Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-15
Great Benefit

Great Benefit
If I can only impress upon you
the great benefit this will be, feel
sure that you will practice it not
only as an exercise but learn to
sway your body more nimbly as you
execute your tasks.
I am anxious for you to increase
the circulation around the torso be-
cause 1 know how much this will
affect your digestion, and that is
your big need if you wish to gain
weight. Therefore, note in the il
Illustration that the body is held
rigid from the hips down, and the
real strain Of the bend comes at the
waist line. Make this swing and
bend as wide and high as you can,
covering as much space as possible.
Also keep in mind the thought that
you are lifting a weight.
It often happens that thin per-
son is more developed on one side Of
the body than the other. This ex-
ercise offers a wonderful oppor-
tunity to even up both sides if you
practice it more times on the side
that needs development. This COM
bined with deep breathing will soon
put you in fine trim, and will also
take away any sense of awkward
ness or self-consciousness It tends
to make the body nimble and makes
it wonderfully graceful.
Any exercise that has a tendency
to lift the body is excellent for any
one who is over-fatigued, or for a
Nu11n ics -
sense Of elation, overcomes depres-
son, and, in fact is a splendid all
round exercise for you whom I am
so anxious to help Increase your
weight. After you have learned TO
stretch to the fullest sway the body
from side to side.
Eat Slowly
I have found that the chief diff
Guilty Of the thin woman at luncheon
time is that she eats her food in too
hurried a manner. That is some
thing [ want you to overcome. You
should never eat when you are
tired or nervous. Especially is this
true of luncheon when you go back
Immediately to your tasks. 1t is
better to eat a small quantity and
chew this well and digest it all than
to partake of heavy luncheon and
have the body only partly nourished
because the food is not assimilated
A little hot broth, a broiled chop
piece of chicken, or some broiled
fish, are nourishing, but be sure
and have at least two vegetables
served with cream sauce or but
ter sauce. Remember that the
| water that vegetables are cooked
| in contains valuable vitamines, par
ticular1y useful in increasing your
weight.
IF YOU have a salad, see that the
dressing contains plenty of olive OIL
as this is a wonderful fat-formlng
| food and is rich in nourishment
Eggs, any way you choose, are good
| Do not forget that milk is the best
| food that you can have. Drink as
much as possible and have it figure
largely in the desserts such as Gus
tard. etc. Corn bread, whole wheat
bread. graham bread, bran mullins
are better for you than just plain
white bread.
Remember that the appetite fo1
certain kinds of food can be cult
waited. Now that you are so faithful,
with these exercises. I am sure
that your appetite will increase and
you will enjoy picking fattenina
foods from the list of nourishinc
foods that 7 have given you. There
! is in the very air a certain feeling
Of relaxation that makes us fee
more phlegmatic. Yield to this feel
| ing and it will become a habit will
you. It is a splendid antidote for :
worrisome nature and it will surely
help to increase your weight.