The White Falcon - 03.11.1978, Blaðsíða 4

White Falcon
November 3, 1978
Medical
The military has buckled down on
weight requirements in the last
year, so military personnel can't
afford to gain weight. Dependents,
especially wives, also seem to have
a big weight control problem. Any
woman who use to wear a size
10 and six months later barely
squeezes into a size 12, gets ter-
ribly disgusted with herself. No
one likes being overweight. No one
likes being called "fatty,"
"chunky," or the Hee Haw overweight
queen, "Luluj" It hurts the ego,
'...No one likes to be
called fatty...’
and more importantly, hurts the
body.
One of the most difficult parts
of losing weight is 'realizing'
that you have a weight problem.
The "one more donut won't hurt" at-
titude isn't the weight watcher
attitude.
In April, a man who realized he
had a weight problem, went to the
Dispensary for professional help.
The man consulted Lieutenant Com-
mander Marvin D. Cords, Nurse-in-
Charge of the Outpatient Clinic,
’s fat fa
250 Base
residents
losing weight
for a diet. After having a medical
examination* LCdr. Cords sat down
with the man, counseled him on
weight control and gave him a diet-
The man was faithful to the
diet and in no time had amazing
results. His enthusiasm over
losing the weight led to "word of
mouth advertising." Within two
months,, LCdr% Cords had a number
of people swarming into the Dis-
pensary asking for the same diet.
Now there are more than 250
Naval Station people on the diet.
According to LCdr. Cords, "anyone
who has stuck to the diet has
lost weight."
The diet being used is the Eli
Lilly and Company diet. It is a
well-balanced diet, including
four meals a day. Something very
comforting to the dieter is the
diet has no "diet foods!" The
foods can be used by the entire
ctory
family. Another interesting fact
is once bn the diet, you never
count those dreaded calories! The
Eli Lilly and Company Diet has dif-
ferent calorie programs for each
dieter. After a medical consulta-
tion, a proper diet is given to
each dieter according to height,
weight and sex. Most women are put
on the 1000 to 1500 calorie diet;
men are placed on the 2000 to 2500
diet.
'...You don’t have to
count those dreaded
calories...’
Every person in the diet pro-
gram is counseled. He is coun-
seled on willpower, positive at-
titudes, eating habits and realis-
tic goals. The counseling helps
the dieter adjust to his new eat-
ing lifestyle more easily.
After the counseling session,
the person is ’weighed-in' and a
chart of his weight reduction or
weight gain is kept on file. Then
an appropriate diet is given to
the person. The person begins the
diet the following day.
Story
and
photos
by
SA Karen
Mayo
WEIGHING IN is a must in the Weight Clinic program. Tuesdays and Thursdays from
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. are designated weigh in days.