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Show (Advertisement) - I gave up diet pills and lost 98 pounds By JoAnne Lawrence—astold to Ruth L. McCarthy ounds, pounds, pounds. I just kept putP ng them onthefirst year I was mar- ried. In fact, I gained 75 in aii and wound up wearing maternity clothes, even whenI wasn’t pregnant. It was shameful. We had moved to Austin, Texas, and our apartment wasso small there wasn't much to do. So I cooked andate and ate and cooked. Then, when I found out I was expecting, I started eating even more. I thought that to have a healthy baby youhadto eata lot. Mydoctorkept telling me the weight would be hardto get off. But I wouldn't believeit. I was sure I could takeit off in no time. The “no time” lasted nine years. I just kept getting heavier and heavier, as I had another child, and another. Occasionally, I'd buy some yard goods, and a dress pattern with a waistline, and I'd run it up. Then I'd hangthedressin the closet. It Docters had prescribed diets and reducing it, so can I, So I read every word and I found pills for me time and again. Sometimes, I'd stay on a diet five days, then I’d have to eat out that she did it with the help of Ayds Re ducing Plan Candy. I didn't even wait to keep my Poiana with the doctor. I told the nurse I wassick andleft. And I went right to the drugstore big. Fried chicken and candy. I couldn't seem to live without them. As for the pills, they made me too ne: vous. Besides, when you swallow them, they’re gone. !t’s the same and got some vanilla caramel Ayds. Later, I with liquid diets. You drink them, aad they're tried ! oth the plain chocolate fudge type and the fudgy chocolate mint. And I started losing on the Ayds Plan. I didn’t set myself too strict in what I ate gone.It’s not like having something you can chew on. After the baby came, I was desperate to lose. And I wanted sympathyso bad,it hurt. Finally, I made an appointment with another doctor. While in his waiting room, I picked up 2 magazine and suddenly saw this story about a woman who'd lost a tremendous amount of weight. WhenI looked at herfat picture,I said: “That's me.”Then I looked at herslim picture. And I thought, if she can do for meals. I was just careful. But I took the Ayds, as directed, and they helped me curb myappetite. They really did. I kept my Ayds in the refrigerator and that made them real chewy. And that’s what I wanted. Something to chew on. Why, if I'd wake up in the middle of the night and start thinking about food, I'd just get up, get an Ayds and chew away. WhenI'd gone down26 pounds, I was able, at last, to get into one of those dresses hanging in mycloset. You can’t imagine how good that made mefeel. Soon I began looking at pretty dresses in magazines. Bright, bright colors, too. After all, I was just in my mid-twenties and I was tired of wearing black. was always too snug to wear. I made things Aboutthis time, I also started doing exerts, cises to help mefirm up.ButI have to admit, whenit cameto touchingthefloor, I cheated. So I decided to switch to walking — eight blocks every evening. And it made mefeel real good. WhenI finally lost 98 pounds, I couldn't believe it. I was like a new person.I bought myself some shorts. Somedresses with belts, to show my waistline. And even a couple of minis. Fact is, we've had to add three new* closets to our house. I just can’t get enough of dressing up. I've been downto 132 poundsfor some time now, butI still keep a box of Aydsin the refrigerator. WhenI feel myself slipping, I look at themand say: “Yousatisfy me, Ayds, or I'm in trouble.” And they do. They've heiped Myhusband caught me off guard here, at nearly 230 pounds. This snap is bad enough, but at least I wasn't in my maternity slacks, that way on purpose, hoping it would make me do something about my weight. But it neverdid. I’d just wind up wearing my maternity slacks, which had an elastic waistband. By the time my last son was born, I was really in bad shape. I weighed 230 pounds. It washard evento breathe. The doctor thought I'd lose the baby. He even thought he'd lose me, the fat was squeezing myheartso hard. But, fortunately, weboth pulled through. It wasn’t like I hadn't evertried to reduce. me cut my appetite way down. And my weight. The only thing outofline nowis my clothesbill. Before and After Measurements After 55” Height 5'5” Weight 230lbs. 132 Ibs. Bust 44" 36%" 36” Zi Waist Nowthat I'm 132 pounds, even my little boys are proud of me. The oldest keeps saying to his pals "Hey, you, this is my Mom!” Before Hips * 44” DressSize | * 22% ba 36” 9 = |