The Pizza Thread

The Juggler

Here's what I do now:

Oatmeal or egg beaters with feta and broccoli or a couple hard boiled eggs with a cup of tea for breakfast
Couple clementines or mixed nuts with raisins for mid morning snack if I'm hungry
Low sodium turkey/swiss sandwich on multigrain bread with lettuce, tomato, onion Dijon mustard and a dill pickle spear for lunch
Apple for late afternoon snack if I'm hungry
And a sensible dinner (sometimes pizza)!!!

I've pretty much been doing this on a daily basis and working out about 3-4 times a week since Thanksgiving and have lost about 15 pounds so far. It's true that once you get into a rhythm it's pretty easy to stick with. Biggest thing for me is not vegging out with a bag of Herrs Sour Cream and Onion chips when I'm on the couch watching Sixers games or something. That's the shit that really kills me. 

bbiggs

mcgruff10 said:

Pie looks great!! 
I went plain pie, fried ravioli, Italian sub and wings tonight.  (Kids pick and really really good)

I had homemade baked ziti. It was an excellent treat. 

bbiggs

The Juggler said:

Lorenzo’s 

How many slices did you put down? That is a massive, delicious looking pie! 

The Juggler

bbiggs said:

The Juggler said:

Lorenzo’s 

How many slices did you put down? That is a massive, delicious looking pie! 

Two. Felt like five. Pretty damn good. Haven't had Lorenzo's in years

F Me In The Brain

Good work,Juggs.  
I'm working hard to NOT count the pieces of pepperoni.

bbiggs

F Me In The Brain said:

Good work,Juggs.  
I'm working hard to NOT count the pieces of pepperoni.

I must say, the pepperoni on that pie is top notch. Very evenly distributed. 

F Me In The Brain

It is a fucking beautiful thing

HesCalledDyer

Christ they used 5 Barbie wheels in that box. Easily over 100 pepperoni slices. Now that’s a freakin Pie with a capital P! 

The Juggler

HesCalledDyer said:

Christ they used 5 Barbie wheels in that box. Easily over 100 pepperoni slices. Now that’s a freakin Pie with a capital P! 

It barely fit through the hallway in my brother’s foyer. And he had to put it in the back of his Cherokee to get it home. A fucking monster!

HesCalledDyer

Small NY style from Da Vinci’s tonight. Hate to bore with another plain cheese pic but I wasn’t in the mood for toppings.  Bit of a flub at the 3 o’clock position but otherwise pretty damn good.

F Me In The Brain

That is never boring, to me!

The Juggler

HesCalledDyer said:

Small NY style from Da Vinci’s tonight. Hate to bore with another plain cheese pic but I wasn’t in the mood for toppings.  Bit of a flub at the 3 o’clock position but otherwise pretty damn good.

Too much crust?

Poncier

Last night’s fare. Couldn’t keep the vultures at bay long enough to get pics of full pies, but cheese ended up looking like Pac-Man so it’s all good.

mcgruff10

HesCalledDyer said:

Small NY style from Da Vinci’s tonight. Hate to bore with another plain cheese pic but I wasn’t in the mood for toppings.  Bit of a flub at the 3 o’clock position but otherwise pretty damn good.

I like this one and poncier's a lot.  Nice work.

HughFreakingDillon

PJ_Soul said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

rgambs said:

My entire life I heard that you have to eat small meals frequently to "keep your metabolism stimulated"...the scientific research behind that??  There is none.

I subscribed to this notion at one point as well.

Bottom line: vegetables, meats, fruits.

And moderation.

Calories in, calories out. That is about it. Plus getting enough of the right nutrients and vitamins to be and look healthy. Simple. But then it does actually get more complicated once you start looking into ketosis and shit. Carbs vs no carbs, etc. Then more is involved as far as how your body is burning fat/sugars/energy. But generally yeah, weight control is just about how many calories you take in vs how many burn. And FWIW, exercise is seriously only maybe 20% of the equation. Diet is really what people who want to lose weight have to focus on. I mean, someone can go to the gym 2 hours a day, 7 days a week and still not lose any weight if they are still eating 5000 calories a day. I think some very overweight compulsive eaters think that if they just exercise a lot they should lose weight, but that really isn't the case, since it takes SO much exercise to burn relatively few calories, that even excessive exercise isn't going to make a dent in a super high calorie diet. But if someone reduces their daily calorie intake to 1500 calories a day but don't do any exercise at all (or if they do a zero carb diet), the weight will still melt off. Adding exercise would make it melt off just a bit faster (and is good for you obviously, aside from weight loss).

I am living proof of this, although not intentionally. a couple years ago I was having debilitating anxiety issues and wasn't eating much. Although, probably exactly how much I should be eating.

Small portions
zero junk food or any type of snacking after dinner/before bed
zero coffee with sugar in the morning
zero alcohol (which also meant zero soda)
zero physical activity (actually even less than usual-since I was just laying around worrying about dying most of the time)

I lost 40 pounds in 60 days. it was insane. people thought I was physically sick, but i wasn't. I just thought I was. 

"unfortunately" I got over my anxiety and gained it all back. 

I hope to go nuts again sometime before summer. 

eeriepadave

bbiggs said:

The Juggler said:

Lorenzo’s 

How many slices did you put down? That is a massive, delicious looking pie! 

in philly or West Chester?

BLACK35

Last nights supper, 
1stis pineapple, mushroom, onion, & ham
2nd is pepperoni, ham & double bacon

Good Canadian pizza!!

F Me In The Brain

Left, pass, right....it's on!
(Pass on preference between the two, left would still be eaten, although I would pick off the pineapple)
They look good!

HesCalledDyer

F Me In The Brain said:

Left, pass, right....it's on!
(Pass on preference between the two, left would still be eaten, although I would pick off the pineapple)
They look good!

I'd pick the mushrooms and keep the pineapple, lol.  The one on the right looks like my typical Friday hangover lunch!

The Juggler

eeriepadave said:

bbiggs said:

The Juggler said:

Lorenzo’s 

How many slices did you put down? That is a massive, delicious looking pie! 

in philly or West Chester?

West Chester. My brother lives out that way now

The Juggler

Poncier said:

Last night’s fare. Couldn’t keep the vultures at bay long enough to get pics of full pies, but cheese ended up looking like Pac-Man so it’s all good.

These look fantastic

Poncier

They were very good.

H.Chinaski

Ham, pina and green peps on the first -and ham, shrooms and green peps on the 2nd

F Me In The Brain

As always, look great

HesCalledDyer

H.Chinaski said:

Ham, pina and green peps on the first -and ham, shrooms and green peps on the 2nd

Adding green pepper to a Hawai'ian pie is a game changer.  Balances out the sweetness of the pineapple a little bit.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

H.Chinaski said:

Ham, pina and green peps on the first -and ham, shrooms and green peps on the 2nd

Solid.

mcgruff10

Agreed.  Both looks great. 

eeriepadave

The Juggler said:

eeriepadave said:

bbiggs said:

The Juggler said:

Lorenzo’s 

How many slices did you put down? That is a massive, delicious looking pie! 

in philly or West Chester?

West Chester. My brother lives out that way now

Could have let me know

H.Chinaski

HesCalledDyer said:

Adding green pepper to a Hawai'ian pie is a game changer.  Balances out the sweetness of the pineapple a little bit.

 Hawaiian pizza is sort of my guilty pleasure... and yes the green peppers work well to cut the sweet! 

PJ_Soul

I loooooooove pineapple on pizzas. Combine it with the saltiness of pepperoni, ham, or bacon, and with something spicy, like hot peppers or capicola, YUM. One of my faves!!