Unusual Dietary Practices and Their Effect

KosmosKitten

Have any of you engaged in any weird or "fad-ish" dietary practices over the years? Things like gluten-free, soy-free, vegan, South Beach Diet, etc.?

Did you:

• Start for any reason outside of general health or weight loss?
• Notice any discernible difference after a set amount of time in your weight, habits, health?
• Find it sustainable?
• Find it hard to maintain given the current "modern" diet and foods available?
• Benefit?
• Have any weird practices like eating at specific times or only specific colors?

maureenkhilde

Oh wait, is this only for more modern diet fads do we get to list the older ones?
Like eat nothing but hard boiled eggs for 3 days, then eat nothing but hot dogs for 3 days, then eat nothing but banannas for 3 days. Then for 2 days eat normal. Then do again. Could be done up to 6 weeks and you would lose I think it was up to 25 lbs. I failed on second go around.

Another version of same
Except use egg any way you want it, turkey slices, and cucumbers. Trade off the cucs, with an apple so one day cucs, one day apple. This one went around in my high school in the 70's

Started for normal reasons a bit overweight maybe 20 at most for the above times. All done between ages of 17 through 20.

I had a friend that did one that I passed on. One week she could only eat vegetables that were red, next week green (but not lettuce), Next week yellow. One day a week allowed a potatoe, with no butter or sourcream on it.
Week two was the same but with fruits. I have no idea how much they were supposed to lose.

Worst stupid diet I ever went on in my whole life, and caused issues for years. Optifast I did for 16 miserable weeks, did about 30 years ago I think. I felt sick most of the time, stomache area really hurt. Went on this because married and wanted to conceive so decided will do this to lose weight to help. I lost weight 60 lbs, but ended up unhealthy for over a year. And was basically told do not try to conceive until we have this all straightened out.

I remember blood tests were done at start and everything was ok. But then when blood tests were done at 4 months, there was some concern. They said they would watch. I ended up going back to my own Dr. told him what was said. He ordered blood tests, turns out my liver enzymes were basically in crisis stage. I ended up in the hospital for 5 days. Had a hard time getting back to food. That was the end for me, for doing it any other way than a reduction in what I put in my mouth,

KosmosKitten

maureenkhilde wrote: »

Oh wait, is this only for more modern diet fads do we get to list the older ones?
Like eat nothing but hard boiled eggs for 3 days, then eat nothing but hot dogs for 3 days, then eat nothing but banannas for 3 days. Then for 2 days eat normal. Then do again. Could be done up to 6 weeks and you would lose I think it was up to 25 lbs. I failed on second go around.

Another version of same
Except use egg any way you want it, turkey slices, and cucumbers. Trade off the cucs, with an apple so one day cucs, one day apple. This one went around in my high school in the 70's

Started for normal reasons a bit overweight maybe 20 at most for the above times. All done between ages of 17 through 20.

I had a friend that did one that I passed on. One week she could only eat vegetables that were red, next week green (but not lettuce), Next week yellow. One day a week allowed a potatoe, with no butter or sourcream on it.
Week two was the same but with fruits. I have no idea how much they were supposed to lose.

Worst stupid diet I ever went on in my whole life, and caused issues for years. Optifast I did for 16 miserable weeks, did about 30 years ago I think. I felt sick most of the time, stomache area really hurt. Went on this because married and wanted to conceive so decided will do this to lose weight to help. I lost weight 60 lbs, but ended up unhealthy for over a year. And was basically told do not try to conceive until we have this all straightened out.

I remember blood tests were done at start and everything was ok. But then when blood tests were done at 4 months, there was some concern. They said they would watch. I ended up going back to my own Dr. told him what was said. He ordered blood tests, turns out my liver enzymes were basically in crisis stage. I ended up in the hospital for 5 days. Had a hard time getting back to food. That was the end for me, for doing it any other way than a reduction in what I put in my mouth,

Any. Can be anything you might have done that others might have considered "weird" like eating at only specific times, fad diets, dietary restrictions (for whatever reasons) or superstitions around certain foods. I find food culture kinda interesting.

psychod787

I have been doing a great amount of research on protein sparing modified fast. Interestingly enough, they give the same feeling that SOME people report during fasting. Elevated mood, appetite blunted, with the ability to help preserve lean mass.

Motorsheen

I only eat food with names beginning with the letter 'P'.

Currently, I'm enjoying some pineapple.

Dinner tonight will be pizza with pickles for dessert.

I recently switched to the letter 'P' intstead of the letter 'Z'.

One can only eat so much Zucchini .....

corinasue1143

My dad was once on a diet to gain weight. The Dr. told him to drink 2 beers before each meal, then wait 15 minutes, then eat.
He said he loved the beer before dinner, not so much the beer before lunch. He completely quit eating breakfast.
That diet didn’t last long.

ghudson92

I tried many a fad before finding mfp.

I've tried the juicing diet - so nothing but homemade juices for SEVEN DAYS. Obviously I lost water weight. Obviously it went straight back on. This was time consuming, expensive, unsatisfying, unsustainable, and ridiculous. I hated it. Hated every second.

A 'gut health' diet for 8 weeks. This involved cutting out caffeine, refined sugars, simple carbohydrates, and limited processed food. It was a cross between keto and the Mediterranean diet. Once I got over the caffeine withdrawal I felt great and actually really enjoyed this way of eating. I did feel better and more energetic. However it wasn't sustainable for me personally as it limited my ability to eat socially and buying fish all the time was quite expensive. Also I like caffeine and chocolate so... 🤷‍♀️

I tried the "clean eating" when it was first popular on the gram. That involved eating only natural sugars, drinking green tea from unbleached tea bags, spending a fortune on supplements, being obsessed with flax seeds and spirulina, casting asunder packaged and processed foods, living off of porridge and peanut butter, instagramming EVERYTHING and generally just being a moron. #fitspo #cleaneating #pissoff

I tried the meal replacement powder and supplement diet. Aka existing miserably off of protein powder, chicken, sweet potatoes and brocolli. Whilst this was fairly cheap and sustainable, it was not enjoyable.

There are others but I can't be bothered to type anymore!

EddieJohnHunt

ghudson92 wrote: »

I tried many a fad before finding mfp.

I've tried the juicing diet - so nothing but homemade juices for SEVEN DAYS. Obviously I lost water weight. Obviously it went straight back on. This was time consuming, expensive, unsatisfying, unsustainable, and ridiculous. I hated it. Hated every second.

A 'gut health' diet for 8 weeks. This involved cutting out caffeine, refined sugars, simple carbohydrates, and limited processed food. It was a cross between keto and the Mediterranean diet. Once I got over the caffeine withdrawal I felt great and actually really enjoyed this way of eating. I did feel better and more energetic. However it wasn't sustainable for me personally as it limited my ability to eat socially and buying fish all the time was quite expensive. Also I like caffeine and chocolate so... 🤷‍♀️

I tried the "clean eating" when it was first popular on the gram. That involved eating only natural sugars, drinking green tea from unbleached tea bags, spending a fortune on supplements, being obsessed with flax seeds and spirulina, casting asunder packaged and processed foods, living off of porridge and peanut butter, instagramming EVERYTHING and generally just being a moron. #fitspo #cleaneating #pissoff

I tried the meal replacement powder and supplement diet. Aka existing miserably off of protein powder, chicken, sweet potatoes and brocolli. Whilst this was fairly cheap and sustainable, it was not enjoyable.

There are others but I can't be bothered to type anymore!

Interesting.... What's your diet like now... Does it work?

ghudson92

EddieJohnHunt wrote: »

ghudson92 wrote: »

I tried many a fad before finding mfp.

I've tried the juicing diet - so nothing but homemade juices for SEVEN DAYS. Obviously I lost water weight. Obviously it went straight back on. This was time consuming, expensive, unsatisfying, unsustainable, and ridiculous. I hated it. Hated every second.

A 'gut health' diet for 8 weeks. This involved cutting out caffeine, refined sugars, simple carbohydrates, and limited processed food. It was a cross between keto and the Mediterranean diet. Once I got over the caffeine withdrawal I felt great and actually really enjoyed this way of eating. I did feel better and more energetic. However it wasn't sustainable for me personally as it limited my ability to eat socially and buying fish all the time was quite expensive. Also I like caffeine and chocolate so... 🤷‍♀️

I tried the "clean eating" when it was first popular on the gram. That involved eating only natural sugars, drinking green tea from unbleached tea bags, spending a fortune on supplements, being obsessed with flax seeds and spirulina, casting asunder packaged and processed foods, living off of porridge and peanut butter, instagramming EVERYTHING and generally just being a moron. #fitspo #cleaneating #pissoff

I tried the meal replacement powder and supplement diet. Aka existing miserably off of protein powder, chicken, sweet potatoes and brocolli. Whilst this was fairly cheap and sustainable, it was not enjoyable.

There are others but I can't be bothered to type anymore!

Interesting.... What's your diet like now... Does it work?

Well I'm in maintenance so I'd say so! I just eat what I fancy. Not weird about any food groups. Don't restrict anything. My diary is open so feel free to look 😊

EddieJohnHunt

ghudson92 wrote: »

EddieJohnHunt wrote: »

ghudson92 wrote: »

I tried many a fad before finding mfp.

I've tried the juicing diet - so nothing but homemade juices for SEVEN DAYS. Obviously I lost water weight. Obviously it went straight back on. This was time consuming, expensive, unsatisfying, unsustainable, and ridiculous. I hated it. Hated every second.

A 'gut health' diet for 8 weeks. This involved cutting out caffeine, refined sugars, simple carbohydrates, and limited processed food. It was a cross between keto and the Mediterranean diet. Once I got over the caffeine withdrawal I felt great and actually really enjoyed this way of eating. I did feel better and more energetic. However it wasn't sustainable for me personally as it limited my ability to eat socially and buying fish all the time was quite expensive. Also I like caffeine and chocolate so... 🤷‍♀️

I tried the "clean eating" when it was first popular on the gram. That involved eating only natural sugars, drinking green tea from unbleached tea bags, spending a fortune on supplements, being obsessed with flax seeds and spirulina, casting asunder packaged and processed foods, living off of porridge and peanut butter, instagramming EVERYTHING and generally just being a moron. #fitspo #cleaneating #pissoff

I tried the meal replacement powder and supplement diet. Aka existing miserably off of protein powder, chicken, sweet potatoes and brocolli. Whilst this was fairly cheap and sustainable, it was not enjoyable.

There are others but I can't be bothered to type anymore!

Interesting.... What's your diet like now... Does it work?

Well I'm in maintenance so I'd say so! I just eat what I fancy. Not weird about any food groups. Don't restrict anything. My diary is open so feel free to look 😊

Thanks, I'm gluten intolerant so eat a GF diet... Tried paleo and whilst I lost weight and got ripped I had no energy due endurance running... I find that reading clean, meat, veg, fruit, water (no sugar or processed food works best for me.

ghudson92

EddieJohnHunt wrote: »

ghudson92 wrote: »

EddieJohnHunt wrote: »

ghudson92 wrote: »

I tried many a fad before finding mfp.

I've tried the juicing diet - so nothing but homemade juices for SEVEN DAYS. Obviously I lost water weight. Obviously it went straight back on. This was time consuming, expensive, unsatisfying, unsustainable, and ridiculous. I hated it. Hated every second.

A 'gut health' diet for 8 weeks. This involved cutting out caffeine, refined sugars, simple carbohydrates, and limited processed food. It was a cross between keto and the Mediterranean diet. Once I got over the caffeine withdrawal I felt great and actually really enjoyed this way of eating. I did feel better and more energetic. However it wasn't sustainable for me personally as it limited my ability to eat socially and buying fish all the time was quite expensive. Also I like caffeine and chocolate so... 🤷‍♀️

I tried the "clean eating" when it was first popular on the gram. That involved eating only natural sugars, drinking green tea from unbleached tea bags, spending a fortune on supplements, being obsessed with flax seeds and spirulina, casting asunder packaged and processed foods, living off of porridge and peanut butter, instagramming EVERYTHING and generally just being a moron. #fitspo #cleaneating #pissoff

I tried the meal replacement powder and supplement diet. Aka existing miserably off of protein powder, chicken, sweet potatoes and brocolli. Whilst this was fairly cheap and sustainable, it was not enjoyable.

There are others but I can't be bothered to type anymore!

Interesting.... What's your diet like now... Does it work?

Well I'm in maintenance so I'd say so! I just eat what I fancy. Not weird about any food groups. Don't restrict anything. My diary is open so feel free to look 😊

Thanks, I'm gluten intolerant so eat a GF diet... Tried paleo and whilst I lost weight and got ripped I had no energy due endurance running... I find that reading clean, meat, veg, fruit, water (no sugar or processed food works best for me.

Ah nice, I'm glad you found what works for you 😊 It must be difficult to eat around an intolerance.

nooshi713

I’m 99% plant based and love it.