Well That’s Bullshit
December 20, 2007 by zmama75
I have been on a crazy # of diets. None of them impressively successful but the two I had the greatest weight loss with were Weight Watchers (points) and Body for Life. And the funny thing about those two is that they were the ones where I was most obsessive over eating/food choices/how to somehow get the food choices I wanted without it being a “cheat”. What’s also pretty funny is that I find those two plans relatively healthy (for a diet). But, yet, they helped make me the most crazy.
What I find to be complete bullshit is what appears to be Weight Watchers new ad campaign. Are they on crack? I can’t find any of their print ads online (but their site has info on how their diet isn’t a diet. What the fuck ever) but this did come right up in my Google search. How I relate to their WW experiences (minus the meetings - I did it online)!
For some reason I am feeling really pissed off about this ad campaign.
And I also think it’s a tad amusing that I am going to have a lovely In n Out burger (well, grilled cheese) tonight for dinner - I used to actually figure out the points to that crazy thing back in the day. And obsess over eating it and what to eat so that my day would be within points (which was a guess anyway). Crazy fricken’ making.
Tonight I just get to eat it, enjoy it, and then move on. Now that’s not a diet.
OH I so hear you on this!! I lost 25 pounds on WW a couple of years ago. but I was miserable the whole time. I got so tired of trying to figure out the points in a grande sancho, or whatever random thing I happened to be eating at the moment. I shiver at the thought of how much time I wasted figuring up points and writing them down and then obsessing over how I just couldn’t seem to stay within my range. Points made me crazy and what’s even crazier is that sometimes I consider (briefly) giving it another shot, because hey, it worked before, maybe it will work again. But then I remember all the stupid effort that goes into it and it just wears me out thinking about it. I don’t care what WW says, it is a diet, plain and simple, because counting points for the next 40 years just isn’t natural!!