I know that me writing posts about this book will probably get old if it hasn't already, but the three of you who read this blog are just going to have to deal with it because I am completely obsessed with SATSG. Okay, so the twenty pages devoted to styling your apartment with the help of a decorator and the twelve pages of recipes for things with names like Chocolate Angel Pie, and ingredients that include canned mushrooms and vanilla pudding mix aren't the most fascinating read, but I promise the rest of it is priceless.
In a chapter called "The Shape You're In," Helen Gurley Brown outlines her dieting tips as well as her opinion on "fatties." After reading this chapter, methinks HGB might have something of an eating disorder.
On Crash Dieting: If you'd like to crash away six pounds in two days, here is a diet men like. Invite one to join you.
Breakfast: 1 egg any style, no butter, One glass white wine
Lunch: 2 eggs any style, Two glasses white wine
Dinner: 1 steak, Finish the bottle of white wine
I'd suggest the weekend for the crash. Sufficient nutrition in here, but you get fuzzy.
(I think I know people who are on this diet, they're called alcoholics. I would also like to see a copy of her food pyramid. Moving on . . .)
On What Constitutes a Full Meal: A jar of yogurt or wedge of cheese could be lunch. Of course, you'll have to find something else to do during lunch hour. What about a juicy novel, or a nap?
On What Constitutes a Full Meal: A jar of yogurt or wedge of cheese could be lunch. Of course, you'll have to find something else to do during lunch hour. What about a juicy novel, or a nap?
On Eating on the Cheap: It's silly to say you can't afford protein! A cup of cottage cheese is 25 cents. Add some fresh peaches, and that's dinner.
On Cookieholism: Fatties never give skinnies credit for any will power. They prefer to assume you're one of the freaks. Well, I diet every day of my life by willfully selecting health foods. Cookieholics, like alcoholics, are only arrested, never cured.
She also goes on to say that she weighs 109 lbs and has a 23 inch waist. I have no idea what a 23 inch waist even looks like, but I would imagine that having one would also require you to shop at Baby Gap, which doesn't sound very chic to me. As I've decided to adopt HGB as my new life coach, however, I'm going to have to take her word for it. Now where did I put my glass of breakfast wine?
1 comment:
i must point out that hgb thought up the atkins diet before atkins! how ahead of her time
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