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Show I "HOW I REDUCED II I i MRS.EVAIANE3 POINDS IN 6 WEEKS , II ( TODAY I shall tell you of my second week's work with Mrs, Eva Lane, who, under the medical su-l)oi su-l)oi vision aud instructions of Dr. Lean K. Sadler J ot the Chicago Institute of Physiologic Thcrapcu- poutics, I reduced thirty-six pounds in six weeks. m On Feb. 1 Mr. Lane weighed ,20-iy, pounds. On March 14, after six weeks" dieting and exercising she was reduced to 1GS& pounds: in addition her waist was re- I duccd from 37A to 50 "inches nud hcrhips fiom -19 to 41 inches. I During the first week's work Mrs. Lane lost eight pounds, during the second week six, making a total loss I for the first two weeks of fourteen pounds. So you see, my heavy sisters, reducing can be done. IR? Where there's the will there', a wnj to get nd of your superfluous flesh. Mrs. Lane bad the will, and if you could sec how much better looking she is minus her thirty-six thirty-six unnecessary pounds, how much younger, more active, and how much better she feels, you would get to work immediately following her example. As I said in my previous article, many women are-under are-under tho impression that to reduce they need only diet. And tluy can reduce by dieting only. But the sad part -,i tne " (ct "l.v " !,.v of reducing is that .ou don't stav J reduced. And if you have overlooked the impoitancc of exercise along with the dieting you will in every probabil- $ lty look worse after the los of pounds than before for ) the reason that the skin, which had been stretched taut oer the fat, will with the loss of flesh be flabby, wrinkled, Sand " wattly." Reducing isn't all fun. I'll admit that. You hae to a work and work hard to make muscle take the place of discarded fat. But the improvement in your looks nnl health will be worth ten times the work you will be called upon to do. Now for our second week's lesson with my model, Mr. Lane. First, there is an important point in this business of reducing which niauy women overlook and which may be responsible for serious complications where strenuous i dieting and exercising arc used. It is a condition of in-crensrd in-crensrd nciditj which must be warded off by nn alkaline. During the latter part of the first week's work this con- flii H., Jllli It. I.IM. fr Jr i "" $ ill i PI I'll! i$kk0&lir- 'J '. mmmsmsm fi Mm Idition was discovered in Mrs. Lane Dr. Sadler prc-3 prc-3 beribed for her a tcaspoonful of calcined magnesia mora- ; ing and night for three days, with instructions to discon tinue It for three days and then to renew again for an-i an-i other three days aud so on during the whole course of mi' model's reduction. Another thing you must not lose sight of the need of dails' massage of face aud neck. A double chin is the .; invariable complement of an overheavy body. Included in. it each, week's exercises nro those in which neck and chin I muscles are given work to do. After each' set of exercises L is done with go over both face and chin with a good cold T cream nnd massage for a couple of minutes at least. Then at night before retiring give neck and face a special a massage, ending with a nibbing over of cither camphor- fffc atcd ico or plain ice, both of which arc excellent astrin- f gents. If you neglect this massage and astringent appli cation nfter you have lost a number of pounds there will bo " wattles " under your chin aud maybe lines in your ' face. Bnt don't be frightened about this happening to X you if you maBsagc both faco and neck. It won't. In addition to the exercises I gave Mre. Lane in her first week's course she practiced during her second week if those illustrated and described on this page. Dp at 7 o'clock in tho morning, Mrs. Lane's reducing mmtt' ' day began with five minutes' deep breathing, which is almost al-most as important as dieting, for deep breathing burns up fat as nothing else does. Remember this as many times as you can during the day, and remembering it, deep breathe. Mrs. Lane's household duties absorbed her until nearly 10 o'clock. These included getting breakfast, washing the dishes, cleaning and sweeping and bed making and other ordinary household duties familiar to every homekeoper, and all of which should be considered as healthy, flesh reducing work, During her second week's work Mrs. Lane increased her daily walk from two to three miles a day, deep breathing breath-ing as she walked. Onco in the morning, once in the early afternoon, once in the late afternoon, and once before going to bed Mrs. Lane practiced her exercises. The first week's exercises she practiced this second week as high as 100 times each. The V exercise and the bowing exercise, both illustrated herewith, she started doing five times each, not increasing increas-ing more than to twenty or thirty times by the end of the week, ns these she found a bit hard, although wonder- I folly beueficinl for reducing waist and abdomen. i The second week I changed Mrs. Lane's diet, keeping - the food supply down to S00 calories for the full day's c HI $. ' " - HI wh," $&8t&'' "' 'M ' I xSBm' " -''mm) 1 1. This exorcise is for back, abdomen, and chest and neck reduction. First assume sitting position with soles of feet together. Stretch head back as far as you can, as illustrated. Then go forward as far as you can, bringing hands around to clasp ankles as you start to come back. Then see how nearly you can touch yjir t0Gs as in. illustration below. This is difficult. Don't strain begin with three times and gradually increase. 2. Bowing exercise reduces abdomen, legs, neck, back, and chest. Lay Hat on the floor, face and toes down, slowly raise head and legs, as illustrated, keeping legs stretched to tips of toes. Go back to original position. Do this three times and increase gradually. Don't strain. 3. Percussion movement. Begin this slapping slap-ping movement first by slapping the waist quite vigorously with both hands, inhaling as you slap. Then slap the chest and arm pits, using nsts instead of open hands. This tones the muscles as well as reduces. Slap five times in each position, inhaling as you slap. Rest a moment to exhale between change of position. 1. Seated on a stool without a back,' eyes straight ahead, hands grasping sides, keep feet firmly planted on floor and swing the body first to right five times, as illustrated. Then assume straight ahead position again and swing body to left five times. Rest a minute then bend the upper body as far as possible from one side to the other, as in large illustration. This is a wonderful waist reducer. equircment, which is the right number of calorics for a voman to confine herself to if she wishes to reduce. In :ase you don,'t understand exactly what a calory is I shall lftfrmTft"l11i'i i mViaHaiVMWV imil IA f, repeat that it is a unit of heat and energy measurement used to represent the actual value of food in the process of nutrition. To give j'ou a clearer idea, perhaps, one large baked potato contains 100 calories, as does one large, thick slice of bread, n glass of good rich milk, or a square of butler. After each article of food In this, .Mrs. Lane's second week diet, I shall insert the number of calories it represents: On rising One glass of lemonade without sugar (50 calories). 8 a. m. One and one-half ounces of lean ham or bacon or dried beef (50 calorics) ; one dry roll (100 calorics) ; one cup coffee or tea without cream and sugar (no calories). 10 a. in. One glass of water and lemon without sugar (50 calorics). 1- in. One oiance (75 calories), o p. m. Four ounces of clear broth with no fat (100 calorics) : abouudaut portion of cooked cabbage or tomatoes or asparagus or celery, prepared without with-out butter, oil or cream (100 calorics) ; one glass of lemonade without sugar (50 calorics). 7 p. m. Thrco ounces of lean beef, mutton, or lamb (100 calories) ; one slice of brnn bread (100 calo- ' ries) : celery (25 calories) ; sour pickles (25 calorics). If you aro so situated that it is inconvenient to follow the hours of the diet given above you may combine tho 12 nnd the S o'clock meals. Mrs. Lane ,"ouud it easier to follow this timo'ldict for the first two weeks until she had gotten UBcd to dieting. Ignorance of foods that arc fat producing is responsiblo lfl for a powerful lot of extra weight folks are carrying around unnecessarily. "When you realize that a woman ill .n good working condition requires not more than 1,S00 ' ! calorics a day to keep her strong nnd healthy, nnd when i Lfl you realize further that the ordinary dinner of meat and j H vegetables and dessert nets yon between 1,000 and 1,200 j fl calories, leaving only about COO calories for breakfast v fl and luncheon, you can see how easy it is to step over the j boundary. I j S An ordinary piece of pie Is 300 calories; n piece of I; fl cake, 200 calorics : two slices of bread, 200 calories ; lit cereal with cream, 200 calories; one large fig, 100 calo- 1,1 M ries ; a smnll serving of mashed potatoes, 100 calorics. Sa (j you can readily see the need to keep a coldly calculating jj fl eye on the foods you eat so that you keep within the re- l fl quired food limits that spell nntl-fat. j 9 Next week I shall tell you of Mrs. Lane's progress and j fl her exercises and her diet during her third week of re- j jl ducing work. 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