Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Diet Plans


           In the media viewers constantly witness weight control plans such as diet bars, diet pills, and diet brand of foods. Companies such as Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, South Beach, and Slim Fast have celebrities promote their products so they sell. People develop a sense of trust and confidence in the program if celebrities that they admire says that the product works. For example, in the Jenny Craig diet program stars such as Queen Latifah and  Kristy Ally support and promote the product. What the viewer watching doesn't realize is that these stars are paid excessive amounts of money to be on the commercials and supporting the products. Results are usually skewed and pictures of people who reached their "goal" by being on the diet are usually digitally enhanced. The amazing results that are advertised are usually the few obsure results of people who were very sucessful with the product. The average person doesn't usually obtain these results.  Also viewers think that by just eating the foods you can buy will automatically make you skinny. What they fail to notice is the little caption at the bottom that says " exercise is necessary to obtain realistic results." 
                Also out there are exercise video tapes and machines. Exercise videos are the most reliable because it is actually machine that you can use to build muscle eventually leading to weight loss. The key is to know you have to not only exercise, but also eat right. With the two you'll have a head start to loosing weight.
               In my personal opinion, I think the foods that you can buy off of the television is ridiculous. Why waste your money on food that isn't fresh and probably tastes bad when you can go out and get good quality healthy food from a restaurant or grocery store. 


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