Suzy Creamcheese wrote:I'm starting to think what we're dealing with here is one of those rare individuals who can literally eat the same thing day in, day out, for years at a time, with no desire to vary the routine. My mom is one of those - for the entire length of my teenage years, she had instant coffee for breakfast, a cold Oscar Mayer weenie in a slice of Home Pride whole wheat for lunch, and Life cereal right out of the box for dinner. I shit you not. To this day (and I haven't seen my teens for almost two decades now) she eats Life cereal for dinner. Except nowadays she sometimes has it for lunch too.....

I ate nothing but PBJ on white every day from 1st grade through high school.

now that is truly disturbing
Pizza at least contains the 4 major food groups: bread, cheese, tomatoes and meat.

gleam wrote:I would have okayed a flatbread pizza, myself... but neither of those has sausage on it.

Me too...isn't thin crust pizza basically flatbread?

I was on Optifast for 6 months. Five protein "shakes" every day...for 6 months. Where there is a will there is a way. By the way, I gained all the weight (100 lbs) back. I ended up having duodenal switch (weight loss surgery). Lost 140 lbs 8 years ago, and it is still off!

Okay, Ronnie, this is a bit of a tangent, but for the purposes of the bet, how are you distinguishing pizza from flatbread aside from whatever somebody decides to write on the menu? I've always thought of pizza as a subset of flatbread, but is the assumption that if it's called flatbread, it isn't pizza? Or do you distinguish it some other way?

Now that his fame is spreading, some enterprising local pizza establishment should hire him for marketing purposes.

Oh, and you should send him to Gullivers. Blech.

The Domino's version of Jared?

ChgoMike wrote:Oh, and you should send him to Gullivers. Blech.

I second that ! ! ! !

I think the only way the marketing idea would work is if he only ate one brand of pizza for the month, unless there is a Pizza Sellers Association of America that I'm not aware of.

ChgoMike wrote:Now that his fame is spreading, some enterprising local pizza establishment should hire him for marketing purposes.

"I ate only sausage pizza for 30 days and [insert name here] has the BEST pizza!"

"On the 31st day, when I could have gone anywhere or ate anything, I came back to [insert name here] and ate more of their pizza - it's that good!"

Or something like that...

ChgoMike wrote:

ChgoMike wrote:Now that his fame is spreading, some enterprising local pizza establishment should hire him for marketing purposes.

"I ate only sausage pizza for 30 days and [insert name here] has the BEST pizza!"

"On the 31st day, when I could have gone anywhere or ate anything, I came back to [insert name here] and ate more of their pizza - it's that good!"

Or something like that...

Now you know why I'm in IT and not marketing.

MikeW665 wrote:unless there is a Pizza Sellers Association of America that I'm not aware of.

National Association of Pizza Operators

If it were my money on the line, I'd be actively shunning Pizzaboy at every lunch hour.

He wants to win? Let him sit in the breakroom by himself and nibble his frozen pizza-y slop. The rest of you go have a grand ol' time eating mexican, thai, sushi, burgers, etc. Anything but pizza.

This is a mental game. No sense in making it easier on him.

Dmnkly wrote:Okay, Ronnie, this is a bit of a tangent, but for the purposes of the bet, how are you distinguishing pizza from flatbread aside from whatever somebody decides to write on the menu? I've always thought of pizza as a subset of flatbread, but is the assumption that if it's called flatbread, it isn't pizza? Or do you distinguish it some other way?

Dom,

So far, menu text has been the only distinguishing factor. If a place serves a pizza on flatbread and bills it simply as pizza, it's probably going to count. I say 'probably' because if I'm not there, there's no way to truly know and I doubt that our boy could discern the difference in most cases. Of course, shape could be a distinguishing factor for him. I get the feeling that if he ordered a pizza at a place and was served a thin, rectangular item, that could trigger a phone call. What I was trying to avoid in ruling out flatbread (aside from his convenience) was instances where someone just opens a package of lavosh, pita or boboli and makes a pizza out of it. Yes, those items could certainly be called pizza but for whatever arbitrary reason, they seemed contrary to the spirit of this particular challenge.

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whiskeybent wrote:If it were my money on the line, I'd be actively shunning Pizzaboy at every lunch hour.

He wants to win? Let him sit in the breakroom by himself and nibble his frozen pizza-y slop. The rest of you go have a grand ol' time eating mexican, thai, sushi, burgers, etc. Anything but pizza.

This is a mental game. No sense in making it easier on him.

There are still more than 2 weeks left and I may very well have to consider this advice.

To all those who've talked about sponsorship, I think he'd love nothing more than to go 'Nascar' and have 40-50 patches on his shirt, each with a different pizza company's logo. Somehow, I don't think that's going to happen.

And btw, he really likes Gulliver's.

In case anyone's interested, his breakfast this morning was 2 cold slices of the leftover Barnaby's pizza (pepperoni, sausage and onion) from last night's dinner.

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Lunch #14 is in the books . . .


Buffo's in Highwood



Large thin-crust pizza with spicy sausage and cajun chicken
This pizza was cheese-heavy, and neither of the toppings were particularly great. I'm not a big fan of toppings-under-the-cheese because they don't render properly. It also makes the toppings 'underings,' in my book. Of course, what I think doesn't really matter. Pizza Boy thought this was just ok and remembered liking it a lot more in the past than he liked it today.



Unfortunately, this doesn't look like a person who's getting sick of pizza
Our boy told me that he's still loving pizza (he happily ate the entire Home Run Inn pizza for lunch yesterday) and that he's still down 3 pounds since when he started the journey. Curses!



Say cheese!



Day 14, baby!

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Buffo's
431 Sheridan Rd
Highwood, IL 60040-1308
(847) 432-0301

any theories as to how he's losing the weight? i'm always open to new weight loss ideas

turkob wrote:any theories as to how he's losing the weight? i'm always open to new weight loss ideas

I all seriousness, there are 3 likely factors at work here . . .

1) He runs/works out everyday.

2) Since he can eat nothing but pizza, he no longer 'bottom feeds' from his kids' meals. In the past, when they'd leave food, he'd often finish it off . . . a few fries, part of a burger, some noodles, etc. Without those extra calories, it seems that eating pizza alone is not enough to maintain his weight.

3) Pizza is much healthier for you than you think it is. The sodium and fat essentially cancel each other out.

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Pizza Boy thought this was just ok and remembered liking it a lot more in the past than he liked it today.


I think he's definitely cracking. Don't lose hope!

Im starting to get nervous for you Ronnie,

this guy is obviously a different breed. I figured he would last 10 days max, but that was me thinking through my stomach & appetite. I typically wont even eat the same animal protein 2 days in a row. This guy you have this bet with seemingly has no food conscience, and I fear that the closer day 31 gets the stronger he will get.

ronnie_suburban wrote:

We've found the key to victory.

Make sure he eats lunch in the "Stab Filled Zone"

Maestroken wrote:We've found the key to victory.

Make sure he eats lunch in the "Stab Filled Zone"

LMAO! It certainly couldn't hurt.

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That pizza actually looks amazing to me!



I knew I liked this guy for a reason...I found his key to victory, that little red bottle. Does he have a favorite hot sauce with his pies? I'm partial to Tabasco but anything will do in a pinch.

jimswside wrote: this guy is obviously a different breed. I figured he would last 10 days max, but that was me thinking through my stomach & appetite. I typically wont even eat the same animal protein 2 days in a row.

Speaking of eating the same thing everyday. I read that the GM of the White Sox, Kenny Williams, has eaten a PB&J for lunch everyday for the last 9 years. Now that's impressive!

Eating The Road wrote:I knew I liked this guy for a reason...I found his key to victory, that little red bottle. Does he have a favorite hot sauce with his pies? I'm partial to Tabasco but anything will do in a pinch.

He's partial to Louisiana brand and he puts it on practically everything, not just pizza.

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ronnie_suburban wrote:He's partial to Louisiana brand and he puts it on practically everything, not just pizza.
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My man!!!

Well there's your sponsor right there...."Even after 31 days straight...still makes sausage pizza edible, early, midday or late!"

Frankly, he looks like he's wincing to me.

I think it's time to play hardball. This may be your perfect opportunity to start catering in lunch; bring in the tacos, steaks, sandwiches, whatever else you think he'll like. Let him eat pizza while you're eating something else. In front of him.

That and he said he thought the pizza -- which he liked in the past -- was just "okay." There's a window of opportunity here, Ronnie.

aschie30 wrote:I think it's time to play hardball. This may be your perfect opportunity to start catering in lunch; bring in the tacos, steaks, sandwiches, whatever else you think he'll like. Let him eat pizza while you're eating something else. In front of him.

That and he said he thought the pizza -- which he liked in the past -- was just "okay." There's a window of opportunity here, Ronnie.

Well, if we brought in the full array of Hot Pockets, that might shake him. But as far as lunch from Buffo's went, I remember liking that pizza a lot more last time, too, so I'm not sure his comments really reveal much.

As for pictures, I guess he hasn't stopped taking/sending them but the one I just received was provocative, to say the least . . .


Large, thin-crust sausage and pepperoni pizza from Jake's in Glenview and, obviously a whole lot of Gentleman Jack

Oh boy. At least he's still not even 50% of the way there but right now, he's clearly toying with me.

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wow, this guy is awesome! if he can maintain and possibly lose weight eating pizza, then it gives me some hope for myself

Now if we can only find a nutritionist or a doctor to tell us that a solid diet of sausage pizza and Gentleman Jack is healthy, regardless of weight loss or gain, we'll be in business.

Yes Ron, a nice catered Italian Beef lunch for the office might be worth the investment.