The silly things we do to loose weight.

Bonny132
Bonny132 Posts: 3,617 Member
edited January 2016 in Motivation and Support
I am sure between us all, we have tried some outrageous fad diets and pills which either worked or was just a major fail. So let's humiliate ourselves by sharing our own stupidity.

I have tried a fair amount of fad diets, I do think one of the worst ones was when I was living with 4 friends at Uni and we all went onto the cabbage soup diet. Yes we all lost weight, but we almost lost friends too. Our house stunk of cabbage, we had to air it out after the 7 days. Keeping the cabbage wind in during classes was close to impossible and we had our poor fellow classmates gag and running for fresh air. It took me years to be able to eat cabbage again. I would definitely Not recommend anyone following in my footsteps. Not healthy, not for your body or your friendships. Please learn from my stupidity.

So come on, what is your emberrasing story?

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  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    There was one time that I ate nothing but eggs for three days. I'm pretty sure my egg farts are the reason my upstairs neighbor moved away :tongue:

    When I was a teenager, I stole my mom's Hydroxicut pills which was not only a silly thing to lose weight, it was also dangerous. My mom caught be (this was after she stopped taking them because of the side effects) and flushed them so I wouldn't do that anymore. And we had a long talk about why I wanted to lose weight and ways to be healthy without taking pills
  • star1407
    star1407 Posts: 588 Member
    Lol oh so many. I did the exante milkshake diet, lost shed loads of weight far too quickly, my hair fell out, my breath stank and I got constipated so bad I got an obstructed colon. When I passed out for the millionth time my husband sold all my shakes on eBay lol
  • star1407
    star1407 Posts: 588 Member
    The Beyoncé diet, maple syrup and cayenne drink? Yeah that was a good one for frequent passing out too
    I'm so done with that bs, slow and steady wins the race
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    star1407 wrote: »
    The Beyoncé diet, maple syrup and cayenne drink? Yeah that was a good one for frequent passing out too
    I'm so done with that bs, slow and steady wins the race

    That's what I always like reading! It will be slower to do it the good ol' fashioned way, but it's much less dangerous and much more sustainable.
  • 20yearsyounger
    20yearsyounger Posts: 1,630 Member
    Not specifically to lose weight but I do remember working on my abs with the vibrating ab belt. Shocked myself a few times to :smile:
  • kpeterson539
    kpeterson539 Posts: 220 Member
    About 18 years ago I tried the "All Chicken Diet". It was literally that.....100% chicken breast and that was all. No veggies, no bread, no fruit......nothing but chicken.

    That lasted about 2 days but, believe it or not, I still love chicken.
  • Paulina1230
    Paulina1230 Posts: 215 Member
    HCG diet for me. Drops you put under your tongue that make your body think youre pregnant so you supposedly burn your fat stores. Lost alot of weight, but that could also be the fact that youre only allowed 500 calories a day. Had to quit when I began fainting and got heart palpitations. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Could have really hurt myself.
  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
    Many, many years ago I tried the Cabbage Soup diet. I think the idea was that I could eat as much cabbage soup (just cabbage and broth) as I wanted as long as I didn't eat anything else.

    Well, I lasted two days because when I woke up on the third day I was so bloated and gassy from all that cabbage. I was literally in pain for hours because the gas was so bad. Needless to say, I never tried that diet again!
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member
    I decided to fast for 5 days many years ago, to "clean out my system". I just drank water. It was hell and I was starving practically every second. And I was a waitress. Pure torture but I stuck it out for 3 days.
  • janewarrington1
    janewarrington1 Posts: 11 Member
    Special k diet, nothing but cereal for breakfast and dinner for two weeks. I nearly punched someone for their sandwitch after day five ..... also weight loss pills, a truely magical disaster!! Neither i would reccomend
  • Bonny132
    Bonny132 Posts: 3,617 Member
    Alli weight loss pills. The reason why I will never ever touch any weight loss pills again ever. Probably one of my most stupid mistakes ever.

    Works by separating the fat out of what you eat and transports it out of the body. Sounds good right? But oh no...!!! After one humiliating month where I discovered where the expression "Alli Ups" comes from, and discovering a fart is not always a fart, and being terrified of eating anything that could set me off, the pills were thrown out.

    Pure disgusting side effects. Apart from the extra exercise from cleaning your toilet bowl over and over again daily from fatty deposits (tmi I know) the social anxiety in case of an accident, the wind that could knock out an elephant and the fear of eating anything with fat, mixed with tummy cramps, nausea and headaches. The constant running to the toilet as I could not trust myself with wind... Don't try this, disgusting, horrible, unhealthy and will ruin your social life.

    Not worth it, slow and steady wins the race. I might be loosing slowly now, but it is coming off and teaching me good habits, I wish I had come to this realisation years ago.

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