ruE Ant Eye Ants Eye s-Eye View BY BY MA MAThis MAC MACI C This Is Watch Your Weight Weigh t Week I think A good week week- but disheartening Portrait of a a m man man watching his weight All AH his life he has eaten everything every every- thing he wanted all he wanted Vaguely he was conscious that clothes he hadn't happened to wear f for r years irs had become too probably small small probably shrunk He was vaguely proud of responding to occasional medical questions that he he had weighed almost the same for almost a quarter of a cen cen- tury The almost the same phrase became a registration of vaguely wishful thinking It w wasn't something to worry about There was no overweight problem in l his s family It was perfectly normal for a man to gain a notch or two amidships age So he went on eating Not a second helping but a third and anda a fourth He H loved oved mashed potatoes potatoes potatoes po po- and gravy and he shoveled the mixture in with both handsHe handsHe hands He le ador adored d rich desserts and he drooled them down Between Between Be- Be tween 7 pm p.m. and bedtime with witha a book or TV or some some work there then was always a dish of nuts or cookies or candy at his elbow Much of the excess calories he burned up In work and energy Then he be went on a trip with Ills His Lady Fair They were feted and fed and dined and entertained entertained entertained enter enter- and when they got homo home he stepped on the scales and found he had hod gained seven pounds in ten days He lIe weighed six sic pounds more than he had ever weighed In his life Ute before He Ire stripped and stood sideways sideways sideways side side- ways to a length full mirror and gazed at the reflection In horror His chest had slid down all aJl the way His stomach had moved around back and larded onto his He Inhaled fully and sucked in the gut Nothing hap hap- Suddenly he was fat So he decided to lose 15 pounds and get back to where he was in his twenties wl which ch is pronounced the best weight He lie derided decided he wouldn't 1 take up op a fad fad HE WOULD JUST EAT ENOUGH TO KEEP ALIVE The first week was very successful suc suc- lIe He stayed off the scales I j r because he wanted wanted to surprise f tn rn he finally got he found lound he had lost four pounds in Iya Ina a week Dut But h has he heas e as al ill aye ays hungry Not a n crum crumb b be between meals never quite quit e enough at the table and no des des- Bert sert The s second week he lost lOft tw two o more pounds He lie had picked u up ur p two wo noth notches s In his belt The profile pro pro- file wa wasn't nt quite so bad the bad the Inhaled In- In in inhaled haled chest at least leut came ou out even The third week he add adda addea addeo a pound back I He started checking and realized that while he wasn't wasn t taking seconds he was cheating g I on the original plate So h he ht e started over I t Ii i That was q two weeks ago III II II- IIii I h ii holding the tame same weight He lie lost six 11 pounds pound the first two I weeks and not an ounce since And If II be he eaU eats any less Ins he be tells him eiL h hp will ill stagger and andI I I I tall rail and lie there and Ind p pl I win will step over and around h him bm Dont Don't rind Ind hm tim ti m ven en n lie ht snap and snarls a at af y yu u aid nid kicks dog dOl and shakes h hl his fist firt rot rt babies H His lip H HIs lipis is Just rust Watching Washing Hs Ws Weight V Heis He HI Heis is more to be Pitied Than Cen Cen- I In Iq other words Dang words Dang It t All Im I'm Hungry Mac Mac I