WINTER WEIGHT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 August 1940, Page 8

WINTER WEIGHT

BANISH THIS BOGEY. EXERCISE YOUR WAY TO BEAUTY. Winter-time means heavier foods and all they can do towards ruining trim waists and slim hips. Now's the time to exercise. Not violent reducing "jerks’’ to make you the envy of your Garbominded friends, but exercises which will eleminiate the fare of extra winter pounds. You tend to become lazy in the cold weather —it’s too much effort to drag yourself from the fireside to trot around the block a few times —and there's not much sunshine before breakfast for out-of-doors exercises. You need a few standard exercises to keep you fit and your blood circulated. What’s the good of having a skin like a peach, lustrous lashes, hair likesatin and a perfect manicure, if your hipline is offending to the eye and distressing to the dress-maker? Remember, it's not luck to have a supple, trim figure . . . it’s exercise and regulated diet ... in other words a few minutes' hard work every day. Here are a few exercises to make you feel well, to get rid of the cold feeling—they'll make you firm with elastic, supple muscles, and get rid of flabbiness.

Dieting is only for those who eat too much, too many times during the day. Just in case you belong to this type a good reducing diet is given below. DETERMINATION NEEDED. But before you start on this mornning round develop your determination complex. You’ll need it. There’s no’ benefit in doing a few casual exercises when you think of it. You must persevere regularly every morning. Try and do them in the open airwarm sweater and woolly shorts these cold mornings. You're thinking, “I'm thin enough everywhere, but my hips and thighs are dreadful!" All right—here's just the exercise for you. Lie on your back, arms outstretched at shoulder level. Bring the right leg over and as near as you can to the left arm (without bending the knee). Repeat with the left leg and right arm. You can actually feel the thighs being massaged with this exercise. It will smooth away those bulges which are so unsightly and hard to get rid of—you know, above the knee. With all this talk of "uplift" and emphasised bust-line you’ll want to be sure you can take it.

CHEST EXERCISES.

Stand, to attention—head up, chin in, chest cut, waist in. arms straight al sides. Put your heels together, feet at an angle of 45 degrees. Slowly raise arms upwards and sideways, turning the palm upward when it reaches shoulder level, until your palms meet over your head.

Breathe in deeply and slowly as you raise your arms, pause, then slowly lower arms and breathe out.

Remember to keep your head steady —do not bend your arms —and breathe to the very bottom of your lungs. Repeat 10 times. Another exercise for limbering up is: Hands cn hips, raise each, knee alternately. Repeat 40 times quickly as if running on the spot. Always finish with a quick exercise like this. Another is to skip with an imaginery skipping rope. Breathe deeply and frequently. A REDUCING DIET. It will do you good to follow this diet for a week or so, but unless you’ are very much overweight, perserverancc with exercises is preferable tc dieting. Monday: On rising, a glass of cold water, followed by orange juice. Then throughout the day consume sozs tomato juice and orange juice alternately every two hours. This is repeated every day in the week. Evening meal to consist of mild cheese, lettuce without dressing, jelly.

Tuesday: For the evening meal two grilled iamb chops, celery hearts and grated carrots.

Wednesday: For the evening meal one poached egg on spinach, vinegar to

jit taste sliced tomatoes, lib dates.

Thursday: For the evening meal lib ‘■teak, grilled or broiled, cooked carrots, peas.

Friday: For the evening meal, cottage or miid cheese, asparagus tips, celery hearts, glass of skimmed milk.

Saturday: For the evening meal, fried liver, spinach, sliced tomatoes', figs. Sunday: For the evening meal, two grilled lamb chops, grated carrots, lettuce, asparagus tips, ice cream. Avoid tea. coffee intoxicating beverages. fats or pastries and have lots of exercise.