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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2017 FEATURES Is diet or exercise better? Dear Annie: I have three 80 percent.” One of our other childhood friends who also friends asked me whether still live in the area where I agree, and I said I don’t we grew up, and we get know. “I really enjoy exer- together for lunch or din- cise and have never really ner every month or two. had to focus on weight loss,” The most recent time we got I said. But they all seemed to agree that diet is together, one of my DEAR much more import- friends talked about ant than exercise. It being on a low-carb ANNIE doesn’t feel right to diet and losing a lot me, so I’m curious of weight. I person- to hear what the truth ally started exercis- is. — Loving My ing at a young age Workouts and have been work- Dear Loving ing out my whole Workouts: Weight life. I mix it up and Lane loss and fitness are at times have been a Annie Creators Syndicate Inc. not necessarily the runner, weightlifter, same thing. The odds swimmer and even yoga student. The point is are good that your friend that I love to exercise and can will regain some of that lost see that it makes me feel and weight once he or she starts look younger than most peo- eating carbohydrates again, ple my age. I am not skinny whereas it is likely that you and have a little padding on will stay youthful and ener- my body, but I am not what getic with all your exercise. I would rather be a little you’d call fat. We are in our 40s, and chubby but fit from exercise my friend who lost weight than be thin from dieting but by cutting down on carbs out of shape inside. It’s true looked straight at me and that burning enough calories said to the group, “Exercise to lose weight requires much is only good for 20 percent more exercise than the aver- of weight loss, while diet is age person is willing to do, so in that sense, diet could be 80 percent of weight loss and exercise 20 percent. But if good health and overall fit- ness are your goals, a balance of the two makes sense. New studies also show that getting at least eight hours of sleep a night is equally important for weight loss and good health. Dear Annie: My hus- band and I moved in to a new apartment complex several months ago, and our down- stairs neighbors are crazy. The adults yell and scream, and the kid down there cries. This goes on almost every day. We called public safety, and when that didn’t result in any changes, we called Child Protective Services. Still nothing. They still scream and yell; the kid still con- stantly cries. It’s to the point where we want to move, but we’re financially unable to. We don’t know what to do. — Fed Up in the Upper Peninsula Dear Fed Up: Call 911 instead. This will ensure that officers come out to the house and can assess the child’s home situation. 5A TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). That thing that’s not working is really and truly done. You can jiggle it and unplug it until the end of days, and it’s still not going to work. So accept it, toss it, and go looking for something new. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You had certain rules for yourself, and it turns out that they don’t all apply anymore. You need new ones, but not yet. This is a time of questioning, poking around at the system and experimenting with what might work. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Blood is thicker than water, which is why you have to be nice to the person who seems intent on driving you crazy. Making concessions for family is just part of being in one. CANCER (June 22-July 22). When you pay for a mistake, try to pay only once. Be like the ani- mals. They pay one time per mistake. They don’t dwell in guilt and shame and bad memories. Take the lesson; put it in your pocket; and keep moving along. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You don’t have to be good at it the first time or ever. But you’ll be bet- ter for giving it a whirl. Believe this, and take it to every cell and atom of your being: The only ones who truly fail are the ones who never try. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You can give the same performance to your bathroom mirror, a stadium of people or millions on television and social media. The numbers don’t change your part of it. So work on your part of it today, and forget the numbers. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your words have creative power. Their meaning and the way you give them will make things happen very quickly today: good things, bad things — it all depends on what comes out of your mouth, and luckily FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE you’ve a lot of control over it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You don’t want to brag, but it also wouldn’t hurt to talk about what you’ve been up to. Otherwise, you’ll miss out on future opportunities. Don’t worry: You can be modest and still express the truth about what you do. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Most likely, the ideal circumstance will go masquerading as something far, far less than. Consider that the ideal circumstance may be ideal precisely because rising above it is what’s required. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If it makes you feel good at the end of the day, do it. If not, don’t justify an action by trying to convince yourself that there are important reasons you must. The proof of an action will be in the results. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). People forget about kindness quite a lot lately, overlooking the gentle spirit of compassion to choose something with more of a charge to it — such as self-righ- teousness or arrogance. Meanwhile, kind is usually the best thing to be. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The magic of lowered expectations will play a part in today’s mood. When you’re not expecting much you can take each interaction and experience at face value, which, it turns out, will be a pretty high value indeed. TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 25). This solar return favors your wilder dreams, and they have as much of a chance of coming true as the ones that seem right in your wheelhouse. So if you’ve ever wanted to live in another country, own an exotic pet, scale a mountain or the like, begin and you’ll see progress immediately. Capricorn and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 39, 3, 22, 26 and 45.
