SSSS™ I went on the warpath 14 cents per day! and lost 55 pounds. By Shirley Paul - as told to Ruth L. McCarthy the contrary, each time I thought about it. Cd make a stack of sandwiches and eat , mvielf into another pound. Even my sister got 011 n,e about the way 1 looked. But it "as not a friend ot my husband made ' . 1 a snide remark that I finally decided I had *° reduce. '” u *?*• ’ carried much of my weight ■ from the waist down. As a result. 1 could -t , "*‘er find pauty hose to tit. no matter what •a AlA^ByA.■ size I bought. So wore regular stockings t " i,h ,he lat hlll ß in X ”' cr 'he top. And with ..„ .-■. short skirts. I'm afraid it was there lot all the world to see. i ’. Well, one night at a party, this fellow' ' tilffTWlHEl turned to his slim wife and said: "Why don't i V •_' wear hose lets people see your s3S?asPs*' le "' ’" •’ " u s a sick kind of humor. But V ; . : ’ jMfl it hurt enough to jolt me into action. I have wJUV'■;'' ' JMKH hernkce blood in me and I'll tell sou this. \'\J '< >; I 1 hat crack put me on the warpath against h ~; . v >at. V: l.uckilv. I remembered that my mother AipVilVj’ V had used those reducing-plan A yds -. and JBHrg'. . ■ that tin plan had worked for her. So I picked /If l f i up a bo\ of the vanilla flavoured Ayds at f|* | n»iii', \\ I a chemist and I started on the plan. Ij VVy 111 IHi I Ri 1111 |V%''. : . m I ncidentally. I was glad to see in the folder 11 . Jxjl l 111111 .’ / J|'j 1 1111 l\\v i I , ' , that Avds contain no drugs. So I took an Ih?K| 11 If I 1! ill 111 iIHvA I alt/Wpouridv. yougnnaml ar it. r you ma i As d before each meal like the directions sav 1 11111 If /nil I ill\\\vU *" sou, mtnd to do som'th.ng about ,t. _ * UH IhlV 1 1 Tkotalo chips, pop. pizza, lasers of lunch ntc cut back on what I was eating. 1111 11 l l®’»\\\\ V*’ 1 Jr meat between fat slices of bread-these I had plenty of meat and fish and I ate tji lIIHH II7 were just a few of the stuffers that filled my s cgetables bare. No butter or seasoning A ms csenings. Vnd made ms dass miserable, or anything like that. And I began to lose. ; Bj/H f )or when soure 22 sears old. fisc feet two. As for those sandwich snacks. 1 took Ayds <ll iill 111111111 and Iko pounds, the world is a pretts drears instead. They have only 31 calories apiece, . Place so I was way ahead. 11l U "Shame fat "is what 1 used to.call alt The Ayds plan kind of became a family ’HI JjHnl JjlHjJflW that extra weight I carried around. 1 don't project, for both me and my husband. lUtHil 111 f 111 11111W know Whether it's a Hoosier expression or Because when he saw how well I was doing, not But I come from Gaston. Indiana, and he started taking Ayds. too. when 1 used to cook for mv husband and Another tiling. Since we both like to WL "WK three children. I'd just make much too dance, we did that for exercise. And we dis- »|a|| much 1 hen I'd leel ashamed to waste such covered a whole new life together. As a mat•mod food, so I'd cat it. Vnd that became ter of fact, by the time I had gotten down nn ••shame fat " to '■’" pounds. Steve had gone from size Xrtualh I had learned Io cook enormous 42 trousers to size 36. I'd show you a picture m. als during ins teens. I had come from <>t him. but he wants to get to size 34 before a large familv ot seven where everybody had bragging. t„ rrr rT,o,o ' big. big appetites. Mier I married. I just I m working on taking ofl 10 more pounds a couldn't get used to cutting down on the my sell. Then I’ll besatistied and completely X'r quantities I cooked. So I'd make enough to l>ee Irom the late-night sandwich trap. Ayds * lle^ tla> , „ M leed an arms. Whs. 1 got so heavy, each takes care ol that craving just fine. /_•<pounds, time I became pregnant. I had to wear - - - - junior sizes fit maternity clothes in my second month. betore AM) At ITR MWst REMEN is I must say that my husband. Steve, never think ’ made nasty remarks about my size. Maybe Before After because he was gaining, 100. But deep inside H .: eht 5 ..>- 5 ->- I'm sure my looks must have bothered him. Weight’“"”JlBolbs. "”*JI- : slbs. , lor instance, "hen we were going some g ust 40 „ 3 5 -. ; place, and I'd finish dressing, he'd just say: Waist \..'.\/.34‘'27" ■ ••\reyouready?"whenlreally wanted him Hjps _■''42"3s" ■ByT ; lu sav: "You sure look pretty.” Dress SizelB-2011 Still I did nothing about my weight. On ■ ■ — NOTE: If you are greatly overweight. »— I consult your doctor before beginning any / WTT rj reducing plan. The Ay ds Plan is not / K K g recommended for people suffering from ■ a& / I W I overweight due to glandular disturbances. |SaW miL JL J I e- ’he best results be sure to read the saKjS&S’gji&ig BzDidtributed in New Zealand bv .::or leaflet enclosed with every box < "Avds" Division N. M. PERYER Limited oi Ayds; then follow the plan faithfully. 93-95 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch 1. A vailable only from Chemists. « Park Avenue, Auckland. la. 4 pieces is fortified with: Vitamin A 8001. U.. Vitamin Bl fThiaminc) 10 mg ; Vitamin B2 <Riboflavin) 1.2 mg.: Calcium 175 mg.; Phosphorus 100 mg.: Iron smg : Vitamin D (Ergosterol) 400 IX. Ayds pros ide approximately 30 Calories per cube. * I. M. of Pt Rt X CORP .lIP.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33191, 3 April 1973, Page 5
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