What are the worst things you have done to try and lose weig

vim_n_vigor
vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
edited September 30 in Chit-Chat
I took no doze and a pot of coffee every morning to boost my metabolism. Surprised I lived through it.
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  • Helice
    Helice Posts: 1,075 Member
    What is no doze?
  • DKev
    DKev Posts: 266 Member
    In my early twenties I took yellow jackets....ephedrine. Lost weight, yeah, but NOT a good way of doing so.
  • Ajontheguitar
    Ajontheguitar Posts: 695
    multiple vitamin supplements that probably just ripped up my stomach for a few months.
  • sarahlasvegas
    sarahlasvegas Posts: 73 Member
    Cambridge Diet for 8 weeks. Survived on 3 shakes and 100g or so of chicken a day for 7 weeks. Lost 2stone and fit in to my wedding dress...so as awful as it was it was worth it - NEVER again though.

    Took ephidrine (lots!) and lost a fair but - also had heart palpitations!

    Seriously too many stupid stupid things to mention! So glad to be doing it slowly and safely now!
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    What is no doze?
    A long time ago they sold it at gas stations and truck stops for drivers that had to stay awake for a long time. I don't remember what was in it, but it was bad stuff. I could not stop shaking.
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    ate < or = to 800cal the whole week after an intense face surgery, so i wouldn't gain being sedentary. .....lost 6lb.
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    What is no doze?
    A long time ago they sold it at gas stations and truck stops for drivers that had to stay awake for a long time. I don't remember what was in it, but it was bad stuff. I could not stop shaking.

    It's just a high dose of caffeine (200mg), and a few inactive ingredients
  • Kalrez
    Kalrez Posts: 655 Member
    stopped eating
  • Helice
    Helice Posts: 1,075 Member
    I dont think iv actually had anything bad.
    Iv had alot of ideas, but never put any of them into place..
    I think the worse thing i did was proberlly wrapping myself in cling film, so that when i exercised i sweated more....
    But i only did it once it was a bit un-comfy.
  • Trixtabella
    Trixtabella Posts: 471 Member
    Cambridge Diet for 8 weeks. Survived on 3 shakes and 100g or so of chicken a day for 7 weeks. Lost 2stone and fit in to my wedding dress...so as awful as it was it was worth it - NEVER again though.

    Took ephidrine (lots!) and lost a fair but - also had heart palpitations!

    Seriously too many stupid stupid things to mention! So glad to be doing it slowly and safely now!

    I did Cambridge no food though just the shakes, had to stop as my depression kicked back in and put all the weight back on plus an extra stone.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    I have done literally every bad thing in the book, and the depressing thing is, I've never even been overweight, but I was anorexic as a teenager, and really did every cliche going.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    What is no doze?
    A long time ago they sold it at gas stations and truck stops for drivers that had to stay awake for a long time. I don't remember what was in it, but it was bad stuff. I could not stop shaking.

    It's just a high dose of caffeine (200mg), and a few inactive ingredients
    I think back when I did it, it had ephedra in or
  • ohwhataday
    ohwhataday Posts: 1,398 Member
    In my early twenties I took yellow jackets....ephedrine. Lost weight, yeah, but NOT a good way of doing so.

    Not even gonna get started on my yellow jacket days. haha
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    nothing,I only gained weight about 4 years ago before that I never had issues with my weight.So when I was ready to lose it about a year ago I started going to the gym and watching what I ate
  • chezmama
    chezmama Posts: 396 Member
    Used some horrid tasting herbal supplements that I bought at the mall. I'm not sure if they had ephedra in them or if it was some herbal cocktail that had the same effect. I lost about 20 pounds but it made my heart race and I am pretty sure it jacked up my stomach for life as I now have heartburn daily.
  • labrat26
    labrat26 Posts: 60 Member
    cabbage soup diet....you just eat cabbage soup daily, with a few other treats like veggies and certain fruits.....(still don't like cabbage sou:P!) and it was just a quick loss that came back on even more quickly! Life style change is the way to go.....
  • Waynes_World
    Waynes_World Posts: 333
    nothing,I only gained weight about 4 years ago before that I never had issues with my weight.So when I was ready to lose it about a year ago I started going to the gym and watching what I ate


    You have done an amazing job ;}
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    nothing,I only gained weight about 4 years ago before that I never had issues with my weight.So when I was ready to lose it about a year ago I started going to the gym and watching what I ate


    You have done an amazing job ;}

    Well to be honest I spent about 2 years hopeing it would magically go away on its own :laugh: but ive never taken pills or done any kind of diet
  • Darlis
    Darlis Posts: 191 Member
    I have ALWAYS had a weight problem even since childhood and I have probably done every stupid and bad diet in the world....including yellow jackets by prescription, herbal concoctions, and a round of bulimia as a teenager. Every time I just gained back more than I had lost. Now with severe health problems and a nutritionist I am doing it the right way.
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    Became vegetarian. It was traumatic. I am definitely an omnivore...
  • alexisrebecca
    alexisrebecca Posts: 39 Member
    Good god, everything! Atkins, cabbage soup, maple syrup diet, cambridge diet, not eating, eating and being sick afterwards, lipotrim, exante, 800cals a day, acai berry, weight loss patches lol the list is endless. I dropped from 17st to 10st when I was younger by watching what I ate and going to the gym/swimming. I am 12 1/2 stone now and trying to do it the RIGHT way again.
  • amber_hanners
    amber_hanners Posts: 388 Member
    i was pretty happy with my body until i started having kids about 7 years ago and really since then i just kinda made excuses about my weight the only thing i really did to lose weight before starting this healthy journey was eating nothing but cereal every day. lol now that i have my tubes tied i decided its time to get back to the happy fun me and i now know the only way to really do it is with healthier eating and exercise
  • newmommynewfitme
    newmommynewfitme Posts: 89
    In my late teens , I would starve myself and made myself get sick.The sick thing is one of my doctors at the time promoted this , when I told what was happening she encouraged it "as long as I was losing" she said. Thank god I was able to stop and got a new doctor. A friend tried to get my to take some weight loss med, that also gave you energy but I was too scared to take it with all my allergies but I considered it.
  • Jamazurunner
    Jamazurunner Posts: 132
    Laxatives- tons of them.

    I drank laxative teas, ate chocolate laxatives for "dessert" and even took handfuls of herbal laxatives multiple times a day. My stomach was not happy with me at all. I wonder if abusing my body this way has influenced my digestive system at all. Boy did we do stupid things to our bodies- ugh.

    J
  • bluevwgurl
    bluevwgurl Posts: 220 Member
    i was bulemic for a span (till the dentist notified me that i was trashing my teeth)

    I took hydroxycuts (6 a day) and only allowed myself to eat about 14 mini pretzels and a fat free yogurt a day (lost a ton of weight but hair started to fall out)

    took a ton of laxitives. not a great idea. nuff said.

    probably some more stupid things...but these were the worst of the bunch
  • jessilee119
    jessilee119 Posts: 444 Member
    Well at this time I wasn't necessarily trying to lose weight, but I knew I needed to. Anyway, I was so stressed from school that I wasn't eating properly. I lost 20-30 lbs and everyone said I looked good, but I knew it wasn't the right way. I hardly ate, and when I tried, I was full a couple of bites in. I also wasn't eating the right foods. Sometimes my dinner either consisted of a small bag of white cheddar popcorn or tostitos scoops with dip. Once I finished school, the weight came back. I'm glad to not be feeling like that anymore and now I'm losing weight the right way.
  • MarlenaLB
    MarlenaLB Posts: 50
    About 10 years ago I took over the counter diet pills.The third day of taking them I had a seizure. I lost a lot of my memory. I don't remember anything from that day, two years before maybe even more not sure and months after. I didn't know where I lived. I didn't know how to do my job. My husband spent the next few months having to tell me the same things over and over because I couldn't remember the day before. This went on for months. I was lucky that the people I worked with was understanding and patient. They had to teach me a lot of my job again. I still have a lot of problems from it. There is no miracle out there. You just have to commit to a lifestyle change of working out and eating right to lose weight and keep it off. I was 115 lb and a size 5 when I took them. It was so stupid.
  • fionarama
    fionarama Posts: 788 Member
    I tried the Dukan diet for about a week this year. It was horrendous. I just couldn't take it, wanted to throw up at the sight of more protein after a few days, plus the whole ketosis thing made me feel terrible. Plus I wasn't even losing weight as my body was so used to high protein low carb anyway. Never again!!!
    It was a positive thing in a way as the motivation talks are quite good (you get an email from Dr Dukan every day) and he is very strict, made me finally accept the fact I would never have the body I wanted if I continued to indulge in wine.
    Plus I hated it so much it totally put me off any extreme diet ever again and put me here on this website to finally do it the sensible way!
    All parts of the journey I guess!
  • PaulaDDN
    PaulaDDN Posts: 162 Member
    -Laxatives in excess
    -Vomiting what i was eating
    -Cayenne pepper diet ( water with lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper) i drink just that for 10 days.... lost a lot of weight but now that i look at my pictures of that time my skin looks old and ugly. Never again)
    -Not eating at all

    .... and the list goes on
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    Vomiting.
    Eating under 500 calories a day.
    Ephedrine.
    Substituting pain pills for food.
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