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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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Friday, March 23, 2012

A FEW POEMS TO START THE DAY



As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I just authored a few of these poems but most were composed by a very dear friend who was a volunteer at Diet Masters for 22 years. It was self published by me in 1984 and is probably the only book of its kind.

WISH IT COULD BE ME

I think that I shall never see
A thinner, slimmer, slender me.

A me whose hunger's gone to rest,
Who need not face the grueling test.

A me disdaining things that pad
My hips and thighs, and make me mad.

A me who's cool and serenely able
To push away from any table.

A me who'd nibble on zucchini
Able to wear a string bikini.

Verses are made by fools like me
Who can't control a calorie.

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LET TRUMPETS BLARE

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
Mama's lost weight, as sure as your born.
She looks like a movie star,
Thin as can be.
It's hard to recall her
At one-ninety-three.




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