Down Memory Lane

[Lesley110]

Hey, how many of you, I wonder, had their mothers pushing Ayds sweets, during the 70s, as a way of loosing weight. I was a very healthy, very fit (school/county hockey team, school netball team, syncronise swiming team) but dress size 16/18! My mother, god bless her, was convinced that I had a weight problem and that these blooming awful sweets were going to be the all singing all dancing cure all to my "problem". God they were awful!

 

[charliegirl]

I was a skinny whippet until I turned 40 but I remember my mum having them like little chocolates in a box lol...wonder what happened to them then lol...xx

 

[Lesley110]

I've had a quick look on the "tinternet" and apparently they never recovered from the AIDS epidemic and the association.

 

[teen]

I have never heard of them, and was skinny till I was early 20's then down hill from there

 

[Lesley110]

Oh believe me, you would remember them if you had tried them, they tasted awful! I shudder at the thought of them even now, yuk!!!

 

[djbp98]

You've just made me relive the taste!!!! They were terrible...my mum got me them too...."this is the answer" I remember her saying. I forgive you Mum, becoz since then I've had really really BAD tasting diet things!!

 

[Lesley110]

You've just made me relive the taste!!!! They were terrible...my mum got me them too...."this is the answer" I remember her saying. I forgive you Mum, becoz since then I've had really really BAD tasting diet things!!

I am sooooo glad I am not the only one, remember the grapefruit diet, and the exercise things from KTel that fitted to the door handles and were supposed to make you super fit!! ah memories, I wish Mam was here for me to remind her!:wave_cry:

 

[weight loss hopeful]

Never heard of them, but ill tale your words for it lol x

 

[phatgirl]

I remember them, we had them in the US in the early '80s, I used to see commercials for them. The bad association didn't start until the mid '80s, because up until then AIDS was called GRID. The first time I saw a news special on AIDS I actually thought it was related to the AYDS diet aides! But I was only little then. I don't really remember seeing them after that!

 

[Big an Bouncy]

Yep had them back in 1970s but I liked them! they were like caramel toffees!Mint ones were yuk though.Saw an old ad for slimming soap in an old 30s mag!omg if it was that easy Id never be out the bath lol