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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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Saturday, July 21, 2012

MY MEMORIES OF 'COURTING' ON MIAMI BEACH IN 1952

MY FUTURE HUSBAND WAS GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI UNDER THE OLD GI BILL AND I HAD A JOB AT JUNIOR'S RESTAURANT ON MIAMI BEACH.  HE WORKED FOR A FEW HOURS ON THE BEACH AFTER SCHOOL AND WE WOULD GO OUT FOR A SNACK AFTER HE WAS THROUGH WORK AT 9:00PM.

                  MY MOST VIVID MEMORIES ARE OF THE FOOD I ATE AND WHEN

We did go to some lovely clubs like the one in the Roney Plaza Hotel and some nice little places in Coral Gables that had music and dancing but what I remember most were two of the following restaurants. I even remember their locations and what I ate.

One was Submarine Sam's. I would get a large hoagie with ham and cheese.  It was on 8th street and Collins Avenue.  Yes, I ate the whole thing.

The other place was a very famous cafeteria called Dubros. It was on Lincoln Road near Collins Avenue.
I would have a ham and munster cheese with lettuce and tomato on delectable rye bread.  My future husband Hugh had the same thing with munche cheese.  He was a smoker in those days and did not have a large appetite and I finished his sandwich also. I don't know how the romance could have progressed with a woman who could eat more than a 200 pound man but it did.  We married on April 17, 1952 and are still on quite friendly terms.

Needless to say: I had a day job at that time in a restaurant named  Junior's and I ate two meals a day there. For some reason, I did not gain any weight during that period.
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