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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

THOUGHT YOU WOULD ENJOY A RECIPE

It has been a while since I posted a recipe and thought you would welcome the following. This low calorie and easy recipe for an individual apple pie would make a great breakfast...It could also be considered as a dessert for lunch or dinner if you did not include a starch with that meal.

Another way to fit this into your 1200 calorie reducing diet is to have a frozen dinner under about 320 calories and the pie for dessert or a snack between meals.

It would not matter if the frozen meal included a starch. This is how our calorie knowledge clicks in...Example: Your usual breakfast is 225 calorie, your lunch about 350 and the frozen dinner/ pie meal would be 475 for a total of 1050 calories. The extra 150 calories could be spent on skim milk and some frozen fruit to make a smoothie or some cooked vegetables or a nice salad. They do not call me The Calorie Queen for nothing.
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