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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, July 12, 2012

THE IMPORTANCE OF CALORIE AWARENESS

FORGET THE DIET PILLS, HERBAL PRODUCTS AND UNHEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS THAT PROMISE YOU QUICK, EFFORTLESS, AND USUALLY EXPENSIVE PATHS TO THINNESS.  


Calories count, and owning a written calorie counter and a food scale are helpful. I am going to work with the letter A on this post.


1.  Almonds...10 nuts = 60 calories.  One cup of shelled almonds are 800 calories. Nutty hint:  If you purchase almonds in the shell, you will eat slower and usually eat much less.
2.  Anchovies....canned and drained.  Five of them are only 35 calories. They make a nice topping on a small antipasto.
3.  Apple......all varieties : 1 pound with the skin....240 calories....10 ounces with the skin 150 calories...(most apples that look large weigh that much)   One cup of pared, sliced apples are only 60 calories and are great if you prepare them sliced and cooked in the microwave and  then put into a wrap that you brown in the George Foreman grill. 
4.  Applesauce:  sweetened In a jar.  1 cup =200 calories...unsweetened:  I cup =100 calories. (a little cinnamon sugar could be added for flavor)
5.  Apricots:  fresh and whole 1 pound =220 calories....dried halves...6=60.
7.  Asparagus fresh and raw 1 pound =only 66 calories....1 cup fresh, boiled and drained =30 calories.
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