Mon, Jul-30-12, 10:13
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Senior Member
Posts: 192
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Plan: CRON
Stats: 178/117/130
BF:BMI 18.5 Yay!
Progress: 127%
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Originally Posted by doreen T
It took some digging, but I found an old newspaper article about it, from April 1962. Bombs Away on Ugly Fat!  . The secret wasn't the diet so much as the little happy pill (dexedrine) that went along with it.
Doctors back in the 1950's and 60's regularly prescribed amphetamines for weight loss. Weeeeeeeee ... !!!!!
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And Stillman only alludes to the stimulant drugs in a very roundabout way in his QWL. He'll say "with the help of the QWL diet and some extra assistance..." or something like that.  I'm not sure he ever came out and copped to using stimulant meds outright. But yeah that was the "diet du jour" back then. 
I like the idea of hanging an outfit in plain sight that you are trying to get into. I have an adorable size 4 sundress (that is now about 12 years old) that I always got a ton of compliments on that I've used as my "goal dress." |