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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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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

EATING 3 MEALS A DAY PLUS CAN =2,530 CAL.



SOME DIETERS SET UP GREAT MEAL PLANS THAT ARE FILLING BUT THEY SABOTAGE THEMSELVES BY NIBBLING ALL DAY LONG. THEY DO NOT REALIZE WHAT DAMAGE THEY HAVE DONE UNTIL THEY GET ON THE SCALE. THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL WILL BE AN EYE OPENER.

Breakfast: 1/2 cup orange juice, 1 egg, 1 slice 50 calorie bread with Laughing Cow cheese.
about 220 calories

snack: Part of a medium-smallish muffin
about 150 calories

Lunch: Water packed white meat tuna sandwich on 2 slices of 80 calorie rye bread with lettuce
and tomato and lite mayo and a large apple.
about 470 calories

snack: A 200 calorie bowl of homemade banana pudding and a slice of rye bread with a glob of peanut butter. (that glob was nearly 2 tablespoons)
about 460 calories

Dinner: A very lean 4 ounce steak, a small baked potato, 2 tablespoons low fat sour cream a salad with lite dressing and asparagus tips.
about 450 calories

Snack: but much more than a snack: Less than a cup of dry granola cereal to nibble on while they were watching television. Then a little more granola cereal with skim milk and part of a banana, a few cookies, a 'smallish amount' of potato chips (well maybe 20)and a large Fat Boy ice cream sandwich.
about 950 calories
*note...Most people do not realize that granola cereal, even the low fat variety, is more than 400 calories per cup.
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