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HEALTH
I Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
Calorie use varies
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB - I am
curious as to the amount of
’ calories used in different jobs,
in resting and activities. I am
a bookkeeper and have a
weight problem. If I could find
the approximate number of
calories used per day then I
could gauge my calorie intake
according to this and maybe
begin to lose weight.
DEAR READER - The
moment of truth as to whether
you are eating too much and
not exercising enough is when
you feel that layer of fat under
your skin. If it is shrinking you
are going in the right direc
tion. If it is increasing, better
reconsider your program.
There are a lot of variables
that determine the number of
calories anyone uses. It even
depends on how much of your
body weight is fat and how
much is muscle. The person
with more fat and less muscle
will use fewer calories at rest
than another person who
weighs the same amount but
has more muscles. That is
why body composition — not
just pounds on the scales — is
so important.
A healthy, well-conditioned
person who is not fat will use
about 1500 calories a day at
absolute rest — as if he were
asleep. We call this basal
metabolism and’ it represents
about 60 to 65 calories an hour.
These calories are used to
keep your body in its healthy
state. That includes the
energy required to move
nutrients into and out of cells
and all sorts of chemical ac
tions that must be ac
complished just to maintain
that wonderful machine of
yours.
Sitting awake will take
about 100 calories an hour.
Standing about 110 calories an
hour. As an office worker you
will be interested to know that
while doing office work a 150-
pound healthy person would
use about 150 calories an hour
—about the same number
7-
POLLY'S POINTERS
Polly Cramer
Shower curtain is torn
POLLY’S PROBLEM
DEAR POLLY My plastic shower curtains have
ripped right through the holes so now I have a lot ol
loose curtains. Is there a quick and lasting way to lix
this? —MARGO
DEAR MARGO - I suggest that you apply a strip of
wide adhesive tape on the back of each curtain. Place
just beneath the original holes and carefully bring torn
edges together on the top. Smooth tape on with a cold
iron after it is in place and you will be sure every bit of
the tape fits snugly against the curtain. —POLLY.
DEAR POLLY - A sprinkle of sail on too sour grapefruit is
far better than more sugar. — M.E.S.. an M.D.
DEAR POLLY - When packing for a trip I slip my shoes in
plastic bags that bread comes in and find this is an ideal way
to keep dirty soles from touching clothes. —DOROTHY
DEAR POLLY - Apartment living necessitates finding
storage space for a variety of things and I would like to pass on
a couple of discoveries I have made
Stackable plastic vegetable bins will fit into a small space
and can be added to when more space is needed. I store m\
food grinder, cook books, plastic lids, extra pot holders, etc in
them Where to put a recently acquired double burger maker
had me stumped until I thought of the oven. That has proved to
be an ideal storage place along with ceramic baking dishes
that were stored on a shelf way above my head However a
word of caution goes with this. Put a small piece of masking
tape across the oven burner switch as a reminder to remove
the oven contents before turning it on I have only two kitchen
drawers so silverware goes in one and other necessary small
items in the other Things like measuring spoons, cookie
cutters and the like are kept in two two-pound cheese boxes so
they do not get mixed up with the large spoons, spatulas, etc
kept in the same drawer I have no drawer for dish towels so I
put them in a plastic bag that is kept in the linen closet All
these have eased the annoyance of having too little storage
space. - EDNA D
DEAR POLLY If the lady who has trouble fastening th<
back supporters on her girdle will lie flat on her back on the
bed they will then fasten as easy as the front ones will slan
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used to do ordinary
housework.
Walking uses about 60
calories a mile more than you
would use while sleeping. Our
150-pound example, then,
would use 120 calories to walk
two miles plus the basal 60
calories for the hour for a
total of 180 calories an hour
while walking two miles. If he
walks three miles in an hour
his body will use a total of 240
calories.
Bicycling at 5.5 miles per
hour uses only around 200
calories. At a rapid rate,
though, cycling may use over
400 calories an hour. Here
again the variables are impor
tant, speed, body weight, up
hill or downhill.
Calisthenics vary greatly
depending on how vigorously
they are done and your body
weight. If you are only moving
100 pounds around the floor it
takes a lot less energy than if
you are moving 250 pounds. If
the exercise consists only of
swinging the arms it won't use
as many calories as running in
place or doing pushups.
Swimming is good exercise
and doing a crawl stroke at
one mile per hour will use
over 400 calories. The best
swimmers use the least
calories to swim a given dis
tance because they are more
efficient.
Dancing is a wonderful
form of -exercise and
moderate dancing may use as
many as 250 calories an hour.
Since your body fat stores
are eventually the net result
of how many calories you take
in and how many calories you
use, you need to pay attention
to both diet and exercise. I am
sending you The Health Letter
number 4-7, Weight Losing
Diet to help you. Others who
want this plan can send 50
cents with a long, stamped,
self-addressed envelope for it.
Write to me in care of this
newspaper, P.O. Box 1551,
Radio City Station, New York,
N.Y. 10019.
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