John had a girlfriend, Edith. They were nuts about each other but she was always after him to lose weight after our playing days were over. One day she gave him an ultimatum, that if they were ever to marry, he'd need to slim down. “I'm not going to be a young widow!”.
But John could not stop eating and even grew bigger. Frustrated, he asked me what he could do. I told him it was simple. “You can not have your cake and Edith too!”