Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories by Lulu Hunt Peters
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control of their will power, and now I can't do it.
Somehow, will power with a layer of fat on it gets feeble. Don't laugh, you too thin! It gets worse than feeble, if there is no fat at all and the nervous system is starved, it--well, I won't say what it does, for I don't want to worry you. [Sidenote: _Now That Order Is Restored I Will Resume_] Will power, being feeble to a greater or less degree, must be bolstered and aided a bit, to begin with, so-- _First Order_ [Sidenote: _Watch Your Weight!_] [Sidenote: _Nature Always Counts_] Tell loudly and frequently to all your friends that you realize that it is unpatriotic to be fat while many thousands are starving, that you are going to reduce to normal, and will be there in the allotted time. If you belong to a club, round up the overweights and form a section. Call it the "Watch Your Weight--Anti-Kaiser Class." Tax the members sufficiently to buy a good, accurate pair of scales. Meet once a week to weigh. Wear approximately the same weight clothes, and weigh at the same time in relation to eating. Do this whether or not you belong to a club. Once or twice a week is often enough to weigh. Scales vary, so try to use the same ones. Don't be discouraged if some day after you have dieted well you seem to |
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