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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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Sunday, June 24, 2012

FIVE DIETS FROM YEARS AGO


WOMEN WERE NOT INTERESTED IN DIETING UNTIL ABOUT 1920. BEFORE THAT THERE WERE THE 'GIBSON GIRLS'. IT WAS FASHIONABLE TO BE HEAVY WITH A SMALLISH WAIST LINE AND A LARGE BUST AND HUGE HIPS. (no, I was not around then)

After that, we had a era when women were called Flappers. They wore very short dresses and 'thin was in'. They danced to a melody called the Charleston. Thin was definitely in!

1. One of the worst diet aids that was sold were 'live tape worms'.
2. Another diet consisted of bananas and skim milk and nothing else, for days on end.
3. Laxatives became a popular but dangerous reducing product.
4. Doctors began to warn patients of the dangers of being overweight, but they had no healthy advice to give them.
5. Pills soon became popular and were very dangerous. Doctor Max Jacobson, who was known as Dr. Feelgood, ruined many well known peoples' lives, including Johnny Mathis, Yule Brenner,
some of the Kennedys and Winston Churchill.

Note: Through the years, until today, there have been many dangerous diets that cause health issues and even death. Live by the old adage: "If it sounds too good to be true, it isn't".
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