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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, August 2, 2012

SOMEONE REQUESTED A FILLING EASY TO PREPARE RECIPE

Hi diet lady,
I love all of the dieting hints and am benefiting from your advice.  What I would enjoy right now, is a hearty, filling, low calorie recipe or two. Thanks, Natalie


     ROAST BEEF HASH POTATO


I         medium baked potato, slightly cooled
1/2    cup sliced mushrooms
1/4    cup chopped onions
2        ounces lean deli roast beef, cut into strips
          salt and pepper and spices to taste


Saute onions in a Pam coated pan until nearly translucent.  Add roast beef and mushrooms and stir  fry until cooked. Cut potato in half lengthwise. Mix with other ingredients and mash.. Refill potato skins and bake in 400 degree oven about 15 minutes; until heated through. Serves 1, about 230 calories
Hint:  You can sprinkle paprika on the filled potato halves and spray with Pam before baking.
Hint:  Potatoes taste best when baked in an oven rather than a microwave.  I cook the potato in a microwave about 2 to 3 minutes and bake it in the oven  until cooked through; about 15 minutes in a 450 degree oven. 
Hint:   Adding a fourth of a cup of fat free shredded Mozzarella cheese to the top of the potato before putting it into the oven is a special touch. Fat free cheese does not melt well unless you spray it with Pam. This adds only 45 more calories to the recipe.  
Hi Natalie,
I hope you enjoy the roast beef hash recipe.  I have several other similar stuffed potato recipes
that I would be pleased to share with my readers and their friends.
Louise                                                 
                                                  
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