Stupidest Dieting Fads you have heard?

AimingHighWeighingLow

I just wondered what the stupidest way to lose weight you heard is, I was thinking about this today. The worst I heard is taking laxatives everyday!

Also heard about the starvation...but taking it a step further and freezing ice then chewing it for dinner!

eillamarie

Anything that involves only eat one single food for the duration: apple diet, cabbage soup diet, etc lol

slimmerme2012

just starving yourself

karinaes

i've heard of taking Claritin.. because it supposedly secretes your hunger ..

people, it just takes will power! don't kill yourselves! i swear

lor007

Also heard about the starvation...but taking it a step further and freezing ice then chewing it for dinner!

Yum, ice. Don't forget about the classic lemon water!

rbryntes

The pregnant lady pee one is a bit way out there for me.

Gail3260

I read somewhere that you burn calories to keep warm so you could lose weight by just sitting in a cold store for several hours a day!!!

Jade_Butterfly

I just wondered what the stupidest way to lose weight you heard is, I was thinking about this today. The worst I heard is taking laxatives everyday!

Also heard about the starvation...but taking it a step further and freezing ice then chewing it for dinner!

^^^ This
But other than that the grapefruit diet.

maidentl

The HCG diet is high on my radar right now.

acciomuscles

I do not understand how people can even lead a normal life taking laxatives daily! Without being too TMI, that stuff means business!

Stupid fads...I heard about the cabbage soup one and thought that was pretty revolting.

ajfranzen77

the celery diet, eat only celery because it takes more calories to eat and burn then are in the celery itself!

rml_16

There are way too many to name and most of them are being practiced by some members of this site.

mcdonl

Balanced diet and exercise... Oh, wait... that one works

How about 500 calories a day and a pill?

grrrlface

The baby food diet. That stuff's just not appetising.

summergirl76

I know there are lots of negative things being said about hcg, but i just wanted to say that it worked for me and completely retrained my brain in regards to eating. The maintenance portion (for me) was a lot more important than the short term "diet" part.

Otherwise, I agree-laxatives are crazy. how absolutely miserable!

desifink

*waves* Hey rml!

RKORTON

I tried the staple in the ear years ago. It was suppose to suppress my hunger by putting pressure on the nerve. My best friend told me that it messed me up because my eating has been out of control ever since.

AimingHighWeighingLow

Pregnant ladies urine!! EEWWWW

Sitting in the cold........I'd rather sit in a roasting hot room and sweat it out! lol

I_give_it_2_u_str8

eat less and you will lose weight! i mean wtf is that all about

Qarol

If it sounds too good to be true...

rml_16

*waves* Hey rml!

HEATHER!!!!!

ilookthetype

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29795998/ns/today-today_health/t/decades-wacky-dieting-trends/#.Tm95KOywWQQ quite of few of these made me snort at my desk.

audram420

i've heard of taking Claritin.. because it supposedly secretes your hunger ..

people, it just takes will power! don't kill yourselves! i swear

this was a big thing that went around my work for awhile...hahaha...I thought it sounded crazy!!

adrian_indy

One time, this idiot told me to watch what I eat and exercise frequently. What a jerk.

MrsCon40

HCG is on the top of my *kitten* list

but let's not forget:

Master Cleanse
Cabbage Soup
VLCD
fat-free

koosdel

Worse than the silly/dangerous diets, are those who say "It worked for me!" when they have no idea or simply don't care what they have done to their body.

I've been hearing a radio commercial about a cookie diet. Don't know the details, but it can't be good! Lol!!

maidentl

Worse than the silly/dangerous diets, are those who say "It worked for me!" when they have no idea or simply don't care what they have done to their body.

I've been hearing a radio commercial about a cookie diet. Don't know the details, but it can't be good! Lol!!

Cookies worked for me! Oh wait, that was the GAIN weight diet. :laugh:

Uk_Yogini

Any fad diet whatever it is and there are plenty out there are just plain stupid.

Jade_Butterfly

I will stick with healthy food and exercise. . Fad diets are silly and most if not all of us have tried them at one time or another.:laugh:

SCC88

"The Cleveland Clinic Diet" I used to do it all the time while i was a teenager at school.
A friend printed it out and gave to me, saying her Dad was diabetic and he had to lose weight quickly before an operation, so the Dr. prescribed him this."It makes you lose 10lbs in 3 days by eating specific foods, specific amounts and at specific times of the day by some sort of chemical reaction" LOL.
In the beginning it worked and I lost 10lbs in 3 days, then i would take 10 days out to eat normally, then return to the 3 day diet.
I ate a weird concoxtion of things such as black tea, half a grapefruit, 2 hotdogs with broccoli and then a cup of ice cream LOL.
Eventually the weight loss stopped and now as an adult I realise there is no chemical reaction, it doesnt make a difference what time of day i ate, or the weird mix of things ITS JUST THAT THE DAY CAME UNDER 1200KCALS :laugh:

SCC88

One time, this idiot told me to watch what I eat and exercise frequently. What a jerk.

LOL what a health risk that fool must have been! :laugh: