amylsacks' photos with the keyword: diet

This is the souvenir paperweight from the Czech glass factory that you send to a family member who you don't actually like. :D From Quick Complete Meals For Summer.

Brimming over with Sodium Cyclamate... so you know it's good for you! (Originally posted to flickr on February 6th, 2011.)

I think the advertisers pretty much shot themselves in the foot with the helpful comparison chart down below. You don't want your audience to be dwelling on all the delicious things they could be eating instead of your chemically sweetened box of artificial vanilla powder. From March's issue of Good Housekeeping.

Buy now and receive our miniature butterscotch-scented scale-- absolutely FREE! From the September issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. (Originally posted to flickr on April 10th, 2011.)

Oh, c'mon! Instead of torturing yourself daily with a breakfast of dry packing material, just buy a little extra fabric and sew a larger size. From the August issue of Family Circle magazine.

Oh boy! Who wouldn't choose a tinny, saccharin-infused peach half over fruit juice, mint candy, and butter with a biscuit under it? Clipped from the April issue of Everywoman's magazine.

What I Did On My Summer Vaction: Entertained my two dads in my fabulous new den! Hot-wired the neighbors' new convertible! Tried out the Black Licorice Diet! And became the first gal on my block to get a glow-in-the-dark coffee grinder! (L, upper R) From the August 1952 issue of Sunset, (middle R) the July 1953 issue of Family Circle, and (lower R) the August 1953 issue of Family Circle.

The imagery on the right makes me wonder: Would Diet Delight have stuck around longer if its container had been given a nice tapered waist?