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The Popcorn Diet
Personally, I don’t wait til New Year’s to do this diet but whenever the mood strikes all year long. It just seems like an appropriate time to post it!
Melt some unsalted butter—preferably clarified. I use 2 tablespoons. Pour it into a small spice or other glass jar and keep it warm. (Use a thermos or your imagination to keep it melted.)
Go the the movies at dinner time and order a small unbuttered popcorn. (In 99.9% of movie theaters so-called buttered popcorn is actually oiled popcorn and to be avoided at all aesthetic costs.
When you’re safely cradled in your seat in the darkened theater, carefully pour a little of the butter onto the popcorn. Slowly eat one popped kernel at-a-time. When you reach a level that no longer has any little pockets of butter pour a little more on top.
Consider this dinner and go to sleep shortly after the movie, before you realize that you might still be a little hungry.
Once a week and you may well have lost 5 pounds and gained some delicious movie memories.
P.S. The reason for the butter is the extra pleasure it gives to satiate hunger.
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Popcorn can be a great diet food, just don't overdo the butter. And don't overdo the popcorn and burn out on it.
Reply to this Posted by: Jamice Esterhaus | August 9, 2009 2:11 AM #
where do you live? (i'm moving there immediately!)
Reply to this Posted by: Rose Levy Beranbaum | February 5, 2008 7:41 AM #
I knew if I waited long enough (20 years) I would find a diet that made sense. lol. I have been known to go to the movies JUST for the popcorn. Luckily, our local theater uses real butter.
Reply to this Posted by: cookieee | February 5, 2008 7:36 AM #
coconut oil IS delicious!
Reply to this Posted by: Rose Levy Beranbaum | January 14, 2008 11:55 AM #
Try popping your own at home in coconut oil with just a touch of salt - you'll never miss the butter. (you can add the salt directly to the oil before the corn pops, or sprinkle on popped kernels when they are still hot)
Reply to this Posted by: Patrincia | January 14, 2008 11:51 AM #
I think I'd rather stay home, pop my own corn, and watch a movie in peace and quiet. :)
(The last time I went to a theater the popcorn was stale. Ugh. With that sort of popcorn, I think this diet would become a starvation plan, LOL!)
Reply to this Posted by: Yet Another Anna | January 6, 2008 8:01 PM #