Did You Know? ~ Vintage Exercise and Diet Ads

I'm two weeks into a new eating and exercise regimen. Doing that made me wonder about the history of exercise and eating. Turns out it's a large topic that I can't possibly cover in one blog, but I did discover some interesting pictures and ads for things that make me grateful for my modern recumbent bike, hand weights, and Bowflex machine. I thought our readers might like to see a few. 





"Someone? Anyone? Help me out of this thing!"
Can you say, traction? Chiropractor?

I always exercise in a suit, don't you?

Y-y-y-y-y-i-i-i-p-p-p-p-e-e-e-e!
After she's done, she'll need help with a
compacted spine and migraine headache,
but at least her hysteria and stagnated
liver will be fixed.



"Sorry, dear. Mommy can't talk right now.
And she can't move, either."





This is my favorite.
Yes, that says TAPE WORMS!
But no worries! They're sanitized. (How?)
And we talk about how weird some things are that
people do today to lose weight. . .