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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, September 3, 2012

SOME MATERIAL THAT I DISCUSSED AT DIET MASTERS MEETINGS

  THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE UNRELATED BUT THEY ARE EXCERPTS FROM
ONE MEETING

1. There was a diet doctor in our area who put everyone on the same regime regardless of age or health. We'll call him doctor V.  He was not known for his kindness or understanding and left many of his patients in a state of tears. His menu plans were worse than his disposition and they were required to eat the same thing every day.

                  
                  HIS MENU PLAN 

 

Breakfast:  1 slice of diet bread, under 50 calories
                    1 tablespoon sugar free jam
                    1 small piece of fruit
                     coffee or tea without sugar or cream

Lunch:          2 thin slices of diet bread
                     1 wafer thin slice of turkey
                      lettuce and fat free mayonnaise 
                     1 small piece of fruit

Dinner:         1 frozen dinner under 280 calories
                     1 cup of low calorie vegetables

The complete daily menu totals under 650 calories but he did SELL you something else..Lots and lots of expensive diet pills. Some people who desperately wanted to lose weight fast stayed on this diet and many of them became ill.  Most of his 'victims' went off this torturous regime within 2 weeks. 

WARNING:  Do not go on this diet: even for 3 days.
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                                                    DEFINITION OF STREAM EATING

It is walking back and forth to the refrigerator and /or cabinets and nibbling. You eat 2 cookies and then have 4 more.  After that you take out the container of ice cream and a spoon and start eating around the edges and don't stop until you have consumed over a pint. From there you find some spaghetti and meat sauce left over from the night before and eat half of the cold pasta while standing up.

Some of you may relate to this post. I was guilty of devouring food this way for many years.  It is an unhealthy and unhappy way to overeat.                                                      

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