The dumbest diet you ever tried?
tsikkz
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When I was in highschool I tried some pretty terrible diets, here are a few of my worst:
Celebrity slim, a two meal replacement shake diet, I ended up just gorging myself for dinner every night to compensate for how STARVING I was during the day. I still get emails from them asking me to sign up again to this day. Oh yeah, and I totally had to buy EVERYTHING to use the program; the books, the shaker cups, every flavor they carried, the special "plateau" breaker shakes.. I facepalm every time I think about how much money I wasted.
The jello diet, I don't think this one really needs an explanation, but to this day I can't stand the stuff!
The lollypop diet, I actually read this one in a teen magazine, eat nothing but fat free lollipops during the day and a light dinner of carrot sticks and celery. Oh man.
Intermittent fasting, I woke up freezing cold and drenched in sweat every night for like 6 months, I know its been successful for some people but you'd think I would have realized it wasn't good for me a little sooner.
None of these worked, who'd have thought healthy eating and exercise was the answer hmm?
What are your dumb diet experiences?
Celebrity slim, a two meal replacement shake diet, I ended up just gorging myself for dinner every night to compensate for how STARVING I was during the day. I still get emails from them asking me to sign up again to this day. Oh yeah, and I totally had to buy EVERYTHING to use the program; the books, the shaker cups, every flavor they carried, the special "plateau" breaker shakes.. I facepalm every time I think about how much money I wasted.
The jello diet, I don't think this one really needs an explanation, but to this day I can't stand the stuff!
The lollypop diet, I actually read this one in a teen magazine, eat nothing but fat free lollipops during the day and a light dinner of carrot sticks and celery. Oh man.
Intermittent fasting, I woke up freezing cold and drenched in sweat every night for like 6 months, I know its been successful for some people but you'd think I would have realized it wasn't good for me a little sooner.
None of these worked, who'd have thought healthy eating and exercise was the answer hmm?
What are your dumb diet experiences?
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Before I got married I tried the miracle soup diet. It worked but I got hives, not sure if it was because of the tomatoes or if I was nervous.
Vegetable soup every day for seven days, one day I remember I could have all the bananas.0 -
A couple of years ago I did the HCG diet. I had to inject myself daily with HCG and eat 500 calories a day. I lost a couple of pounds and I believe it wrecked my metabolism. It should be banned.0
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Uh, I made up my own very low fat/very low carb diet. It is now known as the Faileo diet, because that's what it was. Epic fail! I lost weight, but I was absolutely miserable--total ***** to be around.0
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I ate only beans for a month yeah it worked but it wasnt pretty0
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Lipotrim.......thought I was going to die :huh: lost 13lbs in 5 days.........put on 18lbs in 14 days :noway:0
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I have tried the cabbage soup diet, which lasted all of two days, and back in the 90s was totally happy to listen to Susan Powter and her "fat makes you fat" mantra, which led to buying fat free this and fat free that. I gained weight on that. I bought her program as well. Tried butter busters and learned that I can't stand fake butter.
About the only one I've tried was Change One, which was from Readers' Digest a few years back (They now have a different program). I still have the Change One book because it worked the first time. I pay no heed to the "use fat free this and diet soda that" because it does not work for me. I don't drink soda at all, but I pay attention to what the book says about serving sizes and "how to" s of eating each meal, including meals out and holidays.0 -
I failed miserably at atkins. It was a great meal plan, but I didn't lose any weight.0
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About 10 years ago I did a one of the "Hollywood" diets. Nothing but their special "juice" (and use the word "juice" *very* loosely) for 48 hours. I'm sure I lost a lot of water weight, which of course came right back within days. All I had wanted was to look cuter in a dress that I had bought to wear on a date to a concert, but all I suceeded in doing was giving myself diarrhea and the shakes. Awesome. The date went fine, and the dress fit just the same as it would had I done nothing, I'm sure. Literally money down the toilet.0
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More like which one haven't I tried? Grapefruit, B12 shots, cabbage, liquid....not to mention all the pills I have tried! Finally at age 41, I realize there is no fix but me, eating better and excersise.0
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I failed miserably at atkins. It was a great meal plan, but I didn't lose any weight.
^^^^This. I was never satisfied. I love my carbs.
Also when I lost a bunch of weight a few years ago, I went extremely low fat. I lost 20 pounds, and I think half of that was from my hair falling out. Then I found MFP, learned about good fat and lost another 80. Then I stopped exercising and gained 80 back, and here I am again.
But this time I'm keeping my hair.0 -
The Russian Gymnast Diet (from the pro-ana websites, but I was/am not pro-ana)
Breakfast: Glass of fruit juice
Lunch: Green apple
Dinner: Fruit salad
I lost a LOT of weight very quickly, but my stomach (and mind) was very unhappy for those 20 days.0 -
Probably the chocolate and takeaway diet I spent 10 years working hard on
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the 13 day "danish" diet!!! lost 10kgs but a year later(exactly) i had gained 11kgs! lol0
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Worst diet: eating whatever the hell I want in whatever amount I want. That's what got me here. 0
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I made up my own diet when I was in high school (and wasn't really overweight). Every day for lunch I had a few lettuce leaves, 5 Saltine crackers, and a scoop of tuna with a small amount of mayo. I don't remember but I think I still ate regular breakfast (cereal) and whatever my mom cooked for dinner. I lost 10 pounds or so.0
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The 1,200 calorie diet. Worked great initially. Lost weight, had lots of energy. Figured all these 'experts' on MFP were wrong and it really was the answer. I was pretty proud of myself for being able to sustain such a low calorie intake. I wasn't hungry. My body got used to subsisting on such a low calorie count that hunger really wasn't an issue for me. Then reality set in. I got tired and cranky. My workouts suffered to the point that what I was accomplishing was little more than going through the motions. My weight loss stalled. I couldn't possibly eat any less than I was and had no energy to workout any more than I was. I was eating between 800 - 1200 calories a day and not losing. Couldn't figure out where I'd gone wrong. So I started researching. Started paying attention to posts from some of the long term members on MFP who've had success themselves. Turns out, they really do know what they're talking about. Go figure.0
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Some time in the mid-90s my husband and I met Judy Mazel (the Beverly Hills Diet lady) when he was doing some work for her. She was.... an interesting character. Anyway, we went on the diet on a lark, because she gave us the book and it was such a strange diet plan. That was the craziest diet I've ever been on. One day eat nothing but grapes, the next day papaya (yeah, not very seasonal) then on day 10 you have the choice of steak or lobster. (Super affordable) Her theory was that it's not how much we eat that is the problem but how we combine different foods. (LOL, yeah. Science!)
We stayed on it for about 10 days, most of which I spent running around trying to find whatever weird ingredient was The Food for that day. I don't think we lost any weight, if we did it came right back.0 -
I tried the grape fruit diet and the soup diet, but the dumbest one for me was Atkins. Of course I was one of those people with lots of weight to lose who did the induction phase for 3 months instead of the two weeks called for. I love bread, I bake bread and keep a sourdough starter active in my fridge or on my counter....how I ever thought I could give up carbs like that I'll never know.0
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It wasn't a diet, per se, but a 48 hour lemon juice-cheyenne pepper water "cleanse". I told myself that it wasn't to lose weight, just to jumpstart finally getting back in the gym for the first time since high school.
Probably the most miserable 48 hours ever. I was a total bear to be around. It tasted awful. Plus, I ended up gorging myself on anything and everything fast food and fried for 2 days after so I was right back where I started, if not worse. Ha!
Edited to say: also fell prey to the HydroxyCut commercials a few years ago. As someone who has heart issues and two former heart surgeries, this was a terrible idea.0 -
I tried eating around 500-900 calories a day without exercise, lost a lot of weight, and then thought I could just go back to eating normally without a problem, gained everything back and then some. Terrible idea.0
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Not really a "diet", but in highschool, I got so depressed about gaining weight that I starved myself for a couple months. I would eat one meal, breakfast, and starve the rest of the day.
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Milk diet.0
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The 1,200 calorie diet. Worked great initially. Lost weight, had lots of energy. Figured all these 'experts' on MFP were wrong and it really was the answer. I was pretty proud of myself for being able to sustain such a low calorie intake. I wasn't hungry. My body got used to subsisting on such a low calorie count that hunger really wasn't an issue for me. Then reality set in. I got tired and cranky. My workouts suffered to the point that what I was accomplishing was little more than going through the motions. My weight loss stalled. I couldn't possibly eat any less than I was and had no energy to workout any more than I was. I was eating between 800 - 1200 calories a day and not losing. Couldn't figure out where I'd gone wrong. So I started researching. Started paying attention to posts from some of the long term members on MFP who've had success themselves. Turns out, they really do know what they're talking about. Go figure.
Haha! Love it. I cannot do 1200. I've been eating between 1700 and 2000 for the past 3 weeks and lifting weights 2-3x per week and I'm losing now
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!0 -
I did the lemon juice diet as well over three days as I was not working. Drinking only the juice was fine. What got me to end this cleanse was the 1.5 litre of salty water I had to drink to "cleanse" my body. On the 3rd day I threw it all up as soon as I had drunk it!! And this is when I thought "What are you doing to yourself!"0
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I ate only beans for a month yeah it worked but it wasnt pretty
Hahaha! I cannot stop laughing.0 -
Keto. Absolutely moronic. I lost 90 lbs, and then gained 140 back just as fast.0
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I tried Atkins, the Cabbage soup diet (blah), the grapefruit diet, the eat fruit for 3 days a week diet, the 3 day diet and the starvation diet along with several different types of weight loss pills including a pill that was a form of speed (perscribed by a doctor). But I think the worst one was the Herbal life diet. I used this crap for a month, ate absolutely no food and lost 20 lbs. As soon as I went off the diet I gained it all back plus some, mostly because I was pregnant....lol
I will never, ever do a fad diet again especially since I realized how much better I feel by just eating healthy food and being active.0 -
A couple of months ago I tried the HCG diet. I was so bound and determined to take weight off that the thought of losing 40 pounds in a month sounded so great. I bought the drops at Wal-Mart, what a waste of $. After 2 weeks of taking the drops (that did absolutely nothing) and starving myself by eating only 500 calories a day, I decided to quit. I couldn't even walk up the stairs without feeling like i was going to pass out. That was by far the dumbest diet I have ever tried. Immediately after that, I joined MFP and have began a healthy journey to taking off the pounds and keeping them off.0
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I did the the HCG but I did it with the drops and the 500cal. I totally agree it wrecked my metabolism for about a year.A couple of years ago I did the HCG diet. I had to inject myself daily with HCG and eat 500 calories a day. I lost a couple of pounds and I believe it wrecked my metabolism. It should be banned.0
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