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With the first round of the
Pounds Off Playoff in the books, it’s time to say goodbye to the plans that
won’t be back until that awkward “after” show with Jeff Probst. I lost 37.9 pounds on the eight plans that
have advanced, but most of the eliminated plans dragged me backward.
Here’s a final farewell to
each plan, in order of weight loss, and set to Paul Simon’s 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. (right click/open in new tab to hear while reading)
You just slip out the back...
No Whites (-1.0 pounds in two weeks)
I’d recommend this one,
even though it’s been eliminated. As the
old saying goes, “The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead.” (source:
Pollan)
Make a new plan...
No Eating Out (-0.7)
Good idea: cutting back on
restaurant food.
Bad idea: a diet plan where
you can eat anything, anytime, just not anywhere.
You don’t need to be coy...
Portion Tricks (-0.2)
It’s gonna take more than
small plates to get me a small belly.
Just get yourself free...
Hunger Scale (+0.4)
OK, I’ve rated my hunger. Can
I eat now?
Hop on the bus...
Write it Down (+1.0)
I read the single best
weight loss technique is to write down everything you eat, because you wouldn’t
want to put that you ate “that” in
writing. And it worked for a few days, until
I figured out that nobody read my log.
You don’t need to discuss much...
Plate in Quarters (+1.8)
Eat as much as you want, as
long as it’s in balance. Why didn’t that
work, exactly?
Just drop off the key...
Sodium Limit (+3.7)
A plan dependent on healthy
restaurant food. Why didn’t that work, exactly? (Oh, because I couldn’t find any, so I pretty
much gave up and ate whatever?)
And get yourself free...
9 Fruits and Vegetables (+4.1)
This is what we scientists*
call a good theory. Eat so much good
food that you couldn’t possibly want
anything else. But in practice... “Mmm,
those oranges filled me up. Wait, are
those nachos?”
* I’m not a scientist, but
I play one on my blog.
The next 28 weeks will be
devoted to the eight remaining plans:
2500 Calories per Day (-9.0**)
1800 Calories per Day (-6.2)
Three Strikes (-5.2)
No Junk Food (-4.9)
No Processed Food (-3.9)
No TV/Reading (-3.2)
What Would Granny Do? (-2.8)
8:00 Curfew (-2.7)
**Six pounds came off the very first week of the P.O.P., probably a lot
of water weight.
9 comments:
What would Granny do, hmmm, my Granny's were no pillars of health.
I have an award to honor you with on my blog today:
http://responsibility199.blogspot.com/2010/09/day-137-happy-101.html
"until I figured out that nobody read my log."
on the floor laughing
This is great. I appreciated the good music while I read, too. Is there an office pool?
Tish, my friend handicapped the tournament - unsolicited - early on. If I can find the email, I'll post it.
Just found your blog. What an amazing idea and quite the humorous presentation. I look forward to following your progress. Can't wait to see which plans make it through!!
LOL! Been on a few of those myself through the years! That was a great read!
Just found your blog and I'm really enjoying it so far. It's a different spin then many out there (including my own).
I look forward to continuing to read.
Eating out is ALWAYS my downfall. I can easily slip into bad habits (ie more than 1 drink, getting dessert when I don't need it...etc). One tip I have is to split restaurant meals with a friend. It helps A LOT!
I enjoyed reading about what your doing would have never thought of it. I'm such a hard changer though I think the switching would have gotten to me but it looks like it's working for you. Maybe at some point you will try throwing a few of these together lol.
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