Show t Health By Lulu Hunt Peters MD v dirt L fb K p to the tho I NORMAL VARIATIONS IN WEIGHT REDUCING LESSON NO 4 Youve You've been on the liquid diet for lor two days now You have one more day to go to complete the three- three da day stomach shrinking period I promised you that when you were weighed you would find V yo you tf u had lost from five to ten pounds A large part of this loss Is the excess ex excess excess ex- ex cess water that up to this time has nas been retained In the tissues to keep the tissue fluids normal and this has been necessary because of your you r concentrated and over over-a over abundant diet The more water-logged water you have been the more you will lose on tbs three-day three liquid diet pe period pe- pe That That's e s the rea reason on I g give t amount that will h be That lost fn In weight I a variation of from five to ten tea pounds Now that you jou ou have been on this liquid or semi-liquid semi diet the excess water Is not necessary In the system and you jou havo have eliminated p lm It It Some of ot my follower have thought that trey they had Kuney trouble because of 01 this free tree nation of water but that free elimination nation Is not a symptom of kidney trouble anyway You will find that when you go goon goon goon on your 1200 calories dally daily and ar q getting som some some solid food your system lYS- lYS tem will retain a little more water THE DAILY VARIATION OF WEIGHT If you have a bathroom scale and andI I strongly advise you to get one then It will be lots of fun to weigh Just before retiring and before your bath In the morning and to keep a record of your dally daily weights w 1 Yo You 1 i will find tint that in inthe the morning you jou will weigh a pound and one-half one to two pounds less thaI you did die the night before This Is due to tJ the loss of water that has been giVen en off ort by the lungs through respiration re the skin and the kidneys kid- kid nes ne's during the nisi t If you ou oudon dont don't t eat anything during the day or eat very little you weigh Jess less Jessat at night than you do In n the morning mornIng mornIng morn morn- Ing of the same day because of 01 this loss of water through the lungs and kidneys If you haven't haven t a bathroom scale then once or twice a week on the same scale Is often enough to be weighed But you u must these points It if you want to have ha an accurate Idea of how much you vou have lost Weigh at the sam same time lime of day In relation to satins and elimination and In the same weight clothes For Instance Instante c It if you weigh yourself before lunch on one day then you should 1 yourself before lunch the next time lime It Jf you want vant to know the actual nual 1 variation In weight unless ss you de deduct deduct deduct de- de duct the weight of the foods mJ liquids you have taken and nd this Is difficult to compute There Js is a daily dally variation In weight due to the difference in the water that Is normally normany retained inthe In Inthe Inthe the system When you eat salty and concentrated foods more Vat water r rIs Is retained and for this reason the salty and concentrated foods should be avoided It Is the weekly variation In weight that you should be concerned about For Instance you may lose los one one- quarter of a pound of fat on a certain day but retain one and one- one quarter pounds of water That would make your yo-ur scales show again a again l gain of one pound In weight while In reality you have lost one q One mt mtr r r of a pound of fat The water Is eliminated dally daily so there cat cai be only one days day's retention of w Water er erat at any anytime time and If it you record your weekly you have seven days' days loss of fat tat against one against one day days day's s retention of water And yo you should show a weekly loss on 1200 calories dally daily of one and one one- one calf alf to two pounds It Its It's s a wise plan on the day before before before be be- fore you arc are going to record your jour weight to go a little lower than usual on your calories and to eat no salty or concentrated foods Tomorrow Tomorrow-A A 1200 Calorie 1200 Calorie Sampie Sam Sampie pie Menu Copyright 1926 by th the George Matthew Adams Service |