Happy New Year! I hope 2008 is being good to you so far!
My 2008 started with a large wind and rain storm that left us without power for 5 days. Then, as I was catching up, I got hit with some sort of flu bug. But I must tell you that neither of these things were as big a deal as when I turned on the television on January 1st (we still had power that day) and saw the new Weight Watchers advertising campaign. All of a sudden Weight Watchers isn’t a diet? Who do they think they are fooling? Not me, and not anyone else I’ve talked to recently.
The one good thing that I see coming out of this is that the non-dieting, or intuitive eating, concept is growing, and it’s scaring Weight Watchers enough that they have had to change their marketing message. But I’m still really disgusted with this sneaky, flat-out lie. As soon as I had power again, I had a little rant on my blog. I’ve added it to the newsletter for this month in case you haven’t seen it. I’ve had many people thank me for doing this, and there are many other bloggers out there doing the same thing. You can check out a few in my original blog post (the link is included at the end of the post).
I’m also offering a special discounted price on my report, “5 Steps to Breaking Out of Diet Prison” in honor of Weight Watchers’ big fat lie. Check it out in this newsletter.
I am excited to let you know that I will be starting a new Am I Hungry? teleworkshop very soon. Stay tuned, because I will be having a very special contest, and you could win complementary admission to the entire 8-week workshop!
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January 2008
Um, Excuse Me, Weight Watchers?...
You ARE a Diet!
A Letter to Those Who May Care at Weight Watchers:
Dear Marketing People:
Thank you for your devotion to the health, self-esteem and well-being of women and men of the world through your years of cramming your diet, excuse me, lifestyle change, down our throats (quite literally!). But I must congratulate you - you have outdone yourself this year. Yes, we have all been sitting on the edge of our seats (because God knows we are all too stupid to get off the couch and lose weight without you!) since January 1st to see what miracle Weight Watchers has come up with for all of us. We’ve done your programs in the past, many of us have even lost weight (by the way, we found it again, plus more), but we are such stupid, lazy people with no “willpower” that we need you again! Thank you for being there! We know it’s us, not the dieting industry that caused all this weight gain, we know we just need self-control and someone to tell us what and when and how much to eat.
But now, oh now you’ve really done it. You’re brilliant! You realize diets don’t work! I don’t think I’ve been hearing that for the last 20 years or so, no I appreciate the fact that Weight Watchers is keeping me informed. What’s more, because you say so in your commercials, you aren’t a diet! I’m so glad you respect us, your loyal followers all these years, and don’t want to INSULT us by feeding us lies, you aren’t a diet, you’re absolutely right.
I don’t think I can remember a Weight Watchers program that ever:
1. Told me WHAT to eat
2. Told me WHEN to eat
3. Told me HOW MUCH to eat
Never - because THAT WOULD BE A DIET!!!!!!
I can’t wait to see what you have planned for us this year - maybe a brand new points system? Or maybe this year I can eat all the vegetables I want because we all know they have no calories. I don’t think I ever gained an ounce eating whole bags of baby carrots in one sitting. Maybe we can have an extra-special jumpstart program with 800 calories a day. I’m so excited I may have to go binge, especially since I’ll be going on your diet, um, lifestyle change, very soon.
Oh, one other thing - thanks so much for helping us remember that losing weight is all about cutting calories and maybe a little exercise. It’s so clear to me that my emotional overeating I’ve engaged in since the age of 7 has nothing to do with my weight fluctuations. Again, it’s all about willpower and CONTROL, right? And if I can’t do that, then it must be a character flaw. Maybe I can go ask the doctor for a pill for that flaw right after I sign up for your program for the twentieth straight year. I can’t wait to go back to the meetings and see all my overweight buddies in the cattle line waiting to be weighed! That’s my favorite part, especially when I gain weight; it’s so motivating to know I’ve been “bad” during the week. It really makes me want to shape up and turn to my perfectionist mentality. That’s always served me well.
Thanks for all your wonderful support and work. I look forward to coming back year after year, every New Year’s to see what you have cooked up to help me lose all those holiday pounds. After all, the holidays only come once a year, right?
Your devoted fan,
Gillian Hood-Gabrielson
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You may have heard it from your grandma: “Feed a cold, starve a fever.”
Or “Chicken soup for colds and flu.”
Appealing as those ideas are, they have more to do with folklore than reality.
According to the American Lung Association, the truth of the matter is this: Whether you have a cold or flu, you need to get plenty of fluids (water and juice), eat enough food to satisfy your appetite, and drink hot fluids to ease your cough and sore throat.
Chicken soup can be one of those hot fluids, but it won’t cure the flu or a cold. Other common myths about colds and flu include:
MYTH: You can catch the flu or a cold from going outside in cold weather.
FACT: Being cold, or even wet, won’t cause you to get sick. You are more likely to pick up germs that cause colds and flu while indoors, where people live and work in close quarters.
MYTH: If you catch a cold from someone, it can turn into the flu.
FACT: Only a person infected with the influenza virus can transmit the flu.
MYTH: Herbal remedies are good cold remedies.
FACT: Claims have been made that zinc lozenges, echinacea, and other herbs can cure colds quickly. To date, none of these claims are solidly supported by scientific studies.
MYTH: Large doses of vitamin C can keep you from catching the flu or a cold, or will quickly cure them.
FACT: These claims have not been proven. Still, it’s important to your health to consume the minimum daily requirement of vitamin C.
MYTH: If you don’t catch the flu by December, you won’t get it, because the flu season is over.
FACT: The flu season often peaks as late as February. Getting vaccinated before the end of the calendar year is the best way to prevent the flu, but the vaccine can still be effective if you get the shot in January.
MYTH: “Stomach flu” is one kind of flu.
FACT: About one in three people with the flu may have an upset stomach. But other viruses, along with bacteria and food poisoning, are more common causes of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Taken from Feather River Hospital’s Partners In Health.
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