……that was the first thing out of my mouth when I heard the news. Weight Watchers has put their seal of approval on three McDonald’s meals in New Zealand in preparation for an introduction to the Australian market: the Fillet-O-Fish, with 18g of fat and 380 calories; Chicken McNuggets, with 29g of fat and 485 calories; and Sweet Chilli Seared Chicken Wrap, with 18.8g of fat and 404 calories.

What part of the chicken is the nugget? Any idea how the chickens are raised, fed, and killed? How are they stored? What’s added to them? How are they cooked? 485 calories? What if you are trying to stick to a 1500 calorie meal plan to lose weight? That’s close to a third of all your calories!

And not to mention the studies that state when people go into McDonald’s, they usually end up buying less healthy items, like the fun fries to go with the Nuggets, and the tasty beverage to wash it down. And then the Weight Watchers client– who has entrusted this company with their desire to shed unhealthy pounds– is right back where they were before: headed off to the fast food restaurant to fill themselves.

“This is a noble cause,” the chief executive of McDonald’s New Zealand, Mark Hawthorne, told the Sydney Morning Herald.

Noble? Hey, I can’t blame McDonald’s for trying to get out from under the cloud of being unhealthy. They deserve the cloud, but, by all means, try and scamper out from under it.

But this is the final nail in my Weight Watchers coffin. I’ve been stewing over their “techniques” for years and this one takes the Snickers cake. My problem with WW is that, by assigning points to different foods and meals, they remove a needed step: education. One of my clients used to save up all her days points so that she could have a huge dessert at the end of the day. That’s how she used her WW experience.

No doubt WW spokespeople will come forth and say “that is not the intention. We try very hard to educate the masses on eating healthy. Some people will disregard the process and move toward bad habits. Is that our fault?”

When you set out and whore your brand name so that you can get in tight with McDonald’s and the 4 million people they serve in New Zealand every week? You’re damn right it’s your fault.

Shame on you. You’re ridiculous.

(caution: the following video has lots and lots of naughty words and violence. But for some unknown reason, all my anger and fast food, it popped into my head)