B22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 17,1984
Beware! Bathing Suit Season Ahead
NEWARK, Del. - Now that
warm weather is on the way,
thoughts turn to the great out
doors, sunshine, beach blankets,
and yes, bathing suits. Is
imagining yourself in last year’s
suit enough to make you want to
move to Alaska?
Hearty winter appetities and
lack of exercise have taken their
toll on many a figure. If yours is
among them, don’t fret Start now
and you can lose that spare tire by
summer, says Karen Steiger, a
University of Delaware dietetics
student working with Extension
EFNEP Coordinator Marguerite
Krackhardt
Doctors and dietitians recom
mend a slow, gradual weight loss
of one to two pounds per week.
Since on pound of fat equals 3,500
calories of energy, you need to
burn 3,500 to 7,000 extra calories
each week to lose one or two
pounds. To burn up that energy you
can either decrease your daily food
instake by 500 to 1,00 calories,
increase your daily activity by 500
to 1,000 calories, or combine the
two approaches.
Decreasing your food intake by
500 calories isn’t too hard, Steiger
says. It just takes some will power
and willingness to change. Start
paying attention to the little extras
you may eat without thinking. For
instance, five tablespoons of
butter, 11 tablespoons of sugar, or
10 chocolate chip cookies each add
up to 500 calories. You could
eliminate 500 calories in one day by
doing without three tablespoons of
sugar in your coffee and cereal,
two tablespoons of butter on your
toast and potato, and the three
cookies you usually have before
bed.
On the exercise side, you could
burn up your 500 calories with 110
minutes of slow bicycling (5.5
mph); 75 minutes of tennis; 45 to
100 minutes of swimming
(depending on your speed); or
walking 6V4 miles in 125 minutes.
Because it’s hard to cut out all
the foods you love, and just as hard
to find two free hours for bicycling
every day, Steiger says a com
bination of calorie reduction and
exercise makes sense. You could
cut out two tablespoons of sugar
(from coffee or grapefruit) one
tablespoon of butter (from toast or
vegetables) and one cookie or
other snack or dessert, then go out
walking for an hour with a friend.
Do this every day for a week and
you’ve said goodbye to your first
pound.
If you need a strict weight loss
regime to follow, you’ll find plenty
to chose from. Just be sure to pick
a sensible plan. Steiger offers
these guidelines-
DO choose a long-term plan.
Slow, gradual weight loss is safest
and most effective.
DO talk to your doctor before
starting any serious weight loss
program, especially if it involves
strenous exercise or a loss of more
than 10 pounds. A phone call may
be all you need to get his or her
okay.
DO choose a balanced diet, with
foods from all four food groups
plus fats and oils. Your body needs
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DO choose a diet you can follow.
Exotic foods or expensive items
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DON’T choose a plan that
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