7 Days of Cheesecake
Well, make that "Six days"; I'll explain further on down.
I need to drop a few pounds, so I have decided to embark on what may be considered a fool's quest. I will be going low-carb, and doing so by eating nothing but cheesecake for seven days. I call this tasty crash diet "7 Days of Cheesecake".
I am not recommending this to anybody, and any information you read on this website is purely for entertainment. I am not claiming to dispense health advice.
In preparation, I went to the store and bought some interesting ingredients; buttermilk, ricotta cheese, some imitation flavors and extracts. I plan on creating a different cheesecake for each day.
My first day will be a savory cheesecake, a bacon cheesecake! I have no recipe as of yet, but I plan on using real bacon, half-ricotta half-cream cheese, and a splash of imitation maple syrup flavor. My hope is to create a cheesecake reminiscent of a pancake sandwich. Mmmmm. I should note my weight at the start and end of the seven days, too.
7 Days of Cheesecake : 11 Jan 2007 - 17 Jan 20007
- Day 1 - Savory Bacon Ricotta Cheesecake Body Weight: 179.4 lb
- Day 2 - Carrot Cake Cheesecake Body Weight: 177.4 lb
- Day 3 - Best Low-Carb Cheesecake Ever Body Weight: 173.8 lb
- Day 4 - Sausage Gravy Cheesecake Body Weight: 173.6 lb
- Day 5 - Peanut Butter Cheesecake Body Weight: 173.0 lb
- Day 6 - Lime Cheesecake Body Weight: 171.8 lb
Body Weight at 5:30 p.m., 170.8 lb.
- Day 7 - Teri-Burger with Cheese Cheesecake Whatever I wanted - Final Body Weight: 169.8 lb
Note that the weights were taken each morning at or around 6:00 a.m.
Notes along the way:
Day 4: I didn't eat the entire cheesecake. I saved one slice for another day, and had a 12-oz breve instead.
Day 5: I didn't eat the entire cheesecake. I substituted a 12-oz breve (that would be a coffe drink made with half-and-half) at lunch instead. I saved the slice.
Day 6: That lime cheesecake was a mistake. I added in the zest of an entire lime, which was wayyy too much. I ate the breakfast slice, but pitched the remainder. I ate the sausage gravy cheesecake slice for lunch, and will eat the peanut butter cheesecake slice for diner. And at 7:00 p.m., at our BIble Study, I was feeling pretty queasy, for lack of a better word. It was as if my body was sending me a message, "Eat something else, already!" So I did. And with a vengeance! Handful after handful of Ruffles chips. A strawberry. Big slice of chocolate birthday cake. Vanilla ice cream. Even a couple slices of cheese. I came home and then ate a small tangerine.
Day 7: Cancelled! I just can't take it anymore. I actually didn't eat much today, but believe me, it wasn't cheesecake.
So, in closing, although I called the program "7 Days of Cheesecake", in reality it became "6 Days of Cheesecake" plus a pretty god one-day binge.
Oh yeah, that Teri-Burger with Cheese Cheesecake? It came out fantastic. Hardly a "cheesecake", more like oh, a party dip or something. Really good heated with some ketchup on it. Mmm.
