My admiration for Weezer started when I watched their Buddy Holly video way back in 1994. They managed to rock out on stage at Arnold’s with the characters of Happy Days. A band that can time travel through the boob tube is uber cool in my book.

Then I found out they made a song called Suzanne. You may remember it from the closing theme to the 1995 movie Mallrats. I’m a sucker for songs with my name in it so the admiration carried on.

Their latest album, Weezer, a.k.a. The Red Album was released in June, 2008. My favorite song on this album is the catchy tune, Troublemaker. Listening to this makes doing dishes fun again! Ironically this video is all about breaking world records which I recently tried to do. Looks like they had more success than I did.

Here’s internet celeb, Tay Zonday helping Brian Bell with an acoustic version of Weezer’s song Pork & Beans:

Americans love diets, and they also love when celebrities endorse them. Famous people seem to drop pounds in miraculous time. With the latest reality shows like Celebrity Fit Club, we can watch stars go from flab to fit and feel good that they’re just regular people working hard to fight the battle of the buldge like the rest of us.  Here are 5 fad diets, or 5 healthy lifestyles, depending on who you talk to.

1. Nutrisystem

The ad campaign for this diet usually employs at least one celeb spokesperson for the year. Recently, the lucky dieters in the spotlight were the weather/sports girl, Jillian Barberie, and Marie Osmond, the recent Dancing with the Stars contestant.

With Nutrisystems food sent right to her door, the Osmond’s famous singing sister almost got back to her “Paper Roses” teenage weight.

2. The Atkins Diet

This low-carb lifestyle plan was all the rage a few years ago, creating a lot of controversy with celebs such as Geri Halliwell, Catherine Zeta- Jones, Renee Zellweger and Minnie Driver rumoured to be saying goodbye to bad carbs and hello to bacon.

Sceptics began voicing their opinions about the dangers of Atkins. At www.atkinsexposed.com they say Atkins book sales rival that of Harry Potter. Heaven forbid!

In the book, Carbophobia, Dr. Gregors reveals facts about the Atkins diet. I never understood what all the fuss was about because eating more protein and fresh vegetables like spinach seems much healthier than eating microwaved low-cal dinners. What do I know? I had a frosted pop tart and a banana for lunch.

3. The Fat Smash Diet

The Fat Smash Diet, written by Dr. Ian Smith, was the nutrition program for VH1′s Celebrity Fit Club. While looking for a video clip from Celebrity Fit Club’s past, I found this one of the infamous internet crooner Tay Zonday. I found this clip more entertaining then the interviews of club alumni Dustin Diamond, aka Screech. Not to mention the Cherry Chocolate beverage advertised in this ad is diet, not sure if Dr. Smith would recommend it but Tay seems to like it.

4. The Biggest Loser Club

This is a diet program based on the TV show of the same name. I’m always amazed at how much weight people can lose on these extreme programs. I’m having a hard time dealing with an extra 15 pounds but losing 100 pounds or more seems impossible. I guess anything’s possible when there’s a TV film crew, a trio of professional trainers, and sponsors like Extra chewing gum to keep cravings at bay.

5. Jenny Craig

The controversy surrounding this diet isn’t about the plan itself but the yo-yo weight fluctuations of Kirstie Alley their former spokesperson. She’s been on Oprah in her swimsuit celebrating her Jenny Craig success, only to be put on the cover of every gossip mag in unflattering pics showing off her weight gain from falling off the celeb diet wagon.

No worries for Jenny Craig because they have Valerie Bertinelli and Queen Latifah 
to help promote their weight loss plan.

This won’t be the first makeover for Latifah. She went from hip hop fly girl to dressed up lounge singer.

With so many diets to choose from I haven’t a clue which one is best for me. Maybe just get rid of the pop tarts and up my work out schedule. I need to re-read my own post about getting high with The Chemical Brothers. What are your thoughts on these healthy lifestyle/fad diets? Any loyal dieters out there that want to give some advice? Leave a comment and let me know which one you prefer.