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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.

THIS BLOG WILL BE EVEN MORE INTERESTING WITH INPUT FROM MY READERS. EMAIL ME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS OR SUBJECTS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO COVER AT: ADVICE@LOSEWITHLOUISE.COM, AND I WILL ANSWER SOME OF THEM HERE.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

WHY DO I OFTEN WRITE ABOUT CALORIE AWARENESS????

THE IDEA OF NOT BEING INTERESTED IN THE NUMBER OF CALORIES IN THE FOOD THAT YOU EAT IS THE SAME AS WALKING AROUND A ROOM WITH A BLINDFOLD ON..  YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT; BUT CHANCES ARE THAT YOU CAN TRIP, OR WALK INTO THE WALL.  CALORIE AWARENESS=POWER IN WEIGHT LOSS.


           QUESTIONS AND MY ANSWERS


Q.  I notice that you mention that the average man should eat 1500 calories a day and women to limit themselves to about 1200 calories a day while dieting. Why?

A.  I have done a great deal of research on weight loss and have taught thousands of people to lose weight effectively for the  past 40 years and find that the average person loses effectively with those numbers. Not all of us are as active as others, and some have a slow or fast metabolism which effects the speed of weight loss.  

Q.  The Weight Watchers diet never stressed counting calories.  In the past 8 years or so they have been counting points. Do you like to count points?

A.  I have no interest in counting points.  It is just another form of counting calories.


Q.  The Atkins diet tells us to limit our carbohydrates to 20 a day to begin with and it is very difficult to follow.  Do you approve of this diet?

A.  I think that the Atkins diet is one of the most dangerous ways to eat, because you are allowed very little vegetables and absolutely no starches. You can even have a large cheeseburger with bacon but no bun. No starches and very little fruit and vegetables are allowed on this diet. You can have fried fish or chicken without any coating. Eating like this just makes you crave pizza and cake and the yo yo dieting starts all over again.
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