Fast food chains and weight loss companies are not supposed to get along, let alone collaborate. This week in New Zealand and Australia, Weight Watchers and McDonald’s have announced they are teaming up to offer weighted meals based on the Weight Watchers point system. Talk about a marketing ploy! In the past, Weight Watchers always offered their members a point system for typical fast food meals such as KFC, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, etc…

Now, the diet company will put their logo on three different McDonald’s meals that each add up to 6.5 Weight Watchers’ points. One of those meals are those greasy little chunks referred to as Chicken Nuggets.

Obviously, nutritionists are up in arms criticizing the diet company for encouraging the eating of fast food and criticizing McDonald’s for trying to pass their food off as a healthy eating option. What a shame.

If you’re on Weight Watchers or any other diet and you get a craving for some deep fried chicken buy some chicken breast and make your own. It may be fattening but at least it’s real chicken meat and not pumped with preservatives, chemicals and who knows what.

Celeb Diet Doc…
Nice marketing strategy. McD is hoping the Weight Watchers affiliation will have their customers feeling better about their purchases.. but that’s all it is. An insincere attempt to window dress their muffin top expanding, thunder thigh packing menu. Obviously don’t go to McDonalds if you are even half serious about losing weight. nuff said!

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It’s back… Call it a McReincarnation. Shamed into oblivion by bad press and the cult hit movie “Super Size Me”, McDonald’s pulled the plug on the “super size me” line of sodas and french fries. Super-sized II, the sequel, is back at McDonalds as part of a summer promotion. The behemoth 42-ounce serving of soda, packs 410 calories and is appropriately called “Hugo.”

In a NY Times article, a McDonald’s spokeswoman defended Hugo against comparisons with the Supersize line of products saying “That’s not what this is about. You have to put it in context with the rest of our menu.” Personally, I think the name Hugo says it all… what’s next Hugo-fries?