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Show (Advertisement) I moved out on my mother-in-la- w and lost 65 pounds By Bonnie Franz as told to Ruth L. McCarthy was only 16 when I married. And since my husband and I had next to nothing, we moved in with his folks. That's when I learned I was living with the best maker in Williamsburg, is some cook. Maryland. Yes, my mother-in-laAnd her specialty isn't just baked biscuits. You should taste her goulash and fried potatoes with onions. But you'd better have more willpower than I did. Because in a matter of months, I'd gained I hot-ro- ll w 40 pounds. As for my trying to cook, it wasn't easy. Specially since my husband's grandparents lived with us, too. Three women in a kitchen are just two too many. When I look back now, it seems like I did nothing much but eat, read movie books and wait for our first child to be born. There were tensions, too, of course. And the tough thing was, when Kenny and I'd be fussing, the rent of the family would take sides. To corsole myself, I ate. But that only added fat to fat. Fortunately, not too long after the baby came, we managed to get a place of our own. It was only an old trailer, but it was all ours, and I was determined to take off that extra weight. I tried slimming chewing gum, and sugarless foods, even reducing drugs. Still I stayed fat. And this time I couldn't blame anybody but myself. You see, my husband runs a general store and gasoline station. His hours are long from seven in the morning until nine at night and later on weekends. To pass the time, I'd stuff on candy and soft drinks, or roll out a pizza. Or I'd go get myself a submarine sandwich, come home, crawl into bed and just eat and read. I'll tell you, I got so big, I once got stuck in a telephone booth. Honest. My oldest sister and I were spending a couple of days at Ocean City, the amusement area, and I turned out to be the funniest act on the boardwalk. Well, that's the way it was until after my second daughter was born. By then, the scale was up to 3 03 pounds, and occasionally shot to 200. I knew it wasn't funny anymore. I had to reduce. But what was I to do? About then, I began reading of people who'd used a reducing-placandy, called went to the I asked the time Next I store, Ayds. woman there about them. It turned out that she had been on the Ayds Plan and it had worked for her. So I bought a box of the plain chocolate fudge type, though later I tried the chewy vanilla caramel kind. Well, anyway, I started taking the Ayds like the directions said. One or two before meals with a hot drink. For me, it was tea. Now, I never cared much for breakfast. But on the Ayds Plan, I sometimes took an egg, because I know you should always eat in the morning. At noon, I'd have a sandwich. And for dinner, I'd have meat, a vegetable, and a salad, like lettuce, tomato, cucumber and onions. And by having that candy before meals, I didn't seem to crave sweets afterwards. Of course, one of the biggest helps was that, for the first time in my life, I wanted to reduce. I wanted Ayds to help me. And they did. They helped me curb my appetite, so I ate less. Well, it wasn't long before weight began to come off. That made me feel so good, I changed my n v i -- 1 Q v I'm not even 21 years old here, but at 198 pounds, nothing fit but old women's dresses. hairstyle. And next I started giving away those old women's clothes I used to wear. When I got down to 148 pounds, however, I quit taking Ayds because I was pregnant again. But after my son was born, I asked my doctor about Ayds, and he said they were all right for me. You see, they don't contain any harmful drugs. So I followed the Ayds Plan until I reached 133 pounds. I can't tell you what it's like to look and dress young once more. After all, I'm only twenty-on- e years old, and a size 12 dress sure has more style than a size 22. I found that out at a Dutch Maid party I gave. It was great fun. You invite friends to your house, and a woman comes with a lot of new styles and you try on and buy what you like. And I sure liked to buy. When my sister saw me dressed up and slimmed down, she said: "Bonnie, if you let yourself get fat again, don't bother to visit me." Only then did I realize how ashamed she was of me. Well, I think my waddling days are over. At least, I hope so. Fact is, I want to take off another ten pounds, so I'm trying the minty chocolate I still want to take off more weight, but at least at pounds, I look more my age. 133 fudge Ayds now. That doesn't mean, however, that s I never get to enjoy my cooking to But the Ayds Plan, it's these days. now, thanks a thinner me that goes to dinner. mother-in-law'- Before and After Measurements Height Weight Bust Waist Hips Dress Before 5'5" 198 lbs. After 5'5" 133 lbs. MT 3JT 3fT 27" 4ST 36" 22 12 |