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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, April 5, 2012

I Ordered A 1600 Calorie Lunch



I MUST CONFESS: I DID NOT TAKE ANY HOME IN A DOGGY BAG. I enjoyed the meal with my upbeat friend Anne who had been a Diet Masters volunteer for years. We were engrossed with lots of 'girl talk' and my mind was not especially on the food.

This 'DIET KILLER LUNCH', that I ordered was a tossed salad, no croutons, and dressing on the side. A sensible way to start the meal, but after that came two more dishes in rapid succession.
One was truly the largest "single slice pizza' that I had ever seen. The other dish had a
wonderful nice sized fried chicken parmesan sandwich on a 6 inch toasted hoagie bread that
was smeared with either butter or oil.

This is how much of the DIET KILLER I DEVOURED AND THE CALORIES OF EACH:

Salad: It was served soggy and I ate a few nibbles: calories...........about 10
Pizza: It had to be at least 900 calories and tasted
great, but I was so busy talking I may have eaten only about one eighth if that: calories..........about 110.

The Chicken: MAGNIFICENT!! SUPERB!! THE BEST!!!!
I am not exaggerating..It was a very good sized piece of chicken flavored and cooked to a T. With the greasy bread, it would have been at least 700 calories.
I ate a tiny edge of the inviting bread and ate EVERY LAST DROP OF THE CHICKEN: calories...........about 400
Total calories....about 520

WITH MY MIND FULL OF THE GREAT AFTERNOON WITH ANNE, I FORGOT TO ASK FOR
A DOGGY BAG. MY HUSBAND WOULD HAVE ENJOYED THE PIZZA..
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