Adrien Arpel

Okay Jane. Here is the update. Actually, the explanation. When Alison was here two weeks ago, she ferreted out a book I had which dates back to the 80's - Adrien Arpel's Three Week Crash Makeover Program. We all laughed a lot and then I thought, "Hey, why not give it a try." So I started yesterday. The diet consists of eating anything within reasonable amounts except red meat (beef lamb & pork) and no salt and no booze. Giving up red meat and booze is not difficult but doing without salt is going to be easier said than done. I love my salt. For dinner last night I had a chicken breast and some mushrooms NO SALT in either the cooking or shaking on. That was some mighty tasteless food. It will be interesting to see how I am with it by the end of three weeks. AA says it is because salt retains water but I think it is because there is absolutely no interest in second helpings when the first helping tastes so bland. My brother in law, Bob, has never used salt and he seems to be fine with it.

The second thing I have to do is exercise. I must skip rope for five minutes a day! I haven't started yet because I only found a skipping rope yesterday. Also I decided that because I will be gung ho with the self improvement, I will do a daily regimen of face exercises. I found a book about this. It involves sitting in front of a mirror and contorting my face into various strange shapes. I tried it out while I was in Brighton and Alison laughed her head off in the manner of one whose face is young and unlined. I'm taking some up close and personal pictures of myself so I can do a before and after comparison. Oh the joy of digital cameras.