Ayds
In May of 1968 I saw an ad in the Sunday newspaper about a man that had lost a great deal of weight using Ayds. I remarked about it to my Mom. I was 17 at the time and weighed 208 lbs and I was 5’7”. When Mom went to the grocery store that week she brought home a box of Ayds for me and told me that if I wanted to I could give them a try. BTW, the caramel flavor was my favorite Ayds.
Well that was enough to get me started. I followed the diet plan included in the box, and found that using Ayds did seem to help suppress my appetite. It may have helped that I was smoking a pack of Lucky Strikes every day too. Well right away I began to drop weight and started to feel better about myself. I took long bike rides and walks and exercised daily. Over the Summer I went from 208 lbs to 143 lbs. by the time school started in the Fall for my senior year. I was wearing a 32 in waist pants and a size small shirt, down from a skin tight 38” waist and large to ex large shirt. When I got on the school bus the first day of school the other kids asked my brother, “Joe, isn’t Eddie going to school this year?”, I’d changed so much that kids I’s known since the 8th grade didn’t even recognize me. It was the first time since I was 6 years old that I actually felt good about myself. By the time I graduated I weighed 130 lbs and had to buy the Navy Blue Blazer that I wore to my graduation in the boys dept, a boys size 20. My PE teacher was thunder struck when he saw me in September. I went from being the last kid to finish the 440 run in track to the second fastest in the class and I could actually run and jump the hurdles, something I never thought I could do.
In all honesty I believe that it was my mind set that changed more than anything else, but Ayds did help give me a great kick start. For the next 3-4 years I managed to keep my weight under pretty good control. But as time went on, old bad habits returned and I was up and down sometimes as much as 80 lbs. I went to Weight Watchers and attained Lifetime status after reaching my goal weight. As you can tell weight management has been a lifelong struggle for me and I learned a lot along the way.
Ten years ago I finally was able to get a good handle on the situation. What all of my struggle taught me is that in the end moderation, a sensible diet, not eating between meals or binge eating, regular exercise and realistic goals and expectations are what at last let me attain a stable, healthy weight and maintain it. And it was Ayds that started me on this self improvement journey.
Eddie
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