They say that two things in life are certain: death and taxes.
But ever since I was 12, Weight Watchers has loomed right alongside them, an immovable cultural force.
I started tracking calories (a.k.a.
Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, in 1988.
points) on the site when I was in middle school.
that I poured into sustaining the Weight Watchers business model, one powered almost entirely by its customers self-disgust.
My losses were once its gain; now, Weight Watchers has itself been rendered pointless.
