The Woo That You Do (Or Did)

mathiseasy

Isagenix shakes. What a waste of money. To its credit I sure did lose weight that month but I learned zero things about portion control and staying in a calorie deficit. Once I couldn't afford the overpriced shakes, I began gaining weight and three years later here I am again at my highest weight.

Tried the master cleanse once...it was disgusting and I quit by lunch.

benzieboxx

The only "woo" I ever did was Slim Fast. Other than that I never bought any supplements because I was too broke to afford that stuff lol. I did WW for a while back when their plan was the Points Plus system but it worked for me. I never felt hungry or anything. I heard they became a lot more strict with their point allowance.

Other than that I think overall I just had no idea about CICO or basic nutrition at all. My head was filled with a lot of nonsense and instead of doing some research I let myself gain weight. I can't remember how I found MFP, think it might have been through a friend, but it's the best thing I've ever done for myself. I've learned what my body needs and how to portion out the foods that I love the most. I love my food scale!

Gamliela

Totally fasting with water only ( lasted 3 days) and Slim Fast liquid diet.
Reaaaly dumb when I was younger. Fainting was a symptom of both of those.

shinycrazy

In high school, I didn't eat lunch at school for my whole freshman year. Didn't want people to see me eat. That of course just strengthened my binges. A variety of pills, with little success from college on. A stint going to the gym, I lost 25lbs, but gained it all back with friends. Lost with mfp in 2013, but didn't stick with it. Now I'm back and 109lbs lighter with 50ish to go!

I_Will_End_You

I was around 115-120 most of my adult life. When I was out of my comfort zone at 135, I first started taking over the counter diet pills. Tried a few different ones, they (of course) didn't work, I wasted hundreds of dollars and I felt ill while taking them. Then I just ate less and started working out. Lost around 20lbs and have been maintaining my weight pretty easily once again.

xcalygrl

-Slim Fast
-South Beach
-Atkins
-HydroxyCut
-Green Tea pills
-Some other fat burner that I can't remember the name of
-Intermittent fasting in a VERY dangerous way. I was in high school. I would only eat dinner, nothing else but water all day. I was eating probably 500 calories everyday, so dumb.
-The protein shake diet. You only drink protein shakes for a week in order to "shrink your stomach."
-Not me personally, but a good friend of mine did Alli. I was going to try it, but she got it first. I'm glad I never got it.

ETA, forgot some:
-The Special K diet
-Weight Watchers (though I was successful on it, I don't agree with their program since learning calories and nutrition)
-Some fat blasting "medical" procedure. Basically, you'd go to a spa, they'd shoot your trouble areas with some lasers, then you'd get on one of those jiggly platforms to "shake the fat out of cells." I lost 0 pounds and 0 inches.
-The master cleanse. (The lemonade, maple syrup, cayenne pepper drink.)
-Paleo
-The 3-day Military Diet

hcdo

RunnerGirl1402 wrote: »

Thinking running every day meant I could eat whatever I wanted. And I usually did eat around 2,500 calories per day. Not good when you're 5'2"

Me too! I was so disappointed after I trained for and ran a marathon and didn't lose an ounce!

I haven't done too much woo, but I did buy that horrid dieter's tea once after seeing a woman walk away with an armload of boxes of it. (Worst case of the runs I've EVER had.) I also tried the master cleanse, and tried to eat sugar free/diabetic candy in hopes of satisfying my huge sweet tooth. I ate so much I got the second-worse case of the runs.... I've half-heartedly tried the low fat, low carb, low whatever diets in the past. Never really stuck with any of them.

gettinthere

Weight watchers
Bodywise shakes
HCG drops
lemonade cleanse
Atkins
Wheat belly
Ideal Protein

all with short term results....

LuckyNumbers

Sassy Water. Stupid Pinterest.

I also tried juice cleanses, South Beach, Slim-fast, and copious amounts of cardio with no diet changes. Nothing worked until I finally figured out this CICO thing with MFP. Hallelujah!