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PAGE 8 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1993 ? FREE || FREE 0 Lifestyles Here‘s something to keep in mind. It‘s from the pen of the poet, Goethe: "If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain as he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be, he will become what he ought to be and could be." It sounds like some sort of magic and, in a way, I suppose it is. It means we become what we are expected to become, and this gives us an idea of the tremendous influence parents can have upon a child. But it also means that, as adults, we can become what we expect of ourselves as well as coming up to the expectation of others, although sometimes we need to get away from the negâ€" ative expectations of others, in order to come up to our own. Some time back, in this column, I gave some rules worked out by the experts for becoming successful, and one of them was to be sure to leave your hometown. While the reason wasn‘t given, I think what we‘re talking about today explains it If people remain in their home town, in the neighborhood, the chances are that they will be treated by their friends and relatives as they are, or were, and not as if they were what they could and ought to be. Men and women who have known great and distinguished careers are usually looked upon as pretty average by their parâ€" ents, siblings and childhood friends. It is only when they got away to new surroundings and sway from old influences, that they were able to unfold and blossom. Incidentally, this is one of the best reasons for attending college away from home. _ But [ think the important lesson here is to forget about how others look at you, for the moment, and assess how you habitâ€" ually look at yourself. Do you see yourself as a pretty average, unexciting, mediocre sort of person? If you do, that‘s the kind of person you will remain. _ Therefore, they‘ll have a perfectly natural tendency to remain as they are. There is an old saying that "no man is a hero in his own home town"; and there is the facetious definiâ€" tion of an expert, as one who is more than 25 miles from home! How about taking a tip from old Johann Goethe, and realize that if you begin to see yourself as if you were the person you wish to become, you will soon find yourself acting like that person to the extent that your friends will be remarking on the change, and, eventually you will be that person, because we become what we think about. Too many people have the negative tendency to underestiâ€" mate themselves and overestimate others. Too often this is due to their upbringing, because their parents made the comâ€" mon mustake of assuming that children think as they do, and react to putâ€"downs as they would. Geoff Fellows operates the Human Resource Development Institute P. 0. Box 22077 Cambridge NIR 8E3 Tel. 623â€"0283 providing effectiveness training for business and industry. For ex'ample, if someone said to you, "can‘t you do anything right?" You would probably bristle a bit and react with an "I‘ll show you" attitude and take it as a challenge. â€" s But when you are only four feet tall, what do you know? The grownups must be right, and you will accept their negative expectation that you can‘t do anything right, to your life long detriment, and not see it as the challenge for change that the adult hoped for. The damage is done because children will live down to what they perceive to be what is expected of them. It is tragic, when you reflect that they would have responded readily, if the expectations have been positive and constructive. _ We live up to our expectations _ PERSPECTIVE 1 Buy a complete pair of contact lenses : at regular price and get a second pair 1 FREE!! 1 Ask about our mix and match j _ combination contact lenses and 1 glasses. 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While much of the survey‘s results are still being analyzed, the Healthy Lifestyles division of the Waterloo Regional Health Unit has given priority to, and taken a close look at, four areas of the survey â€" nutrition, substance abuse, tobacco use, and physical activity. Of major concern, says Theresa Nutritionist recommend that no more than 30 per cent of calories consumed come from fat (calories also come from carbohydrates and protein). But of the Waterloo :sotaesfi;?‘eys;e:} Region residents surveyed, only 10 per cent meet this goal. The surâ€" vey also showed that 46 per cent of those interviewed have diets in which more than 38 per cent of calories come from fat. Schumilas, the health unit‘s direcâ€" tor of planning and Healthy Lifestyles, is the amount of fat, on average, people consume. "This is absolutely of concern to us," Schumilas says. "One of the central themes in our nutrition proâ€" gram is trying to encourage people to reduce their calories from fat." But that‘s not always easy, she adds, because most people, especially women, think more about reducing calories from their diets than reducing fat. "It‘s a very hard concept, and I have no magic answer for how to get that across," Schumilas says. "But, usually, foods that are high in calories are also high in fat. So it really is much more useful to think about calories from fat and reducing fatty foods than it is to worry about counting calories. Basically, if you‘re reducing fatty foods, you‘re also reducing caloâ€" ries. So you‘re killing two birds with one stone." Food packaging often doesn‘t help to clear up any confusion regarding the "calories from fat" concept. In fact, it usually adds to confusion. A food product‘s packaging may offer a list of nutriâ€" ents contained in the food, and sometimes, in bold print, indicates what percentage of fat makes up that particular product. 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Since a gram of fat contains nine calories, simply multiply the food‘s total grams of fat by nine, and then divide that number by the food‘s total calories. If your calculations show that number to be higher than 30, the food in question is not a healthy choice. Schumilas says the availability of high fat foods, both in supermarkets and restaurants, is the main reason most people have high fat diets. "The bulk of highlyâ€"processed foods are foods that contain too much fat, and if you take a quick tour of the average grocery store, you‘ll see that‘s the bulk of what‘s available for purchase. So it gets harder and harder to make healthy choices," she says. "That‘s where we‘re trying to focus. In fact, we conduct superâ€" market tours as a free service to help people weed their way through those hard choices, and make it a little easier for them to choose the right things. _ those calories come from fat It all may sound confusing, but if a product‘s packâ€" aging has a list of nutrients including grams of fat and total calories, there‘s an easy formula for deterâ€" mining a food‘s caloriesâ€"fromâ€"fat percentage. . "It has a lot to do with culture, as well. I‘m just thinking of the restaurants near me for lunch. There are more places where I can make the wrong choices than there are where I can make the right ones." _ Schumilas says if people are to be successful in adapting healthier diets, they need to make gradual, achievable changes. Don‘t cut out certain foods altoâ€" gether, but choose the lower fat versions. 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