SJP's Grub Street Diet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t she just trying to get more publicity to hype up her new SATC show?

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Shes trying to make herself relevant again and trying to take advantage of a slow news rut the tabloids have been experiencing lately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is how I eat. I will skip breakfast and I don’t snack unless I’m reeeeally hungry, but the meals I do eat are high protein, high carb with lots of spice and flavor, and no skimping on fat. When you add it all up, it’s not that much because of all the stuff I don’t eat. But people will see me having chocolate cake or a big steak and wonder how I stay thin. I love food and I don’t diet. But I don’t mind feeling hungry between meals because I know the payoff will be good.

Sounds more like a balanced diet to me.

[Anonymous]

I made the Bon Appetit Bolognese after reading this and honestly, it was good but not worth all the fiddly steps. Plus it doesn't make a lot--it was barely enough sauce for 4 servings.

[Anonymous]

I have never dieted. I don't have an unusually fast metabolism. Diets were never my thing and way back when I tried it messed things up and then I'd just obsess about food.

I have always been an athlete and love exercise. So I have lifted and done cardio my entire life 5-6 days per week.

The way I eat is--maybe healthier Mon-Thur if I know I want to eat crappier through the weekend. If I know I am going to eat her grub street type of crap--it's usually once a day and usually mid day or early dinner. Sometimes it might be a full day of it, but then I will be back on track the following the day or post weekend. When things get a little pudgy around the waist, I go full bore and cut back and up output. These are things I just learned over time and at 50 I am still the same weight I was pre-college (actually less) and very toned.

I never want to cut out things. I was raised too much of a foodie by my dad for that. I don't want an austere lifestyle. Being part-Italian food is part of living. I love trying new things and I'm never completely cutting out any food group or dessert, etc. Everything in moderation over time and keep moving. SJP lives in a walkable place and so do I. I'm on foot a lot.

[Anonymous]

She doesn't really say how much she eats. She might make/buy all this food and then eat a bite or two. Also, if you are only eating lunch and dinner, with no breafkast or snacks or sodas, it's hard to pack in calories even on pretty rich food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how I eat. I will skip breakfast and I don’t snack unless I’m reeeeally hungry, but the meals I do eat are high protein, high carb with lots of spice and flavor, and no skimping on fat. When you add it all up, it’s not that much because of all the stuff I don’t eat. But people will see me having chocolate cake or a big steak and wonder how I stay thin. I love food and I don’t diet. But I don’t mind feeling hungry between meals because I know the payoff will be good.

Sounds more like a balanced diet to me.

No one mentioned that what she was eating was the issue. It’s the food withholding when you’re clearly hungry.

[Anonymous]

It seemed like she drank coffee for breakfast and didn’t eat until dinner most days. Not a great Grub Street Diet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty convinced most of these grub street things are fake

definitely!

[Anonymous]

My sister is tail thin and eats whatever she wants and always has. But she doesn’t eat a ton of it. She always been really good - innately - about portion control. Even as a kid she’s eat half the piece of cake or a third of the bowl of ice cream. She’d have the burger but only a few fries. She’d have a slice of pizza, maybe two, but not more.

Portion control is key.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how I eat. I will skip breakfast and I don’t snack unless I’m reeeeally hungry, but the meals I do eat are high protein, high carb with lots of spice and flavor, and no skimping on fat. When you add it all up, it’s not that much because of all the stuff I don’t eat. But people will see me having chocolate cake or a big steak and wonder how I stay thin. I love food and I don’t diet. But I don’t mind feeling hungry between meals because I know the payoff will be good.

Sounds more like a balanced diet to me.

No one mentioned that what she was eating was the issue. It’s the food withholding when you’re clearly hungry.

Waiting for an actual meal rather than snacking all day is not “withholding.”
DP

[Anonymous]

The entire Parker-Broderick family sounds whack after reading that. And pretentious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is how I eat. I will skip breakfast and I don’t snack unless I’m reeeeally hungry, but the meals I do eat are high protein, high carb with lots of spice and flavor, and no skimping on fat. When you add it all up, it’s not that much because of all the stuff I don’t eat. But people will see me having chocolate cake or a big steak and wonder how I stay thin. I love food and I don’t diet. But I don’t mind feeling hungry between meals because I know the payoff will be good.

Ummm, yeah, you do diet.

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How is not eating when you’re not hungry, “dieting”? Healthy adults don’t have to have three squares a day.

Different poster. Many people eat around a meal time because they are starting to feel hungry. You don’t eat anything from dinner on day one to at least lunch on day 2, even if hungry...unless you’re “reeeeally” hungry. You essentially do intermittent fasting until your next meal that you’re really, really hungry for. That’s dieting.

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High protein, high carb, big steaks and no skimping on fat??

Get your cholesterol checked, because you can't tell me that you eat like that daily and your cholesterol is in the healthy range.

This is not just dieting, but if PP has been eating like this for a number of years, it's also disordered eating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how I eat. I will skip breakfast and I don’t snack unless I’m reeeeally hungry, but the meals I do eat are high protein, high carb with lots of spice and flavor, and no skimping on fat. When you add it all up, it’s not that much because of all the stuff I don’t eat. But people will see me having chocolate cake or a big steak and wonder how I stay thin. I love food and I don’t diet. But I don’t mind feeling hungry between meals because I know the payoff will be good.

Sounds more like a balanced diet to me.

No one mentioned that what she was eating was the issue. It’s the food withholding when you’re clearly hungry.

Waiting for an actual meal rather than snacking all day is not “withholding.”
DP

You're kid of missing that she starts from a baseline of skipping one meal. It's intermittent fasting, which is not necessarily unhealthy but it's funny to see her type it up the set of trict eating rules she's set for herself that she sticks to even when she's hungry and then say "I don't diet." That's a diet, bb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty convinced most of these grub street things are fake

Of course they are, its content marketing, they aren't pretending to be journalists here. This is all just consumable content and advertising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never dieted. I don't have an unusually fast metabolism. Diets were never my thing and way back when I tried it messed things up and then I'd just obsess about food.

I have always been an athlete and love exercise. So I have lifted and done cardio my entire life 5-6 days per week.

The way I eat is--maybe healthier Mon-Thur if I know I want to eat crappier through the weekend. If I know I am going to eat her grub street type of crap--it's usually once a day and usually mid day or early dinner. Sometimes it might be a full day of it, but then I will be back on track the following the day or post weekend. When things get a little pudgy around the waist, I go full bore and cut back and up output. These are things I just learned over time and at 50 I am still the same weight I was pre-college (actually less) and very toned.

I never want to cut out things. I was raised too much of a foodie by my dad for that. I don't want an austere lifestyle. Being part-Italian food is part of living. I love trying new things and I'm never completely cutting out any food group or dessert, etc. Everything in moderation over time and keep moving. SJP lives in a walkable place and so do I. I'm on foot a lot.

I'm exactly like you except my parents are immigrants, so I'm not "part" anything I suppose, but definitely an American myself. I always am healthy and have a health weight but I am a size 8-10 and can't get thin or look good in a bathing suit- I mean actually good- without doing a more "conscious eating" lifestyle, like what a nutrition coach might give you. I love veggies etc and eat them happily but if I "ate what I wanted" it would be all the veggies AND all the carbs.

I honestly just think some people have a bigger appetite. I have to kind of continually try to train myself to bring it down and moderate. I hate processed foods but I still love quantity of good food.