Eff January Magazines

Ok, so I'm pretty pissed.  The January 14th issue of People magazine is a Special Double Issue on "How They Did It... Half Their Size!"  It's a double issue all about people who have lost a ton of weight and how they did it.

I read the entire issue cover to cover looking for the usual celebrity gossip, who wore it best, news articles, etc. and nothing (or atleast very little).  Yup, an entire issue dedicated to losing weight.

Now before I continue I want to say that I am not against people who wish to lose weight nor am I against self improvement.  I AM however against an entire issue of PEOPLE magazine dedicated solely to showing readers different ways to lose weight and it being released as the first issue of the new year.  The 'New Year's resolution' issue. 

You see, I've done my homework and I happen to know that New Year's resolutions are not very successful and often times have horrible side effects including:  depression, anxiety, social anxiety, and failure.  In fact, I've done so much homework that I have the statistics to prove it.

*Only 8% of people who make New Year's resoluions actually keep them.
*Americans spend $40 Billion a year on diet and weight loss products.
*The average diet pill boasts that you lose on average 3.5 pounds more per month than exercise alone which equates to approximately one bowel movement.  Hmmm... $60-$100 in pills or a bathroom break? (Pardon me.)
*The size of a recommended Jenny Craig meal is a fist full... would that curb your cravings?
*One of the main causes of depression is criticism and nearly 100% of overweight Americans (studied) claim to have been regularly criticized about their weight.
*The diet industry makes over 60% of their $40 billion in the month of January.

Basically, covers of January magazines such as this issue of PEOPLE have Americans convinced that losing half their body weight is a piece of cake (PUN intended). 

So this is how it works, the fat cats in the diet industry benefit from these magazines while us poor fatties get to bathe in a pool of self loathing after our New Year's resolution crash diet didn't work.

Count me out fat cats.