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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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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

YESTERDAY: FIRST TIME I DID NOT WRITE A POST SINCE JAN.1, 2012

IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY AND I HAD WONDERFUL TIME  WITH MY FAMILY. I HAVE  TWO CHILDREN, BUT MY SON HAS SEVEN...MY DAUGHTER BROUGHT HER BEAUTIFUL MALTESE DOG WHO WAS WEARING A FESTIVE PINK BOW. THAT MADE A TOTAL OF 14, INCLUDING SPOUSES.

 Enough about my day...This post is how to handle food on a birthday.  The menu consisted of 3 kinds of pizza, a great salad, and a huge chocolate cake with about 7 frosted layers and thin slivers of chocolate candy covering the circumference. Along with that was premium ice cream at 270 calories a half cup.

 I am known as 'the diet lady' and I lived up to my image. They arrived with the food about 5:00 pm, and I had eaten a sandwich at noon.  We ate around 6 o'clock.  I ate a nice sized dish of salad and one medium slice of cheese pizza. The cake and ice cream were served later in the evening. 

                            HERE IS WHEN THE DIET LADY LIVES UP TO HER NAME

 My daughter-in-law was cutting the cake and I had her make me a small one- inch slice.  That rich cake could have easily been about 800 calories for that one inch piece if I had eaten it. I took about 10 minutes cutting  the frosting away from the cake. The frosting, which is about 75 calories a tablespoon, must have been 650 calories. The ice cream was delicious and was about 300 calories for the medium scoop.  KEEP IN MIND THAT I AM NOT ON A DIET TO LOSE WEIGHT. I MUST HAVE EATEN  700 TO 800 CALORIES THAT EVENING.  

 THE CALORIES THAT I ATE FOR THE DAY, INCLUDING MY USUAL BREAKFAST AT ABOUT 250 CALORIES AND THE SANDWICH WITH A SMALL PEAR FOR LUNCH AT 330: TOTAL FOR THE FESTIVE DAY WAS ABOUT 1600. 

P.S. The scale smiled upon me today...No gain!!! 
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