What is the worst diet you have ever been on?

Slim fast I gained weight on it and it just had me runing to the bathroom every two minutes

Slimfast has the same effect on my hubs bathroom-wise. I had a friend a few years back who did SlimFast, she told me once that she really enjoyed it, but started gaining weight from it. I went to her house one day, and found she was making shakes out of it. As in, a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream in a blender with a can of slim fast added to it. She said the ice cream helped the flavor. *face palm* That girl was a real dodo sometimes.....:laugh:

OMG...I read that and busted out laughing. My co-workers are looking at me like I'm crazy....too funny!!

I was basically starving myself for a month a few years ago. :S
I probably only ate around 500calories a day. I felt terrible. I did lose about 10 or so pounds, but I gained all of it back + MORE by that summer!

Oh many, all of my own crazy devising, none with official names.

1) The jacket potato and tinned pineapple diet - 1 of each, around 300 calories a day. Lasted 3 months, lost 2.5 stone. Was 2 stone underweight. Not good!

2) The fast for 6 days and binge like crazy on the 7th day diet. Lasted for 2 months with the aid of 15+ cans of diet coke every day. Lost 21 pounds and gained a heart condition!

3) The jelly baby and marshmallow diet. Lasted for 2 weeks when I needed to wear lycra every day but have the energy to dance for 10 hours. Not aware that I lost any weight, it just kept me feeling light and energised (kind of hyper in fact!)

Those are probably my top 3 for stupidity.

Back when hubby was traveling for the military I used to do the Diet Coke and cigarettes diet. I lost weight but not much.

Years before that I did the coffee and cigarettes diet during the day and then drank most nights with my friends. I lost 80 pounds in a year and was a mess. Gained it all back and more.

This is why I love MFP! Its sensible and not a fad or gimmick. Its as balanced as you can make it and it WORKS! And it doesn't involve cigarettes.....8)

The six week body make over. It did work, but I was starving the whole time. They give you an eating plan, but it only works if you stick strictly to the plan, so no "cheating." My body type wasn't allowed breads. It was so monotonous and boring.

Atkins - nearly passed out on day 3 and felt so depressed with it. Low carb does not suit me.

Cabbage soup - I quite like the soup, without the cabbage, but weight loss is very temporary.

grapefruit, egg and spinach diet - OMG I went of spinach for years cos of this :sick:

mayo clinic diet - years ago, can't really remember results

rosemary connelly hip and thigh - probably best results, but now its no longer good to cut out all (good) fats from your diet. Hate to think what I did to my joints with years of low fat fads!

These days, I just stick to a balanced diet, with carbs AND fats, and with a sensible calorie deficit as per MFP. Seems the most healthy way to go :bigsmile:

Ice cream in the slim fast - now that was the funniest thing I've ever heard!!!

Worst diet for me? It would be the "3 day diet" with the dry toast, plain oats, plain tuna. I remember going to a family reunion and all I could eat was a small tupperware container of tuna that I brought with me. I was 12 lol.

OMG, I was on the 3-day diet, too! I totally forgot about that one. The worst part of that one for me, though, was that I didn't like the oats... So all I ate was the plain tuna and the dryyyyyyy toast. No wonder that diet failed. LOL!

the worst "diet/quick fix": Cabbage Soup...made by me..when I was 12..Worst...Ever...by...far....

1/2 of a bagel for breakfast

1 apple and a small pita bread with 1 oz of turkey for lunch

1 cup of chicken noodle soup for dinner

1/4 cup vanilla frozen yogurt for snack

Grand total: 600 calories


I did this for a year...lost 1 pound a week steady. But I blame this on why I can't lose now, even 8 years later.

I definitely did that maple syrup with water and lemon juice thing... I may have lasted one day but it was a truly MISERABLE day. Never again. Now I just eat a lot of fiber and watch calories... that's it. I don't restrict carbs at all, and it's working for me.

Ugh the master cleanse!! Worst diet plan ever:( I think I lasted three days, and then ended up passing out.....and then ordered a pizza, and then my body rejected it and I ended up throwing it all up! What a miserable couple of days that was!

I think it was called the Israeli Army diet? Didn't last past day 1.
And I think I tried the cabbage soup diet but have blocked all the details of that out of my memory!

The grapefruit diet. Heartburn and hunger all the time!

As far as stupidest: my sister's Diet Dr Pepper diet. A 12 oz can of Diet Dr. Pepper whenever you get hungry, 1 meal a day. Lost about 15 lbs that way.

Not for weight-loss, for a period of time I was on the I can't afford groceries diet. My shopping list consisted of eggs, bread, milk, sliced cheese and ramen noodles. Peanut butter of jelly if I ran out. Boring, but feeds you for under $10 a week.

And now, about 3-4 times a year, I have to put myself on what my Dr. calls the BRAT diet. Water fast for a day, clear liquids for the next 3. Then 1 week of water, liquids and Bananas, Rice, Apples and Toast. (I have a chronic stomach condition. When it flairs....oh, its gross) After that, I get to slowly re-introduce foods back into my diet like a baby. I'm pre-diabetic and iron deficient anemic, so when I have to do this to keep my stomach from getting worse, its not fun. No energy at all.

ATKINS.... YUK! YUK! YUK!

CABBAGE SOUP DIET .... DOUBLE YUK! ....... LOST 10LBS IN A WK..... MAJOR GAS!!!!

LEMONADE DIET...... CAN I JUST SAY I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO DIE ....... LOST 15LBS IN 10DAYS

HATED ALL OF THESE.... I DID LOOSE WEIGHT BUT GAINED TWICE AS MUCH BACK

THE DIETS I DID LIKE WERE THE EXTREME FAT SMASH, AND THE EAT CLEAN DIET.....

IN FACT I SILL FOLLOW BOTH BUT INCORPORATE MY OWN..... NO MEAT CAUSE IM A VEGATARIAN ETC..... I LOST 17LBS AND HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP 12 OFF FOR A YEAR... NOW IM BACK ON AND TRYING TO LOOSE 37

Have you heard of the pH Miracle Diet? Healing, for conditions like this. pH Miracle, too. You may be able to find these books at the library, or just go read them at a big bookstore.