What was the worst fad diet you ever tried...

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Momnoon1977
Momnoon1977 Posts: 31 Member
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I figured now that I have realized it's all about healthy choices and portion control it may be fun to take a look at some of the worst "fad" diets we have tried. For me it was the Digest diet. Anyone else ever tried this? Shakes for breakfast and lunch and soup for dinner for days on end. After the first two days I would have traded my firstborn for a real meal!!
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  • JeffseekingV
    JeffseekingV Posts: 3,165 Member
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    clean eating
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
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    There is a monster thread around here somewhere with some truly eye-opening responses. The worst fad diet that someone else came up with? Slim-Fast or Special K. I've put myself on truly insane diets though.
  • La5Vega5Girl
    La5Vega5Girl Posts: 709 Member
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    i think the cabbage soup diet. so embarrassing. and i hate cabbage! :o
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
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    Take a look at this loveliness..Weight Watchers recipes, 1974.

    http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/czarina.html
  • flabassmcgee
    flabassmcgee Posts: 659 Member
    edited January 2015
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    The "Fat Flush" diet.

    Literally the worst. Didn't last two whole days.

    Special K and Slim Fast are close seconds.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    Fasting and coffee enemas. It was part of a college course I took :)
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
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    I read an article this week about some jerk (flogging a kindle book natch) who tried 10 diets in 50 days and lost 30 pounds. The one that worked best was the one recommended by the British health service.

  • La5Vega5Girl
    La5Vega5Girl Posts: 709 Member
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    obscuremusicreference wrote: »
    I read an article this week about some jerk (flogging a kindle book natch) who tried 10 diets in 50 days and lost 30 pounds. The one that worked best was the one recommended by the British health service.

    i read that earlier this week. interesting....

  • dafoe88
    dafoe88 Posts: 38 Member
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    I did the isagenix month plan once and dropped 17 pounds. Actually felt pretty good but man it was tough. The snacks are garbage and the fast days suck. I took a month off and tried another but failed. Then I gained it all back thanks to poor discipline since halloween. The only good thing about that system is the card that helps you put together a proper balanced meal.

  • Momnoon1977
    Momnoon1977 Posts: 31 Member
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    EWJLang wrote: »
    Take a look at this loveliness..Weight Watchers recipes, 1974.

    http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/czarina.html

    OMG! I was crying I was laughing so hard at these!!!

  • fearlessleader104
    fearlessleader104 Posts: 723 Member
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    Calories counting
  • cerad2
    cerad2 Posts: 70 Member
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    fearlessleader104 wrote: »
    Calories counting
    Dang it. You beat me to it.
  • Naley2322
    Naley2322 Posts: 181 Member
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    The only eating 3 Luna or odwalla bars a day....basically killed me
  • berrydana7
    berrydana7 Posts: 78 Member
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    fasting and clean eating
  • lisabinco
    lisabinco Posts: 1,016 Member
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    Starvation.
  • dtcjem
    dtcjem Posts: 76 Member
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    Cabbage soup for me. I can never look at cabbage the same !
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    six small meals a day to increase metabolism and no carbs after 6pm….

    I also feel victim to sugar is evil/bad back when first started..
  • GingerbreadCandy
    GingerbreadCandy Posts: 403 Member
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    obscuremusicreference wrote: »
    There is a monster thread around here somewhere with some truly eye-opening responses. The worst fad diet that someone else came up with? Slim-Fast or Special K. I've put myself on truly insane diets though.

    Yep… it was easily over a 100 pages long, I remember it…

    Wasn't there a poster who tried a diet that was basically comprised of laxatives and had to be nursed back to health…?

  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    edited January 2015
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    Not horrible compared to some real humdingers I read about, but Slim Fast. It was way back after the birth of my oldest child (so, close to 16 years ago). And back then, Slim Fast only had the shake mix and only two kinds of bar--the flat square one that tasted like chalky dirt coated in chocolate colored wax or the one coated in white (yogurt?) waxy substance.

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