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Readers who are underweight should show the same irreverence for the exercise advice previously given as for the recommendations on eating.
HOW TO AVOID EXERCISE
When you're fattening up, take full advantage of modern labor-saving equipment. Whenever there's a choice between doing it yourself and flicking the "on" button of a machine, press the button. Let "do it yourself" be a slogan for the overweight. As far as you're concerned, allow the machine to dominate your every decision.
Your own motto might be, "Ride, Do Not Walk." Remember that for every mile you walk you will be burning 100 precious calories, so do not exercise excessively. Remember, however, that moderate exercise is healthful and stimulates the appetite. It helps to prepare you for more vigorous exercise at the dining table.
HOW MUCH FOOD FOR THE UNDERWEIGHT?
You can find out how many pounds you are underweight by locating yourself in the table of Desirable Weights for Height, pages 7 and 8. Next, determine your total daily calorie expenditure by following the tables and instructions on pages 58 to 60.
Now you have to select a diet in excess of this amount. Whenever you consume 3500 calories more than you expend over a given period, you will gain one pound. If, for example, you eat 1750 calories a day more than you expend, you will add a half pound a day. Knowing your calorie ex-
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penditure, choose one of the Safe and Sure Diets which exceeds that amount. These are listed on pages 62 to 85. To this diet feel free to add as many of the extras discussed on the previous pages as you wish.
People who are overweight must reduce gradually, but the underweight are limited in eating only by their feeling of satiety.
If poor intake of food is the only factor affecting your weight, then you will gain automatically as you eat more calories than you expend. But this must be stressed—if the factors which caused your increased metabolism (such as the diseases we discussed) are still present, you will have to eat large quantities of food just to maintain your present weight and rapid weight gains will not occur.
If you are underweight, see your physician. Once the cause is removed, you can follow the diet pattern we have discussed and bring your weight up to its desirable point. Needless to say, you will then feel better and look better. You will find it a pleasure to buy the clothes to fit your new feminine figure or your new masculine physique.
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