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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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Monday, July 2, 2012

'ME' DIET WITH NO TABOOS TRIMS WEIGHT BY MARION PHELPS

THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCEPTS FROM A 1977 NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW

She teaches people how to lose weight and she should know how--she's lost over 500 pounds in her life:  but that is a cumulative total. 


Louise Lawhon was a compulsive eater and dieter for 23 years and her top weight was 150 pounds. At age 40 she decided to stop yo-yo dieting.


"I would starve one day and feast the next" she said.  "I decided  to go on a 'me' diet. It consisted of foods that I enjoyed yet were fairly nutritious and under 1200 calories a day.  I lost 28 pounds in 12 weeks and kept it off for over 4 months".Soon her friends and neighbors were curious as to how she was keeping it off and she was spending much of her time coaching and encouraging about 20 of these people how to diet while they ate foods that they enjoyed.  She soon gave lessons on how to cook the low calorie way."


PS This news story is 5 columns long so I will give you a short version of 'the rest of the story'.  


I found a location to rent for my classes and was soon teaching 2 classes a week. 
Purchased a used doctor's scale for $20 and was on my way.  One thing followed another and I often taught 8 classes a week in various locations.  Taught Low Calorie Gourmet Cooking and Low Calorie Oriental Cooking and later took 2 to 3 people at a time on 'Super Market Strolls' and  taught them how to shop like a Diet Master. Example:  One brand of frozen fried clams in a 10 ounce package was 350 calories while another was 6 ounces and 569 calories. 


In those days, the calorie counts were not listed on packages and I would contact companies by 'snail mail and phone' to get the info and kept this in a file.
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