Hungry Girl chomps on diet dilemmas
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Ever heard of Hungry Girl? Well dig in. The Washington Post has a (insert food pun) feature today on Lisa Lillien, who has written a best-selling cookbook, which, the Post says, ‘is for people who don’t really cook.’
‘She lost 25 pounds eight years ago, and in 2003 she started sending her friends low-fat recipes and tips for finding healthful food in mainstream supermarkets. She then very smartly turned herself into a cartoon character on the Internet called Hungry Girl. Now Lillien has almost 700,000 subscribers to her daily Hungry Girl e-mails, and she employs a staff of nine. ... Lillien has turned her conviction that she can lose weight while still eating her favorite foods -- or at least some version of them -- into the latest entry in the highly competitive and ever-changing diet field.’
Besides recipes, calorie comparisons, taste tests and general encouragement, the e-mails frequently contain coupons for low-calorie diet food and drink. And we love coupons. Lillien is out pushing her latest book, ‘Hungry Girl 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories,’ so expect to see stories about her splashed all over the media. To go to the source, which is based in the San Fernando Valley, check out the Hungry Girl site here.
-- Nancy Rivera Brooks
