Safe Ways To Slimness

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 142, 12 March 1938, Page 5 (Supplement)

Safe Ways To Slimness

It Is Not Worth Paying For Your Figure With Your Nerves TT is the ambition of every woman to be slim, but she should be sensibly slim. To be too thin is nearly as detrimental to your appearance as being too fat, and a svelte figure achieved at the cost of frayed nerves and a weakened constitution is not worth the price. article, which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, suggests sensible ways, of becoming slim.

rpiIERE are two primary things to A decide on. First, you will have to have determination and decide that, no matter what happens, you will persist in your task, and, secondly, you will have to discover the weight which is most desirable —for health reasons — and then decide to keep that weight. The first decision needs no explanation. Determination to succeed rests entirely in your own hands, and on your determination the deciding factor is balanced. The second decision will need'a little research on your part. Every person’s weight varies, and what may be healthy slimness for one person could quite easily be weakening for another type. For instance, brunettes can never be as healthily .slim as blondes. Blondes seem to be naturally built for slimness, whereas brunettes and red heads always carry a few pounds extra weight. Then you must also make allowance for large or small bones. A small-boned person of eight stone could be pleasantly covered with flesh, whereas a large-boned person of the same weight would be skinny. Another point which is very important, and which you must always remember, is that your weight varies during the da, and if you wish to have a correct record of your poundage then you must always weigh yourself at the same time. For instance, during the night, whilst you are asleep you lose about 3Jlb. Then you gain about two pounds with your breakfast, lose about a pound of it before lunch, gain it again after lunch, lose three-quarters of it before dinner, and gain about two after dinner. Therefore you can see that to find your correct weight you must always weigh yourself at the same time. The average girl of average height should weigh between Bst. 41b. and Bst. 81b. If your height is five feet, your weight should be 110 pounds, and after that you can add four pounds for every extra inch in height. That would give you approximately the normal weight for women between the ages of 18 and 35. For every year over the age of 35 you should add lib. Now that you have discovered what you should weigh, the next thing is to keep that weight. In the case of surplus poundage all over the body, this weight keeping can be achieved by diet. Diet is not a serious matter nor should it be so very tedious. It is a matter of common sense. For instance, your calories, or food values, affect your weight. Butter and rich foods contain a high calorific content, and it is not very sensible to refuse foods at lunch time, on the grounds that you are slimming, and then, at afternoon tea, to swallow two or three rich cream cakes. These are the things which must be avoided. Many writers have given diets of what you should eat; in fact,l very often do so myself, but this time I am going to tell you all the things which can be eaten, and then allow you to form your own menu. This method will stop that monotonous lunch-time menu and will allow you to keep down that surplus poundage. Nou can rest secure that the enclosed list is definitely reducing. Soups.—Clear soups. .Meats. —Beef, fish, lamb, mutton, poultry, rabbit, veal. Vegetables.—Asparagus, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, ciwuuabex.

lettuce, onions, radishes, spinach, tomatoes, turnips.

Fruits. —Practically all fruits with the exception of bananas. Beverages.—Fresh fruit drinks. Tea or coffee, with very little sugar. Remember that butter and all fats and sweets are weight producing. Diet will help the girl who is overweight, but it is not of much assistance to the girl who has a fat waist or whose legs and ankles are on the thick side. These people will need exercise. A “tummy” which is too pronounced can be reduced by stretching the arms above the head as far as possible and clasping the hands. Then bend forward and to the left and to the right. You will feel the diaphraghm being pulled in, and you must remember afterwards that when you walk you should always try and hold the stomach in this position. Repeat this exercise about 10 times every night and morning.