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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, October 18, 2012

TWO POEMS ON THE 'LIGHT SIDE'

I HAD A FEW MORE REQUESTS FOR POEMS TO MAKE A RAINY DAY BRIGHT

                                           SONG OF THE DIET

 Cry me a river
and sing me some blues
I've got to cut down
Got to learn to refuse. 
Got to shake my sad head
With a firm left and right
Whenever I'm offered
A fattening bite.

                                                           NOSTALGIA


  




Nostalgia's all the craze today
A fad that will not go away.
And I'm nostalgic, I might add.
About the figure I once had.

Oh, I can sigh and reminisce
And still remember my first kiss.
Nostalgia's got me in it's grip,
Though I'm now wider in the hip.

The waist that once was, is no more
Gone are the fitted things I wore.
Still here, alas, this irksome phrase,
"Give me back my yesterdays."

These two sad poems really would not make a rainy day bright, but I want anyone who reads this note to become hopeful. I gained and lost hundreds of pound during a 23 year period and I am FREE AT LAST.  In fact, anyone who reads the over 370 posts that I have written in less than 10 short months and makes notes will come with me to the land of thin...I HAVE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE:  I WILL HELP YOU IN!!!
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