Guess the next diet fad!

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    The chew but don't swallow diet. You are permitted to chew all the food you want but have to spit it out and swallow nothing solid, only liquids such as a protein shakes or smoothies.

    Believe it or not, that's already been done. Was all the rage in certain circles about 10 years ago.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    the bonobo diet

    it doesn't matter what you eat, but you have to have sex before eating as a means to facilitate food sharing and not fighting over the food. Plus sex burns calories as we all know, and wild bonobos don't suffer from obesity.
  • VelvetMorning
    VelvetMorning Posts: 398 Member
    A lot of kids are doing that around here. The cotton ball + OJ thing.


    :sick: :frown:

    I know, right? Not to be overly sensitive and PMS all over a funny thread, but it'd be really nice to see a new logical diet fad. "You're beautiful how you are; all shapes are welcome - your health is more important than your pant size" and have pictures of women of all races, weights, shapes and sizes who are HEALTHY (which =/= always skinny) in very flattering clothes scattered around the internet.
  • Kevalicious99
    Kevalicious99 Posts: 1,131 Member
    HCG diet .. the next big thing.
  • asianmonkie
    asianmonkie Posts: 264
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  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    The chew but don't swallow diet. You are permitted to chew all the food you want but have to spit it out and swallow nothing solid, only liquids such as a protein shakes or smoothies.


    I think this is just a version of bulimia. :ohwell:
  • Carol_L
    Carol_L Posts: 296 Member
    The Alphabet Diet!

    It's a 26 day diet plan, where you can eat anything you want - it just has to begin with the letter of the alphabet listed for whichever day of the plan you're at. The catch is that it has to be an actual food, not a brand name. No, you cannot eat Cheetos, or Corn Pops on day 3 (C) , although corn dogs and candy corn would be fine.

    Day 1 - A
    Apples, avocadoes, apricots, artichokes, Alpaca, Antelope, etc

    Day 26 - Z
    Zucchini....erm...zuchinni...did I mention Zucchini?
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Speaking of Romans...
    The standard military fare of the Roman soldier included meats such as salted pork, sausage, ham, and bacon. Baked bread, peas, lentils, beans, olive oil and wine also accompanied the troops’ meal. If wine was although not available, a drink known as posca, which consisted of water and vinegar, made –if not a tasteful- an efficient substitute. Even with these seeming improvements, grain continued to supply the majority of the diet, although more high quality protein could be elicited from this food source...

    http://lilitheden.hubpages.com/hub/An-Army-Marches-On-Its-Stomach-An-Analysis-of-the-Ancient-Soldiers-Diet
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    The chew but don't swallow diet. You are permitted to chew all the food you want but have to spit it out and swallow nothing solid, only liquids such as a protein shakes or smoothies.

    Believe it or not, that's already been done. Was all the rage in certain circles about 10 years ago.

    :noway: It's enough to make you spit.
  • TattooedNici
    TattooedNici Posts: 2,141 Member
    The celery, water and vitamin pills diet. Not sure if that already exists, but it wouldn't surprise me.
  • dumb_blondes_rock
    dumb_blondes_rock Posts: 1,568 Member
    The sugar cube and soy bean diet. You eat 3 cups steamed, raw, or milked soybeans three times a day, and two times a day you can melt 3 sugar cubes in your mouth. You get all the carbs, sugars and proteins needed for a perfectly balanced diet, and its in 5 small meals
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    did anyone say "Vaping Diet"?

    Where you use an e-cigarette when you're hungry? Kinda like when people used to take up smoking to lose or maintain weight.
  • hmaddpear
    hmaddpear Posts: 610 Member

    Ye Olde British sailors diet. You eat meat preserved in salt, plus limes and drink as much rum as you like.

    Don't forget the ships biscuits with added vitamin weevil!

    It sounds good. Where do I sign up?

    :bigsmile:
  • crystalfisher89
    crystalfisher89 Posts: 196 Member
    Homeless Diet aka Found Food Diet. You can only eat leftovers you find laying around at various places. The smaller portions will be the big draw here. Bonus points if you find half eaten gluten free or Greek items!

    this is an actual thing but vegan food -- its called Freegan.

    Not all freegans are vegans. I have a friend that will dumpster dive cheese pizza.

    OMG, I think I just vomited a little...
  • corabe
    corabe Posts: 2
    Oh, that's good! I think it will be this! :smile:
  • samanthahix12
    samanthahix12 Posts: 179
    My FIL's GF actually believed that if she ate a small square of dark chocolate and drank a glass of red wine before bed she would lose weight.

    I think it was a Dr. Oz "tip."
  • crystalfisher89
    crystalfisher89 Posts: 196 Member
    Next fad diet... tape worms and seaweed diet. The sad part is it's probably already being done... and is probably Dr. Oz approved. :noway:
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    The NoPro(tm) Diet - No protein at all, low fat and high carbs; because who wants those unsightly muscles?!
  • corabe
    corabe Posts: 2
    I remember the baby food diet, that was awful. I still shudder when I think of it.
  • Followingsea
    Followingsea Posts: 407 Member
    The chew but don't swallow diet. You are permitted to chew all the food you want but have to spit it out and swallow nothing solid, only liquids such as a protein shakes or smoothies.

    This is fairly close to Fletcherism, a fad of the late 1800s/early 1900s.

    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcherism)
  • impemberstar
    impemberstar Posts: 23 Member
    fruit juicing and eliminating all sugars...

    I've totally cut out sugar myself. I used to put tons of syrup on my pancakes for instance but I use organic local honey now instead!!!

    you realize honey has sugar in it, right?

    Didnt you know? Sugar-less honey is all the rage (<-sarcasm)
  • nchrty
    nchrty Posts: 57 Member
    Cat food only diet. How much of THAT do you think you could eat a day?
  • impemberstar
    impemberstar Posts: 23 Member
    The kelp-tape diet.

    Tibetan Monks make an 8 ft. strip of tape that you swallow over a period of a few days, then pass it over several more days. Pulls all the toxins right out of your body and you get to walk around with a few feet of kelp hanging out your *kitten* for a few days.

    (Archer, anyone?)
  • feelin_gr_8
    feelin_gr_8 Posts: 308 Member
    The Alphabet Diet!

    It's a 26 day diet plan, where you can eat anything you want - it just has to begin with the letter of the alphabet listed for whichever day of the plan you're at. The catch is that it has to be an actual food, not a brand name. No, you cannot eat Cheetos, or Corn Pops on day 3 (C) , although corn dogs and candy corn would be fine.

    Day 1 - A
    Apples, avocadoes, apricots, artichokes, Alpaca, Antelope, etc

    Day 26 - Z
    Zucchini....erm...zuchinni...did I mention Zucchini?

    I vote this! X days will be fasting days.

    Or how about the 1-2-3 diet: Day 1, you eat 1000 calories in 1 meal. Day 2, you eat 500 calories in 2 meals (so 1,000 total). Day 3, you eat 250 calories in 3 meals (750 total).

    Or the bird diet. Based on a 10 question survey, find out which bird you should eat like (mmmm....worms, bird food, or road kill?) I mean, when was the last time you saw a fat bird?
  • j6o4
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
    The AspireAssist allows patients to remove about 30% of the food from the stomach before the calories are absorbed into the body, causing weight loss.

    http://www.aspirebariatrics.com/how-it-works.html

    Technology these days...
  • mammamaurer
    mammamaurer Posts: 418 Member
    the Bear Grylls diet
    you can only drink wee, ice(glacier), and runnoff/spring/creek/river/swamp water. you may only eat poo, things that eat poo, wild plants, and animals if they are found dead, or you kill them in some form of super macho primitive way.... you also may only "work out" by splunking, swimming in rappeds, cross country hiking, repelling, moutain climbing, and what ever "rim walking" is, but you can only do theese with little to no gear, and absolutly no safty gear, and 3+ well equiped friends to point and laugh at you for the duration of the diet wile filming it:wink:
  • xSTx
    xSTx Posts: 56 Member
    The candy cane diet !
  • tibby531
    tibby531 Posts: 717 Member
    awesome, nobody took mine! :p

    the seeds, sticks and rocks diet. all the fiber you can manage, and rocks to push them down and through you. and with all those minerals going into you, you won't need ANY supplements - ever again!

    chickens do it, and they have full breasts and thin legs!
  • BeccaBollons
    BeccaBollons Posts: 652 Member
    awesome, nobody took mine! :p

    the seeds, sticks and rocks diet. all the fiber you can manage, and rocks to push them down and through you. and with all those minerals going into you, you won't need ANY supplements - ever again!

    chickens do it, and they have full breasts and thin legs!

    I think you're on to a winner there!
  • joyfuljoy65
    joyfuljoy65 Posts: 317 Member
    Skinny Smelling Salts - smell your way to thin!

    Yummy smells make us salivate and want to eat so it stands to reason stinky smells will repulse us and make us lose our appetite. Just open the vial and take a whiff as needed.

    Available in:
    Country Skunk
    Used Baby Diapers
    Chunky Vomit
    Bad B.O.

    So gross, so funny and sadly so feasible! :ohwell:

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