What is the stupidest thing you've done with your diet?

Mera_Mera

I am asking this, because I feel like the biggest dolt when I paid $50+ on a weigh-loss website that is similar to this one. I still want to kick my *kitten* for spending so much money.

I have also used diet-pills and other dieters tea to aid me in shedding weight. Thankfully, I read and educated myself to losing weight the correct and natural way.

jammiezene

I have done a lot of dumb things. Paid for months of slimquick. The worst was probably paying $250.00 a month for nutrisystem. I can't believe I have lost more weight with mfp compared to 3 months of nutrisystem.

Shannota

HCG...definitely the stupidest thing I have done. Here's a shock...after 3 days on 500 calories a day...I was STARVING! Didn't matter if I was putting drops under my tongue or not.

AnneGenevieveS

Let myself gain a LOT of weight back.

It has been very hard for me to lose weight in the past. I know we all put so much hard work in to this. So to undo all the effort is so not worth the stress it causes me later.

Good thing I am on track now and down to my smallest size as an adult!

hiker282

The stupidest thing you can do with your diet is go on a diet. Eat what you love, just learn to control yourself and not eat the whole pig when you go to the luau.

alyson820

diet pills. I passed out at work while taking them.

I've also tried atkins (and felt horrible and sluggish the entire time), the 1-2-3 diet, and the master cleanse diet. when I did manage to lose weight on those, it never stayed off, and I ended up gaining more back than what I lost.

l_oudman

After joining MFP last August, the stupiest thing I did was lose motivation for 3 months and sabotage all the hard work I had done losing 16 lbs (and feeling confident in myself) by putting it all back on. Motivation or lack of it is a real B****!! Though through the great friend network on here I am back and more determined than ever.

candicole007

After joining MFP last August, the stupiest thing I did was lose motivation for 3 months and sabotage all the hard work I had done losing 16 lbs (and feeling confident in myself) by putting it all back on. Motivation or lack of it is a real B****!! Though through the great friend network on here I am back and more determined than ever.

this!

eradik

In order of less-stupid to most stupid:

Atkins - Lost quick but felt terrible. Couldn't eat an egg or a piece of bacon for months after two weeks on Atkins. Couldn't stand the food choices I had since I am a very picky eater. Lasted two weeks I believe before I binged on a Liverwurst sandwich and a Big Mac.

Slim Fast Drink/Bars - Ugh, was fine for a day or two but then binged like crazy. Way to low calorie for someone like me, and expensive to boot

Alli - Never had the "side affects" that it is known for, but I was so scared I would I barely ate. Then, once I figured out if a meal was too high in fat and I could just skip the pill, fell off the wagon quickly. Waste of money, big time!

Nutrisystem - Total. Fail. Waste of money, tasted like garbage, high sodium, had to spend a ton on fruit and veggies. I thought it would be some magic system, but for someone who doesn't like veggies very much, made it hard to stay on track. I think I lasted a week. Had so much food left over. It was such a waste.

MFP - No, I don't mean MFP is the stupidest thing I've done. Not starting it years ago, now THAT is the stupidest thing I've done.

MFP in 1 month has resulted in more weight loss than all the above (with the exception on Atkins, but... I just hate Atkins so much).

beckys19

So far, the stupidest thing I've ever done was to leave my scale on the stovetop while I was cooking something on another burner- my 3 year old let me know he had to go to the bathroom, and when I came back I found that I had turned on the wrong burner. My scale was all melty on the bottom and I had to scrape plastic off the cooktop :sad:

ntillberg

Dumbest thing ever was ... getting started on MFP and then forgetting about it and not using it. Then I got lazy and stopped working out as well. Not only did the weight settle on but I felt awful. Tired all the time.


I'll be logging in EVERY day!

mallory3411

Stupidest thing I've probably done would be allowing myself to gain back the 50+lbs I lost a few years back.

I also tried a diet pill once.... was incredibly stupid.

eblake111

I quit a year ago...so back to the drawing board

Skinny_Beans

When I first tried addressing my weight gain, I would log food into mfp, but was still eating junk. After a few weeks of logging "2 hotdogs, buns","dunkin donuts sandwich", and wondering why I wasn't losing weight, I gave up for a few months.

I feel pretty stupid now, but i'm glad I completely changed my diet and habits.

It's almost scary to think of the mindset I was in, knowing I was eating my daily allowance of calories in one meal and still hoping i'd magically burn fat...I guess that's sort of how most people who don't lose think though.

Jennnnnnnny

Seeing progress then rewarding myself by eating like crap the next day and wondering why I gained what I had loss back.....smh

moochachip

I ate under 1000 calories a day for several months. Sent to the hospital after one day my body wouldn't get out of bed.

Most expensive and stupid diet.

kbmnurse

Not kept my food diary up. Bad mistake.

cowgirlslikeus86

I have a couple:

Slim fast-Lasted a week. Gained it all back

Atkins- Lasted a week. Gained it all back

HCG- Lasted 2 weeks, lost 11lbs, almost passed out SEVERAL times, gained it all back plus 5lbs

HCG- Lasted the whole 3 weeks, lost 17lbs, gained it all back plus 10lbs


Thank God I am using MFP. 8 weeks and by Monday, should have a 17-18 lb loss and am running 5-8 miles a day on average. SO much energy!!!

chevy88grl

All the gimmicks I tried --

Atkins - Followed it to the letter and gained 10lbs.

Metabolife - didn't lose a pound, but I did pass out regularly.

Slim Fast - Didn't mind it, but the only weight I lost was water weight

Weight Watchers - was ALWAYS hungry and disappointed that a tuna sandwich would use nearly all my points

Need I go on?

Eat less, move more. The key to successful, long term weight loss. No, it doesn't happen overnight - but you didn't gain it all overnight, so why would you lose it overnight?

And this isn't a "diet" to me, this is a lifestyle change. Nothing is truly off limits to me. There are things I don't eat or like, but nothing is completely off limits.

Helloitsdan

Isolation workouts and heavy cardio

textlikekisses

the master cleanse.....
I mean, I don't regret doing it - but that was a hard week for sure. I think it ended up slowing my metabolism down. Now I just stick to eating within my calories, not denying myself foods i like, exercising at the gym, and using MFP for support

zombilishious

Stupidest thing I've probably done would be allowing myself to gain back the 50+lbs I lost a few years back.

This. I lost 55lbs. My gym changed their hours and I stopped exercising. Gained back 40 before I jumped back on the wagon.

cNhobbes

In order of less-stupid to most stupid:

Atkins - Lost quick but felt terrible. Couldn't eat an egg or a piece of bacon for months after two weeks on Atkins. Couldn't stand the food choices I had since I am a very picky eater. Lasted two weeks I believe before I binged on a Liverwurst sandwich and a Big Mac.

Slim Fast Drink/Bars - Ugh, was fine for a day or two but then binged like crazy. Way to low calorie for someone like me, and expensive to boot

Alli - Never had the "side affects" that it is known for, but I was so scared I would I barely ate. Then, once I figured out if a meal was too high in fat and I could just skip the pill, fell off the wagon quickly. Waste of money, big time!

Nutrisystem - Total. Fail. Waste of money, tasted like garbage, high sodium, had to spend a ton on fruit and veggies. I thought it would be some magic system, but for someone who doesn't like veggies very much, made it hard to stay on track. I think I lasted a week. Had so much food left over. It was such a waste.

MFP - No, I don't mean MFP is the stupidest thing I've done. Not starting it years ago, now THAT is the stupidest thing I've done.

MFP in 1 month has resulted in more weight loss than all the above (with the exception on Atkins, but... I just hate Atkins so much).

too bad you can't shout this to the world. congrats on your loss and cheers to your continued journey!!

shaycat

When I first joined MFP I didnt look into anything or know anything about NET calories. I just thought I had to eat 1200 calories a day to lose weight. So I ate only 1200 calories a day and worked out at least 2 hours a day.
I was netting probably around 500 calories a day for over six months. I did lose all the weight fast, however maintaining it is a problem.
To think I could have been eating more that whole time and I still would have lost the weight.

AliciaBeth78

I used to buy super slimming hot tea thinking that it would make me lose weight! Oh wait, I still buy it! But now it's because I really like the taste - What can I say... it grew on me?

sarahkatara

The stupidest thing you can do with your diet is go on a diet. Eat what you love, just learn to control yourself and not eat the whole pig when you go to the luau.

THIS IS AWESOME. any time someone asks me about my diet my first response is, "i'm not on a diet, i don't believe in them." this is a way of life! the healthy, right way of life!

jjblogs

I once purchased Sensa knowing full well it wouldn't work. Stupidest thing EVARRRR. No idea why I hit the buy button. Weak, weak, weak moment. O.o

crogers9189

I would say it was when I bought the Smart Technique for over $200.00.... you know listen to the cd's and lose weight............ what a waste of money!!!!

Sherbog

Stupidist thing.....added friends in the beginning of my MFP journey. The added friends seemed to overwhelm me and my inbox. 2nd stupidist thing was not to ignore certain posters and enjoy the support of the posters that are here to succeed.

GBO323

I'll try to keep my long list short.

1. Super Dieter's Tea. I used to drink this stuff ALL the time, especially on weigh in day. This stuff IMO is dangerous. While it certainly makes the bowels move more, I'd rather up my fiber intake and let the pipes work as intended. End result? No extra weight loss, but alot of embarrassing moments at work.

2. Atkins. I did it. Love the "Eat as much as you want protein" that was communicated, but digging into the medical section of the Atkins book, one sentence saying that calories matter did it for me. Lost alot the first time but got frustrated that my wife on WW could eat rice and potatoes and lose as much as I was losing. A friend of mine was hospitalized for extreme ketosis on Atkins, so that did it for me.

3. Cabbage Soup diet. Yep. Desperation called for extreme measures. This was a BAD idea. I lasted 3 days. Surprised I'm still married after that fiasco.

4. Weight Watchers. Ok, WW is a good program and it does work. It's dumb for ME because I'm a guy who likes simplicity. I don't want to figure out if the protein/carbs/fiber/fat combo of everything I eat will max out my allotted POINTS for the day. I preferred it when it was Winning Points when it was mainly about calories. What I want is one target that doesn't require a science degree to tell me if I've had enough food for the day.

5. SlimFast/Shake Diet. SF Bars are nasty. The shakes are nasty. Hunger always hung around on SlimFast.

6. Biggie here...thinking I could just lose weight because I wanted to and could simply think myself thin. Just eyeball what looks right and thinking that it's ok to eat alot of sweets marked as lowfat. Nope. Not true on any count.

1981simm

HCG...definitely the stupidest thing I have done. Here's a shock...after 3 days on 500 calories a day...I was STARVING! Didn't matter if I was putting drops under my tongue or not.

Lost a lot of weight on it but started passing out due to malnutrition