My husband and I were talking the other day about my recent, and really unintended, weight loss.  I stated again how surprised I was since I didn’t have the “best” eating habits last month and actually ate/drank some things I normally stay completely away from (i.e., soda).  He jokingly says, “See there, you could create the Junk Food Diet.”  Hmmm…

Coincidentally, I ran into a post at Diet Blog about a man who has lost 40 lbs. over the past 3 months eating a Chipolte burrito every day.  There’s a little more to his story, but basically, the Chipolte burrito (which I have never heard of, btw) has approximately 1300 calories.  This man has not yet added exercise to his “program,” but did cut out soda, and while he does eat a burrito every day, he eats well the rest of the day by eating salads and fruit.  He’s also drinking more water and taking a multivitamin.  I have to say that I am impressed.  I mean 40 lbs. is nothing to sneeze at AND he’s eating something he obviously loves to eat. 

So this brings up some questions for me.  One question would be isn’t this junk food he’s eating?  Would these burritos fall under what the experts deem to be “bad for you” food?  More than likely since foods high in calories and fat normally fall under what is considered to be junk.  But this man’s story goes against most of what I have read about food and weight loss, which is basically that you can’t lose weight eating junk.

My other question is would it be possible for someone to eat nothing but ”junk” food but also add exercise into the mix and still lose weight?  I’ll be on the lookout for more stories along those lines and post about them here if I find any.  

I guess at this point I am just happy to know that there is someone else out there that can eat junk and still lose weight.  Now I don’t feel quite so much like a “freak of nature.”