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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.9

THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC
DISTRIBUTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT (i) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO RULE 144
UNDER SUCH ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION
OF SECURITIES), OR (iii) UPON THE DELIVERY BY THE HOLDER TO THE COMPANY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY, STATING
THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.

THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

                           EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
                  5:00 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, November 17, 2004

              No. W-                                        22,244 Warrants

                              WARRANT CERTIFICATE

     This Warrant Certificate certifies that Craig Schwabe or registered
assigns, is the registered holder of 22,244 Warrants to purchase, at any time
from November 17, 1999 until 5:00 P.M. New York City time on November 17, 2004
("Expiration Date"), up to 22,244 fully-paid and non-assessable shares
("Shares") of the common shares, par value per share (the "Common Shares"), of
eDiets.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at the initial
exercise price, subject to adjustment in certain events (the "Exercise Price"),
of $1.375 per Share upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of
the Exercise Price at an office or agency of the Company, but subject to the
conditions set forth herein and in the warrant agreement dated as of November
17, 1999 between the Company and Whale Securities Co., L.P., as amended by an
Agreement dated as of March 28, 2001 (the "Warrant Agreement"). Payment of the
Exercise Price may be made in cash, or by certified or official bank check in
New York Clearing House funds payable to the order of the Company, or any
combination thereof.

     No Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby, unless exercised
prior thereto, shall thereafter be void.

     The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly
authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, which
Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
instrument and is hereby referred to in a description of the rights, limitation
of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company and the
holders (the words "holders" or "holder" meaning the registered holders or
registered holder) of the Warrants.
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     The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events,
the Exercise Price and the type and/or number of the Company's securities
issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. In such
event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number
and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants; provided,
however, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant Certificates
shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights of the
holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

     Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Warrant
Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number
of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant
Certificate, subject to the limitations provided herein and in the Warrant
Agreement, without any charge except for any tax or other governmental charge
imposed in connection therewith.

     Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced by this
Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a new
Warrant Certificate representing such number of unexercised Warrants.

     The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof as the
absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any
exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all
other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.

     All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined in the Warrant
Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated:  As of March 28, 2001                 EDIETS.COM, INC.

                                             By:_______________________________
                                                    Name:  David R. Humble
                                                    Title:  Chairman and Chief
                                                            Executive Officer