THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2017
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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
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BABY BLUES
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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.