Craziest and dumbest diets you've ever tried

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BigLyn10

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I thought it might be humorous to hear of some of the crazy, dumb and just plain stupid diets or ways you've tried to lose weight.
I'll start with admitting to a couple of real dumb ones I've tried. Now just keep in mind that I did these well over 30 yrs ago! :dupe:

This one I found in a book of crash diets i had many yrs. ago.
The Strawberry Diet: You ate nothing but strawberries for 3-5 days and nothing else. Well I thought "I love strawberries so this is just great". so I had nothing but strawberries for 2 days. On the third day I woke up itching like crazy! AHHHH. I was covered with hive! Needless to say I went off that diet and never tried it again

OK now this one my friend came up with.
My friend called me to tell me she found the perfect way for us to be able to eat anything we wanted and not gain weight. (We had both lost a lot of weight and were trying to keep it off).
Syrup of Ipecac! She all we had to do after we ate was take a couple of teaspoons of this and we would throw-up whatever we ate. Sounded easy. Well we went out and stuffed ourselfs and then went home and took the Syrup. OMG!!! Not only does this make you throw-up violently for hrs but it also makes you very sick to your stomach! I felt so ill for 24 hrs! :puke:
 
I've tried lots of diets, Mayo clinic, meal replacement bars and drinks etc and have always gained back more weight than I lost once I stopped the diets.
My son's ex girlfriend had nothing but a syrupy stuff mixed with water. If I remember rightly it had maple in it. She did it for 2 weeks and lost loads of weight and a couple of months later weighed more than her original weight.
 
BigLyn10 said:
Syrup of Ipecac! She all we had to do after we ate was take a couple of teaspoons of this and we would throw-up whatever we ate. Sounded easy. Well we went out and stuffed ourselfs and then went home and took the Syrup. OMG!!! Not only does this make you throw-up violently for hrs but it also makes you very sick to your stomach! I felt so ill for 24 hrs! :puke:
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This would be known as bulemia. That is not something that anyone should ever even try experimenting with.

I have tip toed the line with an eating disorder myself. Don't go down that path.
 
I've tried them all too and have learned the hard way that all it takes is eating less and moving more.
I've tried herbal magic, the cabbage soup diet, the maple syrup one that ecky was talking about - you mixed maple syrup with lemon juice, cayanne pepper & water and were only allowed to drink that mixture 6 times a day - needless to say I always gained it all back plus more! I was very naive when I was younger.
The worst one I have heard of was from a friend of mine that started taking fat burners and would have to bring an extra pair of pants to work in case of an accident (goo would ooze from her bum)- I couldn't believe the lengths some people go to to lose weight when really it's so simple!
 
chubbygirl said:
The worst one I have heard of was from a friend of mine that started taking fat burners and would have to bring an extra pair of pants to work in case of an accident (goo would ooze from her bum)- I couldn't believe the lengths some people go to to lose weight when really it's so simple!
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LOL I remember reading a funny blog about that stuff.
Here's the blog - WARNING, STRONG LANGUAGE. lol don't want to offend anybody.
 
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Losing weight by taking Adderall, and therefore feeling disgusted by food, thus not eating.
Bad idea. Does it work? Yeah, a little bit. Is it healthy? No, definitely not.
 
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