The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-08-13

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patient with the POI
lite remark that as
she would not follow
DR.. Barton any Of the three
methods Of weight
reduction, nothing could be done.
However, close questioning re-
vealed the fact that the lady got q
great deal Of pleasure out Of shop
ping; her hobby being the spending
OF every afternoon in the stores Of
a large city.
The physician then stated that he
would allow her to follow her pres
ent habits and eat the same amount
Of food, il she would eat her heaviest
meal-dinner-at noon instead Of
in the evening. She followed this
advice and lost z pounds the first
month, s the second month, 3 the
third month and ! the fourth month;
a loss Of 16 pounds in four months.
Exercise Requires Fuel.
Eating the heavy meal at noon,
and the light or lunch meal in the
evening caused a loss of weight for
2 reasons: (a) the exercise Of walk
ing about the stores actually used
up some of the excess fat on the
body, and (b) the light meal in
the evening was so light or so poor
in food value, that after it was eat
en-, there was not much excess food
to be turned into fat during the
crest. period Of the evening, and
during the IL hours or more in bed
during the night.
The 8 or 4 hours of walking exer-
else that this patient took every
afternoon required extra fuel and
the excess fat on her body was what
furnished the food or fuel necessary.
Work Requires Energy.
Muscular work has a far greater
effect in raising the energy con-
sumption (using UP Of fuel or fat)
than any other factor" For in
stance, the average man needs 5000
Galleries or heat units Of food daily,
and the average woman about 1000.
Yet if just an ordinary or moder-
ate amount of exercise is taken,
such as walking a mile at a mod
crate pace, as much as 500 cal
cries of food or body fat may be
used up; walking a mile at a brisk
pace or at a slow rate Of running
might easily use up 1000 to $500
calories.
Many professional wrestlers car
ry ten to thirty pounds Of excess
fat because they wrestle 8 to 5 times
each week (sometimes for an. hour
or more) and must carry extra
weight to prevent going 'sstale." It
is not unusual for them to lose S
to 10 pounds during each bout, such
is the effect Of hard exercise in re-
ducing weight. r. r.
Nothing Much to It.
It is all very simple. "The fuel
for doing work or taking exercise
must come from the food eaten or
from the tissues Of the body; if part
of the fuel foods taken in are used
up in doing muscular work, the ex-
cess food eaten (which would nat
urally be stored away as fat) will
store that much less. When the
food intake is too low to provide
the energy needed both for main
tanning the body and for the work
done, the body tissues will be called
upon to supply part of the required
energy and a loss in weight will re-
suit"
However, an important point
about exercise in reducing weight
is not fully recognized and that is
that using the will power to take
any; exercise is q big step forward.
It is no easy matter for the over
weight to move the excess weight
about; it means so much more ef-
fort than for one who is Of normal
weight. Then as the exercise be-
comes easier to do because Of prac-
tice and because there is less weight
to move, the overweight individual
finds himself or herself gradually
increasing the amount Of exercise
taken daily. Afeeling Of ''lightness,".
Of renewed energy replaces the
'.heaviness" Of moving about not
only during exercise but at other
times during the day. As It Is not
much effort to walk short distances,
60 upstairs or perform household
duties more Of these little chores
are done. This means more reduc.
ton Of weight. H
OF course, just Is the reduction Of
weight BY diet, drugs, or gland ex-
tracts should be under medical su-
pervision % should the patient DO
thoroughly examined before taking
exercise and at intervals thereaftar
90 that Il there should be disturb.
anceA 81 the heart Or blood vessels,
the sxercise may b regulated -