When dieting, due care and caution is called for. Take me for instance (my wife always says that and people laugh, but I don’t get it) I wanted to take some pound off before a class reunion. The Slim-Fast plan was all the rage then. It had two words that sold me, the first was slim, which of course is how I wanted to be. The second was fast, the reunion was two days away! I was in such a hurry I got confused and went on the Slim Jim diet. Was I ever embarrassed! I was in New York around New... Sign in to see full entry.