Cyclist Lost 24 Pounds Eating 6 Slices of Pizza a Day

[classic33]

The all Pizza Diet
"A diet of only pizza? Sounds like a crazy, late-night infomercial, but Florida cyclist Matt McClellan has shown that healthy pizza is the real deal and can help you get in shape for harder and longer rides.

Five years ago, he created a “pizza diet” as a way to incorporate healthy eating with cyclists’ post-ride meals. “My focus was on flexibility, moderation, and not being so restrictive,” says McClellan, a long-time cyclist and owner of Tour de Pizza, a restaurant in St. Petersburg. “I wanted to show that you can eat only your favorite food and still be healthy.”

His eating plan consisted of 2,400 calories per day and included six total slices, which was equal to one extra-large pizza. The slices included revamping pizza toppings for maximum nutrition: Light on the gooey cheese and high-fat meats, and heavy on antioxidant-rich veggies, good fats, and lean protein. (See Matt’s four best tips below.) He ate one slice every two hours and exercised an hour a day, five days a week, alternating between cycling, swimming, and running."

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[Keith Oates]

Eating Pizza all the time would be very boring to me.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Piemaster]

Include beer and I'm up for it.
Seriously, vary the toppings add a bit of fruit - pineapple with the ham and why not. With his level of exercise he'd probably lose weight no matter what the diet on 2400 calories/day

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I await @vernon and his piezza diet.

 

[Hip Priest]

This is just a gimmick to promote his restaurant. The key is calorie counting. You can eat well on 2400 calories a day without restricting yourself to just pizza.

 

[vernon]

I await @vernon and his piezza diet.

Sensible portions of this pie would be slimming.

Here's one that I made earlier

The problem is is that's it's so more-ish.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Oooohh the cholesterol.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Include beer and I'm up for it.
Seriously, vary the toppings add a bit of fruit - pineapple with the ham and why not. With his level of exercise he'd probably lose weight no matter what the diet on 2400 calories/day

Fruit has no place on a pizza. A tomato may be the exception.

 

[Easytigers]

This ^^^

 

[Wafer]

I'd find much more interesting ways to eat 2400 calories a day....