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There Oughta Be A Law

88olds
88olds Posts: 4,546 Member
Should have snapped a pic but the magazines in the checkout line at Publix had these 2 articles.
Lose 3 lbs per Day
Lose 53 lbs By Christmas. (This was the Nov issue.)


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  • Al_Howard
    Al_Howard Posts: 9,048 Member
    Yeah, right. LOL
  • cakeman21k
    cakeman21k Posts: 6,705 Member
    And all you have to do is read those articles to accomplish this miracle! lol
  • Brian_19
    Brian_19 Posts: 1,490 Member
    The hugely overblown numbers must trigger a consumer response or they wouldn't use them, but ... c'mon!
  • imastar2
    imastar2 Posts: 6,377 Member
    Really sad that something like that can make it to print.🤬
  • lowbar31
    lowbar31 Posts: 7,064 Member
    What body part are they recommending you cut off?
  • whathapnd
    whathapnd Posts: 1,347 Member
    I appreciate the specificity of "53" pounds. Not "50" pounds. Clearly there's solid research to support such an exact number.
  • crewahl
    crewahl Posts: 4,772 Member
    Hey, I can lose three pounds a day! What I CAN'T do is the rinse and repeat.