Hilarious "Dieting" idea from the past, does anyone remember this? Please share yours too.

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  • RheaSilvia3
    RheaSilvia3 Posts: 3 Member
    I can't even hate on Richard Simmons though. I was sweating to the oldies as a teenager. He at least tried to make it fun and I think his diet tips weren't too crazy.
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    wizzybeth wrote: »
    Check out these old Weight Watchers recipe cards that go with that crazy plan posted above. My favorite is Fluffy Mackerel Pudding. Do read the commentary but not with a mouth full of water or if you have to pee. Lol

    http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html


    OMG! I'm crying!
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    RheaSilvia3 wrote: »
    I can't even hate on Richard Simmons though. I was sweating to the oldies as a teenager. He at least tried to make it fun and I think his diet tips weren't too crazy.

    I agree...his colorful personality was fun...and I liked him. His deal a meal thing seemed sensible though I never used it.

  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    We did the banana, egg and hot dog diet in college. Day 1 9 hot dogs-3 for each meal-no bun , no ketchup, just hot dogs. Day 2 9 eggs. Day 3 9 bananas. Day 4 we got snazzy and had 3 of each so a lovely meal of a hot dog, an egg and a banana. To this day I can't eat hot dogs or hard boiled eggs! (But we didn't give up beer so it didn't work!)
  • Ms_LisaKay
    Ms_LisaKay Posts: 103 Member
    I remember my mom & grandma being obsessed with grapefruit in the late 70s. Grapefruit dieting was apparently a thing at the time.
  • Khukhullatus
    Khukhullatus Posts: 361 Member
    wizzybeth wrote: »
    Buttering coffee?

    Yup, people are blending it up in their coffee. It's getting really popular as a diet, basically you have buttered coffee in the morning with no breakfast and then I'm sure you do something equally stupid for lunch. Bulletproof coffee is actually starting to open physical locations now.

    It's a diet fad started by Homer Simpson:

    “Oh, Marge, how could you let me let myself go like this?”
    “Me? I’m not the one who puts butter in your coffee.”
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    That. Is. Disgusting. I just read the buttered coffee thread. omg
  • tekkiechikk
    tekkiechikk Posts: 375 Member
    Isn't putting coconut oil (or any kind of oil) in your coffee the same as buttering it? You still end up with a grease slick floating on top.

    Grapefruit diet- forgot about that! My mom and her friends all did that in the 70s, too.
  • Vune
    Vune Posts: 674 Member
    There was also "tapeworm pills." An urban legend, of course, but there are still people out there who believe Maria Callas swallowed tapeworm eggs to lose weight. The poor woman had enough grief from gold-digging Jackie Kennedy and limelight addicted Onassis to have to endure that, too! She just liked her steaks a little too rare...
  • fattofit_fritch26
    fattofit_fritch26 Posts: 131 Member
    I tried the Military Diet about a year ago (which has nothing to do with the actual military so idk where that came from)...3 days of the oddest food combinations and way too many hotdogs. :s
  • Larissa_NY
    Larissa_NY Posts: 495 Member
    tekkiechikk wrote: »
    Isn't putting coconut oil (or any kind of oil) in your coffee the same as buttering it? You still end up with a grease slick floating on top.

    I tried coconut oil in my coffee one time. It was one of the foulest foodstuffs I have ever put in my mouth.

  • dlg1467
    dlg1467 Posts: 68 Member
    Scarsdale Diet, dry toast and grapefruit for breakfast when you are in 8th grade really sucks. I'd love to be that 110lbs again. Not really sure why my mom thought I was fat then, I'm only 5'3".
  • AlciaMode
    AlciaMode Posts: 421 Member
    As for more recent ones I saw claims that vitamin B shots will make you loose weight. Nuts. I rather be a rolly polly than let someone stick me with needles.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    RheaSilvia3 wrote: »
    I can't even hate on Richard Simmons though. I was sweating to the oldies as a teenager. He at least tried to make it fun and I think his diet tips weren't too crazy.

    Right? I love me some Richard Simmons! Remember "Deal a Meal"? My mom had the deck of cards (kinda like WW "points" system), then the "Food Mover" to count food points. At least that system made sense, moderated portions, promoted sensible exercise without cutting out entire macros.

    Me? I was a teenager/young adult in the 90's. I'm SOOO glad I didn't get on the "STOP the Insanity" bandwagon. The "fat free" witches I cooked for (I worked in a private cafeteria during my college years) drove me NUTS with the "fat free grilled cheese" and "egg white omelet, no oil on the grill" orders.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited June 2016
    Bumping this... it's time. We have many new posters, trying many new diets. I'm bumping this for their comparison...
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    Oh boy, my mother was always trying in the 70's. The worst one was she claimed that Marilyn Monroe only ate grapes. With the skin removed. She would sit there trying to peel grapes for entire day and putting them on a skewer to try and grill. Of course they got stuck. I don't know if she ever managed to go on that "diet" because the food prep stage was utter chaos.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    glad none of my family ever had to go on a diet lol
  • NAbramovich
    NAbramovich Posts: 131 Member
    In the 80's my mother had a piece of paper hanging on the fridge with a diet. I forget the name, but it involved hotdogs and vanilla ice-cream. I think it promised a 5 or 10 pound loss in 10 days.
  • Carol_
    Carol_ Posts: 469 Member
    I wrapped Saran Wrap around my middle. It was supposed to 'melt away the fat.' ha ha
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    Oh my god. i am dying here.

    Cottonballs? The MOUTHFEEL! No!

    Anyone remember those limits weight loss cookies?

    And, of course, the whole 'cookie diet' plan.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    If you work out before you break fast, you burn double the calories.

    Shake Weights

    Any time I'm told something for eating an "unhealthy" food.
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    amykay9377 wrote: »
    Oh, there was the time that I tried Slim-Fast. I made it and thought, you know what would make this taste better? Ice cream. So I made a SF milkshake. Defeated the entire purpose of SF. And it still didn't taste all that good.

    I got these Nestle Sweet Success shakes in the early 90s. They were so good I decided to drink 2 at a time, and made them into a weight gainer...not the best idea. I put on 20 pounds pretty fast!
  • fitpal4242
    fitpal4242 Posts: 109 Member
    In high school, my friend's older sister went on 'the ice cream diet', where all she ate was ice cream. I believe she lost some weight- my guess is that if you eat that much lactose, it's going to start passing through quickly eventually. Now, I love ice cream, but I can't imagine there's anything healthy about that...
  • fitpal4242
    fitpal4242 Posts: 109 Member
    Of course, if we look to current diets, I find the paleo thing kind of silly for weight loss. Great idea in general to eat less processed food, but calories add up quickly if you're stuffing yourself with meat and nuts all day.
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    I remember when my dad thought we'd give up home-cooked meals, and lose weight on Lean Cuisine instead. That lasted a whopping single night before everyone decided Mom should continue to make dinner like she always had. It is one of several reasons why Dad isn't allowed to make dinner anymore.
  • dolcemaria81
    dolcemaria81 Posts: 25 Member
    Barbs2222 wrote: »
    I don't know what made me remember this but it made me laugh, so I thought I'd share. It was 1973 and I was 13 years old. What we did was put food color in Everything. So for instance if you where having mashed potatoes for dinner you'd color them blue. The premise being if something looked wrong or awful you'd eat less of it. But you have to picture it. My mom's one of those stay at home mom's who cooked dinner for us every night, (picture June Cleaver here) So I go to the dinner table and fill up my plate with food, go back to the kitchen and color everything so it's all just wrong, and return to the table. My family is like, "What the H*ll!" I can't believe they let me eat with them for the next few days. Everyone at my Jr. high was doing this including some of the teachers. Does anyone remember this fad or was it just my odd school?

    I hope someone else has one of these odd stories to share. I feel like laughing today :smiley:

    I'll check back in a few minutes to see if anyone else has a story. Right now I have to go wrap myself in Saran Wrap.

    I never heard of such thing but Im going to try it on bad food lol
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