The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-08-12


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 a
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, 5 the second month, 8 the
third month and ] the fourth month !;
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
rest period of the evening, and
during the IL hours or more in bed
during the night.
The 8 or hours of walking exer.
else that this patient took every
afternoon required extra fuel anc
the excess fat on her body was wha'
furnished the food or fuel necessary
Work Requires Energy.
Muscular work has 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 2 900
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 brisk
pace or at a slow rate of running
might easily use up 1000 to 1,50t
calories.
Many professional wrestlers car
ry ten to thirty pounds of exces:
fat because they wrestle 3 to time,
each week sometimes for an hour
or more) and must carry extra
weight to prevent going stale" I
is not unusual for them to lose
to 10 pounds during each bout, such
is the effect of hard exercise in re
ducing weight.
Nothing Much to 1t.
1t Is all very simple. 1.-THE fue
for doing work or taking exercise
must come from the food eaten OF
from the tissues of the body, if par
of the fuel foods taken in are usee
up in doing muscular work, the ex
cess food eaten (Which would nat
urally be stored away as faD vii
store that much less. When ths
food intake is too low to provide
the energy needed both for main
tanning the body and for the worl
done, the body tissues will be callet
upon to supply part of the required
energy and loss in weight will re
suit
However, an important poin
about exercise introducing weigh
is not fully recognized and that i,
that using the will power to tax,
any exercise is big step forward
1t is no easy matter for the over
weight to move the excess weigh
about, it means SO much more eff
fort than for one who is of norma
weight. Then as the exercise be
comes easier to do because of prac
tice and because there is less weigh
to move, the overweight individual
finds himself or herself gradual,
increasing the amount of exercis,
taken daily. A feeling of ''lightness,
of renewed energy replaces tn,
"heaviness" of moving about no
only during exercise but at othe
times during the day. AS it is no
much effort to walk short distances
60 upstairs or perform household
duties more of these little chore
are done. This means more reduc
ton Of weight.
OF course, just as the reduction O
weight by diet, drugs, or gland ex
tracts should be under medical su
pervision SO should the patient b.
thoroughly examined before takinI
exercise and at intervals thereafte
so that II there should be disturb
ances OF the heart or blood vessels
the exercise may be regulated nc
cordingly.