Has anyone heard of the corset diet?

sargessexyone
sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am NOT looking to try this diet. I just came across it and it was flabbergasted at the idea.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/04/29/women-lacing-up-corsets-to-lose-weight/
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  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
    I've heard of it. It's absolutely disgusting and sad :(
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    No, no, no, just a million times--no!

    I wish people knew how to lose weight healthily instead of just quickly. It's ridiculous every time I go into Walmart, I see a sign advertising some stupid pill so you can "Lose three times the weight in half the time!" And then gain it back, and then buy their pills again so you can lose more, then gain it back, and so on FOR-FREAKING-EVER. Ugh!

    /rant

    And sorry for taking over your thread.
  • ReinasWrath
    ReinasWrath Posts: 1,173 Member
    There is nobody more creative than someone wanting to lose weight without the work. =p
  • Rosplosion
    Rosplosion Posts: 739 Member
    I need a thigh corset.
  • sargessexyone
    sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
    No, no, no, just a million times--no!

    I wish people knew how to lose weight healthily instead of just quickly. It's ridiculous every time I go into Walmart, I see a sign advertising some stupid pill so you can "Lose three times the weight in half the time!" And then gain it back, and then buy their pills again so you can lose more, then gain it back, and so on FOR-FREAKING-EVER. Ugh!

    /rant

    And sorry for taking over your thread.

    No worries Doll, you're preaching to the choir.
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    There is nobody more creative than someone wanting to lose weight without the work. =p

    I've definitely been there. I've taken water pills to "lose weight" (losing water weight, that's all), I've all but starved myself, I've eaten every kind of "super cool weight loss food!" known to man and a few known to cats (kidding). THEY DON'T WORK! None of it works! It's a waste of money and it's ridiculous to think that you can get anything worth while without working for it.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    She has

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  • Zaftique
    Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
    Don't get me wrong, I love all my corsets. And I have quite a few, all tailor-made to my exact shape. And I love em. But no.

    No, no, no, no, no.

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    No.
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    She has

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    Is she a Disney princess?
  • DivineChoices
    DivineChoices Posts: 193 Member
    Man! I love corsets. Can't wait to fit back in the ones I own, but I cannot imagine LIVING in one for so many hours every day. The best feeling is when the corset comes off. lol!! Though they do great things (temporary) for my bust. :)
  • lcfairbairn74
    lcfairbairn74 Posts: 412 Member
    Don't get me wrong, I love all my corsets. And I have quite a few, all tailor-made to my exact shape. And I love em. But no.

    No, no, no, no, no.

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    No.

    :laugh: :laugh: Perfect gif!! :laugh: :laugh:
  • sargessexyone
    sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
    Man! I love corsets. Can't wait to fit back in the ones I own, but I cannot imagine LIVING in one for so many hours every day. The best feeling is when the corset comes off. lol!! Though they do great things (temporary) for my bust. :)

    Don't get me wrong. Wearing one for a an hour or two for fashion is ok and can be very sexy but the thought of pretty much living in one to lose weight just blows my mind.
  • xxghost
    xxghost Posts: 4,697 Member
    This whole idea.
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  • GretaGirl8
    GretaGirl8 Posts: 274 Member
    lol...when I first read the thread title I was thinking the diet involved looking at one's self in a corset, feeling bad about your body and motivating you to lose weight. both concepts a bit sadistic.
  • Jestinia
    Jestinia Posts: 1,153 Member
    From The Daily Beast: "When you’re wearing something that tight around your abdomen, it pretty much kills your desire to overeat."

    Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/15/you-should-probably-pass-on-this-whole-corset-diet-fad.html


    Okay, but what kills my desire to take the damn thing off, then overeat?
  • sargessexyone
    sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
    Yes

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    No

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  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    No.

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  • snazzyjazzy21
    snazzyjazzy21 Posts: 1,298 Member
    I'd hardly call it a diet, it's corset training. Personally, I'm not a fan of altering my skeletal structure in the name of beauty but each to their own.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    NO
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    Yes

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    No

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    *shriek*

    NOOOOOOOOOOO
  • crevices
    crevices Posts: 226 Member
    the things people do... i was watching some european show and a group of girls basically told their dieting "secrets". some were pretty standard, others weirder. then there was the girl who ate and drank her own feces/piss. i just. why.
  • 1princesswarrior
    1princesswarrior Posts: 1,242 Member
    The surgeon promoting it is in Beverly Hills, they need to lose weight yesterday according to themselves.

    But No.

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  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Is that like the straight-jacket diet?? :huh:
  • laratacita
    laratacita Posts: 53 Member
    I just heard of it today. Isn't this dangerous and stupid?
  • freemystery
    freemystery Posts: 184 Member
    Yuh but we're all born with a corset, it's called your core and it can change your shape miraculously. And you can eat! And you can breathe! You never have to take it to the dry cleaners. It can get out of shape but it will always fit you, besides with a little work you can resore it to its former glory. It won't warp your skeleton or stunt your growth, if you do it right it will help your bones. You don't have to pay anybody for it. You don't have to get cut to pieces and stitched up again. It goes with every outfit.

    Only thing is, it's free and so Dr Oz is not going to be the shill man on the next infomercial/ advertorial he calls a TV show. Nobody can sell it to you. That's kind of why I love it. In your FACE to the people on TV and billboards who try to tell me I can't do it myself and I need their help whether it's something to wear or a magic pill. Playing on our insecurities to make yourselves rich, you won't get a penny out of me.

    I'm so glad the people on these boards are smart and confident enough to laugh at this total nonsense instead of falling over themselves to try it or buy into the lies told to us in order to make us feel bad.

    This is why I've stuck with mfp for so long haha! :laugh:
  • asciiqwerty
    asciiqwerty Posts: 565 Member
    sad, very sad, as this gives a bad name to healthy weight loss and to corsets

    me i'm a big fan of corsets, but you don't need to wear them that tight or that long, they should compliments and enhance not distort your figure

    I wore a corset and skirt for my wedding, becasue i knew that I wouldn't get a strapless bra to fit my 30JJs, or a dress bodice that was sufficiently supportive, i like my cream and blue wedding corset so much i've worn it since to other parties
    but I also knew that I could happily wear a properly fitted corset for an extended period without any problem

    I wore this corset (with blue halter neck and bow):
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    http://www.fairygothmother.co.uk/70-m1_36sl2_trg3.htm
    with this skirt: http://www.fairygothmother.co.uk/70-m28trg3_r50.htm

    and most people couldn't even tell it was a corset and skirt rather than a dress (though i thought the baby blue corset lacing gave it away somewhat)
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Reminds me of that weight loss built in the 90s. It had this rock hard mass in the middle that pressed against your stomach so you did not feel like overeating. Well, at least that did not change the shape of your ribs... but to each their own

    Silly are the length some are prepared to go to in the name of weight loss and beauty in general.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    From The Daily Beast: "When you’re wearing something that tight around your abdomen, it pretty much kills your desire to overeat."

    Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/15/you-should-probably-pass-on-this-whole-corset-diet-fad.html


    Okay, but what kills my desire to take the damn thing off, then overeat?

    i couldnt eat much on my wedding day because my dress was very tight... i ate 2 cupcakes and a chicken and bacon sandwich for breakfast the next day because i woke up starving!!!!!
  • Jestinia
    Jestinia Posts: 1,153 Member
    From The Daily Beast: "When you’re wearing something that tight around your abdomen, it pretty much kills your desire to overeat."

    Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/15/you-should-probably-pass-on-this-whole-corset-diet-fad.html


    Okay, but what kills my desire to take the damn thing off, then overeat?

    i couldnt eat much on my wedding day because my dress was very tight... i ate 2 cupcakes and a chicken and bacon sandwich for breakfast the next day because i woke up starving!!!!!

    In public I guess it would work then. And they're really cute when they're not laced too tight.

    But my worst times are when I'm all by myself with a great movie to watch, a bag of cookies, and, a tub of ice cream.
  • spersephone
    spersephone Posts: 148 Member
    I reckon a normal corset looks pretty good, but I couldn't be bothered wearing them. I think the ones that purposely try to reshape your body into dimensions that it is not meant to go make no sense whatsoever. That silly woman who is currently in the news lately for her corset cannot go for long periods without being in it, because her body needs it to hold her up properly. Her organs have all shifted and need the scaffolding it creates.

    That has taken it too far.

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