The dumbest diet you ever tried?

When I was in college, I was a firm, stupid believer in: half a meal replacement bar in the morning, workout like crazy, half a meal replacement bar for lunch, class, healthy choice meal for dinner. *sigh*

I've done master cleanse. Honestly, that wasn't nearly as bad or stupid as the college days - and that's saying something. Because it's literally not even a little healthy.

Juice fasting is the third worst I've done. At least then I got my nutrients, albeit zero protein.

Atkins was stupid. I know it works from some people, but can you honestly tell me that eating cream cheese blended with heavy whipping cream and bacon is better than lean meats, organic grains, and veggies? I did not do this the right way - although I shockingly did lose weight eating s-it like that, LOL.

I bought a hypnotism weightloss counselling program that I totally couldn't afford. It was supposed to magically make me unconsciously choose healthier choices and I got so upset that I still wanted fast food. I really hate that I bought into it.

I tried the cabbage soup diet, I think I lasted two days. I think I did hydroxycut for a few days too, but hated it.

Other than that I've been mostly reasonable in my weight loss approaches. I've used weightwatchers a few times, but ultimately I don't stick with it (and it's expensive). With the exception of the cabbage soup diet, I've never been one to be attracted to diets that restrict certain food groups, or have set meal plans, because I just resist the lack of flexibility and I intrinsically know that too many "rules" just won't work for me. I'm loving mfp, it provides just enough structure for accountability but enough flexibility for real life.

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The fruit/vegetable only diet. I don't know how dumb it was because it was healthy because duh, fruits and veggies are healthy foods. But it was a little dumb because my daily calorie consumption was really low--my main focus was on low calorie veggies and fruits like spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, kale, etc. I lost weight quickly but that diet was unsustainable which makes it a dumb diet because I have no intention of becoming a permanent raw Vegan.

My mom "encouraged" me to diet in my teens. One diet she heard of that I participated in included brewers yeast and heavy cream. I wish I could remember the details, LOL. I don't recall much "food" being eaten on that diet. Some kind of shaker was used, I think, but I don't think the cream and brewers yeast were combined. I had to hold my nose to swallow the brewers yeast mixed with water -- that I do remember.

Hcg

I tried out this crazy black pill called lipo6 black in college - I literally felt like I was going to have a heart attack in the middle of the gym at the ripe old age of 17.

Anytime someone suggests a fat burner or thermogenic to me, it's an automatic no-go

The only thing I've fell for were Raspberry Ketones. 3 days in and so much burping, decided it wasn't worth it.

I have tried a few stupid diets over the years.. The cabbabe soup diet, I did the slim fast diet, went to a diet center that filled me full of their pills, and the latest I did before doing it the healthy way now was HCG. Of all the diets I tried HCG ruined my metabolism for quite sometime, I too took the pills and ate 500 cal a day. I lost 30 lbs but when stopped I gained 50 back and it ruined me. It has taken me over 2 years to get my metabolism back to the way it should be. I am now eating healthy and working out 6 days a week and since Sept have lost almost 40 lbs and over 40".
Do it the right way people. Stay away from all the fad diets out there.

The Beverly Hills Diet. I never got past the point where you can only eat fruit.

I actually did the slimfast diet for a whole month once. I lost 12 pounds, but by the end I was so tired of the shakes and bars, and I didn't want to eat anything chocolate flavored ever again. I also think I must have been missing out on iron/protein etc because I kept craving steak and hamburgers, and I normally don't eat red meat that often (I'm big on chicken breasts and turkey burgers :-P)

Also, I gained all my weight back when I stopped slim fast (obviously).

Iwishyouwell wrote: »

ValentineNicole wrote: »

Atkins was stupid. I know it works from some people, but can you honestly tell me that eating cream cheese blended with heavy whipping cream and bacon is better than lean meats, organic grains, and veggies? I did not do this the right way - although I shockingly did lose weight eating s-it like that, LOL.

You can have lean meats, organic grains and veggies on Atkins too.

Looks like you're the ten millionth person who didn't bother to actually read the entire plan before undertaking it.

BINGO.

So do you sell this product or what? And if so, what do you hope to gain by screaming at this poster?

I did a weird and dangerous diet 15 years ago. It worked very well, but I'd never do it again.
It was prescribed by a doctor in Mexico. She prescribed 5 pills to be taken at specific times of the day. 1 was a very strong appetite surpressent, similar to Phentermine, the other I'm still not sure about, probably similar. They were labeled pill A and B. A you take in the morning, B at lunch. Then she gave medicine for hypothyroidism, (liothyronine), they were labeled C, you take them morning, lunch and at night. Finally pills D were laxatives to be taken at night, and pills E water pills (super strong ones prescribed for people with heart disease).
Of course she didn't disclose what they were and how dangerous, and especially how dangerous the combination was.
She also gave specific instructions of what not to eat, most things were allowed, except for some carbs were off limit (bread, pasta), dairy, and some things like banana, I can't remember the rest.
I have lost 30 lbs, I was the skinniest ever in my life, 132 lbs, not something I could ever achieve normally or even sustain it (nor do I want to). I actually kept the weight off for over a year by eating normally, then slowly it started coming back up, but it wasn't until 2 years I went back to my regular weight, which wasn't that high (150s for 5'8").
She gave me a shot when I went back for my visit, I think it was growth hormone.

Crazy and dangerous, but she got a lot of people skinny, I wonder how many got life long issues (I didn't, thank God). I was emotionally crazy, I know the pills affected my mood and my behavior, I would become a b..ch in a second, i was super irritated, and just not myself.

Years and years later when I researched it so I know what was what, I found some documents on the internet by a police / FBI or some law enforcement agency in Texas, they were talking about this being done in Mexico down there and how it's illegal because of the dangerous combination of the drugs. That's how I found out what i was taking lol.
Crazy.

A couple years ago my fiance and I tried ViSalus for a month or two. It started making me ill anytime I smelled it. My coworker still makes those shakes ad I can smell that cake batter mix across the rom. Sends shivers down my spine! SO thankful I understand nutrition and a healthy lifestyle now.

Also HydroxyCut, lasted 2 weeks lost nothing and wanted to die.