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Show (Advertisement) Inside I was crying. until I lost 105 pounds. By Alice Banoczky as told to Ruth L. McCarthy in Budapest knew me the Everybody on the stage. How I hated ! But without me, the "Guruld or Rolling Trio, would have Eggyiittes", been a skinny nothing. I sang. I made big jokes. But inside I was crying. Because I knew when the spotlight went off, they called me "dagadt", which in Hungarian means swollen, like a big balloon. . and found I should take one or two Ayds before meals with a hot drink. Then eat. Pretty soon, I didn't feel so hungry for a big meal. In a few days, I lost two pounds. Was I excited! I grabbed my golden opportunity right then. For this was the help I needed s i Uf time I was completely newborn. So I dyed my hair blonde. On the Ayds plan, more weight came off. And soon, even my wedding ring fell off. I was never so happy to spend five dollars as for making it smaller. After I lost 50 pounds, people passed me on the street t T 1 Always I was overweight. Even from three years old. Our kitchen, you see, was very rich. Lots of soup, pork, potatoes and fozelek (a side dish). And I loved tur6s r6tes (strudel with cheese) as well as sweets. the time I was 16, 1 was already 200 pounds. My mother took me to doctors where I had shots and pills and diets, even artificial orange drinks. But always, the pounds came back. Once, when I was walking on the street, a man said to another: "If our government had as solid a foundation as that, we'd all be in better shape." Some shape ! I was miserable. I had no fun, no activities, no boy friends. I had only my singing voice. But how could I show it off, with such fatness? The only way, I decided, was radio, where I could hide myself. Later on, I grew bolder and went on the stage with my comic trio. Everybody laughed, but me. Then came the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and I escaped to the U.SA. Almost immediately, I realized that because of my weight, I had even less chance to make a success here in show business. For practically everywhere", I saw the most slim and trim girls. Discouraged, I gave up my music and took a job behind the scenes in a factory. And I again tried to reduce. Sometimes I was even starving myself. But I'd get hungry and soon I would be eating lots of sweetness in desserts and TV snacks and before going to bed. Finally, I met a man who preferred a good cook to a slim figure. We married, moved to Walnut Creek, California, and a By low-calor- ie son was "born to us. Oh boy, some fat mamma he had! And each year that my son grew older, I grew bigger. Last summer, 230 pounds ! Being a woman, however, I still dreamed of being thin. But how was I to stop the desserts and sweets and nighttime snacks? That was the problem always, until I made the discovery of the rcducing-placandy, called Ayds. I was in a drugstore when I first saw the chocolate fudge type. (There is also a vanilla caramel Ayds and a fudgy e chocolate mint.) Ah, I thought, a snack for my sweet tooth! I was wrong. When I got home, I read the directions n low-calori- t am 1 Vt v-- v If .. f. r Look at me, acting comical. But even without the watermelon, I could make people laugh. After all, I was 230 pounds. wish all Hungary could see me now with my new figure. Do you blame me for lightening my hair, to have more willpower. And to have a without knowing me. But it was me, all right on my way down to 125 pounds. At last, thanks be to the Ayds plan, I have a good figure. Now, I have only one more dream. To sing again for an American audience. Before and After Measurements Before After 5'26" S'2" Height 125 lbs. 230 lbs. Weight 36" Bust AlVi" 36 25" Waist 36" Hips 51" 8 24Vi Dress Size smaller appetite without harmful drugs. For breakfast, I would take my Ayds as directed. Then I'd have grapefruit, scrambled eggs, toast, and coffee. A lot of people think to skip breakfast is to lose faster. But this is a bad idea. It is important that one should eat in the morning. At noon, I had, maybe, a sandwich. And in the evening, after Ayds again, I ate a regular dinner. But I ate less than always before because I didn't want so much. Oh, yes. And at night, if I was hungry, I ate another Ayds. It was sweet and the answer to my craving. When I'd lost 25 pounds, I decided it was too? |