Oak Park and River Forest High School - Tabula Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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. My , if f ,ggi , ,, . ,. i Af 133 f. -'.1 If-stiff L4M7' W. ,M i xx! as C any magazines called H985 the year of the body. Dieting and exercise became the religion of many body conscious Ameri- cans. How did you compare? Did you diet constantly, striving for that double digit weight to come down on the scale? Did you spend three or more hours a day at nauti- lus or some other exercise in fear that the apple you ate for lunch would attach itself to your hip? Did your brain calculate your calorie intake faster than your algebra homework? lf you had to answer yes to any of the above questions, you may have been suffering from the 'SUS epidemic of over-fitness mania! Dieting was probably the fastest, yet for some, al- most impossible way to lose weight. There were a multitude of diets in the market: fad diets, natural diets, microbiotic diets, powdered diets, liquid diets and the ever popular starvation diet. These diets were often unhealthy, causing fatigue, headaches, and vi- eir re Buckingham week you will probably gain seven back. To lose the weight and keep it off you have to totally change your eating habits. ' Exercise was another aspect of good fitness. To keep physicaly fit many students exercised three times a week for at least twenty to forty minutes. They joined health clubs, gyms, and pools. They took up jogging, racketball, and other sports for fitness. Sen- ior Missy Powell said, You have to exercise long enough to work all of your musclesg you can't tone up if you don't exercise while dieting, Mrs. Diana lvas, a girls' P.E. teacher agreed: During aerobics, you burn up more calories than you would by just dieting. Therefore, you will lose more weight while dieting if you follow it up with a good aerobics and exercise program. More overweight people should exercise while dieting because if they just lose weight, they will get loose skin folds, while if they exercise, it will tighten up. Videos, magazines, clubs, and T.V., informed the N-B tamin deficiencies. ln addition, they often didn't work or worked only for a while. Dieters often lost the weight, then went off the diet only to gain it all back and even more. Senior Colleen Young said, You have to have your mind set on dieting. You can't diet all week to lose five pounds, because the following Some students prefer to eat guilt free, they don't have to worry about their weight. Senior Carol Blatner enjoys a mammoth sundae at Erik's with a clear conscience. public on the fitness craze. Whether you were shrink- ing away or just toning up or even if fitness didn't enter your vocabulary, remember- as Billy Crystal says, You look marvelous-and you know you dot -leanne Hardy At the height of the fitness rage many students joined health clubs, racketball clubs, and pools to keep in shape. Senior Sundus lawad exercises at the Nautilus Center located on the Oak Park Mall. Diet And Exercise

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Changing one's eating habits sometimes means giving up junk food tor fruits and vegetables. lunior lenniler Gould keeps tit by eating salads from the health food store Chip and Dales. Jogging is a popular way to keep in step with the fitness race Otten, students who like to run enter in one of Oak Parks many marathons, Senior Beth Hakes tries to keep up during the Boule vard Run. Donna Delvecchio Diet And Exercise

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i D L N 'wi i , , A x,,kx:,,.'.mw' Andrea Brinkman '---il Chicago is a city filled with the cultural and artistic land- marks created by famous artists. Iuniors Amanda Merrill, Rachael Sklamberg, and leannie DeVita visit the Picasso sculpture located in the Daley Center. No matter what season, the Oak Street Beach is a good way to view Chicago, away from its hustle and bustle. Erika Fitzgerald, Mark Nakayama, Linda Flo, and Annie Chang rest on the rocks after visiting downtown.