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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, May 17, 2012

LOSING WEIGHT WITH POSITIVE THOUGHTS

FREEDOM FROM OVEREATING

When someone asked me when I finally felt that I was cured from compulsive eating the following experience came to mind. It was about 2 years after I had started my Diet Masters program and I threw away some crumbs and broken cookies that were on the bottom of the cookie jar. Don't forget; I was the person who could easily gain 15 pounds on a two week vacation.

A GREAT LESSON

We went on an ASSERTIVE EFFORT WEEK in my class and vowed to get the wrong foods out of the house that we were not able to resist. I also suggested that they planned ahead when going to restaurants and to order the 'diet wise' choices. They wrote a vow that they would not eat anything after 8:00 PM. They also wrote everything down that they ate for a week.


PERMANENTLY GIVE UP FOOD THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL

My sister Bobbie gave up everything with sugar about 35 years ago and she never looked back. This is a real estate saleswoman who used to make homemade brownies to take to open houses and never touched a crumb.

I gave up hot fudge sundaes in 1971. The closest I came to having one since, was on my birthday 21 years ago. It came with our lunch. I ordered one with the sauce on the side and dipped my empty spoon into the fudge sauce and then put a bite of ice cream on that spoon.
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