SAN JOSE, Calif. — Flavor was never part of Brian Boitano’s diet. In fact, his figure skating career depended on a bland, boring diet.
“I would eat a chicken breast and baked potato every night,” Boitano said. “A salad with diet dressing and some plain curly pasta. No sauce. It was a terrible diet, and I did that for years. And also, I was starving. I really wanted more food.”
But that light diet has inspired the former Olympic gold medalist and Bay Area local’s post-skating career path.
