what is the craziest diet you have heard of?

ericarey85

or diet pill.......... mine would be the calorie blocking pill and *no offense to those who are doing this, this is just my point of view* but the low carb diet, aka atkins diet. the way i see it is you can eat anything you want, just in moderation. you shouldn't have to make yourself suffer to lose weight. i also noticed that on the low carb diet there are certian fruits and veggies your not aloud to eat :noway: what the heck...... i realise that some people lose weight on this DIET but once you go off of it you gain the weight back so your stuck being miserable on the diet. not to mention it is SO dangerous to your health. i have seen what the dangers are first hand, my mom was on the diet for a long time, now she has all kinds of health problems. who ever is doing this diet just PLEASE PLEASE be very careful and research it well, along with guidance and lots of check ups with your doctor.

ericarey85

or diet pill.......... mine would be the calorie blocking pill and *no offense to those who are doing this, this is just my point of view* but the low carb diet, aka atkins diet. the way i see it is you can eat anything you want, just in moderation. you shouldn't have to make yourself suffer to lose weight. i also noticed that on the low carb diet there are certian fruits and veggies your not aloud to eat :noway: what the heck...... i realise that some people lose weight on this DIET but once you go off of it you gain the weight back so your stuck being miserable on the diet. not to mention it is SO dangerous to your health. i have seen what the dangers are first hand, my mom was on the diet for a long time, now she has all kinds of health problems. who ever is doing this diet just PLEASE PLEASE be very careful and research it well, along with guidance and lots of check ups with your doctor.

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Phoenix_Rising

I think soup diets are crazy.
Most canned soups have huge amounts of sodium.
Plus, don't people CRAVE solid food every now and again???



Or that cookie diet.
A cookie for breakfast, a cookie for lunch, a snack cookie and then a meal (or something like that).
Well of COURSE you'd lose weight by restricting calories but yuck.
I crave variety.

msarro

The atkins diet always made me laugh - let's follow the advice of a man who died weighing more than 258 lbs, had heart disease, from a heart attack!

pecksun8

Grapefruit diet or the ice tea diet. I think I would be puking grapefruit after two days!

Fab140

Grapefruit diet or the ice tea diet. I think I would be puking grapefruit after two days!

Ditto!

O, the "Fat FLush" diet. The cranberry juice and flax seed oil.....and all of those supplements!! good lord. I had the WORST headache from pure dehydration from drinking so much "cran-water".

Fab140

or diet pill.......... mine would be the calorie blocking pill and *no offense to those who are doing this, this is just my point of view* but the low carb diet, aka atkins diet. the way i see it is you can eat anything you want, just in moderation. you shouldn't have to make yourself suffer to lose weight. i also noticed that on the low carb diet there are certian fruits and veggies your not aloud to eat :noway: what the heck...... i realise that some people lose weight on this DIET but once you go off of it you gain the weight back so your stuck being miserable on the diet. not to mention it is SO dangerous to your health. i have seen what the dangers are first hand, my mom was on the diet for a long time, now she has all kinds of health problems. who ever is doing this diet just PLEASE PLEASE be very careful and research it well, along with guidance and lots of check ups with your doctor.

YES!!! ANY time you have to forbid entire food groups you're heading down a slippery path! If you just HAVE to do a "low carb" diet, do South Beach. It coaches you on how to avoid high fat foods, over processed foods, and you go through phases and reintroduce foods into your diet as you learn what to limit.

Marla64

Yepper-- the grapefruit diet-- also some homemade cabbage/veggie soup diet years ago. Oh, the gas! :embarassed:

Phoenix_Rising

Yepper-- the grapefruit diet-- also some homemade cabbage/veggie soup diet years ago. Oh, the gas! :embarassed:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

frithir

Then there's the prescription diet pills waaayyy back then that were actually amphetamines with a laxative thrown in at night just for sadism I've mentioned before that my struggle with weight started very early in life and how the family doctor, at the urging of my mother, put me on those at the age of 8..........and then they wondered why I was wired for sound, bouncing off the ceiling and why my usually even-tempered, sweet-natured self was replaced by the demon child from hell :explode: :noway: :devil: :mad:

arewethereyet

For me it would have to the soup diet. The way it works is that you go into this place and order soup. If you mess up your order, you are banned for a year. That's a hard way to diet.

HAH! no soup for YOU!!

lmdeluca

The liquid predigested protien diet from the 70s, my sister did this one YUCK!


As far as a low carb diet my mother in law had all kinds of health problems like fibromialgia and diabetes.
She was on all kinds of meds that made her wacked!
Anyway her DR put her on A low carb diet and excercise for about a year (in addition to using only certain other products like toiletry stuff ect.) She lost 65 lbs. and takes no meds now. I have done LOW carb also. I think depending on your situation this is a great diet. Most people think of it as a NO carb diet and thats the problem. It's when you don't check into how to do it properly and don't research that you end up doing in an unhealthy way. You need to check with your Dr, and realize that there are simple carbs(bad) and complex carbs(good). Our foods these days are so processed( white flour, white rice, white sugar) that they tend to be high in simple carbs. Raw fruits and veggies, whole grains, brown and wild rice, raw nuts ect will have the healthy complex carbs in them.

arewethereyet

I went on a 3 day diet someone referred to as the icecream and beets diet.

Lose 10 lbs in 3 days!

You had to eat the exact foods, at the exact time. I dont remember much but like you had to have an egg, a slice of bacon and a whole grapefruit for lunch.

I did lose 10 lbs in 3 days and was out of work for a week. I had the worst migrain in my life (and i have had some doozies!) turns out I was dehydrated...there was nothing on the paper about drinking water.

mjfer123

Ive never dieted,
i just lost weight exercising and now with mfp
Its worked amazingly

SoupNazi

For me it would have to the soup diet. The way it works is that you go into this place and order soup. If you mess up your order, you are banned for a year. That's a hard way to diet.

HAH! no soup for YOU!!

Hey...that's my line.:laugh: :laugh:

dothompson

That master clense with where you only drink a mixture of water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayanne pepper. That's been really popular in California for the past year or so. I know a lot of people who've tried it, but none of them kept the weight off or changed any bad habits afterward.


Not healthy, just stupid.

lessertess

I former boss of mine was on the atkin "diet" and I would just howl to myself everytime I saw it. We'd go out to eat and she'd order a plate of steak covered with cheese rather than a steak and cheese sub. She would gourge herself on cheese, macadamia nuts, and beef jerkey. Once when she came to my home, I made meat and cheese roll-ups in order to accommodate her dietary needs. They were just meat and cheese stuffed with a few green pepper slices and some sprouts....she removed the green peppers and sprouts. I mean she would not get within 10 feet of a fruit or vegetable.

I was torn between disgust and amusement. Although there may be some benefit to Atkins if it is done correctly, I can't beleive that was the original intent.

Honestly, I can't think of a fad diet that doesn't strike me a ridiculous.

TNTPete

Yes the soup diet -- totally crazy.
Coffee and steak diet -- oh yes, my father-in-law did that one

I can't stand atkins diet -- not crazy -- dangerous. The above are at least short-term -- atkins isn't.

BEFORE

For me it would have to the soup diet. The way it works is that you go into this place and order soup. If you mess up your order, you are banned for a year. That's a hard way to diet.

I could handle a steady diet of soup, shes a hawtie. :bigsmile:

SoupNazi

For me it would have to the soup diet. The way it works is that you go into this place and order soup. If you mess up your order, you are banned for a year. That's a hard way to diet.

I could handle a steady diet of soup, shes a hawtie. :bigsmile:

:blushing: :smooched:

psssttt...here's your $10 bucks BEFORE.

mlillie

I fasted on juice for 30 days and lost A LOT of muscle and felt so spacey then I gained A LOT of weight right on top of it. talk about a binge set up!

BEFORE

For me it would have to the soup diet. The way it works is that you go into this place and order soup. If you mess up your order, you are banned for a year. That's a hard way to diet.

I could handle a steady diet of soup, shes a hawtie. :bigsmile:

:blushing: :smooched:

psssttt...here's your $10 bucks BEFORE.

It was a freebie Soup.

Emdicio

That master clense with where you only drink a mixture of water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayanne pepper. That's been really popular in California for the past year or so. I know a lot of people who've tried it, but none of them kept the weight off or changed any bad habits afterward.


Not healthy, just stupid.

+1, I was also dumb enough to give it a try. Lasted 2 days - YUCK!

dothompson

Oh, I completely forgot about the people who go to Asia to have a Tapeworm intentionally "added to their system". Once the parasite steals your nutrition and you've lost weight you can have it removed by a Dr. in this country as an approved medical proceedure.

Absolutely nuts!

BEFORE

Oh, I completely forgot about the people who go to Asia to have a Tapeworm intentionally "added to their system". Once the parasite steals your nutrition and you've lost weight you can have it removed by a Dr. in this country as an approved medical proceedure.

Absolutely nuts!

ewwww

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Juliebean

A friend of mine did this diet where she had a FF chocolate pudding and 6 Pringles for breakfast and lunch and then ate a healthy choice frozen meal for dinner. She lost 7 pounds in a week and then gained 15 within the next month. :noway:

dewpearl

I was once on this diet: one day boiled rice (no salt), one day fruits and one day something else (don't remember what, supposedly diary). It only taught me that I do have strong will when I want it. It took me a while, though, till I could stand again the sight of rice. :grumble:

I'm so very very happy that people over here question all these stupid things that the dieting magazines present as: "hey, that's the thing for ya!" Ah, I read somewhere about Posh's diet with strawberries. :sick: I mean, as healthy and low-calories as they are, to eat nuffin but that? :noway:

you for starting this thread!

TamTastic

I think pretty much any "DIET" is bad. I mean, anything tha prohibits certain foods or only allows certain foods and keeps us under such restrictions is doomed to fail in the long run. Lifestyle change is the way to go!!

BUT, anytime I see the diet pill commercials that promise fat loss without exercise or changing the way you eat, etc...I just roll my eyes! I mean, it's just not possible and these companies KNOW we want it to be possible so they try and sell that to us! :explode: :explode:

That being said...I tried low carb a few years ago. I think I lasted 3 days. I felt SO sick to my stomach! :sick:

ohthatbambi

Oh, I completely forgot about the people who go to Asia to have a Tapeworm intentionally "added to their system". Once the parasite steals your nutrition and you've lost weight you can have it removed by a Dr. in this country as an approved medical proceedure.

Absolutely nuts!

Not only is it NUTS, it is just PLAIN GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:huh: Makes me want to vomit just thinking about how gross that actually is. YUCK!!