The Don Rockwell Diet

[DonRocks]

Only those who know me the best will understand why I'm writing this.

I just invented a diet, literally while working on a Beethoven Sonata.

From this point forward, every single calorie I consume will be written about on donrockwell.com.

That's it. That's the Don Rockwell Diet.

[dracisk]

Weight loss experts say that keeping a journal of everything you eat helps with taking off weight.

[pras]

The only viable way to lose and keep off weight is to eat less. Keeping track of what you eat is a huge part of the puzzle.

[DanCole42]

Which sonata?

[Bart]

Only those who know me the best will understand why I'm writing this.

I just invented a diet, literally while working on a Beethoven Sonata.

From this point forward, every single calorie I consume will be written about on donrockwell.com.

That's it. That's the Don Rockwell Diet.

Have you eaten nothing since yesterday at 2:57 pm?!!??!

[DonRocks]

Have you eaten nothing since yesterday at 2:57 pm?!!??!

No, I posted twice today, and will write some more tomorrow (everything in its proper thread) - I write better in the mornings.

I *did* have cream and sugar in my coffee this morning, but I get a free pass when it comes to that!

[johnb]

Well now that's a disappointment.  We were all looking forward to your ingestion diary, all in one easy-to-follow place.  Perhaps not to the Robert Shields standard, but still........

[DanCole42]

No, I posted twice today, and will write some more tomorrow (everything in its proper thread) - I write better in the mornings.

I *did* have cream and sugar in my coffee this morning, but I get a free pass when it comes to that!

Coffee with cream and sugar... estimate 50-100 calories per mugfull. 3500 calories in a pound of fat divided by 50 to 100 calories = a pound of fat every 35 to 70 mugfulls.

Assuming daily consumption, in one year:

1 mugfull - between 5.2 and 10.4 pounds of fat per year

2 mugfulls - between 10.4 and 20.8 pounds of fat per year

So basically, if you don't put cream and sugar in your coffee and suddenly start, you'd gain several pounds in a few months. If you do put cream and sugar in your coffee and suddenly stop, you'd lose several pounds in a few months.

[DonRocks]

Well now that's a disappointment.  We were all looking forward to your ingestion diary, all in one easy-to-follow place.  Perhaps not to the Robert Shields standard, but still........

For real? I mean, it wouldn't take much for me to link to the posts in chronological order here, if that's what people really wanted; the important thing (as least for me) is to get the content in the right places.

Coffee with cream and sugar... estimate 50-100 calories per mugfull. 3500 calories in a pound of fat divided by 50 to 100 calories = a pound of fat every 35 to 70 mugfulls.

Assuming daily consumption, in one year:

1 mugfull - between 5.2 and 10.4 pounds of fat per year

2 mugfulls - between 10.4 and 20.8 pounds of fat per year

So basically, if you don't put cream and sugar in your coffee and suddenly start, you'd gain several pounds in a few months. If you do put cream and sugar in your coffee and suddenly stop, you'd lose several pounds in a few months.

Sigh  ...

I *do* appreciate all the tips, but I'm doing this for a multitude of reasons.

Also, don't forget that I get the Don Rockwell "Idiot Kit," and I drink that black; I merely ran out due to a miscommunication between me and Qualia.

[DonRocks]

This is going to be tough, guys, because it's so easy to get behind. One of the numerous reasons I'm going to try to do this, is so I don't "waste" any meals, wines, etc., i.e., I want everything to get posted - I want to share information with people, so everyone gets the most out of this community.

I started out "owing" two chefs write-ups, one from awhile back; the other from several days ago. I *must* get these done. Then, there are at *least* four new restaurants, and I don't want to do a half-ass job. Also, I plan to write *something* about each wine, liquor, or beer I drink (that will prevent me from mindlessly opening up, e.g., a Lite at 2 AM when I can't sleep without holding myself accountable by trying to figure out something interesting to write about Lite - no, if I have two, I'm not going to write two things; that will put people to sleep. Hey! There's the answer!). There really *are* a multitude of reasons I'm doing this, but the primary reason is because I want to help others.

I'll have some time tomorrow - I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for a good-night's sleep. If it doesn't happen, I'll post in the lazy thread, and start over again - these past couple of days have been extremely busy. I've taken two recent trips to Arizona (where I went to both Pizzeria Biancos - the 2nd and 3rd times I've been this summer) and New Jersey which will barely be scratched, although, darn it, there's one bakery I *must* mention. And an Italian restaurant, too because it was a Beard nominee. I could write for twenty hours and still not catch up at this point (during those twenty hours, about two hours would be spent actually *writing*, and to paraphrase David Foster Wallace, the other eighteen would be spent biting my knuckle, worrying about not writing - if you're a writer and understand, raise your hand - I work *so hard* to make it look easy; God, if you only knew).

P.S. Meredith Bethune: I think the most important thing I've written during the past week was about Bí¡nh Ta, and that understandably got buried in this week's roundup. I tried to find your email, but couldn't. Given how much people love Bí¡nh Mí¬, that was a really important review - I hope others try it, and Meredith, if you see this, please write me at donrockwell@dcdining.com, so if necessary, I can email you my thoughts about the occasional (occasional and rare) piece of writing I think is particularly important and tell you why I do - you can't be expected to be a mind-reader, so I'll try and help you out if I can.

P.P.S. Does anyone besides me have trouble remembering whether it's Bí¡nh Mí¬, or Bí¡hn Mí¬ (it's even hard to *see*, right?)? I still have to actively think about it each time I write it - two tricks that are proving helpful are:

1) Think of "Ban Me" with the letters B-A-N in proper order.

2) Think "Vietnam is not Germany," i.e., the Autobahn is different than Bí¡nh Mí¬. If you need a visual, picture Kraftwerk chowing down on the sandwiches.

Both of these work, but I'm still at the point where I need to think about them - however, it's *finally* becoming locked into my meager noodle.

Cheers,

Rocks

[jasonc]

Ever tried these?