Is Pro-points really Pro-choice?

Weight-Watchers have just launched their new diet Pro-points. Without hesitation they've taken their list of rules and points, screwed it up and f*cked it into the hypothetical dust-bin of the diet world. WW fanatics worldwide, are thrown into a frenzy of confusion and uncertainty.

Not to worry, my fat-busting friends, they've put a celeb face in front of the campaign, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Jennifer Hudson appears on the mag looking svelte less than a year after giving birth coupled with the (oh so American) affirmation, “It’s a lifestyle change, not a diet.” - well you would want to be stone (no pun intended) mad to stick with the old way.

Out with the old, in with the new. This new diet really is fantastic. Eat as much fruit as you like. Yum yum. Eat as much veg as you like, no change there. You get more points, but hey nearly everything is more points anyway. It's like getting a raise, and your rent goes up.

And hang on a minute, there's a new calculator. But no way of directly converting the old points to the new ones, and with a head for maths, believe me I've tried. There's a formula that could leave Pythagoras and Einstein scratching their heads about. Excuse me for getting angry when the teacher gives me an exam in Chinese, when I've just become fluent in Japanese.

From first glance what I can see, if you like your protein, fruit and veg, once you figure this new plan out you are going to be happy as a pig in sh*te.

If you are more a fan of junk food, booze and carbs like myself, or you have just bought an abundance of “old points” scales, recipe books, etc then you will probably feel more like the pig has done a sh*te on you.