The Football Fan’s Diet

By Matt DeReno
On The FFD

Pittsburgh – Yesterday I had a good time with some great friends. Drank a few beers. Ate fairly well too. I also spent an hour at the gym. The scale was respectful of my moderation (though I could have been more moderate at the bar).

All things considered, it was a good day to get reacquainted with the gym, moderation and health in general. It got me thinking – why not have a day like that everyday?

What if I just endeavored to loose a pound a week until I got to my ideal weight? That would mean it would take longer than one season to get there, but what is the big hurry? Especially if in the rush to lose weight, I simply spend another six months putting it right back on?

I am in the combines right now. That means I am in the odd number of days preceding a full week start on the FFD. The combines allow you to tinker with your approach to the upcoming season. My preseason is going to start Monday.

I am debating then if I should drastically lower the expectations of what I hope to lose in one season. I have to admit, I am no Lance Armstrong. I do get into the gym but it surely can’t be my life. So what if I took the tortoise’s approach and slowly eroded those pounds away? What if in the course of the next six months I simply started eating right?

Another approach could be to simply eat the caloric level needed to maintain my ideal weight daily? This would be as opposed to endeavoring to drastically reduce your caloric intake to lose weight quickly. In theory, I would starve off all the extra pounds by eating only enough to maintain my goal weight of 185. Hmm. That is an interesting idea. I wonder if it will work and how long would it take?

It would seem to make sense at first glance. After all, perhaps the reason weight loss can be challenging to a really fat guy is that he probably strives to loose four or five pounds a week. However, that means going from a fat body type of diet to one in which that by its very nature would make someone at their ideal weight even hungry. In other words, why eat at level that would make a person already at your ideal weight loose weight? If a guy that ways 185 right now would loose weight on my current caloric levels, then how could a blob like myself maintain that pace? What a fantastic approach!

Quick Warning: today’s great idea is tomorrow’s apology to the masses.

Nonetheless, you would think that if you did eat at the level needed to maintain your ideal weight then over the course of time, quite naturally and effortlessly, your body would simply get back to where it was always intended to be. You would think. Could it be that simple? There is only one way to find out.

Hut. Hut. Hut.

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