Show rf i w y Doctor Doctorin in the Kitchen by w. w WW W. W Bauer MD M.D. r Consultant National Dairy Darry Council t I d ARE YOUR ZIPPERS TOO TIGHT Are your zippers becoming too tight Your zip and your zoom no not quite right 4 Have you feelings of dis quieting L Thinking of dieting P Are your best clothes looking lookIng looking look look- Ing a 8 sight Lady youre you're inching up to overweight overweight over over- weight n There Goes That Fit r Most women notice weight gains first in the gradual loss oi of the good fit they are accustomed to in their clothing Getting into t the girdle becomes more and more difficult and getting out of y it gives even greater relief than usual Of course perhaps you do need p I new clothes but when the saleslady sales sales- f lady says in her most honeyed tones Perhaps this sixteen will willbe willbe willbe be better Madam its it's time to tol l consult your ancient enemy the scale If you have not done so already and learned the dismal truth r Overweight Not Sadden Sudden Overweight does not strike like a bolt out of the blue It is a slow insidious process that can sneak up on you if you are not watchful The bathroom scale is helpful if used judiciously ButI But I not every morning There are too many weight variations from day to day mainly due to water balance to to make a daily weighIng weight weigh- weigh t Ing tug useful Once a week is best beston beston on the same d day y and the same hour preferably be before ore breakfast y J and in the same relationship each time to bowel and bladder con- con And then your diet Here theres there's plenty of help for you In dietary notions and promotions of all kinds and from numerous sources Before committing yourself your self to any of these quickies which are usually disappointing and very very temporary ask your doctors doctor's advice You should have a up check-up anyway before beginning any program of weight control Gradually Shrinking CIoth Clothing You can be thankful for the gradually shrinking clothing because It gives you early warn warn- ing Its It's much easier casier to take off five pounds than 15 There are some warnings you should heed about losing weight Starving yourself is the wrong answer its it's rugged it upsets your body chemistry including decreasing decreasing ing tag your muscle more than fat and if continued too long it may create permanent damage through malnutrition involving vital Drugs are not the answer either except under the strictest medical supervision Neither is cutting out the fattening foods This upsets the nutritional balance balance balance bal bal- ance and anyway there are no- no fattening foods only fattening diets This isn't the time to take fright Or to starve with all your might Nor rashly to dash For a diet that's crash Just keep your meals balanced bal bal- balanced and light |