Stupidest Dieting Fads you have heard?

AimingHighWeighingLow
AimingHighWeighingLow Posts: 192 Member
edited October 2 in Chit-Chat
I just wondered what the stupidest way to lose weight you heard is, I was thinking about this today. The worst I heard is taking laxatives everyday!

Also heard about the starvation...but taking it a step further and freezing ice then chewing it for dinner!
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  • eillamarie
    eillamarie Posts: 862 Member
    Anything that involves only eat one single food for the duration: apple diet, cabbage soup diet, etc lol
  • slimmerme2012
    slimmerme2012 Posts: 120
    just starving yourself
  • karinaes
    karinaes Posts: 570 Member
    i've heard of taking Claritin.. because it supposedly secretes your hunger ..

    people, it just takes will power! don't kill yourselves! i swear
  • lor007
    lor007 Posts: 884 Member

    Also heard about the starvation...but taking it a step further and freezing ice then chewing it for dinner!

    Yum, ice. Don't forget about the classic lemon water!
  • rbryntes
    rbryntes Posts: 710 Member
    The pregnant lady pee one is a bit way out there for me.
  • Gail3260
    Gail3260 Posts: 354 Member
    I read somewhere that you burn calories to keep warm so you could lose weight by just sitting in a cold store for several hours a day!!!
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    I just wondered what the stupidest way to lose weight you heard is, I was thinking about this today. The worst I heard is taking laxatives everyday!

    Also heard about the starvation...but taking it a step further and freezing ice then chewing it for dinner!

    ^^^ This
    But other than that the grapefruit diet.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    The HCG diet is high on my radar right now.
  • acciomuscles
    acciomuscles Posts: 164 Member
    I do not understand how people can even lead a normal life taking laxatives daily! Without being too TMI, that stuff means business!

    Stupid fads...I heard about the cabbage soup one and thought that was pretty revolting.
  • ajfranzen77
    ajfranzen77 Posts: 118
    the celery diet, eat only celery because it takes more calories to eat and burn then are in the celery itself!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    There are way too many to name and most of them are being practiced by some members of this site.
  • mcdonl
    mcdonl Posts: 342 Member
    Balanced diet and exercise... Oh, wait... that one works :)

    How about 500 calories a day and a pill?
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    The baby food diet. That stuff's just not appetising. :/
  • summergirl76
    summergirl76 Posts: 3
    I know there are lots of negative things being said about hcg, but i just wanted to say that it worked for me and completely retrained my brain in regards to eating. The maintenance portion (for me) was a lot more important than the short term "diet" part.

    Otherwise, I agree-laxatives are crazy. how absolutely miserable!
  • desifink
    desifink Posts: 4 Member
    *waves* Hey rml! :)
  • RKORTON
    RKORTON Posts: 23
    I tried the staple in the ear years ago. It was suppose to suppress my hunger by putting pressure on the nerve. My best friend told me that it messed me up because my eating has been out of control ever since.
  • AimingHighWeighingLow
    AimingHighWeighingLow Posts: 192 Member
    Pregnant ladies urine!! EEWWWW

    Sitting in the cold........I'd rather sit in a roasting hot room and sweat it out! lol
  • I_give_it_2_u_str8
    I_give_it_2_u_str8 Posts: 680 Member
    eat less and you will lose weight! i mean wtf is that all about
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    If it sounds too good to be true...
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    *waves* Hey rml! :)

    HEATHER!!!!!
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29795998/ns/today-today_health/t/decades-wacky-dieting-trends/#.Tm95KOywWQQ quite of few of these made me snort at my desk.
  • audram420
    audram420 Posts: 838 Member
    i've heard of taking Claritin.. because it supposedly secretes your hunger ..

    people, it just takes will power! don't kill yourselves! i swear

    this was a big thing that went around my work for awhile...hahaha...I thought it sounded crazy!!
  • adrian_indy
    adrian_indy Posts: 1,444 Member
    One time, this idiot told me to watch what I eat and exercise frequently. What a jerk.
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    HCG is on the top of my *kitten* list

    but let's not forget:

    Master Cleanse
    Cabbage Soup
    VLCD
    fat-free
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    Worse than the silly/dangerous diets, are those who say "It worked for me!" when they have no idea or simply don't care what they have done to their body.

    I've been hearing a radio commercial about a cookie diet. Don't know the details, but it can't be good! Lol!!
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    Worse than the silly/dangerous diets, are those who say "It worked for me!" when they have no idea or simply don't care what they have done to their body.

    I've been hearing a radio commercial about a cookie diet. Don't know the details, but it can't be good! Lol!!

    Cookies worked for me! Oh wait, that was the GAIN weight diet. :laugh:
  • Uk_Yogini
    Uk_Yogini Posts: 167
    Any fad diet whatever it is and there are plenty out there are just plain stupid.
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    I will stick with healthy food and exercise. . Fad diets are silly and most if not all of us have tried them at one time or another.:laugh:
  • SCC88
    SCC88 Posts: 215 Member
    "The Cleveland Clinic Diet" I used to do it all the time while i was a teenager at school.
    A friend printed it out and gave to me, saying her Dad was diabetic and he had to lose weight quickly before an operation, so the Dr. prescribed him this."It makes you lose 10lbs in 3 days by eating specific foods, specific amounts and at specific times of the day by some sort of chemical reaction" LOL.
    In the beginning it worked and I lost 10lbs in 3 days, then i would take 10 days out to eat normally, then return to the 3 day diet.
    I ate a weird concoxtion of things such as black tea, half a grapefruit, 2 hotdogs with broccoli and then a cup of ice cream LOL.
    Eventually the weight loss stopped and now as an adult I realise there is no chemical reaction, it doesnt make a difference what time of day i ate, or the weird mix of things ITS JUST THAT THE DAY CAME UNDER 1200KCALS :laugh:
  • SCC88
    SCC88 Posts: 215 Member
    One time, this idiot told me to watch what I eat and exercise frequently. What a jerk.

    LOL what a health risk that fool must have been! :laugh:
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