By JEAN NIDETCH

ONE SHIP, two ships,
there’s no ship like friend-
ship. These words, scrawled
in childish handwriting
across a page of my grades
school autograph book,
reminds me how dearly we
hold our friends, even from
our earliest years. Most of us
would agree -that . without
friendship, life would have
little meaning. Yet when it
comes to weight control, even
the most well-meaning of
friends can cause us no end
of trouble.

“To like and dislike the

same things, that -is indeed

true friendship,’’ wrote the
- Roman Sallust in 40 B.C. Yet
if one of the ‘‘ties that bind’’
is a shared passion for cheese
Danish or mocha fudge,
either your friendship or your
waistline is bound to suffer!
Overweight people do tend
to seek other overweight peo-
ple as friends, perhaps
because they feel less self-
conscious with themselves, or
perhaps because of the com-
raderie of shared eating ex-
periences. But when a friend-
ship becomes an obstacle to
reaching a goal, it’s time to
re-examine the relationship.
If your friendship is most

_-often expressed in the morn-

ing cof! fee-break-over-cof fee-

cake, the shopping expedi-
tion with lunch, or dinner
dates and pizza breaks,
perhaps it’s time your
togetherness found a new ex-
pression. Why not invite a
friend over next time just to
talk? Or for the tea or coffee
without the ‘‘with-its’’? Bet-
ter yet, why not get out and
DO something together?
Visit a flea. market or art
gallery, engage in some
volunteer work, attend a play
Or concert, sign up for an
aerobics class. And reject the
idea that every get-together
must culminate with a food
experience. .

If you explain to your
friend that you enjoy her

company, but can’t handle
the extra calories, she should
understand. You may even
find your friend is undergo-
ing the same struggle with the
calories you are, but was
afraid to mention it!

In fact,
group of friends which meets
weekly at each other’s homes
for a game -of bridge and a
low calories meal.

I know of one

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