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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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Sunday, January 29, 2012

TARTAR SAUCE

Do you ever order broiled fish dry because you want to be 120% on your diet and they serve it with tartar sauce?  You feel that you need to do something besides squeezing a wedge of lemon to mask the blandness so you spread the tartar sauce on it. Tartar sauce is 90 calories per tablespoon and loaded with fat and the little cup that they serve it in measures one-fourth of a cup....360 calories.

If you like tartar sauce when you have fish at home, make a wonderful, easy replica.  Put 1/4 cup of fat free or or low fat mayonnaise for under 15 calories a tablespoon and mix with 1 tablespoon of drained sweet pickle relish and enjoy it without guilt.

Note*  Read the labels.  Light mayonnaise is 35 calories a tablespoon and higher.
Hint      You can always bring your tartar sauce to the restaurant with you in a chilled small container.
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