Erik Washington
Dear Erik,
I ve got a problem and I
.. been feeling bad about it fOI
me time now. It concern
man that I been eeing for the
I t 6 months. In the beginning
of our relationship we both
agreed to t e things slow and
really get to know each other
well become forming a riou
commitment. After the rust
three eeks of knowing each
other he ed me to in ry
him! I said no and few weeks
later he told fine that because'I
asn't able to m e com-
mitment he h d ound himself
being attrac ed to other women.
e continued to date and spend
time together and then he aid
I that he wa eeing another
. woman. He told me that they
had only been out to dinner
t few times and nothing intim te
h d happen between them. He
. d th t he wanted a stronger
commitment from me but for
orne rea on I felt that I just
wasn't re dy. 0 he has met
another woman that he says he
o
y Dr. Char W. F ullmer
Fe people are overweight.
due to a glandular problem
or heredity. ost people
simply eat the wrong food too
often and exercise too little.
Since re cau s compul-
·ve eating, you should get rid
of the stre before any meal
and whenever you are hungry.
Try doing deep breathing exer-
. s on a regular basis to keep
the stre in chec and control
your compulsion. Also, use
progre . e relax tion proce­
dure to get tension out of the
m lese Start by tightening
the leg and then relaxing them
ery quickly. This will relieve
them of stre very quickly.
Repeat the procedure ith your
tom ch, arm , shoulder , neck
and faei mu cle .
Another important way to
control your compul . on to eat
is to refrain from eathing
care about yet he still wants to
be with me. And he h given
me a choice . . . if I don't make
our relationship more permanent
he is going to le ve me for the
other oman and I will be alone.
Carole 'A'.
Chic go, Ill,
Dear Erik,
I am living with a man and
ig
FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 1
we are very much in love with
e ch other. e are very happy
being together but we are hav­
ing a problem with the woman
that he used to live with. They
were together for about two
ye and they h d a baby to­
gether but w re ne er married.
He still takes cue of the child
but he has very little to do with
her. Still she calls ju t to give
him a bad time over the phone
or tell him that he can't ee
the baby. henever I answer
the telephone and she is on the
other end, th ts when she is t
her wor e! She curses me and
ys all kind of things. y
mother was over for a visit and
she answered the phone for me
and this woman w s so n sty
to my mother and I w s em­
barr sed. at can we do to
top this kind of behavior?
P.R.
Lo ngeles, Calif.
Dear P.R.,
You and your friend don't
h e to ccept thi . behavior
los
rad
THE CITIZEN
doesn't
o to conduct If
o er the te phone then quite
simply hang up on her. You
don' have to e b d tr t­
ment from anyon. Just put
op to it!
* * Got a problem? eed
all ann er? Or do you just} ant
to talk? Theil rite to Erik
Washington in car of this
new paper or to: 'Dear rik:',
Times quare Station, P.O. B x
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dancing, tennis and sexual inter­
course 7-8 calories. Jogging
slowly 8-10, basketball (vigor­
au) and running (5 miles per
hour) .. 10-11 calorie each
minute.
Dr. Charles Faulkner may
be contacted at Post Office
Box 50016, Washington, DC
20004.
Specialize in edding
receptions.
family portr its, and
any pecial mom nt in
your life
Quality plctur at
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e ch mouthful ten trmes' before
wallowing. ever put the
plate from which you serve the
food in the middle of the din­
ing room table, keep it in the
kitchen. Confine yourself
ntirely to eating while ated
at table. Do not read or
do other things while eating.
Put half a serving of food on
your plate, go back for more
only if you are really hungry.
To establish a truly personal
program to help you to lose
wright, it is necessary to know
how many calories you burn
up (expend) s well as how
many you consume. For
example: you bum 3-4 calories
a minute when you bicycle,
type, or make a bed. Walking
slowly, gardening or mopping
floors bums up 4-S calories.
Dancing and most cales the nics
bum up 5-6 calorie , jumping
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THING while you are under
tress. As soon you feel the
need to eat or feel any type of
hunger, think bout WHY you
are hungry and you will notice
thay you probably were think­
ing about a problem you have
or think you have. When you
realize that your feeling of
hunger was caused by stre"
which caused you to worry,
your hunger will go awaY:
When you get hungry, puirt
orne - lemon _ juice into your
mouth and swish it around.
Your hunger will disappear.
If you feel the urge to snack
try to uppress it. If that fails,
snack on unbuttered and un­
salted popcorn. Make Your
own and u substitute sale,
if you wi h. Eat one kernel t
time. Before eating anything
at all, always drink half a gl
of water.
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