What's the stupidest thing you've ever done to lose weight?

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    I followed MFPs calorie/macro guidelines for a month or so once. Never again.

    Someone must have told you some really really crappy stuff then lol
    I'm assuming he/she meant they told MFP they wanted to lose 2LBS a week and it put them at something like 1200 calories a day, of low protein high carb food. ie, the default.
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    ...not really to lose weight, but i forced myself to eat oatmeal a couple of times per week.

    NEVER AGAIN!!!
  • donnace7
    donnace7 Posts: 147 Member
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    Dexatrim
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
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    4 half marathons in one month.
  • wjstoj
    wjstoj Posts: 884 Member
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    burpees
  • Seefylol
    Seefylol Posts: 197
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    Bought "wight loss pills" thinking they would actually work lololol. Glad I've become more knowledgeable about the world of nutrition and exercising!
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
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    burpees

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  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    For some reason when I was a teenager my aunt told me that staying up all night and not sleeping helps people to lose weight and stay thin and have a fast metabolism. I suppose she figured that as long as a person was awake and active they would be burning more calories.
  • MsStilwell2013
    MsStilwell2013 Posts: 1
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    well i took a bunch of diet pills thinking it would make me lose weight faster and i starve my self thinking it would make me loose weight faster.:smokin:
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
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    got depressed and forgot to eat for an extended period of time....
  • madtownjeremy
    madtownjeremy Posts: 249
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    I'm assuming he/she meant they told MFP they wanted to lose 2LBS a week and it put them at something like 1200 calories a day, of low protein high carb food. ie, the default.

    Precisely. I did as everyone does when they first start out; I entered my numbers, said I wanted to drop 2 LBS a week and ran with MFPs high carb low protein nonsense. And I did lose weight. Of course, I was well on my way to becoming skinnyfat with numbers like that.
  • elkahallick
    elkahallick Posts: 1,138 Member
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    I used the macros that MFP gave me
  • Tashia_HH
    Tashia_HH Posts: 99 Member
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    Ate only a boiled egg and half a can of soup a day for around 6 months.
    WOW.

    You're not kidding..
  • Tashia_HH
    Tashia_HH Posts: 99 Member
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    Went to a class guaranteed to lose weight. When I got to the class was told to close my eyes & think of myself small. This wonderful class cost me $25 & my dignity. Lol

    LMAO!!:laugh:
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
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    What's the stupidest thing you've ever done to lose weight?

    Use MFP's default numbers.
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
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    I bought a bundle of like 10 laser lipo appointments when I was 17... ugh I spent so much money for them to shine a flashlight at me and still be just as fat...
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
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    Anorexia.

    When I was a teenager, I would chew my food, spit it into my cup, and then volunteer to clear the table so no one would discover it. =| I had a pretty wrecked metabolism... and then started binge eating later.

    After I had my daughter, I lost about 50 lbs (I got up to 312 while pregnant) through breastfeeding. When it slowed down I decided to help it along. I cut out all white carbs, sugars, red meat, pork, most fats, anything that wasn't non-fat dairy, whole eggs, etc. I lived on mostly chicken breasts, fish, and vegetables with a few whole grain carbs. I lost another 50 pounds in 3 months... I gained it back and almost made it up to 300 lbs again in the year after that.
  • freak4iron
    freak4iron Posts: 995 Member
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    meth
  • wwunderlust
    wwunderlust Posts: 24
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    4 things:

    olive oil diet (instigated by a "well-meaning" friend in highschool who said it would boost my metabolism along with an excess in carbs. no meat. i fell for it. sigh.)

    anorexia+soda diet

    bulimia

    attempted to look for tapeworms to swallow lol >.<
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
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    Alli will make u poop yourself...lol.....:laugh:

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