Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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=) e a سوم‎ mm geg 1 E Ka = Gm — 8 em ري اماه‎ ee — — See مسلا‎ E i  ماه‎ cam d RE o if Ar ee UL gp a eighing the obsession With the trend towards slimness in the 80's, it seemed that most female students were deter- mined to go from filled-out to frail. They experimented with different ways to appear as thin as society's role mo- dels. Girls want to look like the models they see on television. the -Freshman Toni lackson Fad Diets Student Life With a variety of weight loss pills on market, some people opted to pur- chase diet pills such as Dexatrim and Fi- bre Trim. The prices for these diet products ranged from $3- $15. “1 find that Fibre Trim works the best for me. It is a fairly in- expensive and an easy way to lose weight. By just using it, I can stay slim and not worry about gaining weight, junior Tina Austin said. For those who were afraid of diet pills, self-starvation was a work- able alternative. Students were | V 7 A Lë ] س‎ a i Log Wë te = i dw» |i Wi 4 Glancing in her full-length bed- room mirror, sophomore Julie Theile quickly evaluates her figure. (Photo by JoAnn Peter) convinced that if they stopped eating, they could safely peel off unwanted pounds. “I know of a lot of girls who just quit eating and only drink diet pop. I also know of some girls who will throw up when they are trying to lose weight, senior Lisa Aspengren said. And still there were those who aerobicized the calories away un- til their bodies had nothing left to shed. “It (aerobics) makes me feel good. I can socialize and exercise and keep slim at the same time, senior Kristina Brown said. With mistaken body images, some girls saw themselves with distorted features. A glace in the mirror would give an unpropor- tional view and hopes of the perfect figure. Girls always have images of themselves that they want to live Join- — E een a ee E WE ui e aAA S up to and when they don't, they feel terrible about themselves, 7 sophomore Debbie Dobbs said. Some females became overly? sensitive about their weight] when criticized by members of] the opposite sex. | “When I first started to go out] with a guy, his friend told me? that he said I was ‘chubby but good-looking’ and since then | have been worried about my? weight, senior Cheryl Jacobsen’ said. dt = It seemed that females desired to be slim, and not shapely. But) sometimes the obsession to be | f: thin overtook reality and the sensibility of a well-balanced diet. | -Jil Dasher’ a, 2 ES 2 “1 drink Diet Coke like water bed 7W cause it tastes good and it's no fattening,’ senior Margy Townsend said. (Photo by Georgann Griffith)

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In the fine arts wing, senior Tim Allen models his Belinda Carlyle, formerly of the “Go-Go's (Photo by Erik Munson) , sunglassses. Getting into the groove after school, senior Zach Conger im- provises a drum solo in the band room (Photo by Erik Munson) Heart-shaped My Little Pony sunglasses amuse sophomore Jen- ny White at the Kaybee Toy Store (Photo by Erik Munson) Student Life

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ur $2484 j — a em Weighing herself three times each week, freshman Becky Jorgensen checks to see if she needs to lose any weight. (Photo by Kerrie Archbold) dieters. The Diet habitual a closely For Center offered vised way to lose weight. Junior Michelle Ferguson examines the latest informa tion there. (Photo by Kerrie Archbold) Super- ١ With the availabilty of diet pills senior Julie Abel looks over the variety of brands offered. Diet pills ranged in price from $3 to $15. (Photo by loAnn Peter) Fad Diets Student Life ` EE MG