The dumbest diet you ever tried?

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  • farfromthetree
    farfromthetree Posts: 982 Member
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    Lemonade diet cleanse. No solid food for 7 days..until I began hallucinating food. I lost 9 pounds and gained it back in a day!!
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,834 Member
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    LAWoman72 wrote: »
    tracyannk28 wrote: »
    When I was in high school I decided that I could survive on 1 apple and 1 glass of orange juice a day. After 4 days I ended up passing out in the photgraphy lab and spent the next 3 weeks convincing my guidance counselor that I wasn't on drugs.

    Oh, this made me think of something! In high school, we would all do no breakfast, and then french fries for lunch. The french fries were $0.50 and they were about the size of a size-small fry today at McD's or Burger King (gigantic portions weren't all the rage yet in the 80s). So I would estimate maybe 250, 275 calories. That was our official "diet." Then a small dinner at home. We fainted and lost a lot of hair, but we were thin.

    I loved the 80's!!! Good times...good times. Bad hair - but good times!

    I used to pop Dexatrim (sp) all the time - wash it down with Jolt Cola!

  • 808Trish808
    808Trish808 Posts: 122 Member
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    I see a new Purium fad. Anyone on it now? Thoughts?
  • marinabreeze
    marinabreeze Posts: 141 Member
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    It's a tie between two diets/supplements:

    In high school, my boyfriend told me to take twice the normal dose of ephedra pills (I can't remember the brand name anymore, this was the late '90s). I took them and after several days I felt lightheaded and unwell, so I stopped and eventually dropped the weight in the form of the boyfriend.

    My first year of college I ordered a bottle of liquid chitosan from an infomercial. I took that for awhile and imagine that - no results!
  • joneallen
    joneallen Posts: 217 Member
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    I tried Visalus for a bit. Worst idea ever. What bugged me the most is that the guy that sells it, is actually an old friend of mine. It's safe to say I won't rely on him anymore for any nutritional advice.

    The shakes were terrible, they made me go the bathroom every hour, and worst of all, they cost a fortune per month. Their ads with their nutritional value vs. whole foods are very misleading, and can easily be appealing to the uneducated.

    Sticking to a healthy diet has proven effective time after time. Not some marketing product.
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,834 Member
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    marinabreeze wrote: »
    It's a tie between two diets/supplements:

    In high school, my boyfriend told me to take twice the normal dose of ephedra pills (I can't remember the brand name anymore, this was the late '90s).

    Was it Stacker 2? I took those and thought I was having a heart attack. They're totally illegal now!

  • TheSatinPumpkin
    TheSatinPumpkin Posts: 948 Member
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    tracyannk28 wrote: »
    marinabreeze wrote: »
    It's a tie between two diets/supplements:

    In high school, my boyfriend told me to take twice the normal dose of ephedra pills (I can't remember the brand name anymore, this was the late '90s).

    Was it Stacker 2? I took those and thought I was having a heart attack. They're totally illegal now!

    Similar when i was taking Metabolife 365.
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
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    tracyannk28 wrote: »
    LAWoman72 wrote: »
    tracyannk28 wrote: »
    When I was in high school I decided that I could survive on 1 apple and 1 glass of orange juice a day. After 4 days I ended up passing out in the photgraphy lab and spent the next 3 weeks convincing my guidance counselor that I wasn't on drugs.

    Oh, this made me think of something! In high school, we would all do no breakfast, and then french fries for lunch. The french fries were $0.50 and they were about the size of a size-small fry today at McD's or Burger King (gigantic portions weren't all the rage yet in the 80s). So I would estimate maybe 250, 275 calories. That was our official "diet." Then a small dinner at home. We fainted and lost a lot of hair, but we were thin.

    I loved the 80's!!! Good times...good times. Bad hair - but good times!

    I used to pop Dexatrim (sp) all the time - wash it down with Jolt Cola!
    I liked my big hair :) and Jolt
  • weavernv
    weavernv Posts: 1,555 Member
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    ETA: I once bought these "metaslim" pills from Walmart that were supposed to help speed up your metabolism to lose weight... I had to stop taking them after a couple of days because I could feel my heart racing even when doing no exercise and was afraid of landing myself in the ER![/quote]

    Metabolife was the worst diet I ever tried for this very same reason. My friend was selling it and she swore by it, so I had to try it. I almost went off the deep end. I learned that I can't do anything with ephedra in it.
  • ourtruelovewillneverdie
    ourtruelovewillneverdie Posts: 170 Member
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    The 400 calorie diet or less a day. At 130 lbs I was unhappy with my weight a few years ago. I went to one of those weight loss centers to get prescribed adipex but because I wasn't overweight for my frame the one doctor wouldn't do it. Went to one of the other offices a few weeks later with 20 lbs of weights hidden under bulky clothing and got it prescribed just to stop me from eating. I got down to 126.4 in about two weeks but I was a miserable *kitten* without food.
  • tsikkz
    tsikkz Posts: 404 Member
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  • Juvenica
    Juvenica Posts: 460 Member
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    tried the maple syrup cleanse ..... for half a day
    would never do it again
  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
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    i tried the all cookie diet i made myself it was the worse ever i was extremely hungry everyday it only last 2 weeks i quited with headaches and fear i did lose 2 lbs tho.
  • peanutcats
    peanutcats Posts: 14 Member
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    Oh man I've done so many dumb diets. Both commercial, and invented by me too...

    But the most ridiculous ones have to be when I decided to eat only ice cream for a day, or only chocolate for a day, or only one type of fruit. Somehow I guess I thought I'd get sick of eating that food but lol no with the chocolate especially! I was 14 so I guess I didn't know much better but I'm surprised I didn't get diabetes or something. I actually lost weight initially which was weird, I guess chocolate is a diuretic? So I was like YEAHHH and kept eating like 3000 cals of chocolate a day. And then I suddenly stopped losing and got fat like overnight hahah don't try it! Also did a diet when I ate only bananas. Got fat on that too!

    Out of the commercial diets I've tried, for me it was the Dukan diet. I mean, I like the principle and stuff but it left me absolutely terrified of putting carbs in my mouth and after surviving on basically chicken and greek yogurt for a while, it led to a long streak of binging and I gained back a lottttt of weight. So it isn't a dumb diet in itself, just for me it didn't work. Towards the end I felt like puking all the time.
  • Kate7294
    Kate7294 Posts: 783 Member
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    I tried "Herbalife" in the 6th grade. No loss that I remember. In high school I tried ipaca? syrup exactly one time. What the F--- was I thinking? Desperation.
    Having my tonsils taken out at 18 made the biggest difference ( not a diet ) I dropped 20 pounds in a month. Looked terrible at 130 lbs. size 7.
    Now I'm 10 lbs. from my gw of 155 lbs. and wearing an 8. LOL
  • court_alacarte
    court_alacarte Posts: 219 Member
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    TropicalParaMonster wrote: »
    the "military" diet! All came back plus some... :s

    i tried this diet recently about a month ago. got to day 3 and only got through breakfast. what broke me was that all i knew i was having for lunch was 5 crackers and a slice of toast and i was in such a dizzying fog, i couldn't think straight. my ex-fiance did it with me and lost 6 lbs by the last day and i didn't lose a single thing. he even ate a twix bar!! i was hangry to say the least...

    lemonade diet--tried it once in college. made it through 4 days until i started getting stomach cramps and decided to just eat. it shrunk my stomach but of course i took care of that within a week :)

    vegan diet--i literally tried this diet like 4 different times throughout college and just couldn't keep with it for more than a week. apart from the constant flatulence, it was a struggle for me looking at every single label to make sure animal products weren't involved and i would keep making exceptions that led to me just not being on it anymore.

    hydroxycut--once again, gave it the old "college try" in college. i bought the drink mixes and got the worst case of the spins and i felt like i was going to gag on my own spit. luckily i only drank one drink mix. never. again.

    my own 10g/day carb diet--did this a couple of years ago when i first got engaged. basically, i lived off of meat, cheese and eggs with little room for veggies. i lost weight, that's for damned sure, but i remember being so tired all the time. i'm a supporter of low carb diets, but definitely only 10 grams a day is gonna wear you out.
  • tracie_minus100
    tracie_minus100 Posts: 465 Member
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    The "Eat for your blood type" diet. I'm embarrassed I tried it!
  • rbfdac
    rbfdac Posts: 1,057 Member
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    I've done the "cabbage soup diet" a couple of times-- I usually just used it to kick start my diet. The soup is pretty good, but when that's about all you're getting for 7 days, it's tough!
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
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    The summer between high school and college I ate nothing but pickles and cheese. Got down to 98 lbs...woohoo! Never mind the fact that I nearly passed out every time I stood up, I was skinny!
  • independant2406
    independant2406 Posts: 447 Member
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    The Halfalargepizzaeverynight diet was the worst...I was doing that and EatwhateverIwant at the same time. Would you believe I didn't lose anything? I actually GAINED 60lbs!

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