Buzz: Twinkies Diet

I don't know what your life looks like, but I've recently suffered from what adults call a "slowing metabolism." I refused to think that at 22 this would be possible, but a year into marriage I found myself 40 pounds heavier. I decided that I did not look like the hot trophy wife I wanted to be and that something had to be done. Six months later via Weight Watchers, a free gym next to my office, religious fasts [as well as desperate fasts], The Special K Diet, Slim Quick [makes your heart pound like crazy] weight loss drinks and replacing my beloved Blue Moon with Michelob Ultra and my Dr. Pepper with Diet Dr. Pepper, I've lost a total of 20 pounds and been stuck on a plateau going on 7 weeks now.

So this story just makes me mad:

"Twinkies diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds"

Yes, you heard correctly. This guy ate nothing but Twinkies {OK, nothing but junk food or "convenience store" food} for 10 weeks. He didn't exercise more, he just ate Twinkies. This CNN article reports:

"His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most -- not the nutritional value of the food. The premise held up: On his "convenience store diet," he shed 27 pounds in two months. For a class project, Haub limited himself to less than 1,800 calories a day. A man of Haub's pre-dieting size usually consumes about 2,600 calories daily. So he followed a basic principle of weight loss: He consumed significantly fewer calories than he burned. His body mass index went from 28.8, considered overweight, to 24.9, which is normal. He now weighs 174 pounds."

You can actually follow Professor Haub's entire journey on his Facebook fan page. So, now what? I don't know where to go. Maybe I'll try a Twinkies diet. Although Professor Haub doesn't really want that either...

"I wish I could say the outcomes are unhealthy. I wish I could say it's healthy. I'm not confident enough in doing that. That frustrates a lot of people. One side says it's irresponsible. It is unhealthy, but the data doesn't say that."

I'll just think it over while drinking my 4th bottle of water for the day.

♥ amyrene