Twas the week before Christmas and all through the mail, the diet companies shill programs guaranteed to fail.
It’s that time of year – diet companies try to convince us to join them before “the holidays”, or to make them our New Year’s Resolution and we are inundated with diet ads on social media, television, radio, and print. That means it’s time for this DancesWithFat traditional post
Please know that I’ve done almost all of these diets – most of which were prescribed by doctors – and it’s not my intention to criticize anyone who has done or will do them, just the people who sell them. Without further ado:
Weight Watchers er, um, WW or whatever
Pay $1270 to lose 5 pounds in two years.
Eat our special Weight Watchers ice cream, don’t ask us how we got 4 grams of fiber into ice cream, you don’t want to know.
Those deceptive trade practice lawsuits? Look, over there, it’s a shiny celebrity spokesperson! (Results not typical)
Body Hatred – your gateway to the good life.
If you’re happy and you know it, we’ll fix that!
Alli:
Uncontrolled anal seepage isn’t as bad as it sounds. Really.
Spend $800.00 to lose 4 pounds – most of which will apparently leak out of your ass.
Jenny Craig/NutriSystem etc.
You aren’t capable of deciding when/if you’re hungry. Just eat what we say when we say and don’t ask any questions.
Belviq:
Hilarious if it wasn’t horrifying!
We don’t know how it works, it could kill you, every single person in the trial regained weight, and it is addictive. Sign up for our free trial!
Special K:
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll wear Size Sassy, tomorrow, self-esteem is always a size away!
It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle change – you change to a lifestyle where you diet all the time.
MediFast:
Eat reconstituted soy protein five times a day, stop menstruating, and lose your hair – you’ll feel so healthy!
The same powder can be made into a shake, a pancake, or soup. That’s not weird at all. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature, we promise!
Slimfast:
Mmmmmm, laxatives!
Wait, our product is still legal? Dude, that’s awesome!
At least you don’t have to drink it from a metal can anymore – but if you like that metallic edge to your chocolate sludge the can is still available.
Stomach Amputation Surgery
You could die. Or end up with horrific lifelong side effects. We have no idea what will happen, this is a total crapshoot.
If you want more information about the basis for these slogans check out https://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/some-diet-company-questions/
If you have ideas for slogans, please feel free to leave them in the comments – maybe the diet companies will take us up on some of these!
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Noticed an article about WW saying yes to another round of Oprah. WTF ever!
What ever happened to having your holidays THEN feeling guilty and being shamed for having “over-indulged”. Now you get admonitions and guilt trips before, during and after.
Hey, I like Special K. with a little sugar and half and half. Tee hee hee (giggly twats on commercials) Thank You…
Ugh – I feel like it’s earlier every year 😦
I love Kevin Smith and was so sad when he became a WW “ambassador”.
There’s nothing quite like watching someone whose talent you used to admire hop into the Fatphobia-mobile and drive it straight into the nearest septic tank, is there?
I don’t think Drew Carey ever became a WW ambassador, but I was bummed when he jumped on the weight-loss bandwagon.
“Wait, our product is still legal? Dude, that’s awesome!”
LOL, this one’s my favorite.
FYI, I can’t get the link in the above post to https://danceswithfat.org/2013/12/06/some-diet-company-questions/ to work.
How about “NOOM – the app that’s way more expensive than a gym membership!”
“Weight Watchers – if it wasn’t an effective diet, why would so many people rejoin YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR?”