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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 19, 2012

IS A FAT FREE DIET ALWAYS BEST FOR US?

ALMOST EVERY FAT FREE DIET THAT SOMEONE FOLLOWS TO THE LETTER CAN CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS.  THE FOLLOWING TWO STORIES WILL EXPLAIN IT.


                   THE NURSE'S STORY


I read about this nurse in magazine about 6 years ago.  She had been on a sensible diet but wanted to lose faster so she omitted every bit of fat in in her diet.  She lost 16 pounds in 4 weeks but she became sluggish and had itchy, dry skin and had to go to a dermatologist.

 

ONE OF MY DIET MASTERS MEMBERS' SAD STORIES 

Barbara was an attractive woman in her late fifties.  She had lost twenty five pounds in 6 months and reached her goal and looked fantastic. She was going up north for the summer the way many Floridians do.

When she returned to class that fall I barely recognized her. She proudly told us how she went on a diet that her cousin had been on that omitted everything  that contained fat and she lost 27 pounds in just 2 months.  Her face had become very wrinkled and she looked like she had aged 10 years.
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