Sausage Pizza - and only sausage pizza - for a month

jimswside · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:23 am

leftover frozen pizza..? :shock:

he may make it past my 10 day estimate if he is able to stomach that.

Kennyz · **Joined:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:19 am **Posts:** 3158

Unfortunately, this may be affecting me more than it’s affecting your partner. I'm getting a little nauseous from a couple of those pictures, and it will be awhile before I order a sausage pizza.

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:51 am

Jim and Kenny,

I'm with you guys. It's only Day 5 and he seems to be more than happy eating what I would categorize as desperation food.

Received the following text from him yesterday, which I thought would be interesting to share:

Pizza Boy via text wrote:

Observations: 4 days in. Feel good. Ran yesterday. Same pace as always. One thing alarming. If my scale is right I have lost 4# in 4 days. Don't want that to continue. Anyway, never hungry and not ill at all. Out.

=R=

jesteinf · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:56 am

This is clearly a honeymoon period. The momentum will shift.

dansch · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:07 am

Pizza Boy via text wrote:

...If my scale is right I have lost 4# in 4 days. Don't want that to continue ...

I'm waiting for How I lost 30lbs in 30 days eating sausage pizza, by Pizza Boy with Michael Ruhlman

-Dan

Pie Lady · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:08 am

Kennyz wrote:

...it will be awhile before I order a sausage pizza.

Funny, it's having the opposite effect on me. I'm rethinking the fried chicken addition to our next friends' get together.

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:44 pm

Today's lunch for him and one other partner was from New York Slices in Highland Park . . .

Oh boy, pizza!

Perusing the selections

Off limits!!!

This one looks good

Double the meat, double the fun!
The stuff that looks like brown pepperoni is actually Italian sausage. That's how they serve it at New York Slices.

Day 5, baby!

16% of the way through . . .

=R=

New York Slices
1843 Second Street
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847) 432-6979

nicinchic · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:47 pm

This guy is hardcore. Leftover frozen breakfast pizza with the addition of red chili flakes.

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:50 pm

nicinchic wrote:

This guy is hardcore. Leftover frozen breakfast pizza with the addition of red chili flakes.

I'm not going to panic just yet but yes, he is hardcore and dangerously non-discriminating.

=R=

WillG · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:44 pm

Is beer an issue? I would think that in his place I would be getting a significant number of calories from beer, other than at breakfast. Actually the whole liquids issue could be significant without resorting to smoothies or shakes. 2 glasses of oj and half a slice for breakfast, a slice with a lot of arugula and a glass of milk at lunch, 2 slices and a six pack at dinner....maybe a bloody mary in lieu of salad.

-Will

JimTheBeerGuy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:48 pm

Don't give Ronnie any ideas Will, how could you separate a man from his sweet sweet liquid refreshment?

Then again, extrapolating his taste in pizza to a similar taste in beer, you might be doing him a favor.

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:51 pm

WillG wrote:

Is beer an issue? I would think that in his place I would be getting a significant number of calories from beer, other than at breakfast. Actually the whole liquids issue could be significant without resorting to smoothies or shakes. 2 glasses of oj and half a slice for breakfast, a slice with a lot of arugula and a glass of milk at lunch, 2 slices and a six pack at dinner....maybe a bloody mary in lieu of salad.

-Will

He could definitely go that route but I don't see him making any more effort than he needs to. IWO, if he's perfectly content with frozen pizza, he's not likely to make significant additional effort. Unfortunately, I seem to have underestimated (at least so far) the depth of his tolerances. Also, at least for now, I see him staying very 'down the middle' on this because he too wants to see if he can pull it off. That, of course, could change. And if it does, that's when I'll know I have a chance of winning this thing.

=R=

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:52 pm

JimTheBeerGuy wrote:

Don't give Ronnie any ideas Will, how could you separate a man from his sweet sweet liquid refreshment?

Then again, extrapolating his taste in pizza to a similar taste in beer, you might be doing him a favor.

LOL!

Fwiw, he's not much of a beer guy but does enjoy Jack Daniels quite a bit.

=R=

headcase · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:18 pm

Pie Lady wrote:

Kennyz wrote:

...it will be awhile before I order a sausage pizza.

Funny, it's having the opposite effect on me. I'm rethinking the fried chicken addition to our next friends' get together.

I actually ate half of a frozen HomeRun Inn sausage pizza yesterday while watching NFL Redzone, it wasn't bad.

SSDD

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:47 pm

headcase wrote:

I actually ate half of a frozen HomeRun Inn sausage pizza yesterday while watching NFL Redzone, it wasn't bad.

As far as frozen pizzas go, it's definitely decent.

Tonight's dinner, otoh, is really just about as low as one can get . . .

Can you guess where this pizza is from?
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Ugh. Thin-crust sausage and pepperoni

I'm beginning to think I might as well just write the check now. He's clearly an ironman.

=R=

Artie · **Joined:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:28 pm **Posts:** 233

ronnie_suburban wrote:

I'm beginning to think I might as well just write the check now. He's clearly an ironman.

=R=

Willingly ordering from Dominos? That alone should make him a better than even money favorite to win. I love this thread. Go pizzaboy!

skess · **Posted:** Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:48 pm

I agree with everyone that this is a really fun thread!

Artie wrote:

Go pizzaboy!

I like this moniker, the implication that pizzaboy is working his way, day by day, into Pizzaman. One question: if pizzaboy makes it to pizzaman, does he become/get a Bari Mitzvah?

Pie Lady · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:59 am

skess wrote:

I like this moniker, the implication that pizzaboy is working his way, day by day, into Pizzaman. One question: if pizzaboy makes it to pizzaman, does he become/get a Bari Mitzvah?

A well deserved blurb! :lol:

razbry · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:32 am

Pizzaboy get my vote. Following this thread has been the highlight of my month so far.

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:03 pm

He ate no breakfast this morning, which gave me some brief, minor cause for optimism. However, at lunch he pulled a maneuver which quickly reminded me that I am in serious trouble . . .

You guessed it, leftover Dominos

Genuine proof that he actually ate it -- some hot, some still cold

Willingly eating -- or as he put it, craving -- Dominos is bad enough but today's lunch really puts things into perspective. He's a junkfood pizza-eating savant and I fear that I have been sandbagged. It's still early but I can already see this one slipping away. :roll:

=R=

eatchicago · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:37 pm

ronnie_suburban wrote:

...leftover Dominos

Are you sure he actually has a tongue? Did he have a freak playground accident as a child and have his tongue replaced by a strip of leather?

Marshall K · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:16 pm

headcase wrote:

Pie Lady wrote:

Kennyz wrote:

...it will be awhile before I order a sausage pizza.

Funny, it's having the opposite effect on me. I'm rethinking the fried chicken addition to our next friends' get together.

I actually ate half of a frozen HomeRun Inn sausage pizza yesterday while watching NFL Redzone, it wasn't bad.

SSDD

Home Run Inn frozen Pizzas are even better when you cook them!

LAZ · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:34 pm

ronnie_suburban wrote:

Genuine proof that he actually ate it -- some hot, some still cold

Willingly eating -- or as he put it, craving -- Dominos is bad enough

I'm not certain I've actually eaten a Domino's pizza since my University of Michigan days, when they were the only pizzeria that delivered to the dorm.

I recall them well enough, though, that the Paul and Storm jingle always seemed apt:

Quote:

When you’re done with your Domino’s Pizza
Eat the box, because it tastes the same

However, I'm fascinated to see in the photo that Domino's has so far adapted to Chicago culture that they cut their pizza party-style, instead of the wedge cut I remember from Michigan.

ucjames · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:47 pm

LAZ wrote:

However, I'm fascinated to see in the photo that Domino's has so far adapted to Chicago culture that they cut their pizza party-style, instead of the wedge cut I remember from Michigan.

It, uh, depends on the type of pizza you order from them. The original style still comes with the thicker end crust and wedge cut.

Anyway, I think Ronnie's doomed. Pizzaboy has had at least one item of clothing related to a Chicago sports team on in every single picture taken thus far - not that there is anything at all wrong with that, but it indicates that variety is not exactly the spice of life here. I don't see him having a problem sticking to pizza for a month.

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:26 pm

ucjames wrote:

Pizzaboy has had at least one item of clothing related to a Chicago sports team on in every single picture taken thus far - not that there is anything at all wrong with that, but it indicates that variety is not exactly the spice of life here. I don't see him having a problem sticking to pizza for a month.

I was wondering when someone was going to catch that. It certainly doesn't bode well for me, does it?

=R=

headcase · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:08 am

Marshall K wrote:

headcase wrote:

I actually ate half of a frozen HomeRun Inn sausage pizza yesterday while watching NFL Redzone, it wasn't bad.

SSDD

Home Run Inn frozen Pizzas are even better when you cook them!

Where is the rimshot when you need one?

SSDD

dansch · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:02 am

headcase wrote:

Where is the rimshot when you need one?

SSDD

http://www.instantrimshot.com/

-Dan

Octarine · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:25 am

To get into the spirit of this contest I will be having sausage pizza from Viccino's Glenview location for lunch today.

To really get into it, I'm offering a side bet. You say PizzaBoy is a Jack Daniels fan. If he does in fact win this, I will personally deliver a 1.75L bottle of Gentleman Jack to you two.

dansch · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:30 am

Octarine wrote:

If he does in fact win this, I will personally deliver a 1.75L bottle of Gentleman Jack to you two.

Along with a sausage pizza, just out of spite? :twisted:

-Dan

ronnie_suburban · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:28 am

Octarine wrote:

To get into the spirit of this contest I will be having sausage pizza from Viccino's Glenview location for lunch today.

To really get into it, I'm offering a side bet. You say PizzaBoy is a Jack Daniels fan. If he does in fact win this, I will personally deliver a 1.75L bottle of Gentleman Jack to you two.

You cannot imagine how much this news made his day. Gentleman Jack is like the Cadillac of Whiskeys in his eyes, so this is going to motivate him even more, which is, of course, not great news for me. :cry:

Last night he made what I consider to be an excellent call and carried out dinner from Pizano's in Glenview . . .

The first quality pizza in a number of days

Our boy and his kids enjoying a thin-crust pepperoni, onion and mushroom pizza from Pizano's
Unfortunately, the pizza was a bit messy since the kids carried it into the house briefcase-style. :shock:

I heard rumblings today that a couple lunch-time field trips might be coming up later in the month. We'll see . . .

=R=

Pizano's Pizza & Pasta
1808 Waukegan Rd
Glenview, IL 60025-2112
(847) 486-1777

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