Suppose F is a nonzero function in the Hardy space H1. We study the set {f ; f is outer and !Fl ::; Re f a.e. on 8D} where 8D is a unit circle. When F is a strongly outer function in H1 and 'Y is a positive constant, we describe the set {! ; f is outer, IFI ::; 'Y Re f and IF-1 I ::; 'Y Re u-1) a.e. on 8D}. Suppose w is a Helson-Szego weight. As an application, we parametrize real valued functions v in L∞(∂D) such that the difference between log W and the harmonic conjugate function v_*_ of v belongs to L∞(∂D) and llvll∞ is strictly less than π/2 using a contractive function α in H∞ such that (1+α)/(1-α) is equal to the Herglotz integral of W
