Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1987, Page 21

Description:	WW«. Aw«k^ Or-Ai<y ^%„0 AW^Ttfi>%-v„0;>%».v$-?°i??*°^>lfrZ/oMfarA&.Years . . .Cost of a gallon of gas:Rachel Pryor (11)—$1.95Steve Meier (11)—$ .79Michele Wistl (12)—$ .62Crystal Fulcher (10)—$4.00Dawn Anderson (12)—$ 1.14The most important thingaccomplished:Kristy Hawkins (10)—Help in abolition ofapartheidJodie Kinser (10)—Have an antique corvetteShelly Weaver (10)—Win NCAA womensbasketball championshipRachel Pryor (11)—To be a motherAndrea Cooper (12)—To be a practicingattorney who represents the good guys.Farthest place traveled:Joe Butcher (11)—EgyptTim Taylor (11)—Moon Base 1Dawn Anderson (12)—ChinaCindy Rambo (11)—AustraliaShelly Weaver (10)—AfricaType of schooling completed:Julie Chesney (11)—graduate degree inbusinessSteve Kramer (12)—Masters in PhysicsKristy Hawkins (10)—graduate degree inpsychologyKwin Abram (12)—undergrad degree atPurdueCarol Loy (10)—undergrad in businessNames of kids:Valerie Osborne (12)—Tygue, TynlieCrystal Fulcher (10)—Jordan, Alister, Shana,MadelineAnnette Lehman (12)—Matt Jr., SamanthaAndrea Compton (10)—Nicole Lynn, RobertBlainAmy Bishop (9)—Mackenzie Lauren, WhitneyReneeCost of a Big Mac:Scott Cover (11)—$1.00Matt Jeffers (12)—$1.30Kristi Figg (10)—$2.10During this age of fitness, it is notsurprising that people are conscientious about their eating habits andtheir figures. The El Corral staff surveyed EHS students on dieting. Mostof the students polled had been ondiets and had lost five to thirtypounds.The usual weight loss method wasstarvation. Students somehow foundthe will-power to cut eating to a bareminimum. While this method is notvery healthy, students boasted theweight loss they were trying for. Another diet used was controlled eatinghabits. Students cut out junk foodand ate only three meals a day. Nutrition-conscious dieters chose to eatmore fruit and less junk food. Someextremists in this category ate onlyfruit.Some people chose to use variousover-the-counter weight loss methods. Some methods mentiond in surveys were Fibre Trim, Acutrim, andDexatrim. Though some studentsturned to such over-the-counter aids,it is surprising that no one mentiondan obvious solution—doctors advice.Dieting without exercise rarelyproduces results. Some forms of exercise mentioned were jogging,Students ^igfo ^~kk)weight lifting, and aerobics. Almostall of the surveys turned in revealedsome attention to the type of foodstudents eat. Many have tried to eatmore fruits and vegetables while cutting back on chocolate.Edgewood students can detect awacky, worthless diet when they seeone. Marc Duncan, senior, told usthat he saw a popcorn diet in thenewspaper. Mark Vanest explaineda diet he heard of in Egypt. He saidthat for three days at a time, Egyptians would eat only food from a particular food group (fruits and veg.,diary, etc.).Some students felt that peopledieted because it was socially in.Others felt that dieters truly neededto lose weight. However, the majorityof students agreed that many teensfeel fat when really they are not. AmyDeckard, senior, commented, People feel that if they are not pretty intheir eyes and in the eyes of theirfriends, then they arent pretty to theopposite sex.The irony of social dieting is thatmany dieters complain of lack of support from their peers. Michele Wistl,senior, commented, Our peersneed to be more encouraging andpush us to try harder.>r\
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