Weight Watchers International made profits of $253 million last year by charging people a monthly fee for diet advice that is available for free elsewhere, and selling packaged diet food that is inferior to other food available more cheaply elsewhere. But hey, whatever works for you, etc etc. A more basic problem:…
The American Man has, in recent history, been beset on all side by feminizing influences: Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Spanx for Men, fancy shampoo... where does it end?
If you're one of the thousands of Americans who uses the Weight Watchers system to turn meals into joyless games of caloric Tetris, you probably noticed the rules have changed. No longer is an apple worth 2 points. Everything's weird!
20 zaftigs piled into a Swedish Weight Watchers facility to have their corpulence quantified: "We suddenly heard a huge thud; we almost thought it was an earthquake and everything flew up in the air. The floor collapsed..."
Jennifer Love Hewitt found headlines last winter when unflattering paparazzi photos prompted her to cry, "To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini—put it on and stay strong." Sadly, it appeared that Hewitt then took advice from 30 Rock's Jack Donaghy ("She needs to lose thirty pounds or gain…
If looking in the mirror at your fat thighs isn't sufficient motivation to go on a diet, perhaps helping to feed the needy will be the spur you need? Weight Watchers has come up with a plan whereby for every pound you lose, they'll donate money to charities such as Action Against Hunger. So the extent of your vanity…
Among those sniveling, rodent-like, British sorts who follow the weight fluctuations of actresses who look inarguably healthy, Catherine Zeta-Jones's current "condition" is approaching near-scandal levels of alarm. For example, the Daily Mail today cites a not-harrowing new collection of photos supposedly suggesting…
