Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-04
TO REDUCE ONES SIZE.

TO REDUCE ONES SIZE.
HOW A FAT MAN GOT RID OF HIS
sUPERFLuous FLESH.
kinds Of Food To BE Avoided-Not Ouan
Hty. but Quality, the Cause Of Cor
Dulence-some Figures Which Tell tn.
seoFy-Keeping It Up.
New York is a great place in which to hav,
n1o0ds and not see them for months
Tribune reporter realized this the other day
Whs0 b ran across a friend whom he had MOI
mt in year. But the fact of the meeting
did not strike the newspaper man so oddly a.
H. change in the others appearance The
friend was nearly five feet nine in height
about 80 years old, and apparently neither
fat nor thin. He was a man whom one would
call simply in good condition. That wa:
singular enough, for only a year or so before
IT, reporter had noted that his friend was I'M
paaasantay and ungracefully stout His fat
seemed to settle in his waist and cheeks. Now
- was plump -nothing more.
ChangedT the friend repeated after the
Importer. 3Yes, / should think so. Decent
looking kind Of a spectacle now, although NOT
pretty, Of coursel I'll tell you how did it.
made up my mind would no longer be SC
ungFacefully fat, and determined to try
0anfing. had half starved myself before
tAis, but it had done no good concluded.
therefore, that it was not the amount of food
l ass, but the quality, SO l changed my diet
and here am
3What is the processr
Il gave up sugar and all sweet things,
broad, potatoes, beer and sweet wines, milk,
butter and parsnips. That is, did so at first.
ate dry toast, underdone beef, or any other
Kind Of meat; any kind of vegetables except
potatoes and parsnips, salads, fish, and, in
tact, any thing pleased except what was for
bfddsn- 1t was hard at first, of course and
don't believe 1 could have had the nerve to
give up sweet things and milk entirely, but
compromised. took just enough milk and
sugar in my coffee at breakfast to make it
palatable, and that little indulgence did not
sssm to hurt me. lost flesh rapidly Here
are the figures which I have in my pocket
memorandum-notw weight, for l weighed my
sak In Turkish bath"
@You may think continued the reduced
weight. that l47sl net, or say 100 with ones
clothes on, is not too much flesh for a man
i've test eight and quarter inches tall That
- true-H the fat were evenly distributed
over ones body. But when it was concen-
treated in my waist and my. cheeks it is very
dingreeable. In fact, before l began this
gystsm Of diet could not stoop comfortably
TO button my shoes; as l could not keep a
vAlet, that was a nuisance. By October II,
1914, when, as you see, l had brought my
ssR down twelve and one half pounds, / was
entirely comfortable. Neither my cheeks nor
my stomach were pulled out. reduced my
waistband two inches
sDuring this time did not change my man.
~ Of life. / did not take much exercise,
anyway, neither do take cold baths-both of
which things are good to reduce flesh l am
told l don't suppose walked over three
quarters OF a mile a day, and my daily
beth Is Of a moderate temperature. 1t was
I'll In the quality of the food / ate"
what did you eat, anyway"
For breakfast as I say, compromised on
the coffee, and took dry toast beefsteak, eggs
In any shape, and fruit according to my
taste, For luncheon it was generally cold
roast beef, dry toast and a lettuce salad with
French dressing. For dinner any kind Of
soup, fish, UNDERGONE beef or mutton with all
Vegetables except potatoes and parsnips; .
alad with any kind of game; then fruit and
. cup Of black coffee with just bit Of sugar
In 1t. drank claret, hook, or sauterne, but
no champagne; and made no difference in
my drinks between meals except that took
my liquor straight without water suger.
@When had come down to l35 pounds, net
.-<.,l r 1. l.
thsre ever since. Experimenting with different
kinds Of forbidden things convinces me that
milk and sugar, bread and potatoes breed
cogpulence. Fat meat or butter, in my case,
pakes no difference; or, at least, no great
di6ersnce And there are reasons for not
following the regimen of Banting too closely.
When had brought myself down twelve and
. half pounds in six weeks, from September
- 70 October 18th, began to have neuralgia
h1v hsAd bad taken no cold aud had
- hoa worried II occurred to me that it
0wnt b ths change Of diet. So began
- - butar and fat meat in moderation.
The neuralgia left me. Several times since
have tried a strict adherence to the system,
and the neuralgia has always returned. So
now eat butter and fat Us please. / also
at ice-cream, or some other sweet thing, for
dsnssrt twice a week, and l take my cocktail
In the morning any other time Of day |
choose. But weigh myself often, and when
I tip the scales at 1861 net drop the desserts
entirely till l am back at lS5 pounds"
GOING TO KEEP IT UP
1Shan you keep it up!n' queried the re-
porter.
@Oh, yes. 1t pays. By refraining from
sweets have no stuffy feeling after dinner,
and quarter of a lump of sugar in my
black coffee gives me pleasant desire for a
smoke. That makes life worth living. The
hardest struggle had was over milk, for
loved glass Of it before going to bed i'm
menssly. But in a couple of months my
desire grew less, and now don't pine for it.
find boiled rice a good substitute for potato.
@BAnting's system on the whole is the east
ct It requires only tile self-deniaL But
who ever wants to follow il should do two
thingy: weigh himself, net weight every
wOok The difference in size then is noticea-
be in pounds, and the patient is encouraged
70 keep on with his regimen. Secondly,
don't 60 too far. A woman should always
'hant' under a physicians care, and man
should let up on the severity of his self
denial as soon as he fees bad. Here, by the
way, is Bantings table of what men should
weigh when they are neither too fat nor too
lean:
Stature-Feet, inches. Weight-Pounds.
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