On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:42:52 +0100, "Mirek Fídler" >
wrote:

>> That is not the way I see it. You offered an interesting sample data
>> point, namely the partial contents of your refrigerator. I calculated
>> the average caloric density of this sample. You did not challenge the
>> calculation then and you do not challenge it now with an alternate
>> calculation. I then observed that with a pantry/refrigerator such as
>> yours, if one ate a randomly selected 2 pounds per day from that
>> sample of food, that you'd average 1500 calories per day. I concluded
>> then (and now) that most people could lose weight on that consumption
>> rate.
>>
>> Now.....show me my bad arithmetic. You didn't/couldn't do it then and
>> you can't do it now because it is obvious to everyone that it is
>> correct. So stop your flatulatent bloviating.
>
>BTW, John, you seem to be successful with this 2PD thing.
>
>Please, do not find anything offending with it, I am just curious. What
>exactly did you ate yesterday?
>
>Mirek

A very fair question, Mirek. For breakfast, I had one egg and one
slice of toast. I cooked the egg in a small covered fry pan with a
tiny bit of butter to wet the surface. I sprinkled about 1/2 oz of
shredded cheese with Mexican spices (Kraft's Taco Cheese) on the egg
before I covered it. The toast is a 1 oz slice of Orowheat Bakery's
'Best' bread, a whole wheat bread with sunflower seeds and nuts - very
tasty, lightly buttered and with Montana Huckleberry jam (sort of like
blueberry, but better...you can find it at Costco.) Total weight - 4
oz.

Lunch was a sandwich made with two slices of the above bread, a slice
of provolone cheese and two (very thin) slices of "black forest" ham,
with light mayo and dijon mustard. Plus two little pecan topped
cookies still warm from the oven. Total weight - 6 oz.

Dinner was a sort of chile relleno but the chile was stuffed with fish
instead of cheese and we didn't bother actually stuffing the chile but
layered it on top of the fish. Vegetable was diced carrots and yellow
squash, lightly sauteed. Salad was a mixed green salad with diced
apples and nuts with a vinegrette dressing. Dessert was a couple
ounces of low fat chocolate ice cream with a bit of tapioca pudding on
top. Also, six ounces of a French white burgundy. Total weight - 23
oz. The dinner plate contents weighed 12 oz.

Total for the day - 33 oz - oops. My weight this morning was down 1/2
pound from yesterday morning. I am still recovering (weight-wise)
from a four day trip to Las Vegas last week for the National Finals
Rodeo. Too much eating out.

Breakfast and lunch may seem a little light to some of you but I find
it is plenty for me - I feel energetic all day long. Dinner is very
satisfying both in terms of taste and quantity.

An additional factor - I exercised 30 minutes yesterday morning before
lunch - 10 minutes in NordicTrak machine, 10 minutes on treadmill
comprised of 7 minutes fast walk at 4 mph and 3 min running at 6 mph,
plus 10 minutes on my Schwinn aerodyne (I think) exercise bike.

Another factor I use in practicing the 2 PD diet is that we always
serve the meals buffet style. That is, the serving bowls and platters
remain on the counter and are not placed on the table. This helps us
restrain the temptation for 'seconds'. If we have leftovers - fine.
(maybe I'll have some of that fish chili relleno for lunch today.)
If some gets fed to the disposal - fine.

Merry Christmas,
John