| It is remarkable to find how many people eat out | | | | simple things like walking and swimming, things |
| of boredom, sheer habit, or to the | | | | that the person of normal weight can handle with |
| accompaniment of a newspaper, a book, or a | | | | ease and pleasure. Don't let too much weight rob |
| heated business discussion. Many succumb to the | | | | you of a strong heart and the vibrant energy that |
| habit of eating at a "minute" diner, fast food | | | | you need to enjoy a full, healthy life. Learn to |
| restaurant or lunch counter, gulping their food and | | | | count your calories and you can count on more |
| running a "hoof and mouth" race with Father | | | | years of healthy, happy living.We must remember |
| Time. (He always wins.)Others are trained from | | | | that in the past 50-100 years there has been a |
| childhood to stuff themselves-"finish your plate" | | | | considerable reduction in energy expenditure, |
| (An old relic of primitive days when food | | | | because of a more mechanized way of life. |
| scarcities or the uncertainties of a next meal or a | | | | People today don't have to go out to the barn |
| next day were constantly present). Some call this | | | | and hitch up a horse or team or count on a long |
| "scavenger eating;" many children acquire this | | | | walk when they are ready to go somewhere. |
| habit by imitating their parents who are imitating | | | | They merely step into their car, |
| their parents who may have been raised under | | | | which is as close to the front door as they can |
| food scarcity circumstances.Many men and | | | | manage it, and then drive to their destination, |
| women are the victims of monotony or plain poor | | | | again parking as near the entrance as possible.The |
| cooking in their meals. They rarely vary the | | | | introduction of countless labor-saving devices in |
| selection and choice of foods out of sheer inertia, | | | | our home, factories, and offices has also robbed |
| indifference, or lack of attention. So they try to | | | | us of most of the physical exertion our |
| make up in quantity what they lack in quality, | | | | grandparents and great-grandparents knew. In |
| seeking satisfaction from calories instead of from | | | | fact, when it comes to conserving energy, we |
| quality and contrast.Dr. Arthur Master, in a study | | | | seem to have approached about as near as we |
| of a group of patients not suffering from heart | | | | can get to a vegetable existence.The message is |
| disease, found that a significant loss of weight | | | | clear; we must break our old bad habits and |
| was followed by an average 35 per cent | | | | develop new good ones if we want to lose |
| reduction in the work the heart has to do. The | | | | weight. Making healthier food choices whenever |
| lesson to you is clear: Even though your heart is | | | | possible, watching our portions at mealtime, and |
| strong, overweight taxes it with work and strain | | | | getting in some exercise regularly are paramount |
| beyond its normal capacity. A healthy heart is | | | | if we want to keep our weight down and live a |
| gradually weakened by the extra stress imposed | | | | long, healthy, happy life.Jim O'Neill gives you tons |
| on it by 20, 30 or 40 pounds of unnecessary | | | | of valuable information on the subjects of weight |
| fat.Your energy reserves are depleted; you feel | | | | loss, fitness, and nutrition to make it easy for you |
| tired too soon and too often, even when doing | | | | to live a healthy lifestyle. |