Hilarious "Dieting" idea from the past, does anyone remember this? Please share yours too.
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big_lindsay wrote: »Susan Powter and her fat-free "Stop the insanity" nonsense from the 90's. Dry baked potatoes, grilled chicken... Fat was your worst enemy. People everywhere were getting skinny and stupid from long term fat-free dieting. I'm so glad that's behind us.
I was on the Susan Powter bandwagon back in the day! I actually found a copy of the book at a garage sale a few years ago and bought it just to read it for old times sake. I remember standing in line at the store and a woman behind me saying, "so, technically, I can eat this entire bag of fat free circus peanuts and lose weight!"
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I used to overshare (read: b*tch) a lot on facebook, and one day I made a complaint about my weight. One of my aunt's sisters (aunt by marriage, not blood) sent me a message telling me how she lost weight (she had lost a significant amount of weight).
She told me to only eat an apple for breakfast, a cup of maruchan noodles for lunch, and then for dinner I could eat whatever I wanted as long as it was only 500 calories.
I later found out she had a cocaine problem...so...I guess that helped, too.17 -
Check out these old Weight Watchers recipe cards that go with that crazy plan posted above. My favorite is Fluffy Mackerel Pudding. Do read the commentary but not with a mouth full of water or if you have to pee. Lol
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html
If laughter is the best medicine that I should be over this cold by tonight.
I wonder what the laughable diet ideas will be in 2060?
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I used to overshare (read: b*tch) a lot on facebook, and one day I made a complaint about my weight. One of my aunt's sisters (aunt by marriage, not blood) sent me a message telling me how she lost weight (she had lost a significant amount of weight).
She told me to only eat an apple for breakfast, a cup of maruchan noodles for lunch, and then for dinner I could eat whatever I wanted as long as it was only 500 calories.
I later found out she had a cocaine problem...so...I guess that helped, too.
Lol, so sorry for the aunt's addiction and hope she's well and healthy now, but dayum that was funny!
I remember "30 Rock" episode when Liz Lemon was dating a 20-year old and went to a club late one night with all the beautiful people. They were being served 'flavored oxygen' as an appetizer. I'd think you'd lose a significant amount of weight eating like that!3 -
I used to overshare (read: b*tch) a lot on facebook, and one day I made a complaint about my weight. One of my aunt's sisters (aunt by marriage, not blood) sent me a message telling me how she lost weight (she had lost a significant amount of weight).
She told me to only eat an apple for breakfast, a cup of maruchan noodles for lunch, and then for dinner I could eat whatever I wanted as long as it was only 500 calories.
I later found out she had a cocaine problem...so...I guess that helped, too.
This made me laugh so hard. Ha!
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My all-time favorite is BodySolutions, from the mid-90s. It was a weight loss supplement that you needed to take in the early evening, but the catch was, you then couldn't eat for the next 6-8 hours, or the pills would lose their effectiveness.
Of course they would.
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Nutri-System in the 80s! We paid loads of money for horrible food. You lose weight because you can't eat it but you paid so much money that you won't buy more food!4
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You can still pay lots a money for horrible nutrisystem food. Heck it's probably the actual food from the 80s...10
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How about something more recent? You can eat anything and everything you want, and all you have do is sprinkle Sensa on it first! Then, magically, you'll lose weight -
http://youtu.be/Jy2sHt4K2rk 4 -
I can remember my mom telling me that in the 70s, part of the plan for Weight Watchers required you to eat liver at least once a week. I just googled and found the plan here.
Yup! I remember doing WW and having to eat liver once a week. It must still have been happening when I joined the first time in the early 80's. Yikes - I've been dieting a LONG time!1 -
Those WW card comments are hilarious and I'm no longer hungry!3
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When I first started "eating healthy", long before counting calories, I thought veggie shakes and home made food were the key, regardless of what was in it. In my mind, it was as simple as: "Take out, bad. Cook at home, good".
I love to cook, so I couldn't figure out why I continued to balloon.
Then I started counting calories - that homemade pad thai I loved? 1100 calories per serving. I was going back for seconds... *Smacks forehead*
Those shakes? Yes, they had spinach in them, but it was still sugar-filled yogurt, and high sugar/calorie fruits. I should've taken the hint when I started thinking "Adding rum would be a fun way to have these healthy shakes!"
Oh, young rand486, you were so naive...
Ahhh alcohol, the forgotton fourth macro
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In the 70's, my family went on a beet diet. All we were supposed to eat with this diet was canned beats, out of the can. Yuck! We didn't last too long with that diet..ha ha.
Other bad dieting advice is that diabetics used to be told they couldn't have sugar. In 1992, the American Diabetes Association changed this to where diabetics could have sugar in their meal plan.2 -
I used to overshare (read: b*tch) a lot on facebook, and one day I made a complaint about my weight. One of my aunt's sisters (aunt by marriage, not blood) sent me a message telling me how she lost weight (she had lost a significant amount of weight).
She told me to only eat an apple for breakfast, a cup of maruchan noodles for lunch, and then for dinner I could eat whatever I wanted as long as it was only 500 calories.
I later found out she had a cocaine problem...so...I guess that helped, too.
This made me laugh so hard. Ha!
I know! I'm sitting in the dentists waiting room and just cracked up. Everyone looked at me :-D2 -
You whippersnappers forgot about the Metrecal for lunch bunch
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My aunt asked if I wanted to try the cabbage soup diet- where you just eat cabbage soup! Um, no thank you.
- Oh and Adkins comes to mind. My boss used to order big boy hamburgers every day, smother them in tartar sauce and eat them sans bun- super gross. Oh, then I had to call 911 and help him take off his tie when he had a heart attack. I wonder why???!!!!3 -
So apparently the Cabbage Soup Diet is an actual thing? I'll be damnedtekkiechikk wrote: »Oh yeah, and the infamous 'Cabbage Soup' diet that still makes an appearance on January 1 and which is usually done by January 7 since nobody can stand the gas
OP, I've never heard of the food color diet, but it kind of sounds like it could be kind of fun (remember Heinz trying out purple ketchup?? kind of like that)
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Cider vinegar, lecithen, kelp, and B vitamins. It was from Women's Day in 1973. Oh, and 1200 calories a day. And walk a lot. Let me think how that might work.......3
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When I first started "eating healthy", long before counting calories, I thought veggie shakes and home made food were the key, regardless of what was in it. In my mind, it was as simple as: "Take out, bad. Cook at home, good".
I love to cook, so I couldn't figure out why I continued to balloon.
Then I started counting calories - that homemade pad thai I loved? 1100 calories per serving. I was going back for seconds... *Smacks forehead*
Those shakes? Yes, they had spinach in them, but it was still sugar-filled yogurt, and high sugar/calorie fruits. I should've taken the hint when I started thinking "Adding rum would be a fun way to have these healthy shakes!"
Oh, young rand486, you were so naive...
I had the same exact experience when i moved out of my parents' house! To make it worse i went vegetarian the unhealthy way. "This giant plate of mac and cheese is good for me because it has no meat and was made at home!". It took a 40 pound weight gain to realize my thinking was seriously flawed.4 -
1 tbl caster oil at every meal,and at the end of the day,take Rollin pin and roll it on your belly for 3 minutes.not sure why. All I know is that it definitely,cleans you out. But the Rollin pin is supost to flatten the fatty tissue under the skin,some way some how.I've tried it,and it didn't work,ohhh the caster oil did,the Rollin pin didn't.5
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In the 70's, my family went on a beet diet. All we were supposed to eat with this diet was canned beats, out of the can. Yuck! We didn't last too long with that diet..ha ha.
Other bad dieting advice is that diabetics used to be told they couldn't have sugar. In 1992, the American Diabetes Association changed this to where diabetics could have sugar in their meal plan.
Good lord! The beet pee in your house must have been stunning!3 -
DsAdvocate wrote: »Those WW card comments are hilarious and I'm no longer hungry!
I was new to WW when I found those cards online..I printed them out and took them to my meeting and several of us had a great laugh over them, thankful that we dodged that bullet. I do respect those folks who stuck to those crazy plans...like one of the leaders who looked sadly at us and confirmed the insanity...to stick with that...that is dedication. Lol
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Anybody remember Susan Powter? The no fat diet...1
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vvallentyne wrote: »Anybody remember Susan Powter? The no fat diet...
STOP THE INSANITY!!!1 -
Bulletproof Coffee. I can't believe there was a time when crazy people were actually buttering their coffee. Oh wait, I might be a little early on this one. I'll come back next year when everyone's hindsight is 20/20 again.5
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Buttering coffee?0
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I worked with a guy who tried the Adkins Diet. Walked around all day eating nothing but Slim Jim's "because any meat product was allowed". Forget that Slim Jim's barely count as a food group, let alone meat, and are almost all fat calories...haha3
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Ahhh alcohol, the forgotton fourth macro
rofl, I like the way you think
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