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

Momnoon1977
Momnoon1977 Posts: 31 Member
edited November 10 in Food and Nutrition
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
    clean eating
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    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
    i think the cabbage soup diet. so embarrassing. and i hate cabbage! :o
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    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
    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
    Fasting and coffee enemas. It was part of a college course I took :)
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    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
    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
    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
    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!!!

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  • fearlessleader104
    fearlessleader104 Posts: 723 Member
    Calories counting
  • cerad2
    cerad2 Posts: 70 Member
    fearlessleader104 wrote: »
    Calories counting
    Dang it. You beat me to it.
  • Naley2322
    Naley2322 Posts: 181 Member
    The only eating 3 Luna or odwalla bars a day....basically killed me
  • berrydana7
    berrydana7 Posts: 78 Member
    fasting and clean eating
  • lisabinco
    lisabinco Posts: 1,016 Member
    Starvation.
  • dtcjem
    dtcjem Posts: 76 Member
    Cabbage soup for me. I can never look at cabbage the same !
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    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
    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
    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.
  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    AdvoCare 24-day challenge...... I was naïve and thought these magical supplements did all the work when really being in a severe calorie deficit while lifting weights might have had a bigger impact on why I lost as much as I did. What a waste of money!!!!!!!!!!
  • prispunch
    prispunch Posts: 13 Member
    For me, Keto. I know it works for many people, but I felt disgusted. I also really enjoy veggies, and I couldn't deal with cutting a lot of them out.
  • healthiermeep
    healthiermeep Posts: 76
    Juice fasting by far and the soup diet I gained back every pound I lost then some
  • healthiermeep
    healthiermeep Posts: 76
    Plus I was so miserable
  • Out_of_Bubblegum
    Out_of_Bubblegum Posts: 2,220 Member
    My sister once did a Watermelon juice diet. (only watermelon juice for 7days.. boy was she sick!!)
  • honkytonks85
    honkytonks85 Posts: 669 Member
    I tried keto and had massive headaches for weeks.
  • ebyla85
    ebyla85 Posts: 127 Member
    Yea well the lemonade diet . Well I guess it isn't really a diet it's supposedly a master cleanse . Gave me a headache and really bad acid reflux
  • flabassmcgee
    flabassmcgee Posts: 659 Member
    ebyla85 wrote: »
    Yea well the lemonade diet . Well I guess it isn't really a diet it's supposedly a master cleanse . Gave me a headache and really bad acid reflux

    http://youtu.be/6hhzdcRaB3I
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    I tried way too many to remember them all but here's a few highlights:

    There was the eat 500 calories for 3 days straight, 2 days increase to 800 rinse and repeat.. no energy, lost some weight but also lost some hair and pissed off everyone around me.

    Of course I was dieting in the 80s so there was the cut out as much fat fad...

    Grapefruit diet.... cabbage soup diet... I'll take a pill and it will fix everything diet...

    The I'm going to make my life miserable and everyone around me hate me diet...

    Luckily I learned this time around to Keep it Simple and eat Gelato
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    I ate less than 800-1000cals for months. I shouldn't be surprised about the hair loss. Heck, I have to stick at least sedentary maintenance during recovery and that's 18k according to mfp.

    Also, I lived off Lean Cuisines during a six month weight loss stint.
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