Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974

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Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974

After doing a search (I couldn’t believe nobody had dedicated a thread to them before) I decided to share with you folks the glory that is weight watchers cards from the 70’s

In summary, extremely bizarre foods combined with 70’s high-saturation photography and disgusting table cloths leaves you pretty disgusted…

I think my favorite is the “Chilled Celery Log”

http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/celerylog.html
Lucky guy, really. He finds some weight-watchers cards, puts them on the net, and ends up with a book deal!

#2

Dear Og, my stomach hurts and my co-workers think I’m insane…

#3

I actually own TWO sets of these. Fun stuff.

#4

It’s a rip-off of James Lileks, but funny nonetheless.

#5

I’m sitting here with tear streaks on my face, that made me laugh so hard. I just knew my decision to avoid WW was right.

:smiley:

And what’s the obsession with mackerel? Perhaps I’m happier not having to know.

#6

Back in the day, the WW plan required that you eat fish five times a week! :eek: I imagine after awhile you’d be pretty darned desperate for new ways to cook fish. Maybe even desperate enough to try those! :smiley:

Cite!

BTW, WW is nothing like that now! I’ve lost nearly 30 lbs this time around, eating “normal” food and not feeling deprived at all! Of course, YMMV.

#7

Five servings of fish per week, and at least one serving of liver. Ugh.

But that was the WW of the 1970s. Thirty years later, it’s quite a different, and better diet plan.

#8

Heh, and liver once a week. They say any type of liver is OK. I’d go for the Foie Gras if it was me. It’s a diet food.

#9

It’s like a ripoff only funnier.

#10

I suppose the plan was to help you lose weight by making you lose your appetite first…

#11

I love those! When my mom started Weight Watchers a few weeks ago, she asked me to send her recipes - I sent her a link to those as a joke.
I also sent her plenty of legitimate recipes too!

#12

I think I burned off 500 calories from laughing alone.

#13

Man, I LOVE sites like these!!! Has anyone ever done a thread on the 10 Worst Album Covers (pts 1 & 2) on here? I don’t think I can do a search, as a guest… :frowning:

#14

Actually, it’s a girl, Wendy Mclure. I’ve read her momoir, I Am Not The New Me, and liked it. She also has a blog, http://www.poundy.com/, which is pretty funny.

#15

You can also get these in book form, in The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan. I have it, and it’s full of funny stuff!

And for those who like James Lileks’ Gallery of Regrettable Food, there’s going to be a sequel out later this year.

Edit: Ah, I see somebody already mentioned the book. Never mind. But it’s still funny. :slight_smile:

#16

I remember being first shown this website about three years ago when I went to work as a data entry temp with the company that I mom worked for. One of the engineers was always showing me kooky stuff like this. It still makes me giggle out loud any time I read those recipe card comments.