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As soon as she started ringing up my purchase, I had to ask her: "Really now, did you really only eat pizza and did you seriously lose 30 pounds in 3 months

just eating pizza?" She smiled back at me and insisted that she did lose the weight only eating pizza. Then she added that she didn't even exercise.

"How much pizza did you eat a day," I asked. "Only 2 regular size pieces" was her response. Then she explained that she restricted herself to only thin crust pizzas and pizzas with only low fat cheese and if topped with meat, it had to be low fat too. She said she ate a lot of veggie style pizzas and pineapple or plain pizzas.

I still have my doubts about embarking on an all pizza diet. Sure, tomato sauce is healthy and you would increase the pizza eating health benefits if you heap on a lot of veggie toppings. But at the very least, don't you think it's gotta get old pretty fast?

And can an all pizza diet be truly satisfying? Wouldn't such a diet leave you with serious cravings? I wonder. Would such a diet put the dieter at risk of developing health problems, and even eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia? I just don't know.

Obviously I can see the appeal of the pizza diet. And why not have a pizza diet? After all, look how much weight Jared lost on that Subway sandwich diet? Maybe it's nothing more than a marketing ploy. I'm really not sure. But I'm the first to admit that pizza is one of my favorite foods. And apparently, I'm in good company because I read someplace that Americans eat about 350 slices of pizza per second. Now that's a lot of pizza.

Here's why I think the pizza diet might work. It all boils down to calorie counting and portion control. The key probably is in limiting yourself to one or two regular size slices per meal, and avoiding the fatty cheese and other toppings. Because protein helps dieters lose more weight and it helps make you feel satisfied, I'd probably opt for a healthy chicken topping. I'm not into tofu, but I've heard that works as a good protein pizza topping. You'll feel somewhat rewarded because you're eating food you love, plus you're doubly rewarded as you see the weight drop off your body.

 

I think it would really help to supplement this diet with negative calorie foods with your pizza meals and in between snacks. Negative calorie foods are foods which burn more calories as you eat them, than they offer you. These included zucchini, mushrooms, lettuce, spinach, oranges, pineapple, watermelon, carrots, spinach and asparagus. You could eat these as pizza toppings or alone. That might reduce the tendency to 'burn out' on pizza alone.

Cheese could be a serious problem for the pizza diet, but I believe this diet could actually work if you used only mozzarella, parm and goat cheese. Pizza goes naturally well with fresh tossed salad, so adding ample lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers is a healthy and welcome idea. Just lay off the fatty salad dressings.

And to really make this pizza diet 'sing' with results, I'd naturally avoid high calorie beverages. I'd probably stick to lots of water, maybe flavored with a hint of lemon or lime. I'd consider plenty of unsweetened green tea, maybe flavored with a small amount of fruit juice.

 

Anyway, that's how I think the pizza diet really could work and you could lose 30 pounds in 3 months eating pizza. I still think I'd get pretty bored with it. Then again, I get bored with any diet so I need a lot of help and support from proven weight loss programs.