What is the stupidest thing you've done with your diet?
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Mera_Mera
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I am asking this, because I feel like the biggest dolt when I paid $50+ on a weigh-loss website that is similar to this one. I still want to kick my *kitten* for spending so much money.
I have also used diet-pills and other dieters tea to aid me in shedding weight. Thankfully, I read and educated myself to losing weight the correct and natural way.
I have also used diet-pills and other dieters tea to aid me in shedding weight. Thankfully, I read and educated myself to losing weight the correct and natural way.
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I have done a lot of dumb things. Paid for months of slimquick. The worst was probably paying $250.00 a month for nutrisystem. I can't believe I have lost more weight with mfp compared to 3 months of nutrisystem.0
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HCG...definitely the stupidest thing I have done. Here's a shock...after 3 days on 500 calories a day...I was STARVING! Didn't matter if I was putting drops under my tongue or not.0
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Let myself gain a LOT of weight back.
It has been very hard for me to lose weight in the past. I know we all put so much hard work in to this. So to undo all the effort is so not worth the stress it causes me later.
Good thing I am on track now and down to my smallest size as an adult!0 -
The stupidest thing you can do with your diet is go on a diet. Eat what you love, just learn to control yourself and not eat the whole pig when you go to the luau.0
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diet pills. I passed out at work while taking them.
I've also tried atkins (and felt horrible and sluggish the entire time), the 1-2-3 diet, and the master cleanse diet. when I did manage to lose weight on those, it never stayed off, and I ended up gaining more back than what I lost.0 -
After joining MFP last August, the stupiest thing I did was lose motivation for 3 months and sabotage all the hard work I had done losing 16 lbs (and feeling confident in myself) by putting it all back on. Motivation or lack of it is a real B****!! Though through the great friend network on here I am back and more determined than ever.0
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After joining MFP last August, the stupiest thing I did was lose motivation for 3 months and sabotage all the hard work I had done losing 16 lbs (and feeling confident in myself) by putting it all back on. Motivation or lack of it is a real B****!! Though through the great friend network on here I am back and more determined than ever.
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In order of less-stupid to most stupid:
Atkins - Lost quick but felt terrible. Couldn't eat an egg or a piece of bacon for months after two weeks on Atkins. Couldn't stand the food choices I had since I am a very picky eater. Lasted two weeks I believe before I binged on a Liverwurst sandwich and a Big Mac.
Slim Fast Drink/Bars - Ugh, was fine for a day or two but then binged like crazy. Way to low calorie for someone like me, and expensive to boot
Alli - Never had the "side affects" that it is known for, but I was so scared I would I barely ate. Then, once I figured out if a meal was too high in fat and I could just skip the pill, fell off the wagon quickly. Waste of money, big time!
Nutrisystem - Total. Fail. Waste of money, tasted like garbage, high sodium, had to spend a ton on fruit and veggies. I thought it would be some magic system, but for someone who doesn't like veggies very much, made it hard to stay on track. I think I lasted a week. Had so much food left over. It was such a waste.
MFP - No, I don't mean MFP is the stupidest thing I've done. Not starting it years ago, now THAT is the stupidest thing I've done.
MFP in 1 month has resulted in more weight loss than all the above (with the exception on Atkins, but... I just hate Atkins so much).0 -
So far, the stupidest thing I've ever done was to leave my scale on the stovetop while I was cooking something on another burner- my 3 year old let me know he had to go to the bathroom, and when I came back I found that I had turned on the wrong burner. My scale was all melty on the bottom and I had to scrape plastic off the cooktop :sad:0
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Dumbest thing ever was ... getting started on MFP and then forgetting about it and not using it. Then I got lazy and stopped working out as well. Not only did the weight settle on but I felt awful. Tired all the time.
I'll be logging in EVERY day!0 -
Stupidest thing I've probably done would be allowing myself to gain back the 50+lbs I lost a few years back.
I also tried a diet pill once.... was incredibly stupid.0 -
I quit a year ago...so back to the drawing board0
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When I first tried addressing my weight gain, I would log food into mfp, but was still eating junk. After a few weeks of logging "2 hotdogs, buns","dunkin donuts sandwich", and wondering why I wasn't losing weight, I gave up for a few months.
I feel pretty stupid now, but i'm glad I completely changed my diet and habits.
It's almost scary to think of the mindset I was in, knowing I was eating my daily allowance of calories in one meal and still hoping i'd magically burn fat...I guess that's sort of how most people who don't lose think though.0 -
Seeing progress then rewarding myself by eating like crap the next day and wondering why I gained what I had loss back.....smh0
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I ate under 1000 calories a day for several months. Sent to the hospital after one day my body wouldn't get out of bed.
Most expensive and stupid diet.0 -
Not kept my food diary up. Bad mistake.0
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I have a couple:
Slim fast-Lasted a week. Gained it all back
Atkins- Lasted a week. Gained it all back
HCG- Lasted 2 weeks, lost 11lbs, almost passed out SEVERAL times, gained it all back plus 5lbs
HCG- Lasted the whole 3 weeks, lost 17lbs, gained it all back plus 10lbs
Thank God I am using MFP. 8 weeks and by Monday, should have a 17-18 lb loss and am running 5-8 miles a day on average. SO much energy!!!0 -
All the gimmicks I tried --
Atkins - Followed it to the letter and gained 10lbs.
Metabolife - didn't lose a pound, but I did pass out regularly.
Slim Fast - Didn't mind it, but the only weight I lost was water weight
Weight Watchers - was ALWAYS hungry and disappointed that a tuna sandwich would use nearly all my points
Need I go on?
Eat less, move more. The key to successful, long term weight loss. No, it doesn't happen overnight - but you didn't gain it all overnight, so why would you lose it overnight?
And this isn't a "diet" to me, this is a lifestyle change. Nothing is truly off limits to me. There are things I don't eat or like, but nothing is completely off limits.0 -
Isolation workouts and heavy cardio0
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the master cleanse.....
I mean, I don't regret doing it - but that was a hard week for sure. I think it ended up slowing my metabolism down. Now I just stick to eating within my calories, not denying myself foods i like, exercising at the gym, and using MFP for support0
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