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MY YEARS AS A FOOD ADDICT

I was a heavy eater by the time I was 5 years old, only it was called a "healthy appetite" in those days, and they called me cute and chubby. By the time I was 18 I was a compulsive overeater. At 5'6", my weight ranged between 125 to 149, but only because I spent part of almost every month on some diet or another. I must have gained and lost more than 500 pounds on various crash diets before I turned 40.I could eat 3 half gallons of ice cream a week and 3 candy bars at the movies. At my favorite Oriental buffet I would start with 6 egg rolls and fill my plate (and myself) so much that the owners lost money. No matter what diet I tried, I dreamed of my next “fix”… boxes of cookies, bags of potato chips or maybe a whole pizza.I’ve always been an upbeat person with a good marriage, two children, and close friends, but on my 40th birthday I was feeling depressed. I took a walk on the beach and realized that my compulsive eating had to stop. I decided that I wanted peace more than pizza and vowed to put my extensive dieting knowledge to work. I re-read all of my material on the subject and designed a way of eating that would satisfy me and finally curb my appetite. My determination paid off in spades and changed my life. The numbers on the scale remained below 130 and before I knew it, I was helping curious friends and neighbors. That was the beginning of a long and exciting career founding and directing Diet Masters, teaching dieting classes and low calorie cooking and even self publishing 6 dieting books. Best of all, my weight has been stable between 124 and 129 for 39 years while I eat food that I enjoy.

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

NUTS ARE EXCELLENT TO LOWER YOUR LDL CHOLESTEROL

Many articles that we read give this very helpful information but they do not tell us the rest of the story.  Most nuts are about 400 calories a half cup...Who would eat a half cup of nuts at one sitting?  Most of us, if we were not aware of this fact might. A really compulsive over eater could easily devour a 10 ounce can of nuts within two days.  They tally in at about 170 calories an ounce or 850 calories a day.

You do not have to be a mathematician to see that this would be a total of 5,950 calories a week that you would be devouring from just one food...Just think, if you ate this 'healthy food' at the same rate for a year plus your regular meals you could gain an unbelievable 80 pounds a year.
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  1. BobbieJanuary 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM

    I love almonds and that's why I buy them in bulk, but repackage them into 100 calorie portions that I keep in my car trunk. If they aren't handy, they are less of a temptation.

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    1. DietMasterApril 18, 2012 at 8:04 AM

      Hope that some of my readers can profit from your great 'nutty idea'.

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