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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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Thursday, March 1, 2012

IF IT LOOKS AND WALKS LIKE A DUCK..........




There are some bagels usually found in the super market bread isle that make me think of the following saying. It is similar to this: "If it looks like a duck and talks like a duck and walks like a duck, then it must be a duck.''

This makes me think of some fairly new products which are called bagel thins, and sometimes lite bagels and other times low calorie bagels. Here is my take on them.

If you look at them through the clear package, they are shaped like a very thin bagel. If you touch them, they feel like a piece of soft bread. I have purchased two brands and they do not have the taste or quality of a bagel. You can take it out of the package and fold it in half . The calories are between 100 and 110 each.

A MUCH BETTER SOLUTION

Lender's original bagels have the qualities of a "real bagel" and are only 140 calories. They are usually found in the freezer section.

Another solution to enjoying a bagel that IS a bagel would be to purchase your favorite brand of bagels and eat a half. If the calories are not listed, weigh the bagel on a food scale. Most bagels excluding the cinnamon and other sweet ones like raisin are 80 calories per ounce.

If the bagel weighs 3 1/2 ounces, the half would be only 140 calories.
Hint: Savour each bite, and spread it with about a tablespoon of lite or whipped cream cheese.

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