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you supposed to be some shark on the subject of ideal weight?"
And the bitter truth is borne in upon me--no matter how hard I work--no
matter how much I exercise, no matter what I suffer, I will always have
to watch my weight, I will always have to count my calories.
This is what I did then:
I stopped going to the breakfast table. I kept some canned milk and
coffee in my room, and made me two cups of coffee. For lunch I ate
practically what I wanted, limiting myself to one slice of bread or one
potato (we had no butter), with fruit for dessert. For dinner I came
down only when the dessert was being served, and had a share of that
with some coffee. I was jeered and derided. You know how in community
life we all are as disagreeable as we like, and still love each other.
Did not I know the desserts were the most fattening part of the meal? I
was some authority on how to reduce, I was!
In vain I told them that it did not matter so long as my total caloric
intake did not equal the number that I needed. It was not until some
months after, when they saw that I was normal weight again, that they
began to realize I knew whereof I spoke.
Then came our withdrawal from Albania and release from duty. After
months of canned goods came Paris with its famous dishes; Crème d'Isigny
avec crème! Artichauts an beurre! Patisseries francaises! Oo lala! Again
I said calories be _dashed_! I can reduce when I get home. I had no
delusions now, you see.
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And now I am home trying to help raise the funds for the starving
children of Central Europe, and explaining to my friends that while
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