just say no! But just saying no to the CCCTT won't rescue my weigh-in this morning....
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From Ken's Artisan Pizza in Portland, Oregon. Read more here» [Photograph: Adam Kuban] Why do I ask this question? Because over the course of the last few weeks, Adam and I have been hitting pizzerias all over the country for a March Madness-like tournament of pizza we are writing up for Rachael Ray Magazine and posting about on Slice. While Adam has been to Seattle (twice), Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix in the last three weeks, I have been to two pizzerias in Atlanta, five in Chicago, four in Philadelphia, one in New Haven, and half a dozen in New York City. You will be reading more about our adventures in the coming weeks, but suffice to...
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"Are the Coke folks trying to confuse us as they phase out Caffeine-Free Diet Coke?" [Photograph: dietcoke.com] Though I have for the most part weaned myself off diet sodas, every once in awhile I get a serious hankering for a cold, crisp, ever-so-satisfying 20-ounce bottles of either Fresca or Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. Is it just wishful thinking on my part, or is Fresca making a comeback? On two Delta flights this past weekend the flight attendants came down the aisle offering Fresca as one of the soft drink options. Thank you, Delta! But even though Delta is based in Atlanta, Coke's corporate home (Fresca is also a Coke brand), Caffeine-Free Diet Coke was not being offered. And maybe it's just...
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Is what I'm about to tell you a form of diet armageddon or Hell Week? Either way, it has been bad, and I mean seriously bad. It's been so bad, I thought long and hard about not posting about my diet—then I decided that would make it even worse. You all have stayed with me through fat and almost thin, and almost every shape in between, so I figure you'll stay with me even this week, when I might hit 220 pounds, a number that I'm terrified of seeing on Thinner. I don't know how that scary number could have been avoided, given what in many cases I had to to eat this week. Maybe had to isn't an apt...
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"I know there are all kinds of theories out there about how often you should weigh yourself when you're trying to lose weight." [Photograph: Ed Levine] I returned from three days of cold and rain on Cape Cod to my beloved Thinner, though truth be told he did not welcome me with open arms. In fact he greeted me with a weight of 220 pounds. That freaked me out. So as the week progressed, I looked for signs of life. I got down to 218 pounds by Thursday, so I had a chance of at least minimizing the damage caused by not having Thinner with me. In fact, I really didn't go crazy on the Vineyard without Thinner. I managed...
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[Photograph: Ed Levine] We left New York yesterday, headed for rainy and windy Cape Cod without my trusty scale, Thinner. I believe this is the first time in 89 weeks that I have hit the road without him. I have no excuse, so I'm just putting it out there right now. The real question that needs to answered be posthaste is this: Will no Thinner make me fatter? Will I use Thinner's absence as an excuse to go crazy, knowing I won't have to face Thinner's wrath until Tuesday? After all, my daily weigh-ins on Thinner, and of course my weekly weigh-ins on this weekly diet post, have functioned as a very effective governor, thwarting my tendency to binge....
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I Lurve Bananas. [Flickr: ian_ransley] After avoiding bananas for much of the past forty years because my mother once told me they are too fattening, I have come to embrace my inner banana. Bruised or unbruised, perfectly ripe or ripe enough, bananas have actually played a key role in my serious diet. Why have I become a banana-come-lately? Because a perfectly ripe banana is almost as creamy and sweet as a bowl of ice cream. I usually have at least two bananas a day. Sometimes I buy a whole bunch of unripe bananas at Fairway, let them ripen, then have one for breakfast with exactly one tablespoon of peanut butter. With my newfound peanut butter discipline I can actually do...
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"Will the weights help me lose weight or just license to eat more?" Last week many of you suggested I vary my exercise regimen to lose the last 15 or so pounds I want to lose. Specifically, a couple of serious eaters mentioned that weight training could re-set my body's thermostat and rejigger my natural metabolism. This notion intrigued me. I've never been much of a workout person. In fact, I've never worked out regularly, though I did take spinning classes regularly about ten years ago. I do love to play sports that involve hitting and chasing balls, though. I play squash three times a week year-round, and when on vacation, I switch to tennis. But maybe I do need...
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"The thing is, I'm not really fat any more." A couple of months ago I remember posting about my readjusted weight goals. Feeling confident and almost giddy with delight from all the success I've had in the last year and a half, I proclaimed that I was headed for 200 pounds or less. I still hope to be, but I see that the road to 200 pounds is filled with potholes, which in my case is a combination of pot roast and doughnut holes. Though there may have been one fluky week when I dipped below 210, my weight has been fluctuating between 211 and 216 for the last four months. It's been kind of discouraging because now I don't...
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"I intentionally scheduled my dentist visit for a Thursday afternoon so I could reap the benefits of not eating much for dinner." [iStockphoto: tolgakolcak] Yesterday I went to the dentist to have two crowns put on, one on an upper tooth and one on a lower tooth. I have an aversion to going to the dentist. I guess I associate the dentist's chair with pain, discomfort, and the whirring sound made by what I regard as an instrument of torture, the dentist's drill. And I feel this way even though I go to a first-rate dentist who is reasonably sensitive to my feelings of dentist dread. I was in that chair and shot up with a sufficient amount of novocain...
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