Liz’s rant: Proof that diet pills don’t work

How sick are you of seeing those before-and-after ads for magic diet pills? Seriously! Of course, trying to get away from them is no easy task. They’re on the radio, the TV, the internet and in magazines.

All I can say is promises, promises. (Or maybe, liar, liar, pants on fire).

You know the lines:

“I don’t have to WORRY about what I eat! I just take one magic pill before each meal and watch the pounds fall off!”

Of course there’s my all-time favorite: “Now, my husband calls me his trophy wife.”

Which begs the question, “what did he call you BEFORE?!?!” (I think you see where I’m going with that one…)

The most amazing part of these ads, though, has to be the fact that all these diets not only make the pounds melt away like magic, they apparently perform plastic surgery as well. I defy you to look at the before-and-after pics and try to tell me they didn’t a.) have boob jobs; b.) get face lifts and c.) have all the excess fat and cellulite sucked from their bodies.

Let’s get real, here. If these pills did what they promised, there’d be no need for plastic surgeons or liposuction. In fact, we’d all be perfectly fit and proportioned Barbies.

Here’s some more reality. If you have to look like a super model in order to feel good about yourself – much less gain the approval of others -  the need to drop a few pounds is likely the least of your problems.

-Liz

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