If you are a "food voyeur," and want to know what I consume in a relatively typical week, hop over to the blog DiseaseProof! Blogger Gerry Pugliese recently featured one week's worth of my meals, his meals, and Shauna (The Amazing Adventures of DietGirl!) Reid's meals, complete with pictures. Just click on this link, right here: Blogging and Dieting, A Follow-Up . . .
Why did he do this? Well, we three were featured in a recent Sally Squires Lean Plate Club column on diet blogs. Gerry thought it might be fun to compare our different approaches to food. And different they are! Gerry is mostly a vegetarian; I try to get my fruits and veggies in, but I also like my treats. Shauna appears to cook more than I do (or else she has access to some truly marvelous takeaways), and eats some lovely Indian-based meals that I want the recipes for . . . I so love lentils!* And rice . . . and chickpeas . . .
By the way, Shauna also has a bike -- named Valentino! I confess that I have thought of naming my bike, but I guess I'm not creative enough . . . I just call her "the Serotta." Not very imaginative, I know. (My bike is a "she," though.)
Gerry, so far as I know, does not ride a bike, but maybe after reading about my recent biking adventures in Manhattan and Brooklyn, he'll take it up. (Or else he'll swear that I'm crazy for riding in NYC traffic.)
I've just been trolling Shauna's blog, and as it turns out, Shauna also did a bike tour of NYC - read all about it here! Shauna, you did great! Urban riding just takes a little practice; pretty soon you'll be cussing out cabbies with the best of us!
Anyway -- do hop over, check it out, and get another perspective on food, eating, and weight maintenance!
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*Here, in fact, is a lentil, chana dal, and red rice soup I made up a couple of years ago by "adapting" another recipe to the point where it was essentially unrecognizable. Both my husband and I love this, especially in the winter.
