Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-27

Frankly, l am feeling loWdoWn
and discouraged at this point. l
keep remembering the ten
pounds off in two weeks the time
l tried the Fabulous Formula
last year.
Of course, 1 also remember
that in the next two weeks l gain
ed the ten pounds back plus a
bad case of shingles. This is
probably why our leader, Mrs.
Mollie Eaton, assistant home dem
onstration agent, is so insistent
that we eat three well balanced
meals day.
should also be discouraged
over the fact that l am still two
pounds heavier than the 140
which used to be my danger sig
nal to start dieting.
But somehow my contrariness
takes over at this point and l
go back to counting calories with
grim determination.
This is it," 1 say, "Now or
never" If 1 don't, then in few
years l will be heading for the
Blimp department to buy my
size 42h sackcloths.
However, there are few points
in Mrs. Eaton's recommended re-
gime at which l rebel.
At last Wednesdays meeting,
Mrs. Eaton tormented us with
three enticing samples of varia-
tons on the 330-calory breakfast
menu. They looked good enough
to eat, and were, but variety in
the early morning is the pne
thing don't want.
am not the bubbling spright-
ly type before breakfast. l am
not even the snarling swapping
type unless prodded too far lit
takes too much energy to be
nasty.
All l ask is to be left alone to
climb on my little treadmill and
perform the necessary routines
with my eyes shut and my brain
perking on one cylinder. Some
where along the route to work
l wake up and begin to take an
interest in the world around me.
But never before breakfast.
So five days a week / have the
same 275-calory breakfast of half
grapefruit, two soft boiled eggs
with one teaspoon butter and
coffee with whole milk.
Weekends, when L can get up
at decent hour, / am more in
terested in "the spice of life" so
our Saturday and Sunday break
fasts are deliberately different.
Mrs. Eaton's "obsession" with
our daily milk consumption is
another point of disagreement. l
absolutely refuse to face skim
milk or buttermilk in the morn
ing and though struggle with
it at the other two meals l don't
think this habit is here to stay.
Imagine wasting 255 precious
calories on three glasses of but
termilk! Think of all the lusci-
Gus foods you could eat instead.
l would much rather concentrate
those calories in an extra piece
of steak or another hamburger.
When my teeth fall out and
my bones turn to mush, I'll let
Mrs. Eaton say IL told you sO."
Our psychologist, DR.. Gerhard
Colts, offered a reasonable ex.
PLANTATION for my tendency to eel
citrate at the week-ends and at
parties.
This isn't so unique after all.
Lots of people can't take good
feelings and tend to compensate
by overeating or drinking. The
letdown that comes after reach
ing a long-sought goal produces
the same reaction, DR.. Colts said.
It's all the fault of our modern
civilization which doesn't allow
strong feelings Of any kind, Keep
Koo" is our motor, and all the
people gulping "happy pills" are
just another symptom of this dis.
ease.
Actually, DR.. Cots was a trifle
disconcerting to the bunch of us.
Instead of stern Papa telling
us why we MUST diet, we got
shrug and the startling statistic
that ten out of ten people die"
In other words, II we don't die
from overeating we'll probably
trip on the rug and break our
necks anyway.
He also expressed doubts
about our motives for dieting. II
we are just doing it to please our
husbands or our children, we
probably will be back on the up
hill slide as soon as the course
Is over.
Although he didn't specifically
mention weak-minded reporters
being forced to diet by slave-driv.
ing editors, / think the same prin.
ciple applies. What some PEG.
pie won't do for a story. J
My struggle with the celebra.
tons continues. There was the
Democratic dinner with the cock.