Before MFP, what diets did you try?

TayJoMama

I was just thinking the other day that about a year or so ago, I tried Dr Seigel's Cookie Diet. LOL, Yes, I did. Not once but twice I bought these expensive-*kitten* muffin/cookies from GNC. I saw it on tv and thought I could do that. I think I lost at the most four pounds, but that wan't enough for how expensive the cookies were. Plus, I can't live on chocolate cookies alone no matter how much I like chocolate. I also tried Body for life: too restricting for me, and Dr. Ian's 4 day diet: all the beans and salad left me feeling bloated and unhappy. Oh and last summer was the 6 week body makeover. This really wasn't a bad product, but I didn't really learn a lot from it or how to really work it. I may try it again at some point now that I've learned so much from you guys and MFP.

So I thought it would be a fun Friday topic to ask what diets you're tried, crazy or not?

MochaMixAZ

Oh boy. The list is long:
- Starvation. Seriously - fasting for up to a week at a time.
- The grapefruit diet
- The cabbage soup diet
- Weight watcher's
- Slim Fast
- Nutri system
- The liquid diet Oprah went on, Opti-fast I think
- The cookie diet
- Biggest Loser
- And my all time favorite for crazy: the lemon-water and chicken broth diet.

Sasha_Bear

I've battled with these off and on for so long I think I've tried everything. The 3 day diet lose 10lbs in 3 days, The cabbage soup diet hated it! The do it myself diet where I made up my own rules needless to say that didn't help! So glad I found this site!

SarahWrittenThin

Oh boy lol I have dieted a lot in my past.
Skinny Girl Diet
Grapefruit Diet
Cabbage Soup Diet
ABC diet
Large Breakfast Diet
Upday downday diet
2-4-6-8 but rather 4-6-8-10
Negative calorie diet

I think that might be all of them. I have done all of these more than once too.

FearAnLoathing

None ive only had a weight problem for about 4 years so calorie counting and exercise is the first thing i tried.

infosynth

MFP is not a diet. It is a food/exercise tracking tool similar to many others. The "diet" is yours alone. :happy:

Oh yeah...I tried WW a couple of years ago. I lost all of 3 lbs. in their 16-week program. The most valuable part of it was having to track everything I eat, so MFP is a great substitute, and you can't beat the price, right?

bmmadden

Just WW for me not once but twice the first time I did it at home on my own lost 65 lbs with combination of going to the gym for about six months, the second time I did meetings and I lost about 26 lbs in 3 months along with gym, now I do this go to the gym and follow like high protein low carb for the most part

K1Teacher

Too many to count but the ones that stick out the most were:

The New Beverly Hills Diet
Slim Fast
Nutri System
Weight Watchers
I went and got shots for a while - some vitamin
Metabolife (bad, I know now)
Lapband surgery (had to be removed after 4 months it slipped)

Ugh! Story of my life...

CaraRadz

Oh, man... I feel like I've tried way too many diets over the years. These include, but are not limited to (because I'm sure I'm forgetting some):

-Nutrisystem
-Diet Pills (OxyElite Pro, Alli, etc)
-Slimfast
-"Melt it Off" Diet Plan
-Some kind of magical diet tea
-Eating only salad

Yeah... none of those things were terribly good for me. I actually had a decent amount of success on Nutrisystem, but it as expensive as anything and as soon as I started eating normally again, I gained everything back because all I had learned was how to eat food from a box, not how to eat to lose weight.

MFP... it really is a lifestyle change, not just a diet.

Sweetlux

I tried those shakes before but didn't last long because they are NASTY!! ha ha. I still use South Beach Diet. I use it more as a guideline but it's worked for me in the past and it's working now along with MFP!!!

hpsnickers1

Never tried diets. I just never ate. When I turned 38 the 'not eating all day' was making me gain weight rather than lose more weight because when I did eat it was all the wrong foods.

When I started eating several meals a day (and counting the calories) and started drinking water and eating fruits and veggies I started losing and am holding at 120-123. Thank you MFP.

kacc24

Atkins to just name one...thought I was gonna pass out by day 3 lol. Had the shakes and all...I guess too much of anything is not good even if it is bacon lol!

spaztastic13

I was on Weight Watchers about six years ago for two years and lost 60 pounds in 8 months and i loved it...but i couldnt afford to go anymore and plus i got pregnant with my son!!!!!!