I am creating my own challenge for the next month.
I recently told you all about my love affair with Alton Brown. Since then, I’ve been doing some research on his weight loss and change in diet and lifestyle. Okay, so most of my research involved watching the episode of Good Eats where he talks about his weight loss. Whatever.
Anyway, the main point is: he developed some lists of foods, and that’s how he changed his diet. The lists look like this:
Eat Daily List - fruits, whole grains, leafy greens, nuts, carrots, green tea
Eat Three Times Per Week List - oily fish, yogurt, broccoli, sweet potatoes, avocado
Only Once Per Week List - pasta, one alcoholic drink, red meat, dessert
Zero Times Per Week List - fast food, soda, processed meals, canned soups, “diet” anything
So, I have decided that I am going to try, for the month of April, to follow the rules outlined in these lists. I already subscribe to the zero times per week and once per week lists. It’s the daily and three times a week lists that I’m going to have to work on.
If there’s one thing that giving up refined carbs for Lent has taught me, it’s that I do well when I have some kind of set of structured rules - even if they seem arbitrary. So I think I can do well with this.
And I know that this isn’t some kind of certified plan or anything, and maybe it seems silly to some of you… But AB did lose 50lbs. And it seems like it could be a fun challenge to take on. I think I’m up for a new challenge.
