The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-08-07
How q Fat Han Becomes Thinner on q
Cheap and Simple Diet.

How Fat Han Becomes Thinner on
Cheap and Simple Diet
This is a simple and instructive lit
tie tale told by the Fat Man. 1t is
undcniably true for there have been
many witnesses of the Fat Mans fire.
quent weighings, and more than one
trihing sum has changed hands be-
cause Of the success of his experiment.
There is no patent medicine advertise
ment concealed in the story, and it
may possibly be interesting, if not
valuable, to other fat men.
II never was really fat, you know"
said the +. NJ, 'but [ was gaining on
myself all the time, and when l found
one day-to my unutterable grief
that I tipped the scales at 2l3 pounds,
I determined that the time had come
to apply desperate remedies. l read
up On bantingism, consulted the price
lists g bicycle establishment, tried
to rearrange my daily schedule so that
there would be some time for exercise,
and even held a surreptitious inter
view or two with a druggist whose
flaming advertisement Of certain ex-
traordinary pills had attracted my
attention. I forswore beer and butter
and other things which are supposed
to be fesh-forming, but the abstinence
was of no avail I continued to gain
flesh, and the matter began to become
serious.
"Then appeared Providence in the
guise of fat friend, who really needed
treatment as badly as did, but who
lacked the courage to put his excellent
ideas into practice. TRY the French
plan,' said he. 1T is easy, anyway,
and good results have often been OBJ
tained. You must make each meal
consist of only one dish. Eat as much
as you please, but there must be no
variety, no dainty salads, no tempting
appetizers, no desert. If you happen
to want steak, you are at liberty to
order, and eat, the biggest and thick
est that can be found, but you must
eat steak alone, and the same rule ap-
plies to everything else. Try it.
"Well, 1 thought would. l was
in a mood to try almost anything, and
then this novel scheme obviously pos
sessed the notable merits of simplicity
and cheapncss. 1t involved neither
elaborate medical treatment nor dis
agreeable exercise-only a little re-
straint upon ones appetite. l GER
tainly would try it.
"And I did.
''It seemed almost wicked the next
morning to curtail the breakfast cere-
monies by omitting buttered toast and
fruit, but I did it, and my first meal
under the new regimen consisted of
nothing but eggs and iced tea. 1t was
rather a cheerless breakfast, l must
admit, and dinner of rare roast beef
without vegetables of any kind was no
better. There was a strong tempta-
tion to abandon the whole business,
no matter how fat became.
"But persisted, and found, al the
end Of week, that I had lost five
pounds. That was immensely salts
factory and had no hesitation about
continuing the treatment it may
be called treatment. Another week
brought me down five pounds more,
and little later [ touched the 200
mark, having lost exactly l3 pounds
in 13 days. I kept itup until reach
ed 100 pounds, and then returned to
an ordinary diet, 1870 being regarded
as reasonable weight for man of
my height and build. It is now three
weeks since I resumed civilized habits
in the matter of eating, yet have not
gained pound. Great is the French
method.
"Physiologists have always argued
that the ordinary man eats a great
deal more than he really needs, and a
great deal more than is good for him.
Upon this is based the anti-fat theory
which I have found so successful. If
man sit down to dinner Of many
courses, it is argued, he is tempted, by
the mere variety, to eat an excessive
quantity; whereas, if his indulgence
be limited to one well-cooked, nutri-
tious and palatable dish, he is apt to
satisfy the reasonable demands OF ma
ture and then stop. There is nc need
of eating anything that is distasteful,
or of eating less than ones appetite
suggests. Only do not stimulate the
appetite unhealthily by condiments
and dainties and multi-havored food.
After day or two, there is nothing
disagreeable about this regimen, and
inside Of a week anyone can convince
himself that he really has been more
or less Of gourmand and that he is
healthier and thinner upon lighter
diet.
cat all events, as l said in the be-
ginning, it is simple, cheap and harm
less. In my own case it not only
reduced my weight and improved the
general condition Of my system but 1t
relieved me from torturing fear
which all fat men will understand
that I was in danger of becoming mon
strously and permanently adipose: l
am convinced now that l can regulate
my weight within reasonable limits,
and whenever I touch 200 pounds, l
propose to resort again to the French
method. ."-E. H. B. IN st. Louis Re-
public.
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