The 9-inch diet is 10 lbs. of crap in a 5. lb bag

Did you know that the world needed even more diet books? Because apparently it does. I'm predicting that you're going to hear a lot about the impending release of a new book called The 9-Inch Diet by Alex Bogusky and Chuck Porter. I know there's not much to go on via that title, because the first thing that came to my mind was that they were suggesting the calorie-burning benefits of having a well-endowed bed partner, but in reality, they are suggesting that you use a 9-inch plate for your meals, thereby reducing your portion sizes. There, now you don't have to buy the book because certainly there can be no more insight between the cover page and the index than "eat less, move more." Clearly, these so-called diet gurus aren't going to import more wisdom than that because they aren't doctors, personal trainers, nutritionists, psychologists or even life coaches. They own a very successful advertising agency. They shill for a living and are experts at figuring out ways to get people to spend money. So much for authority on a subject!

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By the way, my late great-grandmother used to tell me that same wisdom in the '70s. She also suggested drinking two giant glasses of cold water before meals. She also felt that skipping dessert was foolish because you'd just find yourself in the kitchen eating it over the sink later, so cut yourself a small piece and eat it off a plate with a fork so that it feels real. Actually, she called small pieces "a snibbering," but if someone had told her that one of her little diet tricks was going to be the subject of an entire book, she would have said "Baaaah!" and shooed her hands as though to clear the air from such ridiculous notions. Clearly, we should have gotten a tape recorder and took notes because apparently she was a gold mine of diet wisdom

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