If you step on a scale and the floor collapses under you, you’re probably on a Weight Watchers diet.
I know that sounds like a punchline — but 20 Swedes learned the cold, hard truth about gimmicky diets when the floor gave way during their Weight Watchers weigh-in.
There were no injuries…unless you count pride. But honestly, what’d these folks expect from this masochistic diet cult?
Weight watchers "works" by assigning points to food. You get so many points a day and you can eat whatever you want with them…half a cookie, a bite of pizza and maybe lick the powdered sugar off a jelly donut.
Run out of points and you’re supposed to stop eating for the day…or you can earn more by punishing yourself with exercise.
But the only thing you’ll really lose with this backwards plan is money…and maybe your sanity if you’re forced to sit through enough of their weekly confessional-style meetings.
If you really want to lose weight, you don’t need points, exercise, meetings or other gimmicks. Just skip the junk — give the carbs a one-way ticket to Sweden and eat a healthy diet of animal fats and protein.
And if you insist on trying Weight Watchers, just make sure you reinforce the floor first.
Watching the weight watchers,