Ya Sold Me!

So I'm browsing the Salt Lake City Tribune (interestingly, they have a whole section just on polygamy) and I happen to see an ad about a woman in Spokane who lost 47 pounds. My curiosity is piqued and I click on the link which takes me to Rachel Ray's blog and an article and picture of Alyssa Johnson who is presumably from Spokane.

You can guess what effect that had on me so I did a search for the name of the image file showing her before and after picture and found this link on Rachel Ray's gift blog. Lo and behold it's the same article and picture but now her name is Destiny Collier of Spokane. The comments are even more remarkable.

On March 16, 2008, Dana posted this in response to Alyssa:

Thank you Alyssa for posting your story. It was very motivating. I have the same struggles with food. I want to make a change. Sometimes it is so hard. But I am working toward it now. I ordered the two diets and it should be here any day. I feel like I am on my way to weight success. I am going to keep daily entries and hopefully I can make a motivational page too and help others reach their goals. I just found out that Rachael Ray does promote these products and I will try it immediately. I will post more when I have progress. Again thank you so much.

Dana

On Jan 15, 2009, Dana posted this in response to Destiny:

Thank you Destiny for posting your story. It was very motivating. I have the same struggles with food. I want to make a change. Sometimes it is so hard. But I am working toward it now. I ordered the two diets and it should be here any day. I feel like I am on my way to weight success. I am going to keep daily entries and hopefully I can make a motivational page too and help others reach their goals. I just found out that Rachael Ray does promote these products and I will try it immediately. I will post more when I have progress. Again thank you so much.

Dana

No updates on either one so apparently no progress.

Lina and Jess, one on one site and one on the other, posted:

That is a good idea.. I hope you reach your goals. So far so good for me. I am at 11 pounds and I am one hot mama. At least that’s what my boyfriend says.

What a coincidence!

This is on both sites from Sandra:

I HAVE JUST FINISHED MY FIRST WEEK ON THIS DIET AND I FEEL SO ENERGIZED. BUT IT HAS A GOOD KIND OF ENERGY NOT LIKE WHEN I USED METABOLIFE. IT ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL HIGH OR SOMETHING. THIS STUFF JUST MAKES ME FEEL ALERT LIKE I HAVE HAD LOTS OF VITAMINS. THANKS FOR THE MOTIVATION.

THANK YOU RACHAEL! YOU ARE THE BEST.

SANDRA

Other than that, you can pretty much believe everything else on the Internet. Take my word for it.

Well, not quite everything else.