Heard on the Hill: The Newest Fad Diet

• By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 10, 2009, Midnight

Forget Atkins, South Beach or any of those crazy cleanses — the new way to drop those extra pounds is the town hall diet. Here’s how it works: Spend almost all of August wrangling angry constituents at town hall meetings (while skipping meals) and quickly drop 10 pounds.