| mandalinn82 |
10-09-2007 01:21 PM |
I think Woman's World is working toward featuring more healthy plans on the covers. In recent weeks, I've seen South Beach, a plan based on low calorie fast food items, and something LA Weight Loss related. At the end of October, I'm going to be on the cover talking about my losses using 3FC, whole foods, exercise, calorie counting, and a little bit of volumetrics (that is, unless they twist me into the "Eat Dessert and Lose!" diet...always a possibility).
I think Woman's World got duped like everyone else...unfortunate, but not necessarily negligent.
1. There were two individuals that Woman's World MET and photographed (Christin and Deni) that said they followed the ******* plan, lost weight, and kept it off.
2. There was also one (fake) individual saying that they had lost 198 lbs in 11 months. They did not meet/photograph her, but she wasn't the cover (Christin was) so this is somewhat understandable.
3. The faker was a scam artist and, likely, a sociopath who is excellent at convincing people with lies and half-truths. In a phone interview, I find it easy to understand how the Woman's World editor would be dragged in.
4. The plan presented to Woman's World wasn't exactly "the plan behind the plan" - ie, the advice and recommendations being passed around on the ******* website to push fat and calories very low, skip water in favor of diet coke, water/diet coke fast for long periods, use laxatives, etc. Its sort of like all of the ******* defenders on the website who say "Well, I showed my doctor the food list and he gave me the go-ahead". There is a big difference between saying "I eat mostly lean proteins and lots of veggies" and "I eat 500 calories or less a day of egg white and chicken breast, with a cup or less of vegetables, and use laxatives and/or skip days of eating in favor of diet coke". Woman's World was given the first...no calorie limit, lots of lean protein, lots of veggies, and "as much fat as it takes to make the menu work", which is NOT what was being suggested behind the scenes at ******* (low amounts of food from all categories, little to no fat). Just like the doctors telling their patients that there is nothing wrong with the types of food they are eating, WW saw a plan that was healthy on the surface, in combination with multiple success stories that they met and photographed in person, and published the information.
I think they got duped, just like the docs that women are taking the plan to for approval and the women who believed the story was true. Sad, yes, and they should print a retraction (and the issue is with their legal department, currently, I think), but I don't think they were being negligent.
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