One year, Jean read up on the great new supplement called Fatbegone (the name has been changed to protect the guilty). All you had to do was buy this supplement for the price equivalent to a small car and take these horse tablets three times a day. There was only a 20 day supply in the bottle, so Jean had to continually re-order because it promised weight loss after 90 days. If you stopped at any time in the process, Fatbegone would not work. It also failed to mention about the side effects such as dizziness, cramps, and flatulence, but it was worth it, Jean thought. April Fool's Day arrives and shockingly no weight has been lost. It couldn't possibly have been the Fatbegone, look at the pictures in their promos. They wouldn't lie, so she must have taken it wrong. Darn.



The next year, Jean purchased the Fat Search and Destroy exercise equipment (this item is completely made up). Jean watched the 30 minute infomercial and witnessed how it completely destroyed all the fat on the bodies of the participants. They look like they were chiseled out of stone. So in three easy payments, Jean was able to acquire this piece of equipment and let it do its thing. It didn't look like the sturdiest piece of equipment and boy those electro shocks really hurt sometimes, but the fat was going away. Or so she thought. April Fool's Day comes at her again, and unfortunately, no weight loss. But this time, she heard people laughing at her. She swore she heard someone or something laughing at her saying April Fool's.

This year, Jean hired a personal trainer who was knowledgeable and had clients that were extremely satisfied with their health and fitness results. She realized that there was no quick fix to her weight loss problems. She would have to re-arrange her lifestyle so that she adhered to the proper principles of nutrition, cardiovascular, and strength training exercise. This time come April Fool's Day she had lost 20 pounds. It wasn't the weight she was hoping to lose, but it was a start. A start she knew was slow and steady; the right way to lose weight. She understood that this was going to be a lifestyle change and that she would hit her weight loss goal in time and keep it off. Her big April Fool's Day prank was joining others in a corporate lawsuit against these nasty manufacturers for making fraudulent claims. Who's laughing now!!